men working

Submitted by tacomasteve on Fri, 2009/07/24 - 12:49.
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men working

Out biking in los pueblos blancos we came across this ambitious pueblo sized sewage and street paving project

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men needing to work?

Submitted by Che Guevara on Sun, 2012/03/11 - 13:07.

the gerundive?

"Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'sir' without adding, 'you're making a scene." -Homer J. Simpson

Right but wrong

Submitted by fyl on Sun, 2012/03/11 - 18:16.

You got it right that it is a gerund. But, the gerund of "to work" is "working". So, it is just "men working".

just asking...

Submitted by Che Guevara on Sun, 2012/03/11 - 20:21.

bc i took 5 years of latin. and the nd in the latin would mean needing to... like, "Carthage delendum est," Carthage needs to be destroyed...

i thought spanish and latin might be similar. thanks

and a little play on words...

Submitted by Che Guevara on Mon, 2012/03/12 - 21:48.

just like carthage needs to be destroyed, those men need to be working..... hahahaha

"Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'sir' without adding, 'you're making a scene." -Homer J. Simpson

Wikipedia Makes Some

Submitted by KeyWestPirate on Mon, 2012/03/12 - 10:05.

distinction between the use of the gerund in English and Spanish.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerund

When I initially saw the sign I though it should be "Hombres Trabajandos" but I was wrong.

IMO, the sign says "Men at Work"

Submitted by Juanno on Mon, 2012/03/12 - 11:44.

Hence the confusion with the literal translation of work and working.

Look at them yoyos, that's the way to do it....

Submitted by zapoyol on Mon, 2012/03/12 - 19:49.

But seriously, the phrase is correct in the 'gerundio' form. Gerundio: Forma no personal del verbo que en algunos casos realiza función adjetiva y en otras adverbial. Su terminación regular es -ando, si el verbo es de la primera conjugación, por ejemplo: amar-amando,y- iendo, si es de la 2da o 3ra conjugación, por ejemplo: correr-corriendo, salir-saliendo. Now back to our regularly scheduled program..... I want my MTV, money for nothing, get your chicks for free....

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