Re: OT: Spanish "me da feliz"
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, May 7, 2008, 11:25 |
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On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 6:52 AM, <MorphemeAddict@...> wrote:
> So is it just an idiom then?
What do you mean "just" an idiom? As far as I can tell, "me da X",
where X is an adjective, is a semi-productive construct in modern
colloquial Spanish, but one whose meaning is not always apparent.
E.g. "me da feliz" = "makes me happy", "me da triste" = "makes me
sad"; but "me da igual" = "it's all the same to me"/"whatever"/"don't
care", which is different from "makes me equal".
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>