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Two Spanish words "ora" and "mas"
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atcprunner
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12 December 2010 at 4:39pm | IP Logged

The first question I have is how to use the word "ora" in Spanish. I have always found "ora" in this format...

ora------------,ora------------.

I haven't found an adequate description for it. So would anyone have some examples for me and an explanation?

Another question is this: I in french, Italian, and portuguese I have found that "but" is a word that begins with a ma- sound. I found in a dictionary that Spanish has a conjunction for "but" and it is "mas." does anyone know how to use this word? Is it different from "pero" in any regards?
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14 December 2010 at 2:03am | IP Logged

FROM EL PAIS TRADUCTOR:

    Mas

    CONJUNCIÓN ADVERS.

    Pero

    · "Me dijeron que habías engordado, mas no creía que fuese tanto."

Ora:

    Afér. de ahora
    1

    CONJUNCIÓN DISTRIBUTIVO

    Sirve para relacionar oraciones o elementos de la oración que indican posibilidades distintas o que se realizan alternativa o sucesivamente.
(sinónimos:     * o * ya * ahora)

FROM WORD REFERENCE

mas conj frml but: sé que es difícil, mas no debes darte por vencido, I know it's hard, but you musn't give up

ora conjunción (liter): cae ~ en la tierra, ~ en la roca it falls now on the soil, now among the stones (liter)
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14 December 2010 at 2:43am | IP Logged

atcprunner wrote:

Another question is this: I in french, Italian, and portuguese I have found that "but" is a word
that begins with a ma- sound. I found in a dictionary that Spanish has a conjunction for "but" and it is "mas." does
anyone know how to use this word? Is it different from "pero" in any regards?

Mas is an old-fashioned, literary word.
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14 December 2010 at 3:48am | IP Logged

Thank you for the help.
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kerateo
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14 December 2010 at 6:43am | IP Logged

Mas si osare un extraño enemigo, profanar con sus plantas tu suelo... :)

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