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| ymapazagain Senior Member Australia myspace.com/amywiles Joined 6961 days ago 504 posts - 538 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: SpanishB2 | Message 1 of 8 22 December 2005 at 4:04pm | IP Logged |
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When I was initially learning from studySpanish.com I learnt that when saying "in the morning" you say "por la mañana." Now i´m learning with Pimsleur which always uses "en la mañana." I had a lesson with my Spanish tutor just then and used "en la mañana" and she then proceeded to tell me that it is "por la mañana" and using "en" is wrong and I should never do it. I asked her where it is used (because it obviously is somewhere!) and she just kept saying it was wrong.
Could some speakers of Spanish (native and non-native) please tell me which of these they use (and where they use them) and help me decide which is best for me. Cheers! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Andy E Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 7105 days ago 1651 posts - 1939 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French | Message 2 of 8 22 December 2005 at 4:25pm | IP Logged |
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This will be the same Spanish tutor that told you that the "de" in "después de que" was wrong and that you should use "colegio" instead of "escuela" .
"En la mañana" is in no way wrong - it's simply not used where she comes from. It's common in Latin-American Spanish and I remember looking it up when it first appeared in Pimsleur because I was used to "por la mañana". Andy. P.S. I think you might need to have a think about how good your tutor actually is.....if she's claiming to be able to teach Spanish to foreign language students, she should at least be able to differentiate regional usage and expressions rather than simply dismissing everything as being "wrong". 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7017 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 3 of 8 22 December 2005 at 5:45pm | IP Logged |
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"En la mañana" sounds wrong to me but, as Andy mentioned, it's probably because I'm used to hearing "por la mañana" instead.
As to which version is best for you, it depends on where you are. I would suggest using the version which the native speakers around you use. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| luke Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 7207 days ago 3133 posts - 4351 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Esperanto, French | Message 4 of 8 22 December 2005 at 6:27pm | IP Logged |
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FSI Spanish teaches that both "en la mañana" and "por
la mañana" are correct, but encourages "por la mañana". They say some Spanish speakers consider "en la mañana" an Anglicism and therefore think of it as a corruption of the language. Use "por la mañana" and no one will be offended. Perhaps Pimsleur uses "en" because it's easy to remember. Edited by luke on 22 December 2005 at 6:30pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| frenkeld Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6945 days ago 2042 posts - 2719 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: German | Message 5 of 8 22 December 2005 at 6:34pm | IP Logged |
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More on this subject for aficionados.
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| tuffy Triglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 7036 days ago 1394 posts - 1412 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, German Studies: Spanish | Message 6 of 8 23 December 2005 at 5:43am | IP Logged |
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I also had this same question and I asked my Spanish teacher (native from South America somewhere).
He said both are correct. And he said something about en beeing more specific (or was it por?). Anyway, one of them was more stretched over the entire night, the other was more on an exact period. But anyway, I also learned that both are ok. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| ymapazagain Senior Member Australia myspace.com/amywiles Joined 6961 days ago 504 posts - 538 votes Speaks: English* Studies: SpanishB2 | Message 7 of 8 23 December 2005 at 11:20am | IP Logged |
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Andy E, yes, i´m learning to filter some of the things my tutor tells me. She is a qualified teacher of Spanish as a second language, but at the same time is very "patriotic." thats the wrong word, "regioniotic" maybe, haha....but it gives you an idea of what I mean. She is constantly telling me that her accent and the accent of the family I live with is the "perfect Spanish accent" because it is from the region that Spanish originated from. So of course vocabulary gets included into that aswell. I have an open mind and know that everywhere you go Spanish is spoken slightly different and I can´t just rule out something because in this one town in the middle of Spain it is "wrong". Thats why I come to you people of this forum for a second opinion and it always helps, so thanks all. In reguards to the subject....i think i´ll stick with Por.
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| That_Guy Diglot Groupie United States Joined 7100 days ago 74 posts - 87 votes Studies: Hindi, English*, Spanish | Message 8 of 8 24 December 2005 at 6:57pm | IP Logged |
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I was taught that "por la mañana" was more along the lines of, during the morning, and "en la mañana" was in the morning.
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