Feb. 20, 2008 - Dreams and wishes
Dreams can be so vivid and unusual that we just have to tell someone about them. Let's stretch our Spanish muscles and try to say a little bit about a dream using Spanish. This will likely require you to refer to a dictionary, but don't let that intimidate you! I'll help you get started.... a dream in Spanish is un sueño. To ask what someone dreamed about, you say, ¿con qué soñaste? To say that you dreamed about something you say, soñé con.... Here are a few examples:
Fun slang tangent... One emphatic way in Spanish to say no or state an objection to something is to say, ¡ni en sueños!, which means "not even in dreams!". For example... Would you like bugs on your sandwich? ¡Ni en sueños!
Often in English we use the words dreams and wishes interchangeably, and it is likewise an opportunity to learn some new vocab in Spanish. One way to talk about wishes in terms for our future hopes is to use the word quisiera to mean "I wish .....". It can also mean, "I would like to.... For example:
Once again, this is an opportunity to make use of the dictionary and practice saying what we wish or would like for our future. Drawing a picture would work great for this exercise too.
So how about your basic, plain old wish? It is called a deseo. Here are some uses for it...
- Soñé con un conejo gigante - I dreamed of a giant rabbit.
- Soñé con un viaje a la luna - I dreamed about a trip to the moon.
- Soñé con una montaña de helado - I dreamed of a mountain of ice cream.
Fun slang tangent... One emphatic way in Spanish to say no or state an objection to something is to say, ¡ni en sueños!, which means "not even in dreams!". For example... Would you like bugs on your sandwich? ¡Ni en sueños!
Often in English we use the words dreams and wishes interchangeably, and it is likewise an opportunity to learn some new vocab in Spanish. One way to talk about wishes in terms for our future hopes is to use the word quisiera to mean "I wish .....". It can also mean, "I would like to.... For example:
- Quisiera ser una bailerina - I wish I were a ballerina.
- Quisiera ser un bombero - I would like to be a fireman
- Quisiera aprendar a tocar la guitarra - I would like to learn to play the guitar.
Once again, this is an opportunity to make use of the dictionary and practice saying what we wish or would like for our future. Drawing a picture would work great for this exercise too.
So how about your basic, plain old wish? It is called a deseo. Here are some uses for it...
- When someone is blowing out candles on the birthday cake it is common for everyone to chant, "pide un deseo, pide un deseo, pide un deseo..." (make a wish)
- You can also say pide un deseo as you hand someone a coin to toss in a fountain.
- So what did you wish for? ¿Qué pediste? To say that you say, Pedí....... For example: pedí un caballo - I wished for a horse. Pedí una muñeca - I wished for a doll.
