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what is the use of the subscipts like 'i' and 'j' before a term like in ibuenos.

Spanish translation: probably it is an exclamation mark (¡) rather than an i


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06:49 Feb 27, 2010
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Spanish term or phrase: what is the use of the subscipts like 'i' and 'j' before a term like in ibuenos.
please explain to me; I'm a first time spnish learner.
moraa
Kenya
Spanish translation:probably it is an exclamation mark (¡) rather than an i
Explanation:
In the beginning of an exclamatory phrase in Spanish we use to put a reversed exclamation mark, which can often be confused with an i.

¡Buenos días!
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Ilaeira
Local time: 00:55
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3probably it is an exclamation mark (¡) rather than an i
Ilaeira
4Phonetic Extensions
Joel Pina Diaz
Summary of reference entries provided
A very useful resource for Spanish: DPD
Lucia Colombino

  

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probably it is an exclamation mark (¡) rather than an i


Explanation:
In the beginning of an exclamatory phrase in Spanish we use to put a reversed exclamation mark, which can often be confused with an i.

¡Buenos días!

Ilaeira
Local time: 00:55
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Native speaker of: Native in GreekGreek
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudia Luque Bedregal: yes, it's the exclamation point at the beginning of the sentence
3 hrs
  -> ¡Gracias, Claudia!

agree  Lucia Colombino
3 hrs
  -> ¡Gracias, Lucia!

agree  Maria Assunta Puccini
7 hrs
  -> ¡Gracias!
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Phonetic Extensions


Explanation:
Subscripts (no subscipts-maybe a finger mistake): A character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character.

Subscript and superscript
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subscript_and_superscript
Here you will be able to understand the meaning of any letter or symbol before a word. May be an exclamation symbol, maybe a character to emphasize or other orthographic instrument, accident, mostly for IT.

Also, review: Satiric misspelling.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satiric_misspelling



    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subscript_and_superscript
    Reference: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/subscript
Joel Pina Diaz
Argentina
Local time: 18:55
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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Reference comments


4 hrs peer agreement (net): +2
Reference: A very useful resource for Spanish: DPD

Reference information:
Diccionario Panhispánico de Dudas of the Real Academia Española (the Royal Spanish Academy).

Simon, you will probably find several useful things there. For your specific question, please see here:
http://hhh.gavilan.edu/fmayrhofer/spanish/RAEdpd/dpdI/index....

interrogación y exclamación (signos de).

1. Los signos de interrogación (¿?) y de exclamación (¡!) sirven para representar en la escritura, respectivamente, la entonación interrogativa o exclamativa de un enunciado. Son signos dobles, pues existe un signo de apertura y otro de cierre , que deben colocarse de forma obligatoria al comienzo y al final del enunciado correspondiente (cont.)

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Note added at 4 hrs (2010-02-27 11:43:39 GMT)
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Sorry, I meant to say moraa, not Simon.

I now realize that this resource is probably too elaborate for your needs... hopefully someone will come up with another one with explanations in English... Good luck!

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Note added at 4 hrs (2010-02-27 11:49:01 GMT)
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Lots of interesting links here:

http://mlc.uconn.edu/internet/spanish.html

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Note added at 3 days2 hrs (2010-03-02 09:33:27 GMT)
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Yes, sorry about that. What it says is that exclamation and question marks are DOUBLE in the sense that you have one (up-side down) at the beginning of the phrase too.

It would look like this:

¡Hi! ¿How are you this morning?

:-)

Lucia Colombino
Uruguay
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
Note to reference poster
Asker: you just wrote to me in spanish; but i'm juist a beginner!


Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Ilaeira
2 hrs
  -> Gracias, saludos
agree  Maria Assunta Puccini
4 hrs
  -> Gracias, saludos
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