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20:32 Oct 11, 2009

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Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Linguistics / Spanish as a Foreign Language

Spanish term or phrase: Muestra

This is the context in bullets

Formas atonas y tonicas.
En funcion de sujeto y en funcion de objeto directo:
presencia, ausencia y colocacion.
Muestra y reconocimiento en función de objeto directo

Muestra means sample here or something else?

Thanks for your help.

Eileen Brophy KudoZ activity Questions: 239 (1 open) (13 closed without grading) Answers: 583 Spain
Local time: 19:24

Summary of answers provided

4 +1

signals...to

José J. Martínez

Demonstration/Demonstrates

Julie Waddington

Examples

Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes

Discussion entries: 4

Answers

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

signals...to

Explanation:
Creo que hablan de que si a una persona se le pide que muestre un objeto y le apunta con el dedo o con los ojos.

José J. Martínez
Mexico
Local time: 11:24
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you all for your help but I am still not very clear which of the three alternatives is the correct one and to select one and add it to the glossary without being sure seems a little unfair to those who consult the Term Search.

14 mins confidence:

Examples

Explanation:
Yo lo interpreto como "ejemplos que muestran el uso" y que le sirve al estudiante a reconocer los pronombres personales en función de objeto directo.

Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes
Spain
Local time: 19:24
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 16

23 hrs confidence:

Demonstration/Demonstrates

Explanation:
In the context of a language course I'd understand this to refer to some sort of demonstration: either in the sense of something being demonstrated to the student or in the sense of the student demonstrating their understanding of something.

Julie Waddington
Spain
Local time: 19:24
Native speaker of:

English