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Since we have an official newspaper now, let's let this thread die

That is a bit of a complex question, but in general, it can be summarized like this: Spanish supports both the VSO and the SVO constructions in general. In your example, but in Spanish: ¿Son (V) las bananas (S) un tipo de comida (O)? ¿Las bananas (S) son (V) un tipo de comida (O)? It actually support other orders WITHOUT making the speech incorrect in any way. For example, all these variants from "Is the card red?" ¿Es (V) rojo (O) el carro (S)? ¿El carro (S) es (V) rojo (O)? ¿Es (V) el carro (S) rojo (o)? However, the must common and spread form would be the SVO - is also easier to construct. When answering to a question, you can also use it on any form, as it is NOT incorrect, but it SOUNDS akward, and the inversions or changes are more used in poetry or creative writing, instead of normal speech, with the normal construction being SVO (plus the negation or affirmation added): La banana es una fruta (SVO) Si, el carro es rojo (SVO) La banana no es un vegetal (SVO) No, el carro es azul (SVO) In general, the most standard construction used in day to day speaking is SVO both when asking or speaking.

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Thanks Medio! Welcome immortal one Please post in that thread

Some questions: Is there an advocate and officers level only forum for coordination? Can PunkDaddy be masked with whatever mask is required for him as new commander of the Military? Can I have mods across the forum? I seem to have lost it from my previous mask as Speaker. If I could have Mod, I'd be able to take care of regular everyday stuff without much problem.

I'd like to apoligize to TSP on behald of our government, we were going through a bit of taking a shower and dressing nicely I'm glad to have you here guys

Well, welcome to the Team

And I love you for it, as I meant that to happen this week and you went one step ahead

Then we are done! I'll add you to the Annoucement

Hahahaha! ON IT!

I'd like it to happen now, under the sponsor of the Union, unless URA; you'd like yours to be official?

I should make URA Deputy Advocate of the Newspaper

I was JUST about to do what Resu just did!

Hello! I'm glad to inform you the very capable people who will be assisting me during this term to start routing the affairs of TWP into an era of growth and activity! I trust this people judgement and capacity, and as such, they are all authorize to perform their tasks proactively and positively! I hope we can all work as a team - you members of the voice and us officers of the voice - in order to ensure the grotwh of our region and its stability! Deputy Advocate of WA Affairs: Nox Nox will handled WA affairs for us, which will require not only that he brings to our forums the SC and WA proposals for us to analyze and discuss, but will also require coordination with the current and future delegate, in those cases when we desire to ask the delegate to vote one way or the other - this of course, non compulsory but in the spirit of cooperation. I've also asked Nox to set up a team of interested players who would like to draft future proposals, to get trained and use to the handling of WA/SC proposal drafting! Deputy Advocate of Internal Affairs: Hariko Hariko is one of our most friendly new players, and as such, and on the desire of give him both more experience and more confidence in his awesomeness, I've asked him to handle our internal affairs, which will include internal forum activities (like role playing, which I'm happy to see happening, as well as RMB activities once in while - like we had a Pompous Wednesday last week. I'll also ask Hariko to coordinate with the Delegate for the creation / update of the recruitment telegram of the region, and the recruitment of TWP in-game players into active in-forum users, that would allow our off-site community to grow. Deputy Advocate of Foreign Affairs: Resu Also known as Recuecn, Resu is one of the most polite and well-mannered persons I've had the pleasure to meet, and I have asked him to direct our Foreign Affairs. I know this is a bit daunting, having done that in the past myself, and it requires a lot of work. Those willing to help Resu are more than encouraged to apply for the Diplomatic Corps! Deputy Advocate of Military Affairs: PunkDaddy PD's experience handling military gameplay is vast, and his demeanor is perfect to help us set up our militia straight once more. He will be The Voice's commander of our army, and as such, I've asked him to step up in this role and be the point of coordination and rebirth of The West Pacific Armed Forces! I'd like to ask all current and previous members of TWPAF to help us in this endeavor, as an active military is not only attractive for new players, but also gives us influence in the foreign scenario. Deputy Advocate of Intel Affairs: That Called the Vlagh I've asked Vlagh to help us with Intelligence. Any good Armed Force also requires the capacity to gather information and knowledge from all around the place, and Vlagh's experience is great in this aspect. Deputy Advocate of Media: URA In an excellent example of Merit, URA stepped up and created a newspaper: Dass Nachrichten, which will be as of now considered the new official news outlet of The Voice of The West Pacific Union! If you'd like to help URA and his team, step by our Media Centre! ----------------------------- By all means, any and all members of the voice that wish to help any of our DA's, or myself, are more than welcome to do so! I'm still looking for someone willing to tackle our lack of an official newsletter / newspaper system, and I'll be willing to take applications or listen to projects! By all means, my goal is for TWP to growth and become a self-sufficient community! Let's do this together!

I think I have a good idea of who I'd like to coordinate our FA, and if he accepts I'm sure he will be glad to use your help Fish

Thanks all those who vote. I will be in contact this week with the people I'd like to help me as officers and I'll be making an announcement as we put the staff together

Another bad day at work. Will try to tackle this one tomorrow

That's pretty accurate, but a couple comments. TU and USTED, the two actual second person ones, differ from country to country on their formality or informality, and there is a third version, "VOS" that is used only in a few countries... Like Costa Rica. So, to be more precise: I = Yo You = Usted / Vos / Tu (regional and formality differences) He / She = El / Ella We = Nosotros You (plural) = Ustedes / Vosotros (regional and formality differences) They = Ellos / Ellas Correct! A little bit more complex than that, the verb TO BE in English actually translate to a whole collection of verbs in Spanish, all of them with irregularities and special usage. The two most commons are SER and ESTAR: I AM A LAWYER = YO SOY ABOGADO (TO BE = SER) I AM SAD = YO ESTOY TRISTE (TO BE = ESTAR) And their conjugations in simple present tense: I AM = Yo soy / Yo estoy YOU ARE = Tu eres / Tu estas ~ Vos sos / Vos estas ~ Usted es / Usted esta HE/SHE IS = El/Ella es / El/Ella esta WE ARE = Nosotros somos / Nosotros estamos YOU ARE = Ustedes son / Ustedes estan ~ Vosotros sois / Vosotros estais THEY ARE = Ellos/ellas son / Ellos/Ellas estan Atually, there is an equal amount of verbs ending in ER (querer, tener, poseer, ver) and IR (dormir, ir, vivir, sentir) and conjugations more or less follow that rules, but there are SEVERAL grammatical and spelling exceptions, plus a HUGE load of irregular verbs, including the ones you mention below:

I had a rough Sunday, spent half my day at the ER with my mom-in-law... So yeah... Technically, there are SEVERAL more flavors, as both the Spaniard Spanish and the Latin American Spanish change from region to region so much that is easy for a person in Spain not to understand another Spaniard from a different place, and the same with Latin Americans, country to country. The amount of variations is unbelievable at times. And the boundaries are not as set in stone as your comment seems to indicate you were thought. All of them will depend on the country you are at, and in big countries like Spain, the region. Camarero and mesero are understood almost everywhere, so they are almostequally useful. Judias and frijoles, are not. In many places, one or the other will NOT be understood by most people; in Costa Rica, frijoles is used for black/brown/read/white beans, while judias is used for a different kind of bean. To make it worse, there is also the South American word "porotos" which means the same in about 3 countries! Computadora is mostly used in Latin America, ordenador mostly used on Spain and in international neutral-language shows or news. Banana is used here and there, with Banano (male version) used the most in Central America. Curiously enough, Platano is also used, but it refers to a different slightly larger fruit that is rarely eat raw and is instead cooked or fried. I think is called "plantain" in English. The easier way to explain, is by saying that QUERER should be equated with the English "TO WANT" and "DESEAR" with the English "TO DESIRE", and all the regular implications you'll find between those two in English apply

I discussed that topic with someone else and it seems to be cultural. In most latin-American cultures, voting for yourself is not only expected but paraded and part of the election show: it is used to capitalize in your confidence and the people who follows you feels rallied. I was also explained why on other cultures it is seen differently and the background of it. The question was not directed at you. It was in general as to me never understanding why people doesn't vote for themselves if they want the job. It is just culturally weird to me and my upbringing.

Ah lol, I misread, I thought you mean only those related to military! My bad! So: NPO: Chairman of the Pacific Assembly - a senate nominated position to serve as chair to the democratic part of TP; it stopped existing a few years ago; it used to focus on the community. Senator of cultural affairs - activities and WA regional puppet handling Senator of Internal Affairs - tasked with recruitment and administrative stuff Senator of Foreign Affairs - redesigned and launched all the NPO FA after the gaspo thing... Regent of TP - position akin to vice-delegate wadministration duties for the forum. I also lead NPO media for a few months, served as main counselor to the emperor the times I retired and coordinated with Aleisyr - who ultimately was better than me - TPs RP revival. Also deputy speaker of the assembly on TNP and speaker here. Long time ago - 2004ish to 2006ish - I was Officer for Recruitment of a UCR long dead made out of people entirely from my country. I was then Vice-Delegate and then Delegate

I was mitary advisir for NPO, during Moo's emperor. Later on after the triggers changed due to changes in the log dumps I had a puppet do non-WA jumpings with different raider and defender parties to refresh. However, my main focus has not been military operations. Mostly political, administrative and diplomatic positions are.

This is long gone. Also, as has been noted, we are allied Also... the people of TP is not oppressed, regardless what the ignorant masses keep repeating. It is quite free actually as long as you meet the civil code Also... the people of TP is not oppressed, regardless what the ignorant masses keep repeating. It is quite free actually as long as you meet the civil code

In Spanish, cities are females, hence Nueva instead of Nuevo I'll try to reply later. Been out with the wife all day