fdrinca Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Ah, reflexive verbs :) I never really understood English grammar until I studied Spanish. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMamaBird Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 One of my favorite lines from a movie is in Signs where Joaquin Phoenix is watching the news footage of one of the aliens at a children's birthday party in Mexico and he keeps shooing the children in the video out of the way and saying "Vamanos, children!" I say that to my kids all the time when they get underfoot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaeFlowers Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 I voted yes. My Dad used to say it, too. I'm wondering where all of our Dads learned it from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkyandtheBrains. Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Dora. So yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Spoilers!Sorry, I didn't realize it was a "yes" or " no" answer! I'll fix it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Yes. I studied Spanish for a couple of years at school and have been left with a reading knowledge, but I can't speak it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne in CA Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 I've worked in a large hotel for a long time. I know a variation of "move" "lets go!" in almost every language, lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 (edited) Yes--4 years high school Spanish. My kids don't seem to automatically know it though--I try to use it on them. Edited August 18, 2016 by Ali in OR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daria Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Yes, I even know the tune!I can't remember whether I knew it before Dora or not, but it's now a part of every day vocabulary in my area, thanks to Dora. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sk8ermaiden Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Yes, because I live in Texas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Yep, it is Spanish for "vamoose". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Geek Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Yes, 4 years of high school spanish 20 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartlikealion Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Yes, but I grew up in California too, and we were required to begin learning Spanish in 5th grade. We even said the Pledge of Allegiance in Spanish! I went to elementary school in CA and we never learned Spanish in my school. I left CA at the end of sixth grade. I wish we had, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MistyMountain Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Yes. Spanish was my high school language class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reign Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Yes, because of Dora. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Yes, but you misspelled it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 I know it from going to soccer games when I worked at a school with a large Hispanic population. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldilocks Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 I'm not sure of the exact translation, but my dad (Chicago-born of Irish background) would say it while trying to get us out of the house when we were kids. We were usually running late for church :-) It was what my mom said when I was a kid to get us all out to the car. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Yes, but I taught in Los Angeles for 17 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten18 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Aaaaaaahhhhhh, Dora is in my head now!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Yep. I took Spanish in high school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trulycrabby Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 (edited) Yes. Edited August 18, 2016 by trulycrabby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Yes, because I speak Spanish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted August 18, 2016 Author Share Posted August 18, 2016 Yep, it is Spanish for "vamoose". :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted August 18, 2016 Author Share Posted August 18, 2016 We missed the whole Dora thing, but, my dad taught high school Spanish and would always hurry us along by saying vamanos adelante. Pretty sure it was the only Spanish spoken outside of a classroom in our heavily Hungarian / Polish / German -American hometown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornblower Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Yes, but you misspelled it. I don't get. Isn't that how it's spelled? vamonos ? ( I can't do the accent on the a ...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 I know it from cartoons. Never studied Spanish, though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyandbob Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 It's been more than 35 years since I was in Spanish class, but I know it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 (edited) I have absolutely no idea how I knew, but I had the general idea of the meaning. I don't live near many Spanish speaking people, I have never seen a single episode of Dora, and I didn't take Spanish in school. As I said, I didn't get the exact meaning. I thought it meant to "go quickly." So...sort of close, but not quite. Edited August 19, 2016 by Garga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom22ns Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Yes, immediately. Thanks to Dora the Explorer. Me too. When dd was 3-4, she loved Dora. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 I don't get. Isn't that how it's spelled? vamonos ? ( I can't do the accent on the a ...) Yeah, I don't think she misspelled it. I've never seen it spelled any other way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartlikealion Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 When you google it you may see two different results. One with an a in the middle and one with an o in the middle. Spanish didn't get passed down in my family (some of us learned some but mostly from outside resources) but a Spanish speaking friend told me the one with the o in the middle is correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabelen Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Yes, but I was born and bred in Spain to Spanish parents! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Yes, I married someone from Corpus Christi who says this on a fairly regular basis, despite the fact that she's managed to be pretty clueless about Spanish in general, even though she had Spanish lessons in elementary school for I think a couple of years (like, I had to explain to her which city in Texas is named after the color yellow :rolleyes:). Like someone mentioned upthread, some words are just used so often they're common knowledge. And some words turn into loan words and are actually absorbed into the language (think 'pronto', which you can find in both Dutch and English dictionaries even though it's obviously not originally a Dutch or English word, though in the Dutch dictionary it seems to claim it's from Italian, whereas the English dictionary seems to claim it's from Spanish (and, of course, originally from the Latin 'promptus')). Not that vamonos is at that point (yet). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momacacia Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Yes, but my mom is fluent in Spanish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Yes, after spending a lot of time in Central and South America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arctic Bunny Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 (like, I had to explain to her which city in Texas is named after the color yellow :rolleyes:). Hooray, I learned something new today!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluegoat Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 (edited) No, but we have next to no Spanish speaking population here. The few words I know came from watching Sesame St on the American channel as a kid. Edited August 19, 2016 by Bluegoat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted August 19, 2016 Author Share Posted August 19, 2016 Hooray, I learned something new today!! I always vaguely thought it had something to do with armadillos. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arctic Bunny Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 I always vaguely thought it had something to do with armadillos.I was actually thinking the same thing.... Had to sound armadillo out in my head, lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 (edited) Yes, but I spent my formative years on an Army base. Also Speedy Gonzales said it, I think. Edited August 19, 2016 by foxbridgeacademy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Grew up in S. California. A lot of Spanish is second nature to folks depending on where you grew up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne in ABQ Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Speedy Gonzalas(sp) maybe from the 70's I was born in '67 and remember it from a cartoon from my childhood. Yes, but I spent my formative years on an Army base. Also Speedy Gonzales said it, I think. I don't remember Speedy saying "Vamonos". I remember him saying, "Andale! Andale! Arriba! Arriba!" My memory is far from perfect, though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caclcoca Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Yes, thanks to too many years of Dora. My oldest two loved that cartoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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