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[QUOTE=Mr Enternational;1367854]The question is WHY are they assuming that I am asking them a question, instead of realizing that I am answering their question.[/QUOTE]It's hard to keep up when they are chatting with 3 or 4 "Novios" at the same time. LOL
[QUOTE=Mr Enternational;1367854]The question is WHY are they assuming that I am asking them a question, instead of realizing that I am answering their question.[/QUOTE]I think in some forms of Spanish you can answer the question "como estas" with the adverbs "mal" or "bien", but if you use an adjective, then "estoy" is expected before the adjective. (You don't have to add the "yo".) So that might be why they take "cansado" as a question. Not that most of them are experts in the syntax of Dominican Spanish, but that would be my guess.
[QUOTE=Mr Enternational; 1367848]Why is it that if I'm chatting online to someone in DR and they say:
Them: Como estas.
Me: Cansado.
Them: Si, un poco.
Me: No. Yo estoy cansado.
If I answer their question that I am in a certain mood or I am doing a particular activity and do not put the "estoy" before it, then they assume I am asking them if they are in the particular mood or doing the particular activity, instead of taking it that I am answering their question about myself. Am I missing something here?[/QUOTE]'Como estas' here is as 'how do you do'. It's a greeting and not a question.
I'd planning on, perhaps, staying in the, D. R, for a couple of months this year. I've done some research and found the best way to accomplish this is to enter, with a 30 day visa, and extend at the airport, for up to 90 days upon your arrival in the, DR. Can anyone confirm this info, or maybe add to it. What is the cost? Are there alternative ways to do this?
Gentlemen,
I have an "election protection" winning travel authorization from Jet Blue for roundtrip travel anywhere international. Availability is pretty good for the DR. I had hoped to use it myself, but my schedule just isn't going to work. Travel has to be done by 2/13. Is anyone planning a trip? PM me if so.
[QUOTE=Don Antonio; 1374976]That's complete and utter non-sense ("Dominicans are Africans"). May I suggest you read up on Dominican history.
Now, even if your statement were about Haiti, it still be wrong. Because most Haitians don't speak Spanish and Spanish is not an official language of the country.[/QUOTE]So what are they? They certainly are not European. I will move this discussion to the General thread.
"Beyond acts of individual cruelty, the Spanish disrupted the Indian ecosystem and culture. Forcing Indians to work in mines rather than in their gardens led to widespread malnutrition. The intrusion of rabbits and livestock caused further ecological disaster. Diseases new to the Indians played a role, although smallpox, usually the big killer, did not appear on the island until after 1516. Some ofthe Indians tried fleeing to Cuba, but the Spanish soon followed them there. Estimates of Haiti's pre-Columbian population range as high as 8, 000, 000 people. When Christopher Columbus returned to Spain, he left his brother Bartholomew in charge of the island. Bartholomew took a census of Indian adults in 1496 and came up with 1, 100, 000. The Spanish did not count children under fourteen and could not count Arawaks who had escaped into the mountains. Kirkpatrick Sale estimates that a more accurate total would probably be in the neighborhood of 3, 000, 000. 'By 1516, ' according to Benjamin Keen, 'thanks to the sinister Indian slave trade and labor policies initiated by Columbus, only some 12, 000 remained. ' Las Casas tells us that fewer than 200 Indians were alive in 1542, [b]By 1555, they were all gone. [/b]" Excerpt from "Lies My Teacher Told Me About Christopher Colombus" by James W. Loewen [url]http://books.google.com/books/about/Lies_My_Teacher_Told_Me_About_Christophe.html?id=8ZDWHQAACAAJ[/url]
"Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo and de las Casas documented that the island was called Haití ("Mountainous Land") by the Taíno. D'Anghiera added another name, Quizqueia (supposedly "Mother of all Lands") , but later research shows that the word does not seem to derive from the original Arawak Taíno language. [5] Although the Taínos use of Haití is verified and the name was used by all three historians, evidence suggests that it probably was not the Taíno name of the whole island. Haití was the Taíno name of a region (now known as Los Haitises) in the northeastern section of the present-day Dominican Republic. In the oldest documented map of the island, created by Andrés de Morales, that region is named Montes de Haití ("Haiti Mountains"). [b]Las Casas apparently named the whole island Haití[/b] On the basis of that particular region; [6] the'Anghiera said that the name of one part was given to the whole island. [5]" [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispaniola[/url]
[QUOTE=Mongerman69;1373742]I'd planning on, perhaps, staying in the, D. R, for a couple of months this year. I've done some research and found the best way to accomplish this is to enter, with a 30 day visa, and extend at the airport, for up to 90 days upon your arrival in the, DR. Can anyone confirm this info, or maybe add to it. What is the cost? Are there alternative ways to do this?[/QUOTE]This is a much debated topic on Dr1 and there is no consensus as to whether the government is really changing their former policy of considering tourist card overstays to be merely a matter of paying a fee on departure. Oddly overstaying a visa under the law up to this point would subject you to deportation or other penalties while overstaying a tourist card (since americans don't need a visa for entry) has no such penalties. I'd look on that site Dr1 and maybe post or pm some knowledgable members for a current opinion. We are mid snow bird season now and thousands of americans and canadians will be really pissed if they get hassled trying to leave. So we shall see if they back down from the rumors in a few months.
I'm thinking about going to Dr during the easter will probably take the buss from Puerto Plata to Santo during the Friday and leave on Sunday. Will the clubs be open as usual or will I have a hard time finding pro-girls and alcohol during the Easter?
[QUOTE=ShooBree;1375979]I'm thinking about going to Dr during the easter will probably take the buss from Puerto Plata to Santo during the Friday and leave on Sunday. Will the clubs be open as usual or will I have a hard time finding pro-girls and alcohol during the Easter?[/QUOTE]No problem. Head for the beaches, Boca Chica or Cabarete. Have fun!
[QUOTE=Smokers Rule; 1375103]Gentlemen,
I have an "election protection" winning travel authorization from Jet Blue for roundtrip travel anywhere international. Availability is pretty good for the DR. I had hoped to use it myself, but my schedule just isn't going to work. Travel has to be done by 2/13. Is anyone planning a trip? PM me if so.[/QUOTE]G-D bless, I am now newly minted future JB's Frequent F....R Thanks for the opportunity, Smokers Rule! You are my miracle, man. It was a nice present.
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I am going to book a trip tonite. Wow this is a great deal. I would love to shake your hand.
[QUOTE=Jaosousa; 1382841]I received an email this morning from Jetblue, about their latest fare sale (free to join jetblue and receive emails about fare sales and promotions).
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[QUOTE=Jaosousa;1382841]I received an email this morning from Jetblue,[/QUOTE]Great to see you back.
[QUOTE=Mr Enternational;1383123]Great to see you back.[/QUOTE]Thanks. And thanks for the Tagged site info, there are some attractive Dominicanas on that site. One chica I saw last weekend in Santo Domingo, says she gets over 100 messages per day in Tagged.
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