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The phrase in Las Casas is not _algunos dias há_, but _há dias_, i.e. not "a few days ago," but "some time ago."
The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest John Fiske 1871
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This reminds me of what somebody said on another thread about the concept of time … usually very loose but not so when it comes to separate the buenas tardes from the dias, which is precise like clockwork.
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It is not enough, for me, that Mexicans have built in atomic clocks and know the precise instant it is no longer "buenos dias" and becomes "buenas tardes."
Page 3 2009
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The time issue is reflected in the Spanish (maybe just Mexican?) expressions "ocho dias"/eight days and "quince dias"/fifteen days which mean "one week" and "two weeks".
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How satisfying was it to see Jersey Shore knucklehead Mike "The Situation" bomb on the dias of Comedy Central's roast of Donald Trump?
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My wife is from México City, and when we were living there I learned to greet everyone on the street, etc., with buenos dias, buenos tardes, etc.
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My wife is from México City, and when we were living there I learned to greet everyone on the street, etc., with buenos dias, buenos tardes, etc.
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The time issue is reflected in the Spanish (maybe just Mexican?) expressions "ocho dias"/eight days and "quince dias"/fifteen days which mean "one week" and "two weeks".
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My wife is from México City, and when we were living there I learned to greet everyone on the street, etc., with buenos dias, buenos tardes, etc.
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It is not enough, for me, that Mexicans have built in atomic clocks and know the precise instant it is no longer "buenos dias" and becomes "buenas tardes."
Page 3 2009
Ghost-Protocol commented on the word dias
Note to Self: You might be looking for: dais
March 21, 2015