How's Your Spanish?

Hi guys, if there are any Spanish speaking members of this forum, I'd appreciate their help. I am a soccer referee in South Carolina, and I've been doing a lot of games lately - youth, high school, women, coed, men. I got an offer to referee in the Hispanic League and I went yesterday to watch a game from it. The quality level is much better, but it is also a lot more intense. People grabbing each other by the throat, elbowing people, pushing and shoving, even throwing punches. Tensions rise up after any foul play. The referee is constantly in the middle of it. The problem is those people speak very very little or no English at all. So I thought if Mohammed can't go to the mountain, the mountain could go to Mohammed. I need to expand my Spanish vocabulary. Could you translate all these phrases/words (you could also ad some):

goalkeeper
offside
foul
indirect free kick
step/move back
play on/advantage
no more talking
are you ok?/do you need a substitution?
heads/tails
which side would you like to defend?
do you have a good game ball?
hand ball
obstruction
get your hands down/don't push him
don't do that again

That's it for now. I thank you kindly for your help.

Wow dont think we have any Native Spanish people here do we?

There were some Argentinian guys but I am afraid I can't remember their names, maybe a mod could help?

You could just shout the English loudly and slowly at them and hope that they understand.

goalkeeper - portero (spain) / arquero(S.America) / guardameta
offside - fuera de juego
foul - falta
indirect free kick - tiro de falta indirecto
step/move back - muevase/muevete mas atras (the difference in the verb depends in the treatment, 1st is more formal and respectful, 2nd more colloquial)
play on/advantage - sigan jugando (literally: continue playing)
no more talking - silencio (literally: silence), emphasize this one
are you ok?/do you need a substitution? - estas bien? necesitas cambiarte? (cambiarte can also mean change your clothes, so take that into account ~;) )
heads/tails - cara/cruz
which side would you like to defend? - donde prefieren defender?/en que lado prefieren defender?
do you have a good game ball? - tienen un balon/pelota decente?
hand ball - mano
obstruction - obstruccion
get your hands down/don't push him - deja de empujar (literally: stop pushing)
don't do that again - no vuelvas a hacer eso

Hope I didnt miss anything. I hope this helps. Happy referee-ing ~D

Yo hablo no espanole, si?

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Originally Posted by Kaiser of Arabia

Yo hablo no espanole, si?

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Capo, may I suggest you to improve first and then post. Cos that is just spam...

Thanks, SwordMaster. I don't know how happy it'd be. It is a strange feeling, these games are dangerous (literally) but yet attract me more than the regular games. Americans are so much more relaxed when they play. Their team could be loosing 5:0, and they are like: "Ok guys, it's nothing. Let's play, great stuff!" Occasionally you'd get someone with a bad temper but it's nothing like the Hispanics. They despute every call, scream at the referees, calling them names (thankfully I know most of the bad stuff). Last year during a game between an American and a Hispanic (Mexican mostly) team a fight broke out, a guy fell down on the ground and some macho kicked him in the head while he was already unconscious. He's had 12 surgeries so far and the guy is facing 10 years in prison for assult with attempt to kill. Crazy, crazy, crazy. Got to love the thril!

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Originally Posted by SwordsMaster

Capo, may I suggest you to improve first and then post. Cos that is just spam...

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We're in the frontroom and I haven't had spanish since I was forced to take it last year.
Ich habe Deutsch Zwei.

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Originally Posted by BalkanTourist

Thanks, SwordMaster. I don't know how happy it'd be. It is a strange feeling, these games are dangerous (literally) but yet attract me more than the regular games. Americans are so much more relaxed when they play. Their team could be loosing 5:0, and they are like: "Ok guys, it's nothing. Let's play, great stuff!" Occasionally you'd get someone with a bad temper but it's nothing like the Hispanics. They despute every call, scream at the referees, calling them names (thankfully I know most of the bad stuff). Last year during a game between an American and a Hispanic (Mexican mostly) team a fight broke out, a guy fell down on the ground and some macho kicked him in the head while he was already unconscious. He's had 12 surgeries so far and the guy is facing 10 years in prison for assult with attempt to kill. Crazy, crazy, crazy. Got to love the thril!

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Yep, I know. I do follow the spanish and the argentinian leagues occasionally, and after disputed matches the referees have to leave the stadiums with police protection... That is apart from the fans being arrested by the dozens for fighting and breaking everything they find on their way...

Ah, well... Enjoy

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Originally Posted by Kaiser of Arabia

We're in the frontroom and I haven't had spanish since I was forced to take it last year.
Ich habe Deutsch Zwei.

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Sprechen Sie es so schlecht wie das Spanisch? ~;)
Jokng here m8. ~:cheers:

Jawhol, naturalich. Mein deutsch ist nicht gut. Ich habe ein ein und neunzig in Deutsch.
Du sprechst Deutsch? Ach ja, deutsch is toll und sehr einfach.

Wenn Sie so sagen... ~D
Ich habe nicht Deutsches in einer langen Zeit studiert.
God, that looks bad... ~;)

How is my spanish....?

Qui, cest bon.

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Hey gidi günler! ~:) On sene geçmiş üstünden ama Almanca yazdıklarınızın hepsini anladım. İspanyolca'yla hiç işim olmadı ama geçen sene TVE'deki bir filme öyle aval aval bakarken ne dediklerini anlayıverdim, ben de şaşırdım!

:charge:

[No worries mates, nothing profane up there. ~;)]
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Nope, we dont spam at all here in the Frontroom.... ~;)

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Lo! Never we do! ~:joker:
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Please don't get me wrong, 'cause I learned a few new phrases from SwordsMaster and his excellent reply, but I would use

cayete (Ky yet a) which is basically quiet to tell someone from Mexico to be quiet. Say it as a command.

or the ever so rude

cayete su boca (Ky yet a sue bow kah) which is shut your mouth

instead of silencio

ichi :bow:

My girlfriend is from Spain (born in Seville, lives in England, etc.)...does that count? ~D

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Originally Posted by ichi

Please don't get me wrong, 'cause I learned a few new phrases from SwordsMaster and his excellent reply, but I would use

cayete (Ky yet a) which is basically quiet to tell someone from Mexico to be quiet. Say it as a command.

or the ever so rude

cayete su boca (Ky yet a sue bow kah) which is shut your mouth

instead of silencio

ichi :bow:

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Yeah, Ichi, I'd do that if I don't want to live anymore.

Mouza, cok selam from South Carolina, komshu ~:wave:

Me gustaria si pudemos empezar una lina (como se dice thread?) de discusion donde pudemos practicar nuestro espanol. Aprendi espanol en secondaria (?) y a la universidad, pero no lo he usado bastante a quedar congnizo (?). He tratado a mirar las estaciones hispanicas de la television, pero nunca puedo entender mas que uno verbo en tres, si eso. Visite' Espana este Octubre para mi trabajo y cuando creo que los personas que encontraba me entiendian, mas o menos, creo que ellos fueron buen educado y tratando muy mucho a entenderme.

Que dices?

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Originally Posted by BalkanTourist

Yeah, Ichi, I'd do that if I don't want to live anymore.

Mouza, cok selam from South Carolina, komshu ~:wave:

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Sana da komşu, yarım dünyâ öteden! :joker:
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Si, como no.

Mi Espanol es muy pobre, ayudame!

Se necesite escribir en Espanol y Englais para ichi tener seguridad yo entendo.

ichi

¿Usted va a arbitrar un juego lleno de gente que no dice su lengua? ¡He visto nunca tal amor del fútbol! :dizzy2:

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Originally Posted by BalkanTourist

Thanks, SwordMaster. I don't know how happy it'd be. It is a strange feeling, these games are dangerous (literally) but yet attract me more than the regular games. Americans are so much more relaxed when they play. Their team could be loosing 5:0, and they are like: "Ok guys, it's nothing. Let's play, great stuff!" Occasionally you'd get someone with a bad temper but it's nothing like the Hispanics. They despute every call, scream at the referees, calling them names (thankfully I know most of the bad stuff). Last year during a game between an American and a Hispanic (Mexican mostly) team a fight broke out, a guy fell down on the ground and some macho kicked him in the head while he was already unconscious. He's had 12 surgeries so far and the guy is facing 10 years in prison for assult with attempt to kill. Crazy, crazy, crazy. Got to love the thril!

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We have an American tema here in our 5 a side league, and they are a bit crazy. They are pretty pathetic (in four games now my team has scored 52 goals to their none), but every time they lose they cheer the winner off the pitch, and are pretty good about it.

On the other hand there are a couple of crazy teams, our team watched im bemusement one time as a (mostly serbian) team, got into a fight with each other (Bowyer/Dyer style, but the whole team).

LOL, that'd be fun to watch. I'd just stand on the side taking numbers. The supplemental report would be quite long, but it's worth the show. I had a mostly Brasilian team this past Sunday. They laugh like little kids at just about anything. Someone from the other team missed the ball, they'd laugh, someone from their team missed a clear goal-scoring opportunity, they'd laugh. I raised my flag for offside a couple of times, they laughed again. Even when they conceive a goal, they laugh at their own keeper. They won 8:3, but don't let the result fool you, it was a cat vs mouse game. It is just so great to referee. We've got a Bosch team with mostly German players. Then we have the Brittish team with English, Scottish and some Irish players (some of them had played professionally in England) called The Old Peculiars. There are also Latinos, people from the Caribean, French, Italian, African. It's like a mini World Cup. Tonight we had an international referee team me, a guy from Ecuador and another one from Serbia & Montenegro.

you're all crazy

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Originally Posted by lancelot

How is my spanish....?

Qui, cest bon.

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Je ne croix pas, mais ta francais est trés bien.

Si, bueno, una conversacion en espan'ol estaria bien. Pero al parecer en US os ensen'an espan'ol mejicano y no espan'ol de Espan'a.

Habra algun argentino por aqui? Me encanta ese acento porten'o...

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LOL, that'd be fun to watch. I'd just stand on the side taking numbers. The supplemental report would be quite long, but it's worth the show.

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Yep, and you would probably have to suspend the game because you would be left with no players....

I've been coaching a 5a side junior team 3 years ago, and well, it ws pretty bad because we had a few players that couldnt control their temper and wouldnt even finish half of the games... But then we had an excellent goalkeeper ~D

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Je ne croix pas, mais ta francais est trés bien.

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Nous pourrions avoir un thread français aussi que un espagnol.

Now the question, which is rustier, my french or my german...? ~;p


PS: Sorry, Mouza, cant understand what you said (thats turkish, right?) ....yet... ~;)

Min spanska är jättebra, tack.