walla

“Hola, Lucy!

Decidí aprender el Español para la ( POR ) diversion. Es diversión (DIVERTIDO) poder hablar con la gente en otra lengua y beneficiarSE de entender otras perspectivas culturales.

Gracias por la ayuda, ahora y en el futuro :)
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Hey walla, how r u?

i agree with you, it´s always fun to lear new things.. besides, you never know where they might lead you in the future...it´s great to be prepared for whatever comes in our ways!

i only made to corrections, the rest is just perfect.

in spanish there are to words for the word  FUN:

DIVERSION: it´s the noun. example: LO HAGO POR DIVERSION /  I DO IT FOR FUN.

DIVERTIDO:  it derives from the noun, but is a adjective: for example: THE MOVIE WAS FUN / LA PELICULA FUE DIVERTIDA ( in this case,  since ¨ movie¨  is a female noun you also have to change the adjective)

hope this helps!

que tengas un lindo fin de semana!!!

see ya..

Tengo preguntas sobre tus correciones.

Primero: puedo decir "para divertarme" o "por diversion" yo ambos son correctos en esto caso, verdad?
Segundo: Por qué debo sumar "se" a lado de "beneficiar"?   Doesn't "beneficiar de entender" mean "to benefit from understanding" and "beneficiarse de entender" mean "to benefit him/her/it from understanding"? Por qué no es "beneficiarme de entender" tampoco?

Gracias multiplicado por un mil

Hey Casey! how r u? enjoying the weekend? hope so..

anyways... it´s kinda hard to explain the reason of certain grammar issues... i ´ll do my best.!

yeap, you can say both: PARA DIVERTIRME    POR DIVERSION.  both are correct. Here:

PARA QUE PINTAS?    ( PINTO) PARA DIVERTIRME.

POR QUÉ PINTAS?     ( PINTO) POR DIVERSIÓN.

Now the trickiest part: BENEFICIAR-BENEFICIARSE.

the fist one means, indeed, ¨ to benefit¨... the 2nd one i would translate as ¨ to benefit oneself¨ from sth... in your sentence i thought you were speaking in general about benefiting ¿? from understanding.. not specifically YOU.

In that case would be: ¨beneficiarme de entender¨ .  ( to benefit (MYSELF) from sth.. )

well, i dont know if this cleared your doubts or confused you even more.. sorry in advance!!haahaha

see ya..

Hey Casey! how u doing?  hope good...

ok, to answer your question...i´m sorry to say that in spanish that sentence is grammatically wrong... everybody would understand what you mean, but you have to use BENEFICIARSE DE ENTENDER/ BENEFICIARSE DE APRENDER ...

what u can do is this, but not always...( it´s depends on many structures and grammar issues)... 

• ELLOS SE VAN A  BENEFICIAR DE APRENDER... ( they´re going to  benefit from learning)
• ELLOS VAN A BENEFICIARSE DE APRENDER...

• VOY A BENEFICIARME...
• ME VOY A BENEFICIAR...

omg! i feel like i am confusing you even more! i swear i´ll pay for your teraphy!jajajaaj kidden...now i have a new respect for spanish teachers.. it´s a language very hard to explain!

oh! about, ¨PARA¨ or ¨POR¨...in some cases you can use whichever you want, but again, not all words follow that rule...please feel free to ask me anything.. !!!

see ya...