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Old 07-06-2009, 02:13 PM
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What does "da" mean (as in the Raulín Rodríguez song "El Amor Da Vida")?

Is it an abbreviation for "de la"? Is it a dominicanism or found more widely, and only in poetry/lyrics or in everyday speech?
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Old 07-06-2009, 02:26 PM
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Gives (from dar, to give).
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Old 07-15-2009, 08:24 PM
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Thank you for replying. I am deeply embarrassed to have asked such a dumb question. I couldn't have been drunk because I don't drink. Perhaps I should!
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Old 07-16-2009, 10:05 AM
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It also means yes in russian.
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Old 07-16-2009, 12:26 PM
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I saw this and thought of you

YouTube - Boom De Ya Da!
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