Pictures
1. Dryers are so faux pas here.
2. This is the cute patio in my host family´s house
3. The Spanish English dictionary has been a lifesaver.
4. A typical Costa Rican dinner
5. Amy and I at Palmares -- is that guys really giving us bunny ears?
Its expected that high school Spanish classes arent going to give you vocabulary for every situation. I just really didnt know how much they dont teach until I came here.
Here is a short list of things that, ever so conveniently, I dont know.
1. Bad words. At first, this may seem to be blessing. But Im missing serious points of reference since I have know way of knowing if I happen to be sitting by vulgar-gangsta-thug guy or the choirboy. Ignorance is bliss, though -- so far, everyone Ive met seems incredibly polite, respectful and completely innocent.
2. Anatomy. In my conversation class, we worked on the theme of health. My teacher mentioned that there are plenty of words to describe the backside, but we would have to stick with `detraso´ or something like that. I have a feeling if I threw that word out, it would be the Spanish equivalent of `gluteus maximus.´
3. `How cute´ Here, Im not able to express my great joy when I spot a cat or a small child. It´s rather stifling.
Everything I need to know I never learned in high school
Sincerely,
Michelle
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Labels: Latin American Escapades
7 comments:
so by any chance is any of your clothes hanging from that line of luandry? no dryer's? i guess when the hummidty is so high. actually no, probably not. i'm not making sense. but i am liking the pictures you took. the little patio set is sweet! and the food...looks exotic/foreign. but yea, hope all is going well there. and if you do see an anaconda you show it what's up.
travis
1. clothes hanging on the line are cool until the rainy season starts (probably at the end of april) or you get scabies. Then you realllly wish you had a dryer.
2. Detraso means backside. Trasero is a good one that means butt. Also you should learn "culo." Don't ask your family just look it up in your Vox (pg 81 on the Spanish side)
Sounds like fun ... I'm finally taking a Spanish class at Biola this semester and realizing how much I've forgotten since high school.
The best was going to Bolivia on a missions trip, where I was immersed in the language and had to speak it constantly. I learned more during those two weeks than I did from those classes...
Haha! You and your cats!
I think you should try to use detrosa as often as possible, Michelle.
Oh and I looove their porch!!
if you hadn't figured it out yet,
"how cute" is "que lindo/a" or "que curiosito/a" (although i think that one might be a mexican idiom, as they didn't use that in honduras). you can also use "hermosa" but that's a little stronger (like "precious") and can also describe, for example, a really breathtaking beach scene.
I recognize that friendly, blue v-neck. Good to see you're still rocking it.
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