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Ha! This has taken a funny turn. Being from Texas and having been raised by a "Spanglish" speaker, I thought I'd throw in a couple of my favorites: "Hay que cortar la yarda"--The yard needs to be cut(or mowed). "Has eskipeado de la clase hoy?"--Did you skip class today? "Has comido lonche?"--Have you eaten lunch? It's quite convenient. if I'm speaking in Spanish and don't know the word, I just insert the English word and add -ear (ex. "check" is "chekear") and I'm totally understood. Of course it helps that most people are familiar with English too. I used to try this in Madrid and I wasn't quite as successful!
Besos de Texas
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| Posts: 23 | Location: Houston, Texas | Registered: 25 April 2002 | |
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Hey Mindy, those phrases are hilarious  When I go back to the United States or to England to visit my brother and his family, I switch to English mode and sometimes do the exact same thing but the other way around. So used to speaking Spanish, at times I forget words in English and when I am speaking to my family or frineds and I can't think of the word in English, I slide the Spanish equivalent in without even realizing I did it. All the English speakers look at me funny and ena (my girlfriend) is the only one who catches it Bilingualism is a kick! Saludos, jer...
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| Posts: 12232 | Location: ny, u.s.a. --> madrid, spain --> the plaza mayor ! | Registered: 30 June 1998 | |
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Hi Andra, Spain is a little country but fortunately we've here a wide cultural and historical legacy. That's the reason because not all people in spain speaks "Castellano": there are another live languages in Spain (Catal�n, Vasco, Gallego, Valenciano, Balear...) which are different to Castellano. But that languages are also "Espa�ol", because are spoken in some spanish regions & big cities like Barcelona, Bilbao, Valencia or La Coru�a. After all, the Castellano is the most extended language in Spain and also the "mother" of the american spanish language, and lots of people from abroad think all Spaniards just speak Castellano, and also think that Castellano=Espa�ol. But "Espa�ol" is not only Castellano, includes another languages frequently unknown abroad.
Carpe Diem!!!
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| Posts: 26 | Location: Madrid, Spain, Europe, Earth, Milky Way | Registered: 13 July 2004 | |
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In Argentina nobody says they speak "espanol". Everybody speaks "castellano".
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| Posts: 10 | Location: Chicago IL USA | Registered: 25 September 2004 | |
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