Fantastic! The timing could not be better for me as I am finally about to get full internet connection in our little village in Spain.I can practice here and with the natives!
I must admit I lean a bit on my husband and child here because I need LOTS of practice despite my A´s in school long,long,long ago.
Very cool! So glad I stopped in today to know this is here!
well as we say : you do honor us for trying!! i heard Clive mentioned there was lots of rain there now.I saw on TVE a tunnel flooded in Seville for the first time ever!! folks left running their car upon the oncoming water!!
Gracias! I really need classes and I do tend to cheat here because I can lean on my child and husband to do the speaking and can get away with my baby talk as they are use to english speaking tourists.
I made myself understood the other day to my 6yo´s teacher using my few words and sign language to let her know one of the kids was bullying mine.She was crying ,so that brings out the Mama instincts and that is probably understood in every language.I worried all day and she was just fine when I picked her up and was friends again with this one problematic child ( who happens to be English and new too).
Actually we have had very little rain here so far...only two days and one was mostly at night.One day was particularly hard,but similar to California,so nothing for us.80% of the roofs in this 15th century village ( including the new ones) were leaking ,including our ancient one!
My friend from Malaga said some cars went floating out to the sea there as they usually park in a dry bed and did not expect it as I guess it is unusual.Mostly we have had sunny days adn very warm weather ,tho a few cloudy days too.
I think Clive is to the west and I am to the east of Andalucia and nearer the sea so perhaps that makes the difference to.We don´t have any connection to news or such,so are pretty clueless at this point to what is going on.
I am having trouble uploading the blog with the Spain stuff and getting our satellite.Soon...hopefully,but then I am on Spanish time.
We have not needed any heat in the house either yet and have the windows and doors open everyday and could tan on the terraces if we were so inclined.A good place to winter!
Ha estado lloviendo duramente aquí unos días pero hoy el mucho sol.en Malaga la lluvia es muy mal.Aqui tambien es mas fria de { village name removed } donde WT vive.
Hasta pronto
Clive = "Cleebay" because the v is a b, the i is an e and the e at the end is an ay
So everyone around here calls me Cleebay
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ha ha ha yes Clive thats funny as we pronounce every letter: your name will be call cleebay. Hey is that your name there now!
WT you are keeping most of the good weather for you !!! well thats good. in spanish; WT: te estas quedando con todo el mejor tiempo para ti!!! Vale, eso es bueno.
( I do not know if I spelled it right,but it is one thing my teacher always said so I love the saying).
The weather is too good not to share.We are having fun seeing the differences here as some of it is more like Portuguese and sometimes hard to understand.
My Argentina Friend who lives here explained that the Spaniards also do not like the good Spanish word..Jugo ( juice) which is one that I did know.You would not imagine how the villagers say fish,but it is not a Spanish word that I have ever heard.
I will have to pass on this forum until I get better in Spanish.I went to the dentist today and must have a root canal and crown done here..Yikes!
ha ha ha welcome to the crazy world of the spanish language. some still call it spanish but to me its my nationality and i speak castilian;but there are so many variations and languages in spain its hard to keep track of it.
Jugo is more latinamerican in spain we said zumo you went to the dentist yiackkk joder eso duele!!!painful? crown is corona root canal is a endodoncia have fun
Of course we are more used to Latin American,Mexican and South American Spanish in California.My friend from Uruguay was puzzled by another friends Spanish and it turns out his accent is Cuban and she was not familiar with that one.
It is the same in English and of course none of us in the States speak "proper English" by British standards.There are many Brits ( and even in the US in places like the south or Maine) where I can often be clueless about what is being said.I am part Scottish ,but that Scottish brogue is one of the hardest to understand.Luckily my daughters teacher speaks Castillian so I hope she is picking that up as she tends to play more in English or sign language.
P'cow is how the villagers say fish.There are other words like that ,but for basics we can understand and be understood.Hubby and child do most of my talking for me,so I must get on the stick.I love the sound of Spanish,French and Italian.
I stopped into my class today,but will wait til after dental stuff and Thanksgiving.I am a dental chicken and really not looking forward to that.I am going to skype my uncle who is a dentist and see if there is any way around this ,but I think not.I just had it fixed before leaving,but knew this could be a possibility.It woke me up at 4 am with pain,but is much better today.Luckily they speak pretty good English at the office.
We are still having trouble connecting the mac so having trouble uploading blog,but then you will be able to see our village which we are growing very fond of.
t is another sunny gorgeous day here and I read that the big rain where we had the leak was the most rain in 17 years in Andalucia,but they needed it as there has been a bad drought for 2 years.I did not know it was so unusual.
Of course we are more used to Latin American,Mexican and South American Spanish in California.My friend from Uruguay was puzzled by another friends Spanish and it turns out his accent is Cuban and she was not familiar with that one.
yes i understand very well the dilemma; Many do not know that each spanish speaking country has its own accent and regionalism thrown in there. But you are right about others too, the US,France,Italy,UK even Spain has different words and sounds everywhere. That is good for the mix as long as we abide by a standard such as the academies (spanish french etc)and SLOW TRAVEL ha ha ha!!!
P'cow is the andalucian way (pretty much like the Cubans) to say words in half or cut it like fish is "pescado" but they say "pescao". Having fun WT ha ha ha
Originally posted by Giulia da Urbino: Now I'm curious WT! How do the villagers say fish?????
About the dentist, I agree with pedmar: duele! (it hurts!)
I had to laugh at this. It brought back unpleasant memories of my home exchange from hell in September 2005 in Bavaria. 3 hours into the trip, I tripped and fell and broke my ankle. Then the home exchangers' car was basically undriveable and they knew it was. They were just two liars who said they had a car. What they didn't say is that it was undriveable.
I always say that the positive thing from that trip was that I learned a lot of German words (now forgotten) for car and body parts. LOL.
Not a very good vacation, but not all of them are.
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nada que ver con Chile pues lo he visitado muchas veces.
El Gordo es la gran loteria Española que salio ayer!!! millones de Euros!!! y se lo saco unos amigos de mi tia en Valencia y hasta un ejecutivo del club de Sevilla de futbol!!!
A ver, no me expliqué... en España el gordo (fat) es el premio de la lotería (no juego pero llevo viviendo en este país 8 años...), en Chile la lotería se llama "polla" (I'm not translating this one as in Spain it is rude).... decía que estas dos cosas encajarían perfectamente en tus juegos de palabras!
