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Posted by Arlana Brown in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 8:59 am

How To Break Up With Your Novio/Novia...

There are many ways to break up with people. There are also many reasons why. Through my research I found out a couple of ways to say it if you want to learn there down below…

Corté con mi novia/novio.

Rompí con mi novia/novio.

Lo dejé con mi novia/novio.

Mi novia/novio y yo lo dejamos.

To Break Up-Separarse

To Break Up-Terminar

To Break Up-Hacerse Pedazos

As you can see there are many ways to let someone down easy. :)

Slang

Posted by Taahir Henry in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 9:50 am

Las palabras in Ingles y en Español tienen múltiple significados.

En España, las palabras y los phrases tienen dos significados:

Boligrafo = Boli

Gazpacho= (bad situation)

Matar = Molestar

Movil= Cell Phone. "Un celluar" es muy extraño in Espana

Ni fu in Fa = No me importa

Ojo= Cuidado

Pasta= Dinero

Tio= Un hombre

Vale= Ok

¡Venga, hombre!= es similar de "Cool story bro"

Es importane que, multiple significados cambiar todos conversacions en differente paises.

(http://www.humanities.uci.edu/spanish/spain-slang.htm)

Blog Post 2 Mohamed Marzouk

Posted by Mohamed Marzouk in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 9:33 am

Mohamed- Hola

Michelle- Hola, como tu ta'

Mohamed- Bien

Michelle- Muy bien, lunfardo

Mohamed- Es slangCaimán—Lazy person

or
Calzonazo—Lazy man

or you could also use: Pipón—Lazy person

http://www.spanish-slang.com/

In Spain you can say you are “floja / flojo” – lazy

or “un huevón / una huevona” – lazy person / layabout (derogatory)

In Puerto rico you might say “Bambalan” – Lazy Bum

On the other hand, in Argentina they have q very nice, but rude, expression: “rascarse [ps-ref v] [rude] lit. to scratch oneself; to do nothing useful, to be lazy, to lie around wasting time.”

I hope this helps for the start about how to say lazy in Spanish slang! Cheers, Chris

Spanish slang can be seen in multiple ways through different types of

Blog Post 2-Dance Culture In Puerto Rico

Posted by Arlana Brown in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 9:23 am

I decided to stay with my same question...Dance Culture in different parts of the world. I believe that my conversation will be smooth and they will jump right in about dance culture. I know that a lot of Spanish speaking countries are very influenced by the arts.

Name:Prisilla Nieves from Puerto Rico

Arlana:Hola!

Prisilla:Hola! Como estas?

Arlana:Bien y tu?

Prisilla:Bien

Arlana:Donde eres?

Prisilla:Soy del Norte de Puerto Rico. En la cuidad de Arecibo pero conocido en alguna parte como Camuy, Puerto Rico.

Arlana: Vale! Jaja

Arlana: Baile en Puerto Rico es gusta...

Prisilla:El baile mas tradicional en Puero Rico seria la Salsa. Aunque se origeno en otro lugar, Puerto Rico tiene muchos salseros y es uno de los bailes mas famosos en la isla.No me recuerdo del primer baile que aprendi, pero se que yo bailaba mucha bachata y reggaeton antes.Ahorra que apredi salsa, me gusta bailarlo. Y si voy a una fiesta, lo bailo. La gente aveces me preguntan de donde apredi eso. Y digo que aprendi como bailar salsa en Puerto Rico.

Arlana:Gracias de tu tiempo!

Prisilla:De nada.

Reflection:
I learned that my partner believes her culture for dance is traditional. They really appreciate salsa and that is like a very famous dance in Puerto Rico.I am proud I have gotten a first hand experience from someone who has lived in Puerto Rico and seen these type of traditions going on. I will ask more follow up questions.

Blog Two- Keeping the Convo

Posted by Sasha Sapp in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at 11:08 pm

Pre-Conversation

Since I'm doing a chat instead of video, I think that the people answer quickly and politely.

I'm looking forward to meeting my goal for this chat: chatting without a dictionary.

I'm not really nervous about much, but the on thing is when I come into a stump. I want to be able to call upon all of my knowledge to prevent that.

Post-Conversation

Name: Emilio Gago

Country: Spain

Emilio is a great guy! We talked for a long time about things that we liked, and he really likes comics, and learning english. I learned that he is from Spain, and is also a student. I've learned a lot from him actually. He really helped with grammar errors, and even just better phrasing. I've learned some cool phrases too, one being:

"Eres el amo"- you are boss and another less school-appropriate :O.

I was really proud of my ability to recall all of what I know, and I was even complimented on my spanish abilities! Though, I must admit, it was much easier to think on my feet while I was just TYPING. But I still give myself credit because it was IM. I'm very aware that I can conjugate pretty quickly when I'm typing/writing, but talking takes a few seconds more. For my next post, I want to have more questions ahead of time (just in case) and I also want to have a way to measure what I learn. Perhaps, I might just count the number of strategies I come up with. Or I may even make that my next blog post question- ask what are good strategies for conversations in Spanish.

More Slang (from Peru I believe)

Slang: Mamada.- significa Mentira

Choreado: Robado

Jodido:: Destrozado, arruinado, tambien significa " Super"

Conversation Proyecto_post dos

Posted by Aja Wallace in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at 9:51 pm

This person Charles was nice and willing to talk to me. Our conversation went well there was something to talk about and it was patience during the conversation, there were times when I did not respond as fast because I had to figure out a way to work my question or response.

Blog Post 2: The Dating Scene.

Posted by Amanda Millatt in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at 9:42 am

In America there are different ways to ask a person out on a date or flirt. I have talked to both Seniorita G and Bridgette from Peru. Last week I posted about how to greet people of different ages. Now we can move on to dating.
While talking to Bridgette I learned that
1."Entonces los caballeros son de ofrecer pequeños detalles como flores, o son de crear poemas... ellos son mas romanticos" translated to english she said that "they give flowers and write poems, which is romantic"
2. "Estas rica"- is a phrase that means like common sense.
3." y son palabras que te lo gritan en la calle y incomodan bastante" - Sometimes they yell words across the street and that is quite uncomfortable.
While talking to Senorita G
She conformed that mean are poetic and gave some great piropos (flirting) in spanish.
The twitter name: #piropitos

Getting los Numeros - Spanish Flirtation

Posted by Stephen Holts in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Monday, April 30, 2012 at 7:53 pm

Spanish flirting and English flirting are extremely similar. Everything begins with small talk, but you can begin small talk without getting the person's attention first, can you?

These are things that one might yell across the street to a person they find attractive. If the person takes the bait, you can move on to the next step, which is making small talk.

Once small talk has been initiated, and a conversation is going, the next step in Spanish is the same as it is in English. Set a date. Ask them out.

Alright, you've obtained her attention, and free time, now you have to get her number. It's time to seal the deal.

Here is an iChat of a boy (right) asking out a girl (left) using the terms we just learned.

Getting Their Attention & Making Small Talk

Asking Them Out

Getting the Digits

That's all the time I have for this week! Check out the next blog post where we're going to discuss Spanish Insults!

#1 Baile En Mexico -Arlana Brown

Posted by Arlana Brown in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 12:37 pm

Arlana:Hola!

Martha:Hola!

Arlana:Como estas?

Martha:Bien y tu?

Arlana:Bien tambien!

Arlana: De donde eres?

Martha:Cancun,México

Arlana:Me dicen acerca de la baile en México...

Martha:Sí!

Martha:Cuando yo vivi en Mexico mi familia tenia muchas fiestas. A mi familia le gusta mucho las fiestas. También les gusta mucho bailar. Ellos bailan cumbia, y también durangense. Eso se baila mucho en Mexico. A mi no me gusta mucho esa música o el baile. A mi me gusta mas bailar bachata y merengue. Pero a mi me gusta mucho ver a mi familia bailar como bailan en Mexico. A mi siempre me enseñaron a apreciar a mi cultura y mucho a el baila. Eso me enseño mucho a apreciar a mi familia y de donde vengo yo porque eso para mi es muy importante.

(Vos)otros

Posted by Taahir Henry in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 12:01 pm

como

Vostros usar su en su casa

1.Whether or not all pronouns are used, tu, ustedes, vosotros, etc.

2.Other words are excluded or changed in family settings/ and other conversations

3.Is conversation awkward when people use different dialects? why/why not?

4. How similar is your way of speaking to what is learned in the classrooms ?

Vos is used in Argentina instead of tu

Vosotros is used in Spain

Argentina: In Argentina instead of using "tu" when addressing someone they use "vos." They essentially mean the same thing. Similarly in Spain they use a pronoun called vosotros which is the plural form of tu. So instead of only having 5 pronouns they have 6.

Spain: For vosotros the conjugation often ends in sois. The accent of the people in Spain the use th

(Yo neccsito traducir)

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