OldandNew
Joined: 31 Dec 2015
Posts: 55
Location: Guadalajara, Mexico
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 Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 10:33 pm Post subject: THE MOMENT I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE SPANISH LANGUAGE |
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--> I am returning to retire/live in 'some' Latin American country soon and was thinking about the time I was living in Mexico (1985-1990) and the 'moment' I fell in love with Spanish.
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--> I was driving up to my girl-friends house. She (age 30) lived with her family in a very traditional house (open courtyard in the center) in a 'lower middle class area'.
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-->I found her, straw broom in hand, sweeping the street in front of her house. So I asked her, "Que estas haciendo, mija? and replied with a smile as natural as could be, "Estoy barriendo AFUERITA"
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--> Only in Spanish (or possibly other romance languages) could someone take the word 'afuera' (outside) and make a diminutive out of it.
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--> TRY that in English !! |
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