Who am I?
I grew up in a town that is fourteen thousand feet above sea level. The place is called, Potosi, located in Bolivia, South America. Somebody once said Potosi is “the Tibet of the Americas.” The city, which is cold all year round, is the opposite of the Amazon (temperature wise and altitude) – also in Bolivia. Potosi is the place were I started my academic career; from elementary to high school. As soon I finished high school, I moved to Cochabamba, to continue my education. The University of San Simon there become my Alma Matter, there I studied economics. In 1997 I moved to Germany where I studied the language (German) and experienced the culture for more than two years. In 2000 I arrived in the United States, at that time I did not know any English, so I took one semester of intensive English class at Parkland College in Champaign, Illinois and followed two years of general education classes at the same institution. By 2004, I transferred to Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois, where, in 2006, I graduated with Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Languages. In 2008 – 2009 I attended the Masters in Spanish Program at the University of Oregon, and currently I am an MBA student at Texas A&M University.
Growing up, studying economics, and working in Bolivia; traveling to some Latin American, Asian, and European countries, being in Germany for two years, and currently living and studying in the United States make me a walking example of cultural interaction who wants to share and transmit his experiences.
Fiesta Latina este jueves en Cat Cavern
Practica tu español en marzo
Latin American Film Festival…
hola!
I’m glad to share with you a great experience that a group of students and me had last Sunday.
We went to a Latin American Film Festival in Portland as a Cultural Spanish event which was promoted by the Spanish Department. First, we went to the professor’s Julie Veltman house who was very generous and invited us to have lunch before the movie. We had such a great time because we shared just a little bit about us. Then, we moved to watch the movie “Solo quiero caminar” (Just walking) at Broadway Metro Plex. It was a Mexican and Spanish movie which the main character was Diego Luna (Mexico). It was a drama and action movie which was so intense. Besides, all of us liked a lot. When we came back, it was cool because we shared things about the movie and us. I think that that Sunday I will remember as one of the different days here in the States with great people.
TRABALENGUAS – TONGUETWISTERS
¿Se te traba la lengua? ¿Se te lengua la traba? ¿Se te lasengua la baba?… Los trabalenguas son juegos de palabras con sonidos difíciles de pronunciar juntos.
Lo interesante de los trabalenguas está en poder decirlos con claridad y rapidez, aumentando la velocidad sin dejar de pronunciar ninguna de las palabras.
Primero empezaremos con los fáciles después subirá el nivel de dificultad.
IMAGINANDO LO INMAGINABLE
GEMA IMAGINABA
UNA IMAGEN DE SU IMAGINACION
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SORULLO QUIERE LO SUYO
LO TUYO ES TUYO
DICE SORULLO
SUELTA LO QUE NO ES TUYO
SORULLO QUIERE LO SUYO
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CONFUSO CONFABULABA UNA CONFUSA
CONFABULACION,
CONFUNDIDO NO CONFIABA EN LA CONFUNDIDA CONFABULACION,
QUE ACABABA DE CONFABULAR.
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NADIE SILBA COMO SILVIA SILBA
PORQUE EL QUE SILBA COMO SILVIA SILBA
SILVIA LE ENSEÑO A SILBAR
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YO NO QUIERO QUE TU ME QUIERAS
PORQUE YO TE QUIERO A TÍ,
QUERIÉNDOME O SIN QUERERME
YO TE QUIERO POR QUE SÍ.
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EL REY DE CONSTANTINOPLA ESTA CONSTANTINOPLIZADO
CONSTA QUE CONSTANZA, NO LO PUDO DESCONSTANTINOPLIZAR
EL DESCONSTANTINOPLIZADOR QUE DESCONSTANTINOPLIZARE AL REY DE CONSTANTINOPLA,
BUEN DESCONSTANTINOPLIZADOR SERÁ
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CANSADAS CARGADAS RAPADAS MARCHABAN LAS CHAVAS,
CALLADAS, CALMADAS BANDADAS DE GATAS LAS RATAS CAZABAN,
LAS RANAS CANTABAN LLAMABAN SALTABAN Y AL SALTAR SANABAN DE SU MAL ASTRAL
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QUE EL BEBE CESE DE BEBER LECHE FRENTE A LA TELE,
QUE BESE EL PELELE, QUE ME DE ESE EJE QUE LE DEJE
Y QUE SE ENTERE DE LO QUE PENSE.
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CHANGO CHINO REFLICHADO
PORQUE CHIFLAS A LA CHINA
CHANGO CHINO RECHIFLADO RECHIFLADOR
QUE A LA CHANGA CHINA REFLICHADA CHIFLAS
CHANGO CHINO RECHIFLADO RECHIFLADOR
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EL AJO PICO A LA COL
LA COL PICO AL AJO
AJO COL Y CARACOL
CARACOL Y COL CON AJO
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SI CAMARON COMEMOS,
Y NOS ENCAMARONAMOS,
COMO NOS DESENCAMARONAREMOS?
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PARANGARICUTIRIMÍCUARO,
DESENPARANGARICUTIRIMICUARE
EL QUE LO DIGA SERÁ UN BUEN
DESANPARANGARICUTIRIMICUARIZADOR
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YO COMPRE POCAS COPAS
POCAS COPAS YO COMPRE
COMO YO COMPRE POCAS COPAS
POCAS COPAS YO PAGUE
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TRES TRISTES TIGRES
TRAGABAN TRIGO EN TRES TRISTES TRASTOS
SENTADOS TRAS UN TRIGAL.
SENTADOS TRAS UN TRIGAL,
EN TRES TRISTES TRASTOS
TRAGABAN TRIGO TRES TRISTES TIGRES.
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CUANDO CUENTES CUENTOS
CUENTA CUANTOS CUENTOS CUENTAS,
PORQUE SI NO CUENTAS CUANTOS CUENTOS CUENTAS
NUNCA SABRÁS CUANTOS CUENTOS CUENTAS TÚ.
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PABLITO CLAVÓ UN CLAVITO
EN LA CALVA DE UN CALVITO.
EN LA CALVA DE UN CALVITO,
UN CLAVITO CLAVÓ PABLITO.
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SI TU GUSTO GUSTARA DEL GUSTO
QUE GUSTA MI GUSTO,
MI GUSTO GUSTARÍA DEL GUSTO
QUE GUSTA TU GUSTO.
PERO COMO TU GUSTO
NO GUSTA DEL GUSTO
QUE GUSTA MI GUSTO,
MI GUSTO NO GUSTA DEL GUSTO
QUE GUSTA TU GUSTO.
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Si fuiste capaz de pronunciar al menos 10 trabalenguas correctamente y puedes probarlo envíame un mensaje y te daré un superhiperrecontragrandioso premio, bueno tal vez no sea superhiperrecontragrandioso, pero si será un premio.
LLC Spanish Speakers, My Spanish Space, Spanish Table | Comments OffEl Grito de la Independencia! Mexican Independence Day.
Mural depicting the Grito de Dolores, by Juan O'Gorman.
Cry of Dolores — battle cry of the Mexican War of Independence from Spain, first uttered by Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, parish priest of Dolores (now Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato state), on Sept. 16, 1810.
Hidalgo was involved in a plot against the Spanish colonial government, and, when the plot was betrayed, he decided to act immediately. After arming the people, he addressed them from the pulpit, encouraging them to revolt. The exact text of this most famous of all Mexican speeches is not known, and a wide variety of “reconstructed” versions have been published, but he may have said, in essence, “Long live Our Lady of Guadalupe [symbol of the Indians' faith], death to bad government, death to the gachupines [the Spaniards]!” Hidalgo amassed a large popular mob-army, but after much reckless pillage and bloodshed the movement was suppressed and Hidalgo himself was captured and executed on July 31, 1811. Hidalgo’s “cry” became the cry of independence. In commemoration, each year on the night of September 15—the eve of Mexican Independence Day—the president of the republic shouts a version of “el Grito” from the balcony of the National Palace in Mexico City: “Viva México! Viva la Independencia! Vivan los héroes!” The ceremony is broadcast throughout the country and is repeated in smaller scale in many towns and villages.
[excerpted from "Grito de Dolores." Encyclopædia Britannica. <http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9038161>.]
LLC Spanish Speakers, My Spanish Space, Spanish Table | Comments OffCOLOMBIAN EXPRESSIONS
IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTICE HOW IN SPANISH AS IN ENGLISH THERE ARE SOME EXPRESSIONS THAT DESPITE THE FACT THAT ARE COMMON NOT MANY FOREIGN PEOPLE KNOW THEM, THIS USUALLY HAPPENS BECAUSE THERE IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FORMAL AND INFORMAL LANGUAGE AND IN ORDER TO MANAGE A LANGUAGE PROPERLY YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF THIS CHANGES. FOR EXAMPLE NOT ALL THE TIME PEOPLE SPEAK IN A VERY FORMAL WAY SOMETIMES THEY JUST PLAY WITH SOME WORDS AND THEN IT IS MORE DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF A CONVERSATION IF YOU ARE NOT USE TO HEARING THIS KIND OF THINGS. NEXT YOU WILL FIND A LIST OF EXPRESSIONS THAT ARE REALLY COMMON IN COLOMBIA AND THAT MANY PEOPLE USE IN THE STREETS OR WHEN THEY ARE TALKING TO SOMEONE ELSE. THESE EXPRESSIONS ARE SOMETIMES KNOWN IN SOUTH AMERICA BUT SOME OTHER TIMES IT IS DIFFICULT EVEN FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS TO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER WHEN SPEAKING BECAUSE THEIR BACKGROUND IS NOT THE SAME. SO HERE IS THE LIST IN CASE YOU FIND SOME PROBLEMS TO UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF THE EXPRESSIONS CONTACT ME OR POST A COMMENT AND I WILL EXPLAIN THE WHOLE MEANING…
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