Visual Link Learn Spanish Newsletter (V:1; I:22)

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Words taken from "Survival", Section 3 of our Complete Course

	English	Spanish
Monday	Just a minute.	Un momento.
Tuesday	I'll be right back.	Ahorita vengo.
Wednesday	I'm in a hurry.	Tengo prisa.
Thursday	Hey!	¡Oiga!
Friday	Be careful!	¡Tenga cuidado!
Saturday	Calm down!	¡Tranquilo!
Sunday	Hurry up!	¡Apúrese!
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Clear up the Confusion -----

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Learn Spanish Culture ----- More dirt.

Last week's newsletter focused on sweeping dirt in Latin America and the reasons they do it. I love to get responses from you (our readers). Last week Deborah responded by e-mail with the following:

Dave: In poor areas in Mexico I saw family wash hanging out and was so impressed at how the whites are so white. Families built homemade speed bumps in front of their homes to keep cars from going too fast and kicking up dirt. The dirt is so fine and dusty that all their work washing clothes would be for not if they didn't either sweep and wet the dirt, or build speed bumps.

I enjoy your travel observations. Deb

Thanks for your comments Deborah!

I wanted to follow-up with last week's newsletter and talk a little more about the activities that are done on the dirt roads in the pueblos. Since cars rarely pass by in the lower-income pueblos, the streets are converted into a play ground for young children and teenagers. In most of Latin America, as soon as the little boys can walk, they learn to kick soccer balls. In fact, they seem to be everywhere in the streets kicking soccer balls and playing soccer. When the very little boys aren't playing soccer, they like to play with marbles or with string tops called trompos [troam-poes]. Girls also use the streets for a play place. As soon as they are around age eight or nine, they play volleyball in the streets. They set up nets from one side of the narrow streets to the other and when cars come by, they just lift up the net.

It is fun to watch the culture of the Latin streets and see everything that goes on. The boys and girls are usually quite good at soccer, volleyball, marbles, and "trompos". In fact, the first time I tried to play soccer with them, they kicked the ball right between my legs. I was a little embarrassed as everyone laughed at the "Gringo" who didn't know how to play soccer very well. Needless, to say, I practiced soccer and now enjoy playing it.

The sports played may vary region to region. For example, in the Dominican Republic, many of the boys play baseball instead of soccer. However, soccer is still the most prevalent sport throughout Latin America.

¡Chao!


David S. Clark -- President
U.S. Institute of Languages
dave@spanishprograms.com
http://www.spanishprograms.com