Guatemala/Spanish Skillz.
Three things:
1. When you meet someone new, and they say, "Me llamo Jose, y a ti?" ... Don't include "y a ti" at the end of their name when you try to get their attention later. They'll think you're an idiot. (This obviously happened to me, and I called a girl named Rut (like Ruth) Rutyati, and she was like... No... y a ti is just to ask you what your name is. I learned this stuff in Eighth grade, why couldn't I remember to segment that from her name? Geeze..)
2. I mentioned this once in the earlier post, but don't forget to close your eyes when riding in a car with someone. If you forget to do that, you might wind up with soiled underpants.
3. When you order water, just order water. Including all that fancy stuff (like adding a lemon) will ultimately get you a halfliter of lemonade. ..."No, the water doesn't look yellow here, Erin. That's lemonade." I think I need to work on my most basic Spanish skillz. Ordering a lemon with my water shouldn't be so difficult.
1. When you meet someone new, and they say, "Me llamo Jose, y a ti?" ... Don't include "y a ti" at the end of their name when you try to get their attention later. They'll think you're an idiot. (This obviously happened to me, and I called a girl named Rut (like Ruth) Rutyati, and she was like... No... y a ti is just to ask you what your name is. I learned this stuff in Eighth grade, why couldn't I remember to segment that from her name? Geeze..)
2. I mentioned this once in the earlier post, but don't forget to close your eyes when riding in a car with someone. If you forget to do that, you might wind up with soiled underpants.
3. When you order water, just order water. Including all that fancy stuff (like adding a lemon) will ultimately get you a halfliter of lemonade. ..."No, the water doesn't look yellow here, Erin. That's lemonade." I think I need to work on my most basic Spanish skillz. Ordering a lemon with my water shouldn't be so difficult.
posted by Erin Gundersen | 8:16 AM
3 Comments:
Hey, I remember our first trip to Mexico. I was all cocky about my spanish skillz, and a waiter asked, "Que quiere beber?", and I had no idea what he had said. I just couldn't understand what I was hearing. You will be OK in time.
ahah i´m glad you´re finally here chica....
soak it in. the time flies.
if you´re at the academy sabado en la manana..nos vemos.
besos!
espero que i was hanging out with you in guate right now.
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