Tuesday, October 9, 2012

I was always taught

..in Spanish class that when someone sneezes, you say 'Salud!' as in, HEALTH! GOOD HEALTH TO YOU! AND TO ME BECAUSE I DONT WANT YOUR GROSS GERMS!

But here, no one says 'Salud'... they say 'Jesús!' as in OH GOD NOT THE PLAGUE AGAIN, DEAR JESUS SAVE US. 


O dear Jesús, I'm sorry that's disgusting


:)

Also, we showed that Korean song/video Gangnam Style by Psy to Ángel in class and he started trying to do the dance.. IT WAS GREAT.

ALSO ALSO - the word 'anda', which is like.. the third person present conjugation of 'andar' which means like.. to walk or wander.. IS ALSO BASICALLY EVERY SPANISH EXCLAMATION .... like, you can use it for anything. Word Reference says this:


7. (en exclamaciones)
  1. (expresando sorpresa, incredulidad): ¡anda! ¡qué casualidad! good heavens! what a coincidence!;
    ¡anda! ¡mira quién está aquí! well, well! look who's here!;
    ¡anda ya! ¡eso es imposible! go on! that's impossible! (colloq)
  1. (expresando irritación, rechazo): ¡anda! ¡déjame en paz! oh, leave me alone!;
    ¡anda! ¡se me ha vuelto a olvidar! damn! I've forgotten it again! (colloq)
  1. (instando a hacer algo): préstamelo, anda go on, lend it to me!;
    ándale, no seas sacón (Méx famgo on, don't be chicken (colloq);
    ¡andando, que se hace tarde! let's get a move on, it's getting late!

LIKE SERIOUSLY DOES IT HAVE TO MEAN ALL THOSE THINGS? CAN'T YOU PICK ONE? 

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