Today is a Manu Chao mood day. I love him.
I use this song to teach and practice that "gustar" grammar formation in my class. It is how you express what you like in Spanish, but is literally translated as:
"(object) is pleasing to (indirect object)".
So "Me gusta el chocolate" would be "Chocolate is pleasing to me" or, in real English, "I like chocolate."
So...your 'sleepless night' homework: how many things can you hear Manu Chao say that he likes? What would you add to that list...just to be random? It does not have to be in Spanish (a-hem). And if you have any questions, feel free! We'll just call this lesson "Spanish 1".
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Homework ? awww ma.....
ResponderEliminarOh alright - I'll be back - I'm seriously behind in my blogging. They actually expected me to 'work' today at work.
Ungratefull bastards.
Yeah, awwww is right. I went back in and prefaced that with "sleepless night" homework so it wouldn't seem so damn obligatory! :)
ResponderEliminarYou actually had to (gasp!) work?!?!
Oh, the nerve! ¡Qué cara!
:)
Be well, Brad.
No not going to do it!!
ResponderEliminarI AM OFFICIALLY PROTESTNG the name change!!!
you will always be Mapi to me. My Princess for short. You are no mere Mama Llama!
You are no beast of burden! You are MapiPrincesa!!! Aye Dios Mio!!!!
( stomps off waving hands to the sky cursing..)
Oh my! An official Protest because of something I have done.
ResponderEliminarMust say, I've never incited so much excitement in my entire life.
I can continue to be MaPi for you, Windy, and anyone else who prefers not to refer to me as a big, furry camellus. I will never refuse to be called princess--although now that I'm heading toward 40, I think I'm more deserving of the title of "queen"...
I have answered to MaPi for almost 8 years now, but there are so many women-princess-wannabes, all with their individual storylines...and as one who does not believe in the "Happily Ever After" ending of the princess stories I am forced to read to my daughter, I figured it was time to retire my attachment to the "princesa" avatar and take a name that more appropriately represents my role in Life!
So there is my usual overthinking of things at work. You may take it or leave it!
Be well, Windy. Thanks for making me feel so special.
Helen is trying to figure out if chocolate is part of what makes her 85 year old joints hurt so much.
ResponderEliminarI eat a lot of it and it doesn't have any effect on me other than I like it so why not.
Dang, I'm going to have to wait till I get home to hear this....
ResponderEliminaromg...I'm totally lost. I did learn that Me gusta means I like...so at my age, I'm grateful to learn ANY new thing. BWAHAHAHAHAHA. They talk sooooo fast. This is probably why I'm not bilingual. If I were in a foreign country and no one understood me...I would draw pictures of what I wanted or needed. Pretty sad, huh? And to think my foreign exchange student knew FIVE languages fluently and she was only 17. Yikes! Big hugs, mama llama.
ResponderEliminarBBC, from someone who suffers food allergies and knows the pain in my body when I eat what I ought not eat, that is a very likely possibility. Chocolate is a common allergen/offender.
ResponderEliminarZ--enjoy and have fun! I like using this song because there is no deep, profound meaning and it is VERY repetitive--you can't help but acquire at least a phrase.
Val--I have been at the "drawing pictures" point, my first time in Japan and it was amazing to me that we could not speak at all, but instead look at a sheet of music and create the same sound; indeed, something DOES transcend oral speech. Yes, a lot of Spanish speakers speak very rapidly, but some moreso than others. For me it can go more into a matter of clarity--how many letters are left out, much like how we might "drawl" or do something that makes it equally hard for non-natives to understand our English.
Funny...but hey, I'm a nerdy Mama Llama and I LOVE studying that stuff!
Be well, all.
I like 'Mama Llama'. It's called going through stages - or sometimes I think of it as like shedding skins - shedding an old skin for a fresh new one. You (and me too) are now wearing a new skin, and, hopefully, embracing the change. (I also believe that around seven years is the length of each stage.) Too weird? Or does it make sense?
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