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La Cosa del Día #21
OMG! Do you know how confusing this was the first time I learned it?!?! Me: [to my Spanish-speaking only roomate] Hey Javi, how do you say the name of our planet in Spanish? Roommate: La Tierra. Me: No. The planet Earth, the name of the planet, what’s it called? Roommate: La Tierra. Me: No, that’s the ground. What’s the name of the ball? (not knowing how to say sphere) Roommate: LA TIERRA!!!! Me: NO! That’s the dirt! That’s what Earth is made of! HOW DO YOU SAY PLANET EARTH?????? Roommate: LA TIERRA!!!! Me: OH, You’re worthless! I’ll ask somebody who’s not an idiot tomorrow. ???Sorry Javi! ???
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La Cosa del Día #22
This is a good word! Not only do I ENJOY saying it, but it’s quite common. Mereces saberla ???
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La Cosa del Día #23
This IS said by native Spanish-speakers, but DEFINITELY not as much as I say it. But more importantly… What does the E say? ??♂️?
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La Cosa del Día #25
Then, just like in English, “apreciar” can be used at least a couple different ways (appreciate somebody/something, go up in value, etc)…
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La Cosa del Día #27
Why???????? I know “it’s from Greek” bla bla bla. But so many words are from Greek and Latin! We change them to fit Spanish–the language we’re speaking!!! Why not with “el planeta”? Why????? ???
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La Cosa del Día #28
Language is weird. I can’t believe it works. I can transfer any image from my brain into your brain. With words! That’s weird. So weird… I’ll probably give a speech about it one day. Then we can have a “discourse” about my “discurso”. ???
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La Cosa del Día #29
?️?️?️ This “pluma” thing is still one of my favorite things ever! I always picture Benjamin Franklin writing important stuff with a “feather”. What do you picture? ?️?️?️
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La Cosa del Día #30
We can learn a lot from the mistakes Spanish-speakers make when they speak English. Plus, it’s usually really cute! We LOST the train??? OMG, where’d it go? The train’s pretty big… not sure how we’d lose it, but okay… ???