First of all, I don't even know if 'erroritos' is even a word but in my mind it is! (There I go, already making up words in Spanish! I have decided to give you all a laugh...at my expense of course. I have committed a few "tiny errors" aka, erroritos con mi Espanol.
Lucky for me, both errors have occurred with my Spanish teacher. (This actually just makes me wonder how many more blunders I've made and the person was too embarrassed to correct me...naw, best not to think about that!) El Primero: "Ok Kelsie, let's practice the preterit. Tell me when you spoke Spanish yesterday." So I was all prepared to tell him that, "Yesterday, I ordered food." (Ayer, ordeni comida.) What came out was, "Ayer, orini." So apparently, omitting a single 'D' will take you from 'I ordered' to 'I urinated.' Yep, that's right. I told my tutor, "Yesterday, I urinated." He was very happy to hear the news! Then he scooted further away from me...
That was last week. Today, I trumpt myself. We were talking about my swimming and I was telling him all about it. He asked me what the strokes were called. Now, I have a hard time remembering what you call the breaststroke in Spanish (can you predict where this is going?) I know it starts with PECH and I can never remember if it ends in an O or an A. Well, it being the breaststroke, I assumed it was feminine and put an A at the end. WRONG!!! He looked at me and asked again..then one more time...then was like, "OHH, pechO." So I was like, "Ah, si, pecho." Then he asks me if I know what the other word means. Of course I did not, I thought it meant breastroke. He tells me it is a bad word, but he won't tell me what it means!!! I still don't know! None of my Spanish speaking friends are on Facebook for me to ask them either!
Then, I started thinking...I really thought I had had a similar talk with one of my students...then it hits me. I was talking with one of my boys about swimming and he didn't know the name of the strokes either...so I told him. Yep, probably called him a Vag-hole or something! PURA VIDA MAE!!!
Until next time...
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Hello Kelsie
ReplyDeleteI am a Canadian and was a teacher in CR back in 1987-88 (Marion Baker School in San Pedro, before it moved up to Curridabat). I've been trolling the Costa Rica blogs because I'm about to make my first return trip in the spring, along with my daughter.
Right now, I'm trying to locate my old Tica roommate. I have lost touch with her and don't have even an old address. If I sent you a photo and as much info as I had about her, would you ask around? Costa Ricans all seem to know each other. Unfortunately, Google and Facebook don't have anything on her. I would love to meet up with her again.
To reach me, just add nancy@ to my URL nancymucklow.com. Thanks -- and I won't feel bad if you delete this comment (since it's way off topic!).
BTW I did far worse than you for mispronunciation -- instead of ordering "Dos Cervesas" at a restaurant, I ordered "Doce Besos". Yes, not quite the same thing!
Spanish Dictionary: Pecho = Breasts (masculine)
ReplyDeleteIn other words...I think you told your teacher you liked his man boobs. :) GOOD ONE!! When you come back will you please teach me Spanish??????
Kirsten :)
Sorry Kirsten, you were wrong. Found out today from one of the teachers. Apparently it doesn't actually mean anything, but if you change the E to an I it refers to the male anatomy!
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