Last night was the 2013 MLB All-Star game. Ah, America’s pastime! Who doesn’t love a good baseball game? And what better way to open up America’s game then with a heartfelt rendition of ‘God Bless America’?
And…wait, a minute. Who is this guy coming out to sing God Bless AMERICA?
wow! Who is this unAmerican Spanish Mexican spic illegal foreigner terrorist singing ‘God Bless AMERICA’ at a game of baseball, our AMERICAN pastime?
Why, it’s New York born, United States citizen of Puerto Rican descent, Marc Anthony!
Look at this 100% American grammy award winning recording artist sing 'God Bless AMERICA’ at the All-Star game. Absolutely disgusting. And the All-Star game was at Citi Field in NYC borough of Queens too! We can’t let this happen in Queens, the most ethnically diverse urban area in the world!
Spanish people!? Heartbreaking! We cannot let America become some sort of melting pot!
Yeah! Shouldn’t you be FROM America!? Like, sorry, New York City just doesn’t cut it.
Yeah, America! CLEAN. IT. UP. And “it” being anyone who LOOKS foreign!
But, Marc Anthony IS an American artist…
haha. Silly me. That doesn’t matter. HE MAKES A LIVING SINGING SONGS IN SPANISH. The devil’s language! And making a living from such a thing? A crime in the good ole’ U.S. of A!
And why get someone who makes money off of singing in some foreign language when you can get a true patriotic American…like Ke$ha!
Yeah! Mexicans, Castro, Cubans, Puerto Ricans, Marc Anthony…they’re all the same anyway!
“Marc Anthony? Unamerican! Marc Anthony is Spanish!”
And there lies the real issue. The fact that Marc Anthony is an American citizen born in the United States does not matter. The point here is someone who is “NOT LIKE US” (white males) can not be a REAL American!
You see. Marc Anthony is from New York…but he doesn’t LOOK like it. I assume the last time Josh here has been to New York was about 100 years ago. But, what is the world coming to now-a-days!
And you can see here again. Being of Puerto Rican descent means you’re not a TRUE American. I mean, what do you think? It isn’t like Puerto Rico’s a part of the United States or something!
But hey, at least there’s one racist out there who sees the irony in this all…
God Bless SpainMexicoPuerto Rico AMERICA! Let’s play ball!
Just a reminder! Between Our potus calling Puerto Rican’s non American and foxnews calling Central American countries Mexican countries, is nothing new!!
Quedar con - (tener una cita con alguien) used when you are meeting up with someone
e.g. quedo con Laura cada jueves para platicar por un rato - I meet Laura every Thursday to chat for a bit
Quedar en - to come to an agreement
e.g. quedamos en limpiar la casa por turno - we decided to take turns at cleaning the house
Quedar - to keep something
e.g. Puedes quedarte ese bolso - you can keep that bag
Quedar - to give a good or bad impression
e.g. Cuando conocí a Juan por la primera vez, estaba bebiendo mucho, quedó muy mal. - When I met Juan for the first time he was drinking a lot, he left a very bad impression.
Quedar - to talk about the location of something
e.g. Entre el hotel y mi casa queda 10km - the hotel is 10km away from my house
e.g. el hotel no queda muy lejos - the hotel isn’t very far away
Quedar - talking about time lapses
e.g. nos quedamos hasta la tarde - we stand until the afternoon
Additions made by @spanishskulduggery
1.quedarse can be used as a verb of change meaning “to become” or in some contexts “to be struck”, as in quedarsede piedra is “to be astonished” [literally “to become stone”], se quedaron en silencio “they were struck silent”
Or in some other contexts it can show up as “to become” in the sense of something permanent that’s different, like quedarse ciego/a “to become blind”, quedarse sordo/a “to become deaf”
2. quedar por is a verbal expression that means “remaining” or “something not yet done”. For example, aún queda mucho por decir “there’s still a lot left to say”, or me queda mucho por aprender “there’s still a lot left for me to learn” / “I’ve got a lot (left) to learn”
3. This may be an idiomatic expression more than anything but quedar en ridículo is translated as “to look silly/stupid”, so hacer quedar en ridículo is “to make a fool out of someone” or “to make someone look stupid”… hace quedar en ridículo a ella “he/she makes her look stupid” for example
4. Regular quedar can be “to remain” so lo que queda “what’s left” / “what remains”, and quedarsecan be “to stay behind”, or in some expressions “to stay somewhere” like me quedo en casa “I’m staying home”
I’m sure there are more uses, please send corrections or additions!
Regardless of if you learn Spanish as a second language in a classroom or with textbooks and websites alone, you’ve likely learnt that the predominant ways of saying “you” in Spanish are tú(informal) and usted(formal.) In much of Latin America, however, there is a third pronoun that can be used to refer to a singular “you”, and it is vos. The use of vos is much more varied than the use of tú, however, in some ways its usage can be much easier than tú.
Note:This post will primarily be discussing the most common forms of vos. Some countries like Chile have different conventions on how to conjugate verbs in the vos form, and some conjugations like the subjunctive can be very different between countries in the vosform.
Part I - What even is Voseo?
To start, let’s take a look at this map of Spanish speaking countries. Areas highlighted in light pink are areas where vos is used mainly in speaking and can be used alongside or in different contexts as tú. In areas highlighted in medium pink, the use of vos is mainly spoken and is more common than tú. And finally the areas highlighted in dark pink are areas where vos is used both in speaking and writing and has essentially replaced the use of tú.
You might immediately notice that in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and much of Bolivia, the pronoun vos has essentially replaced tú in both speaking and writing. The pronoun vos is often very indicative of Rioplatense Spanish (the Spanish spoken in Argentina and Uruguay,) and whereas in some countries the different between túandvos can be a different of social classes like in Chile, in Rioplatense Spanish it is the most common second person singular pronoun.
In other countries, like Chile and parts of Central America, vostends to be a used as a very familiar and intimate pronoun, and is only used with friends and family. In these cases, túandustedoften exist alongside vos, forming a three tiered system of formality depending on the country. In Honduras, for example, vos is the most informal of the three, often reserved for close friends and family, with tú expressing some familiarity but not full trust, and usted being used as the most formal pronoun.
Part II - Using Vos in a Sentence
The typical way of using pronouns in a sentence in Standard Spanish falls into a few categories: subject pronouns (when the pronoun is the person who does an action), direct object pronouns (when the pronoun is the person who an action happens to), indirect object pronouns (when the pronoun isn’t the person the action happens to but they are still indirectly affected), and prepositional pronouns (when the pronoun is used in conjunction with a word like paraorcon.)
With the pronoun tú, this pronoun declines to these forms:
Tú quieres (subject)
Te doy (direct object)
Te lo doy (indirect object)
Lo hice para tí (prepositional)
Lo hice contigo(specialcon-form)
With the pronoun vos, on the other hand, some forms are the same, but some are different:
Vos querés (subject)
Te doy (direct object)
Te lo doy (indirect object)
Lo hice para vos (prepositional)
Lo hice con vos(con-form, same as prepositional form)
You’ll notice that in the object forms, the pronoun te can be used for both VoseoandTuteo.
Examples:
¿Quétúquieres tomar? » ¿Qué vos querés tomar? (What do you want to drink?)
¿Ella te ha dado el regalo? (Has she given you the gift?)
Lo siento, no puedo ir a la fiesta contigo » Lo siento, no puedo ir a la fiesta con vos (Sorry, I can’t go to the party with you)
Te quiero, mamá (I love you, mom)
No te lo di porque tú ya lo tienes » No te lo di porque vos ya lo tenés (I didn’t give it to you because you already have it)
Lo hice para tí porque te quiero » Lo hice para vos porque te quiero (I did it for you because I love you)
Part III - Conjugating for Vos in the Present and Affirmative
As with most pronouns in Spanish, vos has a special conjugation form that needs to be followed when vos is the subject of a sentence. Luckily, however, some verb forms are the same as the tú form in some tenses, and the pronoun vos tends to have far less irregular verbs than the túform.
In the present tense, vos is conjugated with three endings: -ar » -ás, -er » -és, -ir » -ís. Verbs conjugated in the vos form typically don’t have stem changers like they do in the tú form, so there is no o » ue, i » ie, e » i, o » u to worry about.
Examples:
Ser » sos (irregular)
Ir » vas (irregular)
Haber » has (irregular)
Tener » tenés
Querer » querés
Saber » sabés
Pensar » pensás
Poder » podés
Entender » entendés
Oir » oís
Decir » decís
Sentir » sentís
Dormir » dormís
Pedir » pedís
You’ll notice that aside from the verbs ser, ir,andhaber, the vos form is very regular. In the preterite, imperfect, and future tenses, the vosform conjugates the same as the tú form, so there’s no need to worry about even more conjugations in the indicative mood.
To make affirmative commands in the vos form, simply remove the -s from the end of the present tense conjugation of vos.
Examples:
Ser » sé (irregular)
Ir » andá (the imperative form of andar is used instead)
Tener » tené
Querer » queré
Saber » sabé
Pensar » pensá
Poder » podé
Entender » entendé
Oir » oí
Decir » decí
Sentir » sentí
Dormir » dormí
Pedir » pedí
In the present-subjunctive conjugation, vos gets a bit trickier, in part because the subjunctive form for vos is very varied across areas that use voseo as opposed to the present-indicative which is pretty regular across areas that use voseo.
In Rioplatense Spanish, the typical tú form of the subjunctive is often used both for the túandvos conjugations. So espero que duermas bien could be either túorvos. In Central America, Bolivia, and areas of Colombia that use vos, the subjunctive is conjugated in 2 ways for vos. -ar stems gain the ending -és and -er/-ir stems gain the ending -ás. As well, in some stems ‘o’ will become ‘u’ and ‘e’ will become ‘i’. As well, stems that change in the yo-form (ex. tener » tengo,decir » digo) will also change in the subjunctive for vos(ex.tener » tengás,decir » digás.)
Examples:
Ser » seás (irregular)
Ir » vayás (irregular)
Haber » hayás (irregular)
Tener » tengás (irregular)
Querer » querás
Saber » subás (irregular)
Pensar » pensés
Poder » podás
Entender » entendás
Oir » oigás (irregular)
Decir » digás (irregular)
Sentir » sintás (irregular)
Dormir » durmás (irregular)
Pedir » pidás (irregular)
You’ll notice that in the subjunctive, the vos form is far more irregular than in the indicative. The present-subjunctive is also used to form negative commands in the vosform.
Examples:
¡No lo comás! (don’t eat it)
¡No digás eso! (don’t say that!)
¡No durmás en clase! (don’t sleep in class!)
Disclaimer: I’m not a native speaker of Spanish, just a lover of the language. If there are any mistakes or things you think I missed please let me know so I can correct this post!
estar en la luna - to have one’s head in the clouds echar leña al fuego - to add fuel to the fire echar balones fuera - to dodge the issue ir de mal en peor - to go from bad to worse agarrar a alguien con las manos en la masa - to catch someone red handed ojos que no ven corazón que no siente - out of sight, out of mind ir al grano - to get to the point tener más lana que un borrego - to have money to burn ir a su bola - to do one’s own thing de uvas a peras - once in a blue moon el dinero no cae del cielo - money doesn’t grow on trees costar un ojo de la cara - to cost an arm and a leg ser agua pasada - to be water under the bridge a lo hecho, pecho - what’s done is done hacer la vista gorda - to turn a blind eye más loco que una cabra - as mad as a hatter ser pan comido - to be a piece of cake poner su grano de arena - to do one’s bit cuando el río suena, agua lleva - where there’s smoke, there’s fire a grandes males, grandes remedios - desperate times call for desperate measures
I love to make covers for fanfics, not everyone commissions this kind of things, so it makes me happy that some people really appreciate my work in this way ;;;
It’s in Spanish, but here is the link anyways. It worth it uwu
We all have dreams and something to tell. This is my dream, please don’t ignore, share and support me.
I just published my FIRST book “Líneas del corazón” (Heartlines), you can find it on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/-/es/dp/1653833521/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_WvbeEb2WNS54P) in paperback (15usd) or e-book (9.99usd) you just need to download Kindle to read it. What I’m asking is your support, please help me sharing this link with your friends, family and acquaintances.
I’m on my own, so I don’t have someone doing all this publicity work. For now it’s only in Spanish, but I hope soon will be also in English. I hope you can get it and read it.
I don’t think this is the typical love story, I believe that it’s more about achieving your goals or dreams, to overcome obstacles and yes, fall in love, because that’s part of life.
Description:
The only thing clear in Olivia Breen’s mind and heart is the dream she has had since she was five years old, to be part of The Royal Ballet and become a prima ballerina. The road is not easy, so she will have to work hard to achieve her goal and especially not to be distracted by the presence of Sebastian, her best friend. Will Olivia concentrate on fulfilling her dream or will she abandon it for staying in Brooklyn with Sebastian?
The Aztec religion, polytheistic and based on nature incorporated the main god of tribes they conquered. This, however, gave them such a large amount of gods that it became impossible to worship them all. Which led to the formation of separate cults which worshiped one god supreme and others as minor gods. This can be compared loosely to the many separate branches of Christianity such as Protestant, Catholic, Lutheran, or in particular, to Catholicism and the Saints.
Aztec legend of the creation of mankind and the origins of the Aztec tribe tie directly into reasons for human sacrifice. The main points in these legends is that the gods sacrificed for humans, thus, humans must sacrifice for the gods. Furthermore, the gods depended on humans for the precious liquid chalchihuatl, – human blood to sustain themselves. In Catholicism Christ was crucified to pay for human sins, in turn, Catholics sacrifice during lent, but also throughout the year. There is a close parallel between the Aztec gods need for blood and Catholic communion: the Catholic priest who is the representative of god is always the first one to drink the communion wine, the symbol of blood.
Another parallel is the legend of the creation of the Aztec tribe and the creation of the god Huitzilopochtli, one of the most important Aztec gods.
Huitzilopochtli was conceived spontaneously by a ball of down touching his mother. In Catholicism the Virgin Mary was visited by an angel with feathered wings to tell her that she was to give birth to the Messiah.
Moreover, Huitzilopochtli the god of the sun made the Aztec his chosen people in the same manner that the Hebrews where God’s chosen people in Judaism. Since Christ the Messiah was Jewish, the followers of Christ became the chosen people of god. Another very similar characteristic between the two religions is the fact that they both had saviors. Jesus Christ came to earth to teach humans religion and proper behavior; the god Quetzalcoatl also came to teach people this. They both said that they would come again.
The Aztecs view of death was similar to the Christian view. They believed that there was a hell called Mictlán and a Heaven called Tlalocán. Mictlán was ruled by the god Mictlatecuhtli and Tlalocán was ruled by Tlaloc the rain god and Huitzilopochtli the warrior god in the same manner that Satan rules hell and Jesus and God rule heaven.
The world of the dead was composed 9 levels below and 13 levels above the earth. The period in hell was not permanent but considered a 4 year journey, during this time the family of the deceased made many offering and sacrifices to make the journey easier. The remnants of this Aztec belief is the present day Mexican celebration of Día De Los Muertos where people set up altars for the deceased and make food offering. In preparation for De Los Muertos candy skeletons and skeleton bread are sold throughout Mexico, this has grounds in the fact that Mictlatecuhtli the Aztec god of the dead was a skeleton.
The Aztecs’ belief in how to arrive in heaven are very different from most main stream religions. They believe that entrance to heaven is based on the amount of suffering during life. For instance a new born baby would go to hell for he had not suffered enough during life. In Catholicism a baby would go to limbo if not baptized prior to death for Baptism in the catholic faith is the washing away of original sin. Limbo is a midway point between heaven, hell and earth.
But if a baby is baptized before death, he is immediately guaranteed entrance in heaven. The people who had suffered such as warriors, sacrificial victims, mothers who died giving birth and slaves were to enter heaven, just like good people do in the Catholic religion. Furthermore, stealing was considered bad as where most things looked upon as sins in Catholicism. The Aztec temples were a place of worship like a church.
The Spanish priests were quick to see these parallels and made use of them. The priests used the already existing religion and made changes. For instance they might change the savior’s name from Quetzalcoatl to Christ they might change the virgin from Coatlicue to Mary and the method of virgin conception from a ball of down to the speaking of a Feathered angel. These changes made it easy for the Aztecs to switch religions. One of the most important factors was that by converting to Catholicism the Aztecs were given the opportunity to place themselves on the social ladder with the Spanish. This means that Mexico started to form a new culture mixed with both the Spanish and Aztec in both blood and ideals.
These are sayings or expressions that are used in Argentina, and some of them may be used in other Latin American countries with slight changes here and there.
Zapata, si no la gana la empata=Zapata, if it doesn’t win it’ll even the score. Zapata in this sentence doesn’t mean anything is there because it rhymes, this sentence is used when someone who can’t win an argument tries at all cost to at least don’t come out so badly out of it.
“Bueno está bien el león no será el animal más rápido, pero si está en la lista”
“Zapata, si no la gana la empata”
“Ok, fine the lion is not the fastest animal, but is in the list”
“Zapata, if it doesn’t win it’ll even the score”
Del dicho al hecho hay un largo trecho =there is a long way from the saying to the facts. Is basically used to point out that there is a difference between what someone is saying to their actions.
Chocolate por la noticia =Chocolate for the news. Is an ironic sentence used when someone tells you news that you already knew, or they tell you something obvious. Don’t use it all the time though, because it will make you seem too snarky.
“¿Escuchaste que perdimos el último partido?”
“Chocolate por la noticia, fue hace dos días.”
“Have you heard that we lost our last game?”
“Chocolate for the news, it was two days ago.”
Los hermanos sean unidos=Siblings be united.
…
Los hermanos sean unidos
Siblings be united
Esa es la ley primera
That’s the first law
Porque si entre ellos se pelean
Because if they fight between themselves
Se los comen los de afuera.
The outsiders will eat them.
…
Los hermanos sean unidos
Siblings be united
Porque esa es la ley primera
Because that’s the first law
Tengan unión verdadera
Have a truthful union
En cualquier tiempo que sea
At any given time
Porque si entre ellos pelean
Because if they fight between themselves
Los devoran los de afuera
The outsiders will devour them
I have copied the three versions from the shortest to the actual quote from “El Martin Fierro”, mostly the first two are the ones that are used but I decided to add the third one too because is the original and maybe a really well read person will quote that one.
This quote is used when siblings fight as you can see in the translation, as an obvious way to tell them to stay together because that way they are stronger when faced with adversity, a lot of people but especially grandmas (or at least mine) love to use this one when their kids or grandkids fight even if is a minor discussion. Also, it can be used in a jokingly manner, for example sometimes when my sister tries to pick a fight with me I peacefully tell her the first quote and she rolls her eyes.
Mind you, I’m not a professional translator so I did my best with this narrative poem.
Ok, so a couple of days ago I shared a playlist with the music that’s poppin in Argentina nightclubs right now.
But now I have to share this playlist because is key when it comes to Argentina music, these songs fall either under the genre of Cuarteto or Cumbia they are a part of what we in Argentina refer to as “Movida tropical” (tropical movement)
Now Cuarteto is a music genre that was born in Cordoba, one of Argentina provinces, on the other hand, Cumbia is a genre that’s part of many other Latin-American countries, and even in Argentina is has its own subdivisions, the cumbia in this playlist, for the most part, is going to be argentine but there are some other countries here too.
I’m going to share with you my all-time favorites, that are widely popular in Argentina.
1. Que Ironía – Rodrigo
2. Y volo volo – Rodrigo
3. Ocho Cuarenta – Rodrigo
4. Soy Cordobes – Rodrigo
5. Figurate tu – Rodrigo, Alejandra Romero
6. Lo mejor del amor – Rodrigo
7. Adicto a ti – Walter Olmos
8. Por lo que yo te quiero – Walter Olmos
9. Que Bonito – Banda XXI
10. Voy a olvidarme de ti – Mario Luis
11. Hoja en blanco – Mario Luis
12. Lo intentamos – La poderosa sonora master
13. Mientes tan bien – La poderosa sonora master
14. Amor Prohibido – Selena
15. Una cerveza – Rafaga
16. Una ráfaga de amor - Rafaga
17. Lloraras mas de diez veces – Leo Mattioli, Karina
18. Le pido a Dios – Leo Mattioli
19. Muero por ti – Dalila
20. Mas hombre que tu – Dalila
21. Se que lloraras – Dalila
22. Y que de mí – Dalila
23. Yo tomo licor – Amar Azul
24. Yo me enamore – Amar Azul
25. Dime – La nueva luna
26. No me arrepiento de este amor – Gilda
27. Se me ha perdido un corazón - Gilda
28. Me muero de amor – El viejo Marquez
29. Olvidala – Los Palmeras
30. Costumbres – Sonora Skandalo
Mind you, most of these songs are late 90’s or early 00’s, nonetheless, all of these songs are bops, there is not one bad song here, there are even more that I wanted to add, but I think this is a good amount for now. I highly doubt you’ll ever meet an Argentinian that has never heard any of these songs, because they are iconic, if you ever do meet one that doesn’t know them, they were highly deprived of these genres growing up because I have no explanation why they wouldn’t know any of them.
I hope your little hearts move happily to the rhythm of these songs cuz’ they are amazing, even the slow-ish ones.
These expressions are really used in Argentina, and chances are some of them are also used in other Spanish speaking countries.
Ponerse la 10=Wear the 10. In football (at least as far as I know, and I’m not a big football fan) whoever wears the 10 is important and good for the team ex. Messi, Maradona, Pele. So, wearing the 10 means doing something important, something good.
“Dale ponete la 10 y compra helado” “Lo voy a pensar”
“C’mon wear the 10 and buy ice cream” “I’ll think about it”
“Me puse la 10 y le regalé un auto a mi mamá”
“I wore the 10 and I gifted a car to my mom”
“El profesor se puso la 10 y paso la prueba al jueves que viene”
“The professor wore the 10 and passed the test for next Thursday”
Barba una buena te pido=Beard I ask you for a good one. Beard in Argentina is also used as a slang to refer to God. We use this expression mostly when we are having a bad day, you’re basically asking for something good to be send your way, whoever says this will probably look at the sky while saying it. You don’t have to be catholic nor religious to say it. In Argentina we have a ton of sayings that non-Catholic and non-Religious people use because they are that common.
A mamá mona con bananas verdes no=Don’t come to monkey mom with green bananas. Is basically a way of saying don’t come to me with lies/bullshit, like you’re wise enough to realize someone is bullshitting you and they are wasting their time lying to you.
“Te juro que estudie para la prueba, no sé cómo pude desaprobar”
“A mamá mona con bananas verdes no, no te vi cerca de un libro en todo el fin de semana”
“I swear I studied for the test, I don’t know how I could have failed”
“Don’t come to monkey mom with green bananas, I didn’t saw you near a book the whole weekend”
El muerto se ríe del degollado=The dead laughs of the beheaded. Is basically comparing a situation with another one or making fun of something and someone pointing out that you are in the same situation.
“Leo no va a salir el viernes porque la novia se enojó con él, jajajaja es un idiota” “Bueno, el muerto se ríe del degollado, vos tampoco salís el viernes porque tu novia no tiene ganas de salir, están en la misma situación”
“Leo is not going out on Friday because his girlfriend is mad at him, hahahaha he is an idiot.”
“Well, the dead laughs of the beheaded, you’re also not going out on Friday because your girlfriend doesn’t want to go out, you are in the same situation.”
No tenes vela en este entierro =You don’t have a candle in this funeral. We use this expression when someone makes an input in a conversation they are not in, for example if someone is being scolded by their parents and a sibling makes a snarky input they or their parents can tell them to shut up by saying “you don’t have a candle in this funeral”.
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