El Segundo Conversación

Goal of this conversation: Learning about culture

Las Preguntas

¿Cómo es tu vida differente porque a tu cultura?

¿Que tipo a tradiciónes tu familia tiene?

¿Que tipo a actividades están común en tu cultura?

¿Que comida están común en tu cultura?

¿ Que te gusta a mayoría de eres Puerto Rican?


Transcript

Yo-Tengo muchas preguntas de tu cultura pero son simples. Primero,cómo es tu vida differente porque a tu cultura?

Ella-Mi cultura es de africano americano y puerto riqueño.Yo no hables español en mi casa con mi familia pero nostros comien pastelillos tostones y otros como de puerto rico mucho.

Yo-Yo veo.La pregunta próximo es similar a tu habla.¿Que tipo a tradiciónes tu familia tiene?

Ella-Comieron comida de puerto rico y bailan mucho como salsa y regetton.Yo me gusta prince royce y enrique inglesias cuando ellos hablen y cantaron en español.

Yo-Si, yo sé.Tan la activadad común en tu cultura es bailar y la comida común es pastelillos tostones.¿Que más?pollo?arroz?

Ella-si si,arroz con frijoles,flan, y arroz con leche.

Yo-Son muy deliciosos.jaja.Esta bien.La pregunta último es que te gusta a mayoría de eres Puerto Rican?

Ella-Yo nunca había estado en Puerto Rico, así que no sé. Pero por lo que mi familia me dice es que es hermoso y espero visitarlo pronto.

Yo-Esta Bien. Gracias Chica!


Reflection:

For my second conversation I again talked to Brianna Perrin.In this conversation I learned more about Brianna's culture. She is Puerto Rican and I learned about some of the traditions that her and her family have. I also learned some of the common foods in her culture. When I was coming up with the questions I realized that I forgot some basic words so this conversation was a nice refresher. I'm proud that I could keep the conversation going with saying more than just "esta bien" even though I did say it once. My improvement for the next time is to ask questions that will carry on a longer conversation.


Danny- 2nd conversación

  • Who did I speak with and why did I choose that person?
    I spoke with a man by the name of Luis and he was from Mexico. I chose this person because he was close to my age (21) 
  • What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?

    He wasn't very good at english and when speaking to him he didn't seem to practice his english, rather he spoke spanish the whole time. He wants to learn english because he likes our music (eminem, linkin park, etc.) 
  • How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goal?

    Well the fact that he spoke only spanish forced me to not work with english at all, which was a bit challenging and i found myself quickly going to word reference to reply back to him. 
  • What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations?

    I was able to improve on my vocabulary. 
  • What specifically do you need to improve on? (Quote specific things you said or did and what you would have done or said if you could do it again)

    I would like to work a little on my conjugations and make sure I am getting them in the right tenses. 
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Negative space

​Negative space is a art term. It is the space around an object. Negative space is hard for me because I can not drawl. Negative to some people is an illusion, especially to me, because it is how the mind works. It comes to some people with more of an understanding, like my first project, i couldn't do i struggled. But i am trying to get an idea. I currently do not have my first paper, but I have the second one.

My paper is a picture of a bird, maybe a owl but that is less important.  My colors were orange and green. 
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Slang

Las palabras in Ingles y en Español tienen múltiple significados.


En España, las palabras y los phrases tienen dos significados:


Boligrafo = Boli

Gazpacho= (bad situation)

Matar = Molestar

Movil= Cell Phone. "Un celluar" es muy extraño in Espana

Ni fu in Fa = No me importa

Ojo= Cuidado

Pasta= Dinero

Tio=  Un hombre

Vale= Ok

¡Venga, hombre!= es similar de "Cool story bro"

Es importane que, multiple significados cambiar todos conversacions en differente  paises.

(http://www.humanities.uci.edu/spanish/spain-slang.htm)





Blog Post 2 Mohamed Marzouk

Mohamed- Hola

Michelle- Hola, como tu ta'

Mohamed- Bien

Michelle- Muy bien, lunfardo 

Mohamed- Es slangCaimán—Lazy person

or
Calzonazo—Lazy man

or you could also use: Pipón—Lazy person

http://www.spanish-slang.com/


In Spain you can say you are “floja / flojo” – lazy

or  “un huevón / una huevona” – lazy person / layabout (derogatory)

In Puerto rico you might say “Bambalan” – Lazy Bum

On the other hand, in Argentina they have q very nice, but rude, expression: “rascarse [ps-ref v] [rude] lit. to scratch oneself; to do nothing useful, to be lazy, to lie around wasting time.”

I hope this helps for the start about how to say lazy in Spanish slang! Cheers, Chris

Spanish slang can be seen in multiple ways through different types of 

Blog Post 2-Dance Culture In Puerto Rico

​I decided to stay with my same question...Dance Culture in different parts of the world. I believe that my conversation will be smooth and they will jump right in about dance culture. I know that a lot of Spanish speaking countries are very influenced by the arts.

Name:Prisilla Nieves from Puerto Rico

Arlana:Hola!

Prisilla:Hola! Como estas?

Arlana:Bien y tu?

Prisilla:Bien

Arlana:Donde eres?

Prisilla:Soy del Norte de Puerto Rico. En la cuidad de Arecibo pero conocido en alguna parte como Camuy, Puerto Rico.

Arlana: Vale! Jaja

Arlana: Baile en Puerto Rico es gusta...

Prisilla:El baile mas tradicional en Puero Rico seria la Salsa. Aunque se origeno en otro lugar, Puerto Rico tiene muchos salseros y es uno de los bailes mas famosos en la isla.No me recuerdo del primer baile que aprendi, pero se que yo bailaba mucha bachata y reggaeton antes.Ahorra que apredi salsa, me gusta bailarlo. Y si voy a una fiesta, lo bailo. La gente aveces me preguntan de donde apredi eso. Y digo que aprendi como bailar salsa en Puerto Rico.


Arlana:Gracias de tu tiempo!

Prisilla:De nada.



Reflection:
I learned that my partner believes her culture for dance is traditional. They really appreciate salsa and that is like a very famous dance in Puerto Rico.I am proud I have gotten a first hand experience from someone who has lived in Puerto Rico and seen these type of traditions going on. I will ask more follow up questions.

Español 3 Q4BM Semana #3

Meaningful Questions and points:

  1. What is your native language? 
  2. Was it difficult learning a new language? 
  3. What are some things you remember from your experience of learning a new language? 
  4. Have you kept your native language, and or passed it down to other generations? 
  5. What were some benefits or downfalls  in your life growing up in a bilingual home? 
  6. What were some difficulties in attending school or work when english was not the primary language spoken at home? 
  7. How has learning two languages helped your life?

    Este audio es de los preguntas ariba. Yo hablo con una de los estudiantes de SLA, quien sabia español. Este audio es de Natalie
Spanish w_ Natalie

Allen - Conversacíon Post 2

  • Who did I speak with and why did I choose that person?
    I spoke with a guy named Emilio. I picked him because he was around my age group, and he was from Spain, I felt like speaking to someone who wasn't from South America. 
  • What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?

    He had very fluent english, the guy likes videogames, not necessarily first person shooters. A fan of action movies, those much like The Terminator, also fight movies, his favorite is "Fight Club." 
  • How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goal?

    I think this time the conversation went more fluent, the guy had some similar interests with me, so it was easier to reply. I think I constructed my sentences better, and in some points I even decided to take out unnecessary words so that the vibe of the conversation was more casual. 
  • What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations?

    I improved on my vocabulary even more than before. I also think the conjugation got better. 
  • What specifically do you need to improve on? (Quote specific things you said or did and what you would have done or said if you could do it again)

    It would be on the conjugations and I'm still struggling with some grammatical errors. "No puede espara "The Dark Knight Rises" 

    Yes, the man cursed a lot. 
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Proyecto de Conversación: Keep It Going

Annisa Ahmed
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Conversation Project: Week Two

Antes de Conversación:
What will your topic of conversation be?
    Unsure. I just want to play with it and see where it goes.
What are you looking forward to about this conversation?
    Again, I want to keep the conversation going and see if I can speak less English and replace it with Spanish.
What are your nervous about?

    Last time, my pen-pal said I spoke fine however, I am still not certain I could ever be up to par with her.

Después de Conversación:
Who did you speak with and why did you choose them?
     In class, a couple days, I found Alexis Correa and we continue from last week's convo.
What did you learn about them?
    She still does not believe that I am allowed to speak to her while in Spanish class.
How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your goal?
    We exchanged information so, we can talk whenever.
What did you do well according to your goals?
    Umm, well, we did not have much time, but I did make her laugh, which I am sure it is an added plus.
What specifically do you need to improve on?
   More questions, of course.
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Third Conversation

Partners Name: Theadora Farah

City y Country: Philadelphia, USA

 

 

I was having a hard time the last two weeks keeping the conversation going so that is my big goal for this week. I think I did that well.

 

 


Who you spoke with and why you chose that partner

I spoke with Thea a senior at SLA. She is one of my friends who is fluent in Spanish and I felt comfortable talking to.

What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?

She is reading a new comic series, I learned that talking to someone you know vs someone on livemocha is easier to keep a conversation because you know the basics about them.

How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goals?

I realized that my personal goals would be hard to gain through speaking with other people so I created a new goal of just gaining confidence and learning to keep a conversation flowing, which I was able to do.

What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations? What specifically to you need to improve on?

I did well though I was trying to do the “Do not use word reference challenge” and failed after only a little bit. 

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conversation with sorollexiste

​i'm talked to sorollexiste. he and i are still talking. When we started talking we did it on a chat but he had to go and i accidentally close the chat window. so we had to start the conversation over again. i was happy that he was willing to start the conversation over again. he was very cool and nice but we are still talking.


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Conversations (Week 2) - Cheyenne Pagan

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Asking questions works and I'm most surprised by my ability to understand and read what they are saying. I assume it's easier to have a conversation with someone compared to reading something is because just like us even everyday talking we do not use complex sentences or words. 

I'm finding it difficult to get to my more complex questions because even though I'm writing in Spanish the person on the other end usually takes a bit to answer not including the minute or two it takes for me to come out with the question or response. 

It's not working as well as I'd hope. I really would like to ask some more difficult and interesting questions. I think to help this I could write the more difficult questions down in advanced so I'd have a template or a base to go off of. I think this will help me steer the conversation in the direction I want it to go and make the conversation move on faster so I can accomplish those things. 

J.Pullins, Blog Post #2, The Films of Spain

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My conversations continued on the topic of the films of Spain. I received a new partner, because when I tried to get in touch with my previous partner, I was thoroughly ignored.

Here, you can see that not only do we keep the conversation in Spanish the entire time, but I also try to delve into my topic, which was the film culture. My partner, who's a college student in Spain, told me that he and his friends try to go to movie theaters as often as possible, as they use films and the culture as a momentary escape from reality.

I was highly intrigued by his statement, and I thought it was a highly interesting analysis.

conversation

i spoke with Sayfddin from tanger who i meant on share talk. he was 26 and claimed to be a rapper. the conversation was very nice and i feel like i accomplished my goal of holding a conversation past hola como estas.
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Blog Post #2

  • Who did I speak with and why did I choose that person?
    I spoke with a girl named Laurasp from Spain because she's a girl and she's arund my age range. She was really nice and she helped me a lot.  
  • What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?

    I learned that she lives in Spain and likes a lot of different types of music. 
  • How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goal?

    This interaction helped me because I learned a lot more about Spanish culture. I also wanted to know about the daily life of a person who lives in another country. 
  • What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations?

    I improved on my vocabulary and grammar she helped me speak more fluently. 
  • What specifically do you need to improve on? (Quote specific things you said or did and what you would have done or said if you could do it again)

    I struggle with a lot of things that have to do with the tenses. Like i get the past and future tenses mixed up. 
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Bromas en Español

 I talked to a really funny guy named Siuldeluxe. He knew a great pick up line, and a pretty mean baby joke. But, nonetheless, it was pretty funny. I don't really know where he's from, but he speaks English pretty well. The more I talk to people about joking in Spanish, the more I realize how different it is. Even when I ask about jokes, I usually get what do you mean jokes. I guess sometimes it is a direct translation to an English joke, but sometimes it involved sarcasm which I will talk about in another blog post. By the way, pay no attention to how my name is Manna, I was banned for unknown reason from that site, so I had to use another person's account. I'm really considering using that google pick up line though.

Este el broma sobre que un bebe.

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Conversation 2

  • Who did I speak with and why did I choose that person?


    I spoke with Géssyca in this conversation. I don't remember why I choose her, or she choose me.

  • What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?


    I learned where she lived and what she lived to do.
  • How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goal?


    It worked out good, my goal was to talk about music and it went well

  • What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations?


    Talking about music and past experiences

  • What specifically do you need to improve on? (Quote specific things you said or did and what you would have done or said if you could do it again)rc


    I didn't understand her at first but I quickly got over that.
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Blog Two- Keeping the Convo

Pre-Conversation

Since I'm doing a chat instead of video, I think that the people answer quickly and politely.

I'm looking forward to meeting my goal for this chat: chatting without a dictionary.

I'm not really nervous about much, but the on thing is when I come into a stump. I want to be able to call upon all of my knowledge to prevent that.


Post-Conversation

Name: Emilio Gago

Country: Spain

Emilio is a great guy! We talked for a long time about things that we liked, and he really likes comics, and learning english. I learned that he is from Spain, and is also a student. I've learned a lot from him actually. He really helped with grammar errors, and even just better phrasing. I've learned some cool phrases too, one being:


"Eres el amo"- you are boss and another less school-appropriate :O.


I was really proud of my ability to recall all of what I know, and I was even complimented on my spanish abilities! Though, I must admit, it was much easier to think on my feet while I was just TYPING. But I still give myself credit because it was IM.  I'm very aware that I can conjugate pretty quickly when I'm typing/writing, but talking takes a few seconds more. For my next post, I want to have more questions ahead of time (just in case) and I also want to have a way to measure what I learn. Perhaps, I might just count the number of strategies I come up with. Or I may even make that my next blog post question- ask what are good strategies for conversations in Spanish.


More Slang (from Peru I believe)

Slang: Mamada.- significa Mentira

Choreado: Robado

Jodido:: Destrozado, arruinado, tambien significa " Super"


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Ver La Tele!: Let's talk about TV

​This time around I want to talk about something specific. I feel comfortable now not relying on Word Reference. I use it a bit for some words for clarity, but I'm trying really hard. 

this time I wanted to know more about a conversational topic. I asked about TV! 

I spoke with a woman from Chile who was 20 named Mariana. She was easily the best conversationalist I've had on Shared Talk, it was great!

y questions for beforehand were:


¿Donde vives?
¿Cuantos años tienes?
¿Qué las programas miras?
¿Miras las programs de los estados unidos?
¿Donde estudias inglés?

I love Shared Talk so I feel confident about my conversation today. I think I'm better at conversation already.

Afterward: 


Proving my idea again, love Shared Talk. I had my best conversation yet. The girl requested me, funnily enough. She had a lot to say and was so easy to talk to. She corrected me a few times but did it very nicely. I love saying jajajaja instead of hahahah


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Henninger Conversation, Post 2


In this conversation I tried to sound natural and keep the flow of a normal conversation going.  


•  What will be your topic of conversation be? 

I wanted to try to have a natural conversation and get to know my conversation partner. 


•  What are 5 questions related to your conversation goal that you can think of ahead of time to ask your partner?

- What do you like to do?

- What do you like to learn about?

- Where are you from?

- What do you want to do when you're older?

- What brought you to sharedtalk?


•  What are you looking forward to about this conversation? 

I think it will be great to get to know someone in a completely different place than me. I want to know exactly how different or similar we are. 


•  What are you nervous about? 

I hope I can keep the conversation moving without using a translator. 


Afterwards:
What did you learn about your partner?  

I learned a lot about my partner in this conversation. We had a very good conversation that progressed as one would between two native speakers of any language. I discovered that my partner Rafael(19, Brazil), very much enjoys learning other languages and has a great love for China. He's also part polish and likes learning about astrology. 


What did you learn from them?

Honestly, I didn't gain much from this conversation except morale. Before this I'd had many dud conversations but this was uplifting. I didn't learn much because he chose to write in english, while I wrote in spanish. In the end, it worked out because I could tell if he understood what I was writing by his responses and it was much easier to do in english. 


What did you learn about yourself?

I learned that in trying to be quick and consistent in my responses, I let some spelling and grammar mistakes get through. I was worried about responding quickly, because with other people when I'd take too long trying to make sure everything was correct, they would disconnect. 


What were you surprised about?

I was surprised he knew so many languages. Rafael knew english, spanish, portuguese, and chinese. 


What are you proud of?

I was proud that he seemed to have no trouble understanding what I was writing. He never mentioned any mistakes which made me happy. 


What follow-up questions do you have?

I just would have liked to know specifically where my spelling, grammar, or usage could have improved in our conversation. 


What will you improve on for next time?  How?

I will think about the context of things before I write them so I use the correct tense of words and such. I'll carefully read and take a moment to fully comprehend what I'm reading so I can answer accurately. 




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