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Situations/Situaciones 2.0 (11): Your Background/Su Cultura

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Welcome to Coffeelate's and my thread! We are very happy you are taking advantage of the opportunity to practice your Spanish and/or English.

¡Bienvenido al hilo de la señorita Coffeelate y yo! Estamos muy felices que esté sacando el jugo de la oportunidad practicar su español e/o inglés.

RULES:
~ Phrases must be greater than 5 words and less than 5 sentences.
~ No translator use - ever
~ Responses must be posted in Spanish and English
~ Please correct your post if told to do so
~ A best answer will be chosen [the one that has been properly corrected and has received the greatest number of votes]
~ Pictures are always welcome

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comments Your community is celebrating backgrounds and heritage at the local cultural center. You have volunteered to give a brief speech about your background. Write the speech you will deliver about your culture(s).

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Su comunidad está celebrando los origenes y patrimonios. Se ha ofrecido dar un discurso sobre su patrimonio. Escriba el discurso que va a prestar sobre su cultura.

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updated Jan 20, 2012
edited by SonrisaDelSol
posted by SonrisaDelSol
discurso=speech - BellaMargarita, Jan 13, 2012
Oops, gracias, jeje, why'd I go from "discurso" to "concurso" :P Thanks, Bella - SonrisaDelSol, Jan 13, 2012
de la señorita Coffeelate (Srta. is capitalized, not señorita) - 0074b507, Jan 13, 2012
Muchas gracias, Q! - SonrisaDelSol, Jan 13, 2012
Sorry if this looks a bit disproportional, amigos, it looks weird on my new SD - SonrisaDelSol, Jan 13, 2012
such a fun idea! and the post is very bright and exciting : P - unMica, Jan 15, 2012
I need sunglasses to read it +_O - 00a4c226, Jan 15, 2012
This is a great thread, it is lovely to read peoples stories. - MaryMcc, Jan 18, 2012

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Nuestra familia fueronfué la primera familia aquí en estaeste distrito . ElLa cárcel y el palacio

de justicia se construyeron para mis familiasfueron construidos por mi familia. Sin nuestra empresa criminal ,

los edificios que no existiríanéstos edificios no existirían .

Our family was the first family in this district . The jail and the court house

were built for my family , without their criminal enterprise these buildings would not

exist.

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updated Jan 20, 2012
edited by 00a4c226
posted by ray76
Yo no sabĂ­a querido que tu appellido es "Kelly" :) - nonombre, Jan 13, 2012
We are all related one way or another . Thanks Annie,. - ray76, Jan 13, 2012
Awesome work as always Ray. Great photo to. - teasip, Jan 13, 2012
Eres muy ingenioso. Nadie sabe de donde desciende - porcupine7, Jan 14, 2012
I made some suggestions for you Ray :D...I like your story! - 00a4c226, Jan 15, 2012
Thank you cofeelate, I see where I went wrong , good suggestian. - ray76, Jan 15, 2012
Thank you teasip, i welcome your comments. - ray76, Jan 15, 2012
Prcupine , please do not be afraid we are now a gentle family. Thanks for the comments. - ray76, Jan 15, 2012
I really can't believe you have such a family, you are always so kind to all of us. - 00434ec3, Jan 17, 2012
Dont you realise that we are all descended from Convicts, jajajaja. - ray76, Jan 17, 2012
Smarty pants! - jennyo45, Jan 17, 2012
Watch it Jennyo or I will tell them of your relationship with Ned Kelly. - ray76, Jan 17, 2012
You're our winner, Ray, congratulations! - SonrisaDelSol, Jan 20, 2012
Thank you sonri, it is a very special honour for me and i accept graciously but with humility. - ray76, Jan 20, 2012
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Hello my dear friends!

I am very happy for being yourto be your

moderator for this thread smile

EachEvery single post is important.

Thank you for participating

!

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updated Jan 18, 2012
edited by 00a4c226
posted by 00a4c226
:) - SonrisaDelSol, Jan 15, 2012
Gracias :D - 00a4c226, Jan 15, 2012
I am very happy to be your moderator - Each post is important or every single post is important. Thanks for helping us Coffee! - rabbitwho, Jan 15, 2012
How nice, thank Y O U ! - Ada-S, Jan 17, 2012
Thank you for moderating, coffeelate! - sanlee, Jan 17, 2012
Buena frase amiga :) Have a great answer badge :) - EL_MAG0, Jan 18, 2012
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La música es una de las características culturales de los Estados Unidos. La tierra ahora conocida como los Estados Unidos fue originalmente la tierra de los indios nativos. Las tradiciones musicales de los Estados Unidos comenzaron con ellos. Además, los inmigrantes llegaron a América con sus tradiciones musicales. Ahora, en el siglo 21, tenemos hemos géneros como; hip hop, blues, country, ritmo y blues, jazz, pop, y rock and roll.

Music is one of the cultural characteristics of the United States. The land now known as the United States was originally the land of the Native Indians. The United States musical traditions began with them. Also, immigrants came to America with their musical traditions. Now, in the 21st century, we have genres such as; hip hop, blues, country, rhythm and blues, jazz, pop, and rock and roll.

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updated Jan 18, 2012
edited by bandit51jd
posted by bandit51jd
Note: These are my opinions, the facts of history may be different. - bandit51jd, Jan 13, 2012
:) Interesting, Bandit! Nice post. I see "hemos" in there, which I believe should be **tenemos** - SonrisaDelSol, Jan 13, 2012
Thank you for sharing your opinions with us. Nice job! - 00a4c226, Jan 15, 2012
Muchas gracias, Sonrisa y coffeelate! - bandit51jd, Jan 17, 2012
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Soy de Irlanda, una isla pequeña e insignificante que está cerca del Reino Unido y norte de España. Sólo viven 4 millones de personas allí.

A pesar de esto hay muchaos escritoriosescritores famosos Irlandeses y músicos también. Tenemos nuestra propia cultura incluso nuestra propia lengua, se llama irlandés que es una lengua céltica. Ahora sólo se hablaes hablada por 70,000 personas.

Unas frasaes en Irlandés:

Welcome Fáilte

Hello Dia dhuit

How are you? Conas tá tú?

I'm from Ireland, a small and insignificant island near to the United Kingdom and north of Spain. Only 4 million people live there.

Despite this there are a lot of famous writers from Ireland, and musicians as well. We have our own culture and even our own language, called Irish, which is a Celtic language. Now it is only spoken by 70,000 people.

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updated Jan 17, 2012
edited by rabbitwho
posted by rabbitwho
Don't forget famous for its Guiness beer. - gringojrf, Jan 14, 2012
Two typos, rabbit, insignificant **land**, **and** musicians as well -- very interesting! - SonrisaDelSol, Jan 14, 2012
Hablas celtic también? - porcupine7, Jan 14, 2012
Rabbit, you speak Irish fluently? How diverse and unique! - SonrisaDelSol, Jan 14, 2012
Fluently no, not yet! The school system teaches it to everyone but not very well, with the result that after 17 years of learning it we come out speaking it worse than I can speak Spanish now after just a year and a half. - rabbitwho, Jan 14, 2012
Your post is very interesting Rabbitwho. I am glad you are improving your Spanish :) - 00a4c226, Jan 15, 2012
Escritorio=Desk - 00a4c226, Jan 15, 2012
Wupps! Thanks Coffee, there aren't many famous Irish desks. - rabbitwho, Jan 15, 2012
Maybe some famous "local carpenters" ;) - 00a4c226, Jan 15, 2012
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Es mi creencia que la gente es la gente. Todos son mismos,.somos lo mismo Aquí en los Estados Unidos, somos de diversidad étnica. Tenemos dos brazos, dos piernas y un corazón (tal vez). De todos modos, siempre que haya estado preguntado la pregunta me han hecho la pregunta ¿de dónde eres? muy a menudo, respondo con la respuesta diciendo, "Soy del planeta tierra".

It is my belief that people are people. Everybody is the same. Here in the United States we are muti-cultural. We have two arms, two legs and a heart (maybe). Anyway, whenever I have been asked the question, "Where are you from?" very often I respond with the answer, "I am from planet earth".

Muchas gracias por todas las correcciones. smile

updated Jan 19, 2012
edited by 00a4c226
posted by EL_MAG0
Me gusta esta respuesta tuya. - annierats, Jan 18, 2012
Gracias Annierats :) - EL_MAG0, Jan 18, 2012
Very sweet Amor :] - 00a4c226, Jan 18, 2012
Muchas gracias Coffeelate :) - EL_MAG0, Jan 18, 2012
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Saluditos a toditos y bienvenidos. Hoy les ofrezco una verdad poco emocionante.

Soy del estado de California de los EEUU, pero no sé surfear.

Aunque me encanta andar a pies descalzos, tocar la guitarra y el ukulele, comer comida bien mejicana, y pasar tiempo con amigos en la playa, ¡no sé surfear!

Por favor, no se preocupen tanto por mí, porque vivo en Cali, dónde todo está de buena onda, cada hora.

Pd. No fumo ni tomo. Gracias por su tiempo.

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Now in English (I didn't read the rules very well : P)

Hello and welcome everyone. Today I'm going to tell you a sad story.

I'm from the USA, the state of California, but I do not know how to surf! Oh em gee.

Although I love walking barefoot, playing the guitar and the ukulele, eating Mexican food, and hanging out at the beach with friends, I can't surf!

Don't feel too bad for me though, cause I'm from Cali, where everything is chill.

Ps. I'm not a reefer. Thanks for your time.

from miss Coffeelate : ) also, this is exactly what I look like alt text

This is an ukulele (I didn't know it) smile

updated Jan 18, 2012
edited by unMica
posted by unMica
Your Spanish is perfect Mica! - 00a4c226, Jan 15, 2012
oh my goodness, that picture has a very funny story for me xD thank you miss coffeelate : ) - unMica, Jan 15, 2012
You're welcome :D - 00a4c226, Jan 15, 2012
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Un día en 1919, mi abuela decidió a inmigrar emigrar a los Estados Unidos así que Betty salió dejó a su familia en Belfast y vino sola (sin compañeros) en este barco que se llama "El Lapland." Cuando el barco desembarcó en Ellis Island en el 6 de deciembre, mi abuela fué a vivir con una amiga en Boston. Un día había una fiesta del bloque y conoció a mi abuelo allí. Los padres de mi abuelo habían inmigrado de Suecia antes le nacíode que él naciera. Se casaron para estuvieron casados por 60 años y vivieron vidas buenas y ahora tienen cientos de descendientes. Creo que muchos de nosotros aquí tengamos tenemos una historia similar. Gracias.

One day in 1919, my grandma decided to emigrate to the United States so Betty left her family in Belfast and traveled alone (without companions) in this ship named "The Lapland". When the ship disembarked in Ellis Island on December 6, my grandma went to live with a friend in Boston. One day there was a block party and she met my grandpa there. My grandpa's parents had emigrated from Sweden before he was born. They were married for 60 years and lived good lives and now have hundreds of descendents. I think that many of us here have a similar story. Thank you.

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updated Jan 18, 2012
edited by sanlee
posted by sanlee
How unique, Sanlee, nice picture. Just a few typos: my *grandma*, *companions* :) - SonrisaDelSol, Jan 17, 2012
Wonderful post Sanlee *_* Thank you! - 00a4c226, Jan 17, 2012
Thank you very much, Coffee! - sanlee, Jan 17, 2012
Thanks, Sonrisa! - sanlee, Jan 17, 2012
You're welcome :) - SonrisaDelSol, Jan 17, 2012
:) - EL_MAG0, Jan 18, 2012
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Soy Sueca, del norte del Europa. Suecia es el país al lado de Noruega, no es el país al norte del Italia donde viven los banqueros.

No, la Suecia es el país más libre, el país más bien mejor arreglado del mundo, el país más limpio y tiene tambíen una lengua tan fácil y dulce que todos los críos (los niños) la apprenden a una edad muy joven, sin ningúnos problemas. Tenemos también los mejores dentistas y una sistema de salud excelente.

Pero, como sabe todo el mundo, Suecia no es bien conocida por estas cosas, sino para por sus mujeres, las mujeres mas guapas del todo el mundo y claro, las mujeres más sexy tambíen. Son las mujeres altas, rubias y delgadas con los ojos azules. Y eso es la pura verdad.

Y porque ya no vivo en este paraíso mundíal? Tenemos los impuestos más altos del mundo, pero esto no me importa. El problema es la el clíma. En suecia tenemos un invierno muy largo y oscuro . El verano es muy ,muy agradable, pero corto. Nuestras casas tienen ventanas muy grandes porque a los suecos, nos encanta la luz. Y creo que, a los suecos, les faltan el sentido del humor. La gente es muy seria y propensa a depresiones mentales.

Por eso, me siento muy en casa en Spanish Dict.

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updated Jan 19, 2012
edited by 00a4c226
posted by annierats
I shall add a picture later, no time now. - annierats, Jan 18, 2012
Oh dear, I just read the rules, no more than 5 sentences.. Hopeless. Miles too long, lo siento. - annierats, Jan 18, 2012
If we abandon the translation, it's hardly too long and you might be kind enough to correct it for me, please, please, that is the important thing. - annierats, Jan 18, 2012
Wow! Annierats :O Your Spanish grammar and composition are excelent @_@ Congratulations ^_^ - 00a4c226, Jan 18, 2012
Oh coffee, thank you! I must read the instructions before I start, not afterwards, I got carried away with the ease of not having to put in difficult tenses. - annierats, Jan 19, 2012
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Mi padre nació en Irlanda en un pueblo pequeño del sudoeste, en la casa de la derecha en la foto. Cuando estuvo era un hombre joven viajó a Inglaterra y empezó el trabajo en el hospital de Gloucester. Mi madre vivía en Gloucester con su familia y mi padre se hospedaba allí y se enamoraba de (or se enamoró de ella) ¿Es una historia romántica no?

My father was born in Ireland, in a small village in the south west, in the house on the right in the photo. When he was a young man he travelled to England and started work in the hospital in Gloucester. My mother lived in Gloucester with her family and my father lodged there and fell in love with her. It is a romantic story isn't it?

(By the way travelled with a double l is the British English spelling)

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updated Jan 18, 2012
edited by MaryMcc
posted by MaryMcc
Just few typos MaryMcc...I really enjoyed reading your story :0 - 00a4c226, Jan 17, 2012
Thank you coffeelate. I'm trying to write in the past tense more. - MaryMcc, Jan 18, 2012
Oh, just noticed I left out a bit in the English. - MaryMcc, Jan 18, 2012
*_* - 00a4c226, Jan 18, 2012
You deserve more votes, sorry I could only do one. - EL_MAG0, Jan 18, 2012