Please visit the SpanishDict Community Room...messages from and for Gekkosan!!

Question

I know that many, many of you have been quite concerned about our esteemed member Gekkosan, who had not been heard from since the hurricane hit his home in Puerto Rico. After days of nervous waiting and praying, I heard from him this morning. He asked that I let you all know the latest news. I have posted his text in the Community Room.

Even if you are a beginner in Spanish, please post greetings and well-wishes below in both English and Spanish. We will have him correct them all when he is able to come back to us!

Sea siempre tan humilde, no hay lugar como el hogar (literalmente).

Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home. (literally)

thanks for letting us know, echo, eres la mejor :) - 006595c6, Sep 22, 2017

I approve of this thread and this is the kind of stuff I love about SD. But I thought with the changes that I opposed that we are supposed to keep issues like this totally in the community room. - Sassette, Sep 22, 2017

I feel like I've been hated by some for taking a stand on this and here I see that echoline did a very classy thing but I'm the one who gets hated. - Sassette, Sep 22, 2017

I checked with the mods before I posted. I also tied it in with learning Spanish. - Echoline, Sep 23, 2017

i certainly hope that nobody hates anybody here. If nothing else this horrible situation shows us how much we need each other. - Echoline, Sep 23, 2017

Answer 1

Hey! Begging Sassette's pardon for adding one more response to this...

Thanks everyone for your messages, and particularly to my dear friend Echoline for opening the thread, against even the stated forum rules. I'm not sure I approve of her posting that intimate picture taken within my boudoir, but I guess it's too late now to unsee it. Oh well... privacy is dead on these days of "reality shows" I guess.

I was not aware of the thread, and had not seen it, and only found it after Echo mentioned it on the Community thread, therefore the late response.

I posted an account of the experience in the Community Room; check it out if you didn't get to read it.

As I said in that post, Puerto Rico still requires a lot of aid and resources, so please donate generously to your favorite aid organization.

Thanks!!

Will do, amigo! - rac1, Oct 10, 2017

:) - 006595c6, Oct 10, 2017

Answer 2

Gekko, menos mal que estás bien .

Yo había visto un mensaje tuyo en el foro, justo antes del huracán y pensaba que lo habías escrito después y que sin duda estabas bien, pero Echoline me dijo que noooo, que eso había sido antes. ¡Vaya disgusto!

Pero al final estás bien, menos mal.

Veo que hay mucha pena en tu país, mi más sincera solidaridad por todos aquellos que sufren ahora.

My deepest sympathy to all those who are suffering the consequences of that horrible disaster right now.

Yes. Salvador is also a member here. I'm so glad they are safe. :) - rac1, Sep 22, 2017

Answer 3

Querido Gekkosan,

Me alegro mucho que tu y tu família sobrevivieron más o menos bien el hurracán terrible.

Felicidades y espero que los hurracánes vayan a evitar en el futuro Puerto Rico y las otras islas también.

Espero que vayan cesar los efectos de los eventos terribles de la mente del sufrientes.

Dear Gekkosan,

I am very glad that you and your family survived more or less well the terrible hurricane.

Congratulations and I hope the hurricanes will avoid Puerto Rico in the future and the other islands as well.

I hope the effects of the terrible events will disappear of the suffering minds.

Answer 4

Good to know you and your family are safe. I hope the island is able to recover soon and is not hit by more hurricanes. I couldn't find a song with a Venezuelan and Peurto Rican[I checked if Fonsi had sung with Baute]

This seems the most suitable [no doubt you too have a good supply of candles]

Llegaste tu

un abrazo

Answer 5

We were really worried about you and your family. I'm so thankful all of you are ok. Thank you for letting us know.

Take care and be strong. I know what you are going through because I went through Katrina. We all want to help in every way we can.

Answer 6

Te digo Gekko lo común acá.

Aguante Puerto Rico.
Aguante y fuerza Gekko.

As we say in Spanish. Siempre que llovió paró...

Anytime it rained, it stopped raining.

Answer 7

Gekko, you big lizard, we were worried about you! Thank goodness you're all right! We miss that goofy face of yours. Stay safe, Gekko!

Gekko, lagarto grande, ¡estábamos preocupados por ti! ¡Gracias a Dios que estás bien! Extrañamos ese rostro bobalicón tuyo. íManténte a salvo!

Thank you. I am indeed "great", but not so "big". - Gekkosan, Oct 11, 2017

Answer 8

Por fin tengo tiempo para saludarte. Aquí tienes un mensaje. Estoy pensando en ti y te mando un fuerte abrazo.

Thank you, Alba. It is lovely to hear your voice. I have not heard from Gekko for a week, and I can only pray that he and his family are doing as well as they possibly can under these terrible circumstances. - Echoline, Oct 2, 2017

Muchas gracias, Alba, por tu mensaje de voz. Me dio mucho gusto escucharte. :-) - Gekkosan, Oct 11, 2017

Answer 9

I am very relieved to hear that you and your family have survived the terrible hurricane in Puerto Rico!

¡Me siento muy aliviado de saber que tú y tu familia han sobrevivido el huracán terrible en Puerto Rico!