It’s always on the back of my mind‚ and resurfaces to my thoughts when I’m in any social setting regarding Spanish—my second language. I am 3/4 Puerto Rican and 1/4 European‚ though my pigment carried from the European side‚ as I have the typical blonde hair and blue eyes. My father was born in Puerto Rico and my mother‚ although being born here‚ her mother was Czechoslovakian and Polish‚ my mother’s father was born in Puerto Rico much like my own father. It always boggles me why I don’t look more
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Romanic languages‚ group of languages belonging to the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. They are spoken by about 670 million people in many parts of the world. Among the more important Romanic languages are Catalan‚ French‚ Italian‚ Portuguese‚ Romanian‚ and Spanish. My report is particularly about Italian and Spanish borrowings to the English language. Spanish borrowings appeared in English in 16 century. Historic circumstances which influenced on these borrowings are
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I feel most comfortable in a place where a sense of calm envelops me—a place that brings peace in its own unique ways. To escape all my troubles I always go on a walk by myself. Walking to class reminds me of all the times I walked around my neighborhood in my hometown. Outside my dorm I noticed the many sorority posters on all of the girls doors around me. In the elevator I caught a glimpse of a bright green notice about the Tiger Transit service for Clemson students. This was most evident and
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Enumerate how language evolved through memes. Ans. A1.Introduction: Amoung all the animal kingdome‚ only we humens are having an advanced system of communication system between indiveduals. We don’t have a ny clear ida whetere the language was existed before the writing system. So it remains difficult to tracd the accurate history of language. It is belived that language first apperared between 30‚000 and 100‚000 years ago‚ but the qustina still remains‚ how did language evolved? Here I
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one day be dethroned by Spanish as the world’s most spoken language? Especially in the United States‚ Hispanics are becoming more and more plentiful. Through time‚ immigrants from Latin America have introduced to and shared their culture with Americans. They have changed the country and have helped shape it‚ and are continuing to do so today. The United States is a land of diversity and sharing‚ and Hispanic culture is a real part of it. Spanish should be a mandatory language class in the U.S. because
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Following my friend into her family’s house‚ I immediately perceived the fluidity of the Spanish tongue being spoken. For a week‚ I stayed with Kiara and her family‚ Peruvian natives who live in the United States. I was the only non-fluid Spanish speaker and it was a detail I was all too aware of. Thankfully‚ with my years of high school Spanish classes‚ I could understand and communicate to a certain extent. I was restricted to short conversations with her family‚ and English conversations only
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foreign to their culture. The Spanish language has various words that convey the same purpose. If a word in Spanish lacks the exact meaning in English‚ its meaning is expressed in a few words or at least a couple of sentences to tell the facts behind the word. Translating even a single word can be this vast playing field‚ and a slight misstep can lead to a massive disaster. When one translates between English and Spanish‚ there has to be this switch mentally from the “Spanish way of thinking” to the “English
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was to help one’s self and to defend the poor and the oppressed. Why Americans came to the Philippines? American settlement in the Philippines began during the Spanish period‚ when Americans came to the islands primarily to conduct business. They owned many businesses in trade and in the sugar industry. Although not harassed by Spanish laws‚ the American inflow to the Philippines was minimal until the Philippine-American War. Following the colonization of the islands by the United States of America
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inevitably travel with it. Browsing through youtube.com the concept of profanity is exemplified in thousands of videos. One video in particular provides the various legitimate uses of one of the most infamous profane words (OSHOInternational‚ n.d.). All profanity is not inherently negative‚ in many cases it acts as a social lubricant‚ confirming to all parties that the conversation has an informal tone. Profanity is often used as defamation‚ language that harms a person reputation. Traditionally
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In Spanish‚ the following basic pattern is used To convey superiority más + adjective‚ adverb‚ noun + que = more _____ than examples: Tú eres más guapa que ella. You are prettier than she is. Juan habla más despacio que Paco. Juan talks slower than Paco. 2. In Spanish‚ the following basic pattern is used To convey inferiority. menos+ adjective‚ adverb‚ noun + que = less _____ than example: Yo tengo menos paciencia que él. I have less patience than he does. 3. In Spanish‚ the
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