Annalog 2001 ------------ Fall, 2001 ---------------- planned publication date: August 31, 2001
| Word a Day |
Spanish
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Word for the Day |
June, 2001 |
| Learning Spanish has been a challenge, especially
this year with building a house. Most of the words I've learned are
associated with a house and construction of a house. |
In the past I've tried to learn 20 new words a week
with a week of review every now and then. However, now I am working on a
word a day. This page is for anyone who'd like to study a word a day. |
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| We had scallops for dinner the other night and it was an occasion to learn 3 new Spanish words. | ||
| June 18 | callo | callus; for example a callus on a hand or a foot | |
| June 19 | hacha | axe; or hatchet | |
| June 20 | callo de hacha | scallop; seafood that is eaten | |
| It seemed that a ladder would be dangerous for the worker to be chipping out a path for the air conditioner tube, so I suggested to the contractor that he rent some scaffolding. I was sent to Guaymas to check the prices, so I needed to know the word. | "caminar" is the intransitive verb I've learned for "to walk". Now I've learned another, "andar", and several derivatives. | |
| June 21 | andar | (intransitive verb) to walk | |
| June 22 | andamio | scaffold | |
| June 23 | andalores | sidewalks | My dictionary gives "acera" for "sidewalk", but no one seems to use that word here in San Carlos/Guaymas. | |
| June 24 | jaladeras | pulls for drawers | This was the word given to me by one of the workers installing the kitchen cabinets. Makes sense since "jalar" is "to pull". | |
| June 25 | manija | handle | The electrician said this is the word commonly used for a drawer pull. The translation in my dictionary was handle. This makes sense too since "mano" is "hand" and we say "hand-le" in English. When I bought door knobs, they were also called manijas. | |
| June 26 | sellador | sealer | Grout needs to be sealed after curing for 20 days. | |
| June 27 | boquilla | grout | ||
| June 28 | soclo | mopboard, but here it is tile rather than a "board" | |
| June 29 | varilla | rebar | the iron bars used to reinforce concrete. Since "v" is pronounced with a slight pressing of the lips together like a "b", itsounds like "barilla". | |
| June 30 | costillas | ribs | The contractor is having the workers build the pillars out front for the entrance. He said he needed "varilla para costillas". Since this was such a new context for ribs, I had to have him repeat it several times before I understood. | |
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