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Mendizale reacted to Peterexpatkiwi's post in the thread LIVE from the Camino Current big wave at beginning of Francés with
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I initially agreed completely with you. And then I thought about it a little more. We all talk about the fact that it is not up to us to judge who is a pilgrim and who is not, or how another Pilgrim should walk their Camino. @J Willhaus &... -
Yes you' re right. " coja su ticket" is the way we say it. " tome su ticket" is the way in Latinoamerica. There are many inmigrants from this area in Madrid, so maybe " tome su ticket" is for them.
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Mendizale replied to the thread What are your favorite Camino misspellings on the forum?.Dear @Pelegrin, Basque native speaker here, with C2 level by basque government's Habe organisation. Saying Bilboa has not any sense, although you are right saying the -a in euskera is the article, mugatzailea in Basque. It is a case of loan...
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Mendizale replied to the thread What are your favorite Camino misspellings on the forum?.Much easier, Orreaga. Both in French and Spanish are by far more complicated to spell.
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Mendizale replied to the thread Language questions.Just my thoughts but I don't think so. As we said, in Spain is a normal verb with no naughty connotations, so it is used normally and with everyone, even if you know how it is used in other countries.
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Thank you! It had not known how these patterns are created on the wooden sticks - the machine translation describes it as "wounds turned into scars". How interesting, that must be quite unique!
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Also, learn a few words in the Basque language (Euskera): Egun on (Good morning), Mesedez (Please), and especially Eskerik asko (Thank you) --- and enough Spanish to order food in a bar/cafe or restaurant. Buen Camino
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Mendizale replied to the thread Language questions.Yes, makila is a common noun that simply means palo or bastón un Euskera, but means also that kind of ceremony pole that transmits respect or authority. Could be coincidence, but in Berria newspaper , in our only national newspaper in euskera...
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We wanted to stay at El Palo del Avellano in Zubiri - the "Hazelnut Stick" albergue - but they were fully booked at the time. I learnt from their website that the wood of this shrub has "so often been used as a support stick by many pilgrims on...
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Mendizale reacted to Rick of Rick and Peg's post in the thread Spanish or English in France? with Like.
Learn some pleasantries in Basque. I remember a morning walk downhill greeting a number of small groups of locals coming uphill to work with a cheery buenos días and not getting even a smile in return.
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