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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. -
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
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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. -
Mendizale replied to the thread Language questions.Well, that "coger" subjet always appears when chatting with latin american relatives visiting their family at home land, specially if they are young and from countries where that word has sexual connotations. Many Spaniards do have relatives in...
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