Visual Link Spanish(TM) Newsletter - Volume 6 Issue 17

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This issue:
1. Testimonial
2. Weekly Spanish Lesson - “Colors”
3. Words of the Week
4. Ask Dave Section - “How do I converse with native speakers?”
5. Culture Lesson - “Don’t Waste Your Food - All Parts of the Cow!!?”
6. Responses to Past Newsletters

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Visual Link Spanish(TM) Testimonial –
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Hola Dave,

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Weekly Spanish Lesson—Colors
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For this week’s lesson, click below to learn some basic Spanish
colors. You’ll hear María from Mexico and learn with a fun,
interactive format.

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Words of the Week
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Taken from our complete CD-ROM course —–

Monday / It’s necessary / Es necesario
Tuesday / It’s possible / Es posible
Wednesday / It’s not possible / No es posible
Thursday / to drink / tomar/beber
Friday / to prepare / preparar
Saturday / juice / jugo
Sunday / a drink / una bebida
Bonus / water / agua

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The Official “Ask Dave” Section —–
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Question

Dave,

What is the best way to converse with native Spanish speakers in
public? Learning Spanish in school is different from speaking to a
native Spanish speaker in public. The dialect differs or some use
slang. I’m somewhat intimidate by the professional speakers.

novice Spanish student,

Fredell

Answer

Hola Fredell,

What I recommend is going to your complete Visual Link Spanish™
course and practice a few greetings until you have them down pat.
Then you can tell anyone “Soy estudiante de español, ¿Puede ayudarme
con mi español?” [soy es-too-dyahn-teh deh es-pahn-yohl ¿Pweh-theh
ah-you-thar-meh con me es-pahn-yohl?] (I’m a Spanish student, can you
help me with my Spanish? Next, I would choose 3-4 questions from the
course (For example - ¿Qué le gusta hacer? - What do you like to
do?), then I would use the “Comprehending Native Speakers” section to
help work through the answers they give you.

Gracias,

Dave

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Culture —– Don’t Waste Your Food - All Parts of the Cow!!?
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In many of the lower-income pueblos in Latin America, resources to
buy food can be scarce. Most of Latin America consists of developing
or so called third-world countries. Because of their low economic
resources, Latin people usually don’t waste food. In-fact, many will
go to extremes to eat a lot of interesting parts of the cow, pig and
other animals that most Americans have never thought of eating.

After living in Latin America for two years and becoming accustomed
to their way of life, I was shocked when I returned to the U.S. and
had dinner with my family the first night back. It was like reverse
culture shock for me. I couldn’t believe how much food they wasted.
If they couldn’t or didn’t want to eat all of their food, they just
left it on their plates and it all went down the hungry and
ever-ready food disposal never to be seen again. The interesting
thing is that I used to do the same thing at mealtime before spending
two years of my life living among the Latin people. In Latin America,
because of economic conditions and lifestyle, they usually eat every
bit of their food.

In a way, I wish everyone from more developed countries could have
the chance to visit Latin America and live with the people of the
poor pueblos. If they did, I believe we would have a changed world. I
think people would be less greedy and appreciate what they have a lot
more. I think people would also develop more compassion for the
less-fortunate. The mentality of not wasting food has now become part
of my life. Sometimes I’ll be eating with my wife and when she is
finished, there will still be some food left on her plate. I usually
eat it for her because, after living in Latin America, it’s hard for
me to see food go to waste. (I have to exercise a lot to burn off all
of the extra calories from eating her food as well as mine - I have
an indoor bike I ride frequently.)

In certain areas of Latin America, I saw little children crawling
around on dirt floors, putting rocks and dirt in their mouths hoping
it was food. I saw some literally starving to death. What a heart
wrenching experience it is to see real people and little children
dying because of the lack of food. I can’t even explain what it does
to you to see someone in that condition.

My life has been changed forever after being with people living in
this type of situation. When I was a little boy, my mom always told
me to eat all of my food because there were children starving in
China. I never realized the full extent of her seemingly “nagging”
phrase until I actually saw children dying of starvation in
third-world countries.

Please give me feedback and let me know your thoughts. I may not be
able to publish all of your responses, but I would love to hear from
you. Write to dave@spanishprograms.com.

Moral of the Story: What should we do? There are humanitarian aid
programs we can donate to which help children who lack food to
survive. Most of us have plenty, or we probably wouldn’t be on the
Internet reading this e-mail, and it can mean so much to give to
those less-fortunate than us. I would love to hear from you if you
decide to donate to a humanitarian aid organization or even your
local food bank. If you need a suggestion of humanitarian aid
associations, let me know and I can recommend one or two that give a
very high percentage directly to those in need.

Sneak peek at next week: “All Parts of the Cow!!? - Part II”

¡Hasta luego! (”Until later”)

David S. Clark — President / Director
Visual Link Spanish(TM)
Fun, Interactive Spanish Courses
http://www.spanishprograms.com
dave_c@spanishprograms.com

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Responses to Past Newsletters
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Response #1

HI DAVE

In Cameroon especially in the north west part of Cameroon, when
someone sneezes, they say a love one or somebody he loves is thinking
about him at that moment. We say to the person that sneezes,”may your
wish be fulfilled”.

Jessica

Response #2

Hi Dave,

With regards to your sneezing, my mother’s old time saying was, “one
for a wish, two for a kiss, three for a letter, four for something
better”.

Maybe that’s why we with allergies have such good lives!

Jo-Anne

Ontario, Canada

Response #3

¡Hola! Dave,

I am a regular reader of your Visual Link Spanish Learning
Newsletter. I find your course of learning Spanish is well structured
which makes first time learners like myself easy to follow.

In this Newsletter-issue 16, it is interesting to learn that the
Latin American Spanish is concerned of their health, money and love
when someone sneezes. I am a British Chinese by the way. In our
culture, when someone sneezes heavily, it is an indication that bad
thing(s) is going to happen. We will just say “Bad things just go
away; come with the blessing!”.

However, if you sneeze yourself, it indicates at this moment of time
that someone is talking about you either good or bad depending on the
severity of the sneeze - gently means good; heavy and prolong sneeze
means bad! So you should try to sneeze gently and short for the good!

¡Hasta luego!

Shek

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