Thursday, April 3, 2008

Tidbits IV:

Spanish texting tips:
>Its SMS, not text
>Phonetic spelling is popular (i.e. Gwapa)
>d q means de que
>Qtal means que tal (which is answered with bien, not nada)
>jajaja means hahaha
>Pasta means $ (kinda like bread in English)
>Finde is short for fin de semana and bici is short for bicicleta
(these are also common spoken as well)
>Must end every text message with besos, un beso, besitos, etc.

Other interesting language tidbits:
>Toma! is like good or yeah (Paula says it when playing wii)
>tomar is used instead of beber when talking about drinking alcohol 
>Semana blanca is spring break

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