Speaking Phrases Boricua!
Author: Jared Romey
Publisher:
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Discusses various phrases and sayings from Puerto Rico and gives their meanings and cultural use.
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Speaking Phrases Boricua
Author: Jared Romey
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2015-09-07
Total Pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9781517250713
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This follow-up to the Puerto Rican bestseller, Speaking Boricua, collects the unique Puerto Rican sayings that are passed down from generation to generation. Whether you are looking to share your life's wisdom with Island friends, trying to get a chuckle from colleagues or just want to better understand Puerto Ricans, Speaking Phrases Boricua offers both English and Spanish details for these wisdoms. What others are saying: "I lived in San Juan for a short time and purchased your Speaking Phrases Boricua book... My love of language and idiomatic expression prompted me to get your book and I have to tell you how much fun I've had reading it!" -D. Friendland message on Facebook "Being half Boricua myself I've learned so much. Love the book as well. Always have it by my side. Great website too!" - @domazsarios via Instagram In Speaking Phrases Boricua, hundreds of common sayings are translated literally into English, explained and, when available, paired with an English equivalent. Speaking Phrases Boricua continues the tradition of Speaking Boricua by using humor to illustrate phrases and their meanings. There is even an index of English sayings with Puerto Rican equivalents and 47 illustrations. This book will bring you even closer to understanding Puerto Rican vocabulary and phrases for your conversations as you become more fluent in Puerto Rican Spanish. IS THIS BOOK FOR ME? This bilingual book contains words that are not appropriate for kids. If you are just starting to learn Spanish, this book is best used as a complementary reference source to any program or class designed to teach you Spanish. This book and the other books of the Speaking Latino series are not designed as stand-alone learning aids, to teach you Spanish. Instead, they expand your country-specific Spanish vocabulary. If you already speak Spanish, this book help you understand local Spanish from Puerto Rico. Be sure to use the Amazon Look Inside function to see what this book will and will not teach.
Puerto Rican Spanish
Author: Timothy Banse
Publisher: Middle Coast Foreign Language
Published: 2017-11-12
Total Pages: 82
ISBN-13: 9780934523622
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →No matter whether you are traveling to the island of Puerto Rico as a tourist, or for Hurricane disaster aid, this hip pocket book will serve you well. You probably already know the Spanish spoken by boricuas (native Puerto Ricans) is a distinct and unique idiom, rich with words and phrases they don't teach in Spanish class. This guide contains a wealth of words and expressions that you can look up when you hear or read them in order to know what is going on around you. Even better, one would spend a night with the book reading it in order to gain familiarity with the wisdom it contains. that way, when you hear a vaguely familiar word, you will know which page to consult.
Languages of the Pre-Columbian Antilles
Author: Julian Granberry
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 2004-08-19
Total Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 081735123X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A linguistic analysis supporting a new model of the colonization of the Antilles before 1492 This work formulates a testable hypothesis of the origins and migration patterns of the aboriginal peoples of the Greater Antilles (Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico), the Lucayan Islands (the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and the Crown Colony of the Turks and Caicos), the Virgin Islands, and the northernmost of the Leeward Islands, prior to European contact. Using archaeological data as corroboration, the authors synthesize evidence that has been available in scattered locales for more than 500 years but which has never before been correlated and critically examined. Within any well-defined geographical area (such as these islands), the linguistic expectation and norm is that people speaking the same or closely related language will intermarry, and, by participating in a common gene pool, will show similar socioeconomic and cultural traits, as well as common artifact preferences. From an archaeological perspective, the converse is deducible: artifact inventories of a well-defined sociogeographical area are likely to have been created by speakers of the same or closely related language or languages. Languages of the Pre-Columbian Antilles presents information based on these assumptions. The data is scant—scattered words and phrases in Spanish explorers' journals, local place names written on maps or in missionary records—but the collaboration of the authors, one a linguist and the other an archaeologist, has tied the linguistics to the ground wherever possible and allowed the construction of a framework with which to understand the relationships, movements, and settlement patterns of Caribbean peoples before Columbus arrived.
Truth Is
Author: NoNieqa Ramos
Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab ®
Published: 2019-09-03
Total Pages: 211
ISBN-13: 1541564324
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Named one of the best YA Latinx books of 2019 by Remezcla and HipLatina. A Bustle Book Club Selection A powerful exploration of love, identity, and self-worth through the eyes of a fierce, questioning Puerto Rican teen. Fifteen-year-old Verdad doesn't think she has time for love. She's still struggling to process the recent death of her best friend, Blanca; dealing with the high expectations of her hardworking Puerto Rican mother and the absence of her remarried father; and keeping everyone at a distance. But when she meets Danny, a new guy at school—who happens to be trans—all bets are off. Verdad suddenly has to deal with her mother's disapproval of her relationship with Danny as well as her own prejudices and questions about her identity, and Danny himself, who is comfortable in his skin but keeping plenty of other secrets. In her luminous, raw, and open-hearted exploration of identity, grief and first love, NoNieqa Ramos has created an unforgettable character in Verdad.The Truth Is offers a complex look at a brilliant, queer, neurodifferent girl, the mother who loves but doesn't understand her, and a fabulously drawn group of street kids who can't save themselves but just might save her. A brilliantly written breathtaking book. I couldn't put it down! —Michelle Ruiz-Keil, author of All of Us with Wings A brilliant, beautiful, moving story of ecstasy and loss and tragedy and hope, The Truth Is demands to be read. The fast-moving plot bristles with literary and classical references, but the deepest insights—and there are plenty—come from the unforgettable observations and conclusions of its main character, Verdad de la Reyna, an unforgettably brave and complicated heroine who confronts profoundly disturbing, real-world challenges with the help of friends, both present and past. Nonieqa Ramos follows up The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary with another superb novel guaranteed to break the reader's heart before trying to mend it." —Tom Wilinsky and Jen Sternick, authors of Snowsisters NoNieqa Ramos's un-flinching voice and writing style continues to cement her as a force to be reckoned with in the YA world. —Mia García, author of The Resolutions
Learn Garifuna Now!
Author: Luz F. Soliz-ramos
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2017-04-16
Total Pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9781544203768
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This purchase on Amazon is for JUST THE PAPERBOOK. If you'd like the audiobook please go to: LearnGarifunaNow.com. All products are available there. ---- Luz F. Soliz-Ramos became motivated to create Learn Garifuna Now! when she realized that many Garifuna people, especially the youngsters are not speaking language. The book and its accompanying audio version was created with a fun and easy to follow approach. This will help beginners, intermediate speakers, and all people who want how to jumpstart their ability to speak the Garifuna language in real, every day conversations!
The Vejigante and the Folk Festivals of Puerto Rico
Author: Edwin Fontanez
Publisher:
Published: 1994-05
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780964086807
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Speaking Chileno
Author: Jared Romey
Publisher:
Published: 2012-04-12
Total Pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9780983840534
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Cuica," "guagua," "fome," "cabro chico," "al tiro," "charcha..." all these words and phrases might sound new to you, but they are common in the Chilean Spanish. Speaking Chileno, already a bestseller in Chile, is the most up-to-date reference book of Chilean Spanish vocabulary. It features more than 2,000 words and phrases explained in English, many with sample sentences. This dictionary-style book also includes 29 humorous cartoon illustrations, plus short sections about Chilean gestures, pronunciation, and grammar. Quick reference sections group common Chilean words and phrases for food, drink, terms for the body, types of clothing and key words that are found in the daily spoken language. This book is indispensable for anyone with ties to Chile. First-time visitors to Chile, native Chileans and even people looking to connect to their Chilean family and heritage will find Speaking Chileno useful as they enjoy Chilean Spanish. The Chilean edition of Speaking Chileno has been featured in the Chilean International Book Fair, has also been part of the El Mercurio Readers Club and has appeared in Chilean newspapers. Seaking Chileno follows the light-hearted, humorous style of the other books in the Speaking Latino series: Speaking Boricua and Speaking Argento that were the result of the experience of a gringo, Jared Romey, living, working and mingling among locals in these countries. IS THIS BOOK FOR ME? This bilingual book contains words that are not appropriate for kids. If you are just starting to learn Spanish, this book is best used as a complementary reference source to any program or class designed to teach you Spanish. This book and the other books of the Speaking Latino series are not designed as stand-alone learning aids, to teach you Spanish. Instead, they expand your country-specific Spanish vocabulary. If you already speak Spanish, this book help you understand local Spanish from Chile. Be sure to use the Amazon Look Inside function to see what this book will and will not teach.
Quick Guide to Dominican Spanish
Author: Language Babel
Publisher:
Published: 2013-02-23
Total Pages: 86
ISBN-13: 9780983840565
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Traveling to the Dominican Republic to live there or study Spanish? Or maybe you are a native Dominican wanting to better connect with your roots, heritage and culture? This book is for you. This dictionary-style book of words and phrases helps you better understand Dominican Spanish and slang. The collection of more than 500 terms and sayings will help you become familiar with the richness of the country's Spanish. It includes slang and vulgar words that you will likely run across in everyday conversations. Each term has been defined in English and synonyms are included when available. There are also more than 500 example sentences demonstrating how to use the words. It includes 35 black and white illustrations. Words like "watchiman," "chichi," "motoconcho" and "yipeta" will no longer be amystery. You will be on your way to Dominican Spanish fluency with this phrasebook of Spanish vocabulary words from the Dominican Republic. IS THIS BOOK FOR ME? This book contains words that are not appropriate for kids. If you are just starting to learn Spanish, this book is best used as a complementary reference source to any program or class designed to teach you Spanish. This book and the other books of the Speaking Latino series are not designed as stand-alone learning aids, to teach you Spanish. Instead, they expand your country-specific Spanish vocabulary. If you already speak Spanish, this book help you understand local Spanish from the Dominican Republic. Be sure to use the Amazon Look Inside function to see what this book will and will not teach."
The Diversity Style Guide
Author: Rachele Kanigel
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2018-10-15
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 1119055245
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →New diversity style guide helps journalists write with authority and accuracy about a complex, multicultural world A companion to the online resource of the same name, The Diversity Style Guide raises the consciousness of journalists who strive to be accurate. Based on studies, news reports and style guides, as well as interviews with more than 50 journalists and experts, it offers the best, most up-to-date advice on writing about underrepresented and often misrepresented groups. Addressing such thorny questions as whether the words Black and White should be capitalized when referring to race and which pronouns to use for people who don't identify as male or female, the book helps readers navigate the minefield of names, terms, labels and colloquialisms that come with living in a diverse society. The Diversity Style Guide comes in two parts. Part One offers enlightening chapters on Why is Diversity So Important; Implicit Bias; Black Americans; Native People; Hispanics and Latinos; Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; Arab Americans and Muslim Americans; Immigrants and Immigration; Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation; People with Disabilities; Gender Equality in the News Media; Mental Illness, Substance Abuse and Suicide; and Diversity and Inclusion in a Changing Industry. Part Two includes Diversity and Inclusion Activities and an A-Z Guide with more than 500 terms. This guide: Helps journalists, journalism students, and other media writers better understand the context behind hot-button words so they can report with confidence and sensitivity Explores the subtle and not-so-subtle ways that certain words can alienate a source or infuriate a reader Provides writers with an understanding that diversity in journalism is about accuracy and truth, not "political correctness." Brings together guidance from more than 20 organizations and style guides into a single handy reference book The Diversity Style Guide is first and foremost a guide for journalists, but it is also an important resource for journalism and writing instructors, as well as other media professionals. In addition, it will appeal to those in other fields looking to make informed choices in their word usage and their personal interactions.
