Where! Has! My! Passion! Gone! I Had It Abundantly When I Was A Child, And I Must Have Dropped It Along

Some (Mexican) Spanish slang with a bit of explanations and examples!

No mames - this expression is used a lot. It literally means “do not suck”. We use no mames when something is unbelievable, something we are impressed about. It can also mean repulsion towards something Some sentences:

¡No mames que Juan besó a Mariana!

¡Wey, quita eso, no mames!

No mames, que verguenza, me caí por las escaleras enfrente de Roberto.

Wey - Another very famous expression. Is the equivalent of “dude”, just a little bit more rude. (I’d also recommend not saying it to everyone, just to people you know well, and not saying it around grown up adults, just in case). 

¡Quítate, wey! 

Wey, ¿a que no adivinas qué?

Wey, esto es serio, escúchame.

Morro -  Expression from the north of Mexico. It’s used to refer to children or young people. With the same meaning, there are other words: huerco, huerquillo, chamaco, chicuelo, plebe, the variation morrillo and maybe other words which I cannot remember. 

La morra esa de verdad que es insoportable.

¡Hey, morro, deja eso!

Pinche morrillo, pa’ menso no se estudia. 

Pinche - Very famouse expression. Is the equivalent of saying “fucking” when describing something; and as such, I wouldn’t recommend saying it around anyone, even though you may hear it everywhere around the country. (Specially with Sonora’s people, they tend to speak with swearwords).

¡Pero qué pinche calor!

Pinche Rebeca, me caga.

Toma tu pinche dinero. 

Me caga - It literally means something or somebody is taking a shit in you (Ha!). It means something/somebody is very, very annoying to you. With the same meaning exists the expression: me caga el palo. Both of these expressions can be used as noun or adjectives as cagapalo and cagante. As I’ve been saying with a lot of these expressions and probably will keep warning, do not use it around everyone. 

Como me caga esa pinche canción.

Rosalina es bien cagapalos, no te metas con ella. 

Tu no eres enfadoso, wey, eres cagante.

Mira que de verdad él me caga el palo, la neta.

Neta - this means that something is the truth, something that is right. And that’s it

La neta esta muy bonito.

¿Es neta eso?

Neta que ya ni al caso. 

Pendejo - rude word! Some mexicans may say it to their friends just as “dude”, but it actually means idiot or stupid. The variation pendejada is the equivalent to foolishness, some crap or idiocy.

¡No seas pendejo!

No me salgas con tu pendejada.

La morra esa la neta que es bien pendeja. 

NOTE: In Mexico, we’ve a culture of making fun of others, even of ourselves. A lot of Mexicans around the country won’t consider a lot of these words or expressions as rude, despite they are. That’s why I recommend to be a little cautious, just in case; yet, do not worry too much about this, Mexican culture is about being friendly and open to everyone, sometimes too friendly and too open, but that’s something to discuss later! 

Feel free to ask if any doubts <3

Vocab: La Casa de Bernarda Alba - S

We’re getting close pals

Sábana - sheet

Sabor - taste, flavour

Salirse con la suya - to get one’s own way

Sandía - watermelon

Santiguarse - to cross oneself

Segador - reaper

Segar - to reap

Sentar - to seat, suit

Sentar mal - to disagree

Sentar la mano - to let someone’s feel (the weigh of) one’s hand

Sentir - to hear, mourn, feel, be upset over, be sorry

Señalado - appointed

Señalar - to point to

Siempre - always, still

Sien - temple

Siervo - servant

Sigilo - secrecy, stealth

Silbido - whistle

Sino - fate

Sinsabor - trouble, worry

Siquiera - at least

Ni siquiera - not even

Sobrar - to be more than enough

Sobras - leftovers

Sobrecogido - startled, taken aback

Solería - floor

Soltera - single, unmarried, spinster

Sollozar - to sob

Mala sombra - bad luck

Con sorna - sarcastically, mockingly

Suave - soft, gentle, sweet

Suceso - incident, action

Sudor - sweat

Sueldo - wage

Suelto - loose

Sujetar - to restrain, hold back

Sumiso - submissive

Suplicante - pleading, imploring

The phrase “you don’t know what you have until it’s gone” can apply to terrible things too. You may not realize the amount of pain, depression, or abuse you are living through until you experience what life can be without it

Here Are the Jewish People

Western popular concepts of Jews that people here take as the extent of our tribe:

The reality:

Boys from the Jewish population of Yemen, which has been around for 2500 hundred years but has been slowly massacred over the past few generations.

The Lemba of South Africa and Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe in particular has a large and VERY long history with their Jewish Community)

The Abayudaya of Uganda, some of the great Jewish musicians

The Beta Israeli of Ethiopia

Igbo Jews of Nigeria

Cochin Jews of India 

Baghdadi Jews

Kaifeng Jews of China, who go back to the 7th or 8th century. Unfortunately, during the 20th century much of their culture was almost wiped out and the Kaifeng are currently working to rediscover their Jewish heritage and culture.

Jewish Children in Puerto Rico (Jews have been in Puerto Rico since the 15th century, many fleeing from the Inquisition)

The Beit Shalom Choir in Japan

Kosher comes in all colors, from all over the world, and in a variety cultural groups. We’re a small portion of the human population, but we have EVERYONE. We are all members of this tribe.

Because stereotypes are bullshit.

Grammar Friday: Ser vs. Estar

a collection of some of my favorite jonghyun quotes

for anyone who might need him right now.

• “time goes by. it’s just slower when you are having a hard time. if you try to enjoy the time, everything will be alright.”

• “there’s no such thing as useless emotion.”

• “it’s fine if you hurt a little. it’s fine if you fall.”

• “even if you don’t gain strength today, it’s alright to gain strength even tomorrow. i wanted to say that it’s okay, even if you have been worn out and had a hard time for as long as a month. please gain strength tomorrow! it’ll be fine as long as you gain strength when you feel like it.”

• “i’ll make everyone a promise. when you’re sad, i’ll cry together with you. if you’re happy, i’ll be even happier for you. i will do anything using my small, little effort to stand beside everone.”

• “cry out loud once. look at the mirror and shake it off. i’ve cried like that before and others will have times like that too. cheer up, you’re not alone.”

• “i think it’s okay to feel lost in your life. i think it’s okay to not reach that final goal (in your life). you may earn things while being lost or could make something out of it through the emotions you feel. i think it should be your judgement. you don’t have to make someone else judge the satisfaction of your life. i hope that you don’t feel too anxious about feeling lost in your life.”

• “when your tears are falling, just let them shed. i wish you’ll think of it as if that weight inside your heart is getting out of your body drop by drop.”

• “is there anyone out there that is crying alone tonight? not crying out of pity for something or someone, but instead because they cannot help asking why they are living in the way that they are? is there anyone that is feeling sentimental or guilty, needlessly? don’t be like that. i hope that you believe that these bitter days of crying alone will prove to be the most beautiful days of your life. you’ll realize, with time, that your life is actually pretty alright. i promise you. in fact, i’ll write you a guarantee! the most beautiful thing in all the world is right now. this moment. you. don’t ever forget that.”

• “life is a series of encounters and farewells. i believe we grow in the process. for now, it is very sad but we will meet again. we can hope for that day to come soon, and we will be able to greet each other with (a) much bigger welcome.”

it doesn’t matter how long it takes, just keep going, you’re doing great

preach

decided that 2020 is going to be the year where i stop being a shy little bitch and start being a bad bitch who speaks her mind and actively works towards her dreams without hurting anyone but also without being afraid of using her own voice & asking for things she wants