Mexican sayings I decide to translate a few sayings and riddles very common in Mexico. I hope some of you enjoy it and get the idea of them! Also, I would be grateful for your comments and corrections. "The water you don't drink, leave it runs". In Spanish: "Agua que no has de beber, déjala correr" "To put a lot of cream in your tacos". In Spanish: "Echarle mucha crema a los tacos" "Who is Parraket, wherever it was, is green". In Spanish: "El que es perico, donde quiera es verde" "Wasn't because of the love for the pig, but for the crackling" In Spanish: "No es por amor al cerdo, sino al chicharrón"

Translation quotes. Rosario Castellanos Hello, friends! I had read notebooks from some of you translating quotes. I have enjoyed the exercise of correct them cause it is nice to know the ideas putting there and, even when by its shortness it can take no time, translate those ideas could be a huge challenge! So, I'm going to follow them, and I'm going to start with one quote I like. I will be grateful if you can give an eye on this: "Matamos lo que amamos. Lo demás no ha estado vivo nunca. Ninguno está tan cerca." Rosario Castellanos, México, 1925-1974 "We kill what we love. The rest has never been alive. No one is close enough." Rosario Castellanos, México, 1925-1974.

Stamps of Mexico portrayed for an intmate (Penpals letter: Edwar part 2) Hello friends! A few years ago, I'm registered on a penpals site. I went there to get to know people and to practice my English. The following writing is the second part of a reply to a letter that came to me months ago. I would be thankful for your corrections and comments :^) Edwar, part two In your letter, you told me both of your parents born here in Mexico, while you and all your brothers and sisters born in the United States. I'm very curious about your family story and the context of your parents' decision to emigrate. Michoacán and Zacatecas, the states your parents are from, are both the states with the highest migration levels since a long time ago. Also, most of the people who emigrated from there, trying to get the States. So, although your parents' decision was not an exception, the specific context of that huge decision I'm sure it was. In your letter, you ask me for a description of those places here in Mexico you have never been there. I'm going to try to share with you the little I know of them, even when I'm also not very familiar with this part of my country. Michoacán and Zacatecas are related to a very historically important region called "El Bajío". While Zacatecas is the center of this region, Michoacán is in its borders. The Bajío gets its characteristics over the Colonial years as a place of wealth and modernity, which were all based on mineral exploitation. So, as you can imagine, the wealth and prosperity were not for everyone. Less in Zacatecas, a region named after an indigenous group who were quickly abated. Since those very distance times, the Zacatecas economy is based on mineral extraction and agricultural production, and it is also the region where the majority of the people involved in the first official program of migrants ("Bracero") come from. The city of Zacatecas (named as the State) is just gorgeous, stands as a proof of the splendor of silver capitalism who grew there.

Which strategies are working for you to improve pronunciation? Hi! I'm trying to improve my speaking and pronunciation by talking with partners, but now, I just notice I need to work with my Spanish accent... So, I would like to have a list of options to work in. ¡Thak you to share your strategies! :^)

Penpals letter: Edwar (part 1) Hi! Since a few years ago, I'm registered in a penpals site. I'm getting there to know people and to practice my English. The following writing is the first part of a reply to a letter that came to me months ago. I would be thankful for your corrections and comments :^) Hi Edwar! I received your letter months ago and red it was very nice to me. Maybe I should start this one explaining my delay to answer. When your letter came, I was in the middle of many things: my partner and I were moving together for the first time, I just start a new job (a class at the university that still now overwhelm me) and also had just loosed another job. So, by those days, I felt very absorbed in daily stuff. I was waiting for the moment of peace to answer you. But that moment didn't come, cause just a month and a half after that, a huge earthquake shake the center of Mexico, and we had to move again. The building where we were living was damaged, and also others building next to us. As you could imagine, the following months were a mix of disorder, agitated feelings (looking for another place, fill the requirements for the new ones, moved again), but also were months of gratitude, cause, in perspective, we were very lucky: no one close died, no one close lost properties, and we even were able to get into the apartment to take our things. Now, I live in another place, more expensive :( , but nicer and closest to my family. Nowadays I'm also trying to take time for doing things that I love to do before, and answer letters from my penpals friends is one o those things.