Hola amigos! Yes, I’m still alive. Sorry I haven’t written in a while. It’s been a rough week of classes and volunteer work and such. I will elaborate much more later, but for now, lets just say that as the level of work and Spanish increases, my understanding of it, sadly, does not. So what’s a person to do after a week of being abused by homework, improper conjugations, and creepers on la ruta? LEARN A SPANISH DRINKING SONG!
Ok, it’s not really a drinking song, it’s a song in a beer commercial. And ok, yes, I had a rough week, but no, I’m not turning into an alcoholic (...yet). One of my first days here, I was watching TV and this commercial came on. I didn’t think much of it until my whole family joined in with the song. And that happens pretty much every time this commercial comes on. So I decided that in order to actively immerse myself in the culture here, I need to learn this song. Purely educational.
Actually this song really is educational. It incorporates the most famous parts of Nicaragua: the national flower and tree, indigenous cultures, mountain ranges, volcanoes, lakes, and of course, la cerveza Toña, which is basically the national beer. Doña Laura explained it all to me after Laura Mariela wrote out the lyrics (and calling me borrachita for wanting to learn).
Here’s the link to the comercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkvO0DL3s5Y&feature=related
And the lyrics. I hyperlinked some words to pictures, if you're interested. It's all in the commercial but its really fast. You can google translate the rest :)
Soy como soy porque aquí nací entre volcanes y lagos
y si muriera y volviera a nacer no nacería en otro lado
Soy un volcán bullanguero, un lago orgullo ,soy un caballero
Soy la belleza trigueña que no anda con cuentos genuina y sincera
Soy el alma pinolera del Río San Juan hasta Chinandega
Soy el alma pinolera del Río San Juan hasta Chinandega
Soy el cuerpo y el sabor… que hace a Nicaragua una.
¡Como mi tierra no hay dos! ¡Como mi Toña ninguna!
Soy Nicarao y Diriangén
Soy isleta soy caudal
Soy Madroño y Sacuanjoche
Soy el Cerro Negro y el Amerrisque
Soy Ostuma y La Estanzuela
Soy montaña soy ciudad
Soy nica como el San Juan
Soy el cuerpo y el sabor… que hace a Nicaragua una.
¡Como mi tierra no hay dos! ¡Como mi Toña, ninguna!
Tonces, mi nueva tarea esta semana! And seriously, I’m more about the consequences from Laurita for not studying this homework than I am about my actual clases :)
hows the tona taste?
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