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Keeping languages untangled
We’re still in Huaraz with its beautiful snowcaps. We took this picture right outside our door the other morning.
One day last week, one of the men’s wives came to visit. In the course of the visit, she asked a simple question:
Caycho arunquicu?
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Meet the moto-taxi. You couldn’t find a single one of these when we first arrived in Huánuco. Now, they are everywhere.
For about $0.50 to $0.60 (depending on the exchange rate) you can get a ride anywhere around town on this side of the river. While we prefer to walk most places, a moto-taxi is the way to get home after shopping at the market or visiting the bank.
Recently two incidents happened with moto-taxis. Now, that you’ve been properly introduced, we’ll tell you the stories.
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Pointing out the obvious
I remember in first grade when my teacher taught us how to pluralize by adding a magic “s” or an “es” to a noun. All of us already knew how to speak correctly with plurals. But, we probably couldn’t have explained why we spoke the way we did until the teacher pointed it out to us. That is a tiny peek into what’s been going on these past few weeks during the discourse for translation workshop. Of course, they have been learning at a much different level than first grade!
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