The things people will say...

When you are taking normal classes, you get a chance to amplify your vocabulary mucho. However, there are somethings you never think you will learn...but when you live in the language, you do. Due to this, I now present Josh in Toledo's very first:

Top Ten Things You Never Think You Would Need to Translate (or shouldn't attempt)

10) "Estás afuera de control" ("You are out of control" -- very bad translation)

9) "O Dios Mío...niños son niños en cualquiera cultura...demasiado energía...demasiado..." ("Oh my God...children are children in whichever culture...too much energy...too much...")

8) "Ella está en el baño o está comprando pan, no estoy seguro cual. No recuerdo que me dijo. Uno u otra..." ("She is either in the bathroom or buying bread, I'm not sure. I don't remeber which she told me. One or the other...")

7) "¡O Madre Mía! ¡Él está tirando el loro! ¡Y no sé por qué!" ("Oh my gosh! He's throwing the parrot! And I don't know why!")

6) "Yo regresé a las dos y media....la segunda dos y media...anoche" ("I returned at 2:30...the second 2:·30...last night"...oh the joys of Central European Summer Time)

5) "Me gusta bailar como una panda. Me pone feliz. Cuando el mundo es triste y hay mucho para hacer, solo podemos bailar." ("I like to dance like a panda. It makes me happy. When the world is sad and there is a lot to do, we can only dance.")

4) "¡Comes demasiado carne! Vas a morir" ("You eat too much meat! You're going to die!")

3) "Come el pudím. No hay nada en el pudín para controlar tus pensamientos. Cómelo. El pudín es bueno..." ("Eat the pudding. There is nothing in the pudding to control your thoughts. Eat it. The pudding is good.")

2) "No son calamares, es Jesús Cristo" ("They are not squid, it's Jesus Christ")

"Calamares Cristo?" ("The Squid Christ?")

1) "Creo que el perro vomitó y ahora está comiéndolo..." ("I believe the dog threw up and is now eating it..." -- Jarra, the dog, is really super fantastic!)