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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The pronunciation of letter &#8220;ñ&#8221; in Spanish can be a little tricky for Spanish learners, especially if this sound is not present in their native language. This peculiar letter does not derive from Latin as some might think. Its origins date back to the 12th century, when monks used to copy books by hand in the monasteries. At that time, as parchment was very expensive and scarce, the monks had to save space in words that contained the spelling &#8220;nn&#8221;, which is common in Latin, and chose to write a simple &#8220;n&#8221; and add a &#8220;virgulilla&#8221; on top as a form of abbreviation.</p>
<p>Practice the pronunciation of this curious letter with the help of the following video:</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><iframe title="Pronunciación de la Ñ · Clases de español: escucha y repite este sonido." width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YVWO7b0Nq9k?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Video transcription and translation</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Vamos a practicar con el sonido de la letra “ñ”.</strong></p>
<p>Let&#8217;s practice with the sound of the letter &#8220;ñ&#8221;.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>¡Vamos!</strong></p>
<p>Let&#8217;s go!</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>La “ñ” es un sonido nasal. Esto significa que el aire sale por la nariz.</strong></p>
<p>The &#8220;ñ&#8221; is a nasal sound. This means that air comes out from the nose.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Y, atención, la lengua se adhiere al dorso del paladar.</strong></p>
<p>And, attention, the tongue adheres to the back of the palate.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>En otros idiomas como francés, italiano o portugués, corresponde a los sonidos que </strong><strong>veis en estas palabras.</strong></p>
<p>In other languages such as French, Italian or Portuguese, it corresponds to the sounds you see in these words.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Y recordad que la “ñ” no es una “n” con una “i”.</strong></p>
<p>And remember that the &#8220;ñ&#8221; is not an &#8220;n&#8221; with an &#8220;i&#8221;.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Escuchad cómo se diferencian estas palabras: uñón y unión.</strong></p>
<p>Listen to how these words are differentiated: <em>uñón</em> and <em>unión</em>.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Pues, ahora vamos a practicar juntos.</strong></p>
<p>Well, now let&#8217;s practice together.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Recordad que la “ñ” aparece normalmente al principio de una sílaba.</strong></p>
<p>Remember that the &#8220;ñ&#8221; normally appears at the beginning of a syllable.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Pues, teniendo todo esto claro, ¡a practicar!</strong></p>
<p>So, having all this clear, let&#8217;s practice!</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>A continuación, os voy a presentar la “ñ” con las diferentes vocales.</strong></p>
<p>Next, I am going to introduce you to the &#8220;ñ&#8221; with the different vowels.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Escucha y repite conmigo.</strong></p>
<p>Listen and repeat after me.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Recuerda que puedes parar el vídeo y repetir cuantas veces necesites.</strong></p>
<p>Remember that you can stop the video and repeat it as many times as you need.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Bien, pues, con la “a”:</strong></p>
<p>Well, then, with the &#8220;a&#8221;:</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Mañana, niña, caña.</strong></p>
<p>Tomorrow, girl, cane.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Con la “e”:</strong></p>
<p>With the &#8220;e&#8221;:</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Muñeca, bañera, niñez.</strong></p>
<p>Doll, bathtub, childhood.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Con la “i”:</strong></p>
<p>With the &#8220;i&#8221;:</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Añil, teñir.</strong></p>
<p>Indigo, to dye.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Con la “o”:</strong></p>
<p>With the &#8220;o&#8221;:</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Año, baño, guiño.</strong></p>
<p>Year, bath, wink.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Con la “u”:</strong></p>
<p>With the &#8220;u&#8221;:</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Pañuelo, castañuela, buñuelo (que es un dulce).</strong></p>
<p>Handkerchief, castanet, fritter (which is a sweet).</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Bien, pues, si quieres practicar con más palabras, solamente necesitas ir al enlace, al link, que hay aquí en la explicación del vídeo y encontrarás un reto lleno de palabras con “ñ”.</strong></p>
<p>Well, if you want to practice with more words, you just need to go to the link here in the explanation of the video and you will find a challenge full of words with &#8220;ñ&#8221;.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>¿Conoces alguna más? Por favor escríbela aquí en comentarios.</strong></p>
<p>Do you know of any others? Please write it here in comments.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Muchas gracias y hasta pronto.</strong></p>
<p>Thank you very much and see you soon.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have you ever wondered how they came up with color names in Spanish? Find out in today&#8217;s blog!</p>
<p><iframe title="¿De dónde vienen los nombres de los colores en español? | BBC Mundo" width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FaMsbdQTjtI?list=PLLhUyPZ7578eOhaDzuQaUohvgFzplupf-" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p><strong>Video transcription and translation</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Quizás nunca te lo habías planteado, pero el color es fascinante.</strong></p>
<p>You may never have thought about it, but color is fascinating.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Cómo los rayos de luz rebotan en todo y alteran cómo vemos las cosas. Y cómo desde el principio los humanos hemos tratado de describir el color de lo que vemos.</strong></p>
<p>How light rays bounce off everything and alter how we see things. And how from the beginning we humans have tried to describe the color of what we see.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Por ejemplo, Platón consideraba que existían 4 colores básicos: el blanco, el negro, el </strong><strong>rojo y el brillante; algo que para nosotros ni siquiera es un color.</strong></p>
<p>For example, Plato considered that there were 4 basic colors: white, black, red and bright; something that for us is not even a color.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Y algunos siglos antes Homero escribió sobre el mar diciendo que tenía un color vino oscuro.</strong></p>
<p>And a few centuries earlier Homer wrote about the sea saying that it had a dark wine color.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>De hecho, la forma de los griegos de describir el color hizo que durante un tiempo se creyera que, literalmente, lo percibían distinto a nosotros.</strong></p>
<p>In fact, the Greeks&#8217; way of describing color meant that for a time it was believed that they literally perceived it differently than we do.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>El mismo Nietsche llegó a afirmar que los antiguos griegos eran daltónicos.</strong></p>
<p>Nietsche himself went so far as to claim that the ancient Greeks were colorblind.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Pero no iba de eso. No era un tema de cómo sus ojos y su cerebro percibían el color, </strong><strong>sino de cómo lo describían.</strong></p>
<p>But that&#8217;s not what it was about. It wasn&#8217;t a matter of how their eyes and brain perceived color, but how they described it.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>¿Y cómo describimos el color en castellano? </strong></p>
<p>And how do we describe color in Spanish?</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Quizás te parece que lo hacemos de una forma mucho más lógica y comprensible, pero también tenemos nuestras cosas.</strong></p>
<p>Maybe it seems to you that we do it in a much more logical and understandable way, but we also have our own things.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Por ejemplo: ¿por qué este color y su variante más clara siguen siendo el mismo color: verde oscuro y verde claro&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>For example: why is this color and its lighter variant still the same color: dark green and light green&#8230;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Pero a este lo llamamos rojo y a su variante clara le damos otro nombre distinto, rosa?</strong></p>
<p>But we call this one red and give its light variant a different name, pink?</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>¿Y por qué les pusimos esos nombres a los colores? </strong></p>
<p>And why did we give the colors those names?</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Probablemente te sea complicado imaginar por qué el blanco se llama blanco, el verde verde o el naranja, naranja. </strong></p>
<p>It is probably hard for you to imagine why white is called white, green is green or orange is orange.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Ok, el del naranja es un poco más obvio. </strong></p>
<p>Ok, the orange one is a bit more obvious.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Pero vamos a repasar algunos de estos nombres.</strong></p>
<p>But let&#8217;s review some of these names.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Por ejemplo: rojo. Antes del siglo XV en España nadie decía “rojo” para hablar de esto.</strong></p>
<p>For example: red. Before the 15th century in Spain nobody said &#8220;red&#8221; to talk about this.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Lo llamaban bermejo, aunque también se usaba “colorado” y “encarnado”.</strong></p>
<p>It was called &#8220;bermejo&#8221;, although &#8220;colorado&#8221; and &#8220;encarnado&#8221; were also used.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>El término rojo procede del adjetivo latino “russus”.</strong></p>
<p>The term red comes from the Latin adjective &#8220;russus&#8221;.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Pero cuidado, porque ‘russus’</strong><strong>era un matiz específico del color rojo: como un rojo fuerte.</strong></p>
<p>But beware, because &#8216;russus&#8217; was a specific shade of red: like a dark red.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>El naranja es fácil. Sí, se llama así por la fruta.</strong></p>
<p>Orange is easy. Yes, it is named after the fruit.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Fueron los árabes quienes introdujeron la naranja en Europa. </strong></p>
<p>It was the Arabs who introduced the orange in Europe.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>La llamaban algo así como naranǧa, un nombre que adoptaron del persa nārang. Así que una cosa llevó a la otra.</strong></p>
<p>They called it something like naranǧa, a name they adopted from the Persian nārang. So one thing led to another.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Y lo mismo pasó con el amarillo. Que atención, recibe su nombre del animal, el armadillo.</strong></p>
<p>And the same happened with the yellow one. And attention, it gets its name from the animal, the armadillo.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>¡¿No hombre, qué dices?! Qué va. Ah, ¿no? A mí me sonaba bien.</strong></p>
<p>No man, what are you saying?! No way. Ah, no? It sounded good to me.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Pues el amarillo viene del latín “amarĕllus”, que a su vez deriva de otro término latino,</strong><strong> “amarus”, que significa amargo.</strong></p>
<p>For yellow comes from the Latin &#8220;amarĕllus&#8221;, which in turn derives from another Latin term, &#8220;amarus&#8221;, meaning bitter.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Sí, ahora sí. Ojo, que esta historia tiene miga. </strong></p>
<p>Yes, now it is. Pay attention, this story has a lot of substance.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Se dice que es por la bilis, llamada en aquel entonces humor amargo. </strong></p>
<p>It is said to be because of the bile, then called bitter humor.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>El mal funcionamiento en la secreción de la bilis provoca ictericia, que puesto sencillo, es cuando la piel se te pone amarilla. </strong></p>
<p>The malfunction in the secretion of bile causes jaundice, which to put it simple, is when your skin turns yellow.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Y así la palabra latina para “amargo” terminó significando amarillo.</strong></p>
<p>And so the Latin word for &#8220;bitter&#8221; ended up meaning yellow.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Obviamente, hay otros colores que reciben su nombre del latín. </strong></p>
<p>Obviously, there are other colors that receive their name from Latin.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Al fin y al cabo el español es una lengua romance. </strong></p>
<p>After all, Spanish is a Romance language.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Por ejemplo, el verde viene de “virĭdis”, que en latín servía para referirse al color verde pero que también significaba vigoroso, vivo, joven.</strong></p>
<p>For example, green comes from &#8220;virĭdis&#8221;, which in Latin served to refer to the color green but also meant vigorous, lively, young.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>El negro también viene del latín, pero con una particularidad. </strong></p>
<p>Black also comes from Latin, but with a twist.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Nosotros llamamos igual al negro mate que al negro brillante, pero los romanos distinguían. </strong></p>
<p>We call matte black the same as glossy black, but the Romans made a distinction.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>El negro mate era “ater” y el brillante “niger”. El castellano se quedó con niger, que derivó </strong><strong>en la palabra &#8220;negro&#8221;.</strong></p>
<p>The matte black was &#8220;ater&#8221; and the shiny black was &#8220;niger&#8221;. The Spanish remained with niger, which derived in the word &#8220;negro&#8221;.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>De hecho, en nuestro idioma hay muchas palabras que derivan del niger de los romanos. </strong></p>
<p>In fact, in our language there are many words that derive from the Roman niger.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Como denigrar, que alude a manchar, a ennegrecer la reputación de alguien.</strong></p>
<p>As denigrar, which alludes to stain, to blacken the reputation of someone.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Otro día podemos hablar de por qué el negro se ha usado durante tanto tiempo con connotaciones negativas. </strong></p>
<p>Another day we can talk about why black has been used for so long with negative connotations.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>De hecho, si hacemos ese video, suscríbete para no perdértelo.</strong></p>
<p>By the way, if we make that video, subscribe so you don&#8217;t miss it.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>El blanco es distinto. No proviene del latín sino del alemán “blank”.</strong></p>
<p>White is different. It does not come from Latin but from the German &#8220;blank&#8221;.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>El castellano lo tomó en la Edad Media, en la época de las invasiones germánicas en la península Ibérica.</strong></p>
<p>Castilian was adopted in the Middle Ages, at the time of the Germanic invasions of the Iberian Peninsula.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>De hecho hay constancia del uso de blanco como adjetivo desde el siglo XII.</strong></p>
<p>In fact, there is evidence of the use of white as an adjective since the 12th century.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Es un caso parecido al del rojo: antes se llamaba de otra manera. </strong></p>
<p>It is a case similar to that of red: it used to be called differently.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>En el caso del blanco, la palabra era albo. Esta vez sí, derivada del latín &#8220;albus&#8221;. </strong></p>
<p>In the case of white, the word was albo. This time yes, derived from the Latin &#8220;albus&#8221;.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Hoy en día aún encontramos el uso de &#8220;alba&#8221; como adjetivo para decir blanca. </strong></p>
<p>Today we still find the use of &#8220;alba&#8221; as an adjective for white.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Como cuando hablamos del &#8220;alba&#8221;, la primera luz del día cuando sale el sol.</strong></p>
<p>As when we speak of &#8220;alba&#8221; (dawn), the first light of day when the sun rises.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Y por último veamos el azul. Igual que el naranja, el azul se introdujo en el castellano </strong><strong>a través de los árabes, que a su vez tomaron el vocablo del persa. </strong></p>
<p>And finally, let&#8217;s look at blue. Like orange, blue was introduced into Spanish by the Arabs, who in turn took the word from Persian.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Los árabes usaban “lazawárd”, algo muy parecido a la palabra que con la que se referían al lapislázuli. </strong></p>
<p>The Arabs used &#8220;lazawárd&#8221;, something very similar to the word used to refer to lapis lazuli.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Esa piedra de color azul intenso tan apreciada desde la antigüedad.</strong></p>
<p>This intense blue stone has been so appreciated since ancient times.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Lo cierto es que no es nada fácil ponerles nombre a los colores.</strong></p>
<p>The truth is that it is not easy to name the colors.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Por ejemplo, este es uno de mis colores favoritos últimamente.</strong></p>
<p>For example, this is one of my favorite colors lately.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>¿Cómo lo llamarías? Déjalo en los comentarios y a ver si nos ponemos de acuerdo.</strong></p>
<p>What would you call it? Leave it in the comments and let&#8217;s see if we can agree.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Si te ha gustado este video, compártelo con alguien. ¡Nos vemos!</strong></p>
<p>If you liked this video, share it with someone. See you!</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Arepas are a staple in Venezuelan and Colombian homes, but it has grew in people’s hearts throughout the American continent thanks to immigration. In 2014, Venezuelan arepas ranked first on the list of the 18 best breakfast around the world according to Thrillist. The arepa is not only the queen of breakfast, it is very versatile and is often eaten as a side for main dishes either for lunch or dinner. You can have fried or roasted, make them sweet or salty and you can fill them with anything and everything! just don’t forget to put some butter inside first for epic results. Making arepas is very easy and you only need three ingredients: corn flour, salt and water, so don’t hesitate to make your own. Watch the video below to learn more about its origins while practicing your Spanish listening skills <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f642.png" alt="🙂" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></p>
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<p><strong>Video transcription and translation</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>¡Saludos queridos amigos! Bienvenidos a Conexión histórica.</strong></p>
<p>Greetings dear friends! Welcome to <em>Conexión histórica</em> (Historical Connection.)</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Soy el profesor John Alexánder López Luces y estoy aquí para narrarles la historia de Venezuela y del mundo.</strong></p>
<p>I am Professor John Alexánder López Luces and I am here to tell you the history of Venezuela and the world.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Suscríbete al canal y haz clic en la campanita para recibir las notificaciones de todo el contenido creado para ti.</strong></p>
<p>Subscribe to the channel and click on the little bell to receive notifications of all the content created for you.</p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Recuerda que para aprender de historia siempre es necesario separar el trigo de la maleza.</strong></p>
<p>Remember that to learn from history it is always necessary to separate the wheat from the weeds.*</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Y en esta oportunidad les hablaré sobre el verdadero origen de la arepa; uno de los platos gastronómicos más importantes de Colombia y de Venezuela. </strong></p>
<p>And in this opportunity I will tell you about the true origin of the arepa; one of the most important gastronomic dishes of Colombia and Venezuela.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Todas las investigaciones tanto en Venezuela como en Colombia concuerdan en una cosa.</strong></p>
<p>All investigations in both Venezuela and Colombia agree on one thing.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>La arepa es un alimento que existía mucho antes de la llegada de los conquistadores españoles a América y era parte de la dieta de las comunidades Indígenas.</strong></p>
<p>The arepa is a food that existed long before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors in America and was part of the diet of the indigenous communities.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Algunos estudios datan su preparación de hace 3000 años atrás. He allí el principal problema para determinar si la arepa tiene un origen en alguno de los dos países.</strong></p>
<p>Some studies date its preparation as far back as 3000 years ago. This is the main problem to determine if the arepa has an origin in either of the two countries.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>En cuanto a la etimología, las versiones se inclinan en favor del origen venezolano.</strong></p>
<p>As for the etymology, the versions lean in favor of the Venezuelan origin.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Los registros más antiguos del uso de la palabra “arepa” deviene de los Cumanagotos; una comunidad indígena que estaba localizada en lo que hoy es el estado Anzoátegui en Venezuela.</strong></p>
<p>The oldest records of the use of the word &#8220;arepa&#8221; come from the Cumanagotos; an indigenous community that was located in what is now Anzoátegui state in Venezuela.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Los Cumanagotos llamaban “erepa” al maíz maduro. Sin embargo, documentos históricos revelan que fueron los españoles quienes por primera vez utilizaron el término “arepa” para denominar al plato mencionado.</strong></p>
<p>The Cumanagotos called ripe corn &#8220;erepa&#8221;. However, historical documents reveal that it was the Spaniards who first used the term &#8220;arepa&#8221; to refer to this dish.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Los budares, la piedra de moler y la brasa eran algunas de las herramientas utilizadas para la preparación de la arepa.</strong></p>
<p>The budares, the grinding stone and the ember were some of the tools used for the preparation of the arepa.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Los estudios también indican que los habitantes nativos preparaban mezclas similares para bases de alimentos como la yuca y el frijol.</strong></p>
<p>Studies also indicate that native inhabitants prepared similar mixtures for food bases such as cassava and beans.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Si bien todavía no podemos determinar quién y dónde se comió la primera arepa en la historia, lo cierto es que este plato ha adquirido características muy particulares dependiendo del lugar donde se prepare.</strong></p>
<p>Although we still cannot determine by whom and where the first arepa in history was eaten, the fact is that this dish has acquired very particular characteristics depending on the place where it is prepared.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Por ejemplo, los colombianos le agregan mantequilla y aceite a la masa, mientras que por lo general los venezolanos solo le agregamos agua y sal.</strong></p>
<p>For example, Colombians add butter and oil to the dough, while Venezuelans generally only add water and salt.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>En otras palabras, ambas naciones han hecho suya la arepa, agregándole un toque particular de su gastronomía y de su cultura gastronómica.</strong></p>
<p>In other words, both nations have made the arepa their own, adding a particular touch from their gastronomy and gastronomic culture.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Pero fue en Venezuela donde se convirtió en símbolo nacional, luego de que a mediados del siglo XX el ingeniero venezolano inventó una exitosa forma de harina de maíz precocida que hizo de los pilones y molinos cosas del pasado</strong>.</p>
<p>But it was in Venezuela where it became a national symbol, after the Venezuelan engineer invented a successful form of pre-cooked corn flour in the mid-20th century that made pylons and mills a thing of the past.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Y aunque según el chef colombiano Carlos Gaviria existen más de 55 tipos de arepas en su país, fue en los andes venezolanos donde al principio del siglo XX comenzaron a aparecer las arepas rellenas.</strong></p>
<p>And although according to Colombian chef Carlos Gaviria there are more than 55 types of arepas in his country, it was in the Venezuelan Andes where stuffed arepas began to appear at the beginning of the 20th century.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Haciéndose famosas en el mundo preparaciones especiales como la reina pepiada, la pelúa o las arepas de pabellón. </strong></p>
<p>Special preparations such as <em>reina pepiada</em>, <em>pelúa</em> or <em>arepas de pabellón</em> have become world famous.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Entonces, el origen de la arepa es indígena mucho antes de que los españoles llegaran a estos territorios.</strong></p>
<p>Therefore, the origin of the arepa is indigenous long before the Spaniards arrived in these territories.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Pero a diferencia de Colombia, donde la arepa es vista como un pan más, en Venezuela la arepa es parte de nuestra identidad y de nuestra cultura gastronómica.</strong></p>
<p>But unlike in Colombia, where the arepa is seen as just another bread, in Venezuela the arepa is part of our identity and our gastronomic culture.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>En todo caso, la arepa es una muestra más de nuestra cercanía territorial, cultural e histórica entre ambos pueblos.</strong></p>
<p>In any case, the arepa is one more sign of our territorial, cultural and historical closeness between both peoples.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Así que no dejemos que una arepa y que nuestros gobiernos nos sigan dividiendo.</strong></p>
<p>So let&#8217;s not let an arepa and our governments continue to divide us.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>¡A comer arepa todo el mundo!</strong></p>
<p>Let’s eat arepa, everybody!</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Amigas y amigos les narró el profesor John Alexánder López Luces. Muchas gracias por su atención.</strong></p>
<p>My friends, Professor John Alexánder López Luces narrated to you. Thank you very much for your attention.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>No olviden suscribirse al canal y seguir las cuentas en redes sociales de su Conexión Histórica.</strong></p>
<p>Don&#8217;t forget to subscribe to the channel and follow the social media accounts of your <em>Conexión Histórica</em>.</p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Recuerden que para aprender la historia siempre es necesario separar el trigo de la maleza.</strong></p>
<p>Remember that in order to learn history it is always necessary to separate the wheat from the weeds.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>*”<em>Separar el trigo de la maleza</em>” is an expression used in Venezuela when discerning fact from fiction.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have you ever wondered whether there is a distinction between the pronunciations of letters &#8220;B&#8221; and &#8220;V&#8221;? If so, then today&#8217;s blog is for you! Watch the video below to learn how these two letters should be pronounced in Spanish.</p>
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<p><strong>¿Para qué tenemos dos letras para un mismo sonido que a veces nos confunde al escribir?</strong></p>
<p>Why do we have two letters for the same sound that sometimes confuses us when writing?</p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Muchos de ustedes nos han preguntado por la &#8216;V&#8217; y la &#8216;B&#8217; o, como se dice en algunos países, &#8216;Ve baja&#8217;, &#8216;V corta&#8217; o &#8216;Ve chica&#8217; y &#8216;Be alta&#8217; o &#8216;Be larga&#8217;.</strong></p>
<p>Many of you have asked us about the &#8216;V&#8217; and the &#8216;B&#8217; or, as they say in some countries, <em>&#8216;Ve baja</em>&#8216;, &#8216;<em>Ve corta&#8217; </em>or <em>&#8216;Ve chica</em>&#8216; and <em>&#8216;Be alta</em>&#8216; or <em>&#8216;Be larga</em>&#8216;.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Por ejemplo, ¿cómo dirías &#8220;bienvenidos&#8221;, &#8220;ambivalente&#8221;? ¡Exacto! En el idioma español no existe diferencia en la pronunciación de estas letras.</strong></p>
<p>For example, how would you say &#8220;bienvenidos&#8221;, &#8220;ambivalente&#8221;? Exactly! In the Spanish language, there is no difference in the pronunciation of these letters.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Las dos representan este sonido &#8216;B&#8217; que se llama bilabial sonoro.</strong></p>
<p>Both represent this &#8216;B&#8217; sound, which is called sonorous bilabial.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Aunque es posible que hayas oído la pronunciación de la &#8216;V&#8217; con este otro sonido &#8216;V&#8217; que se llama labiodental.</strong></p>
<p>Although you may have heard the pronunciation of the &#8216;V&#8217; with this other &#8216;V&#8217; sound which is called labiodental.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Esta &#8216;V&#8217; puede aparecer en algunas zonas de España, como Valencia o Mallorca, por influencia de sus lenguas regionales.</strong></p>
<p>This &#8216;V&#8217; may appear in some areas of Spain, such as Valencia or Mallorca, due to the influence of their regional languages.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Y también puede aparecer en algunos sitios del continente americano por la cercanía con las lenguas amerindias.</strong></p>
<p>It can also appear in some places of the American continent due to its proximity to Amerindian languages.</p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Pero podríamos decir que la existencia de estas dos letras se debe a una cuestión de tradición.</strong></p>
<p>But we could say that the existence of these two letters is due to a matter of tradition.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>En latín representaban sonidos distintos y por eso la ortografía española las mantuvo.</strong></p>
<p>In Latin they represented different sounds and that is why the Spanish orthography kept them.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Si repasamos un poco la historia, la letra &#8216;V&#8217; está emparentada con la &#8216;U&#8217; latina, que a su vez deriva de la ypsilon griega, mientras que la &#8216;B&#8217; proviene de la letra griega beta.</strong></p>
<p>Looking back in history, the letter &#8216;V&#8217; is related to the Latin &#8216;U&#8217;, which in turn derives from the Greek upsilon, while &#8216;B&#8217; comes from the Greek letter beta.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Con el paso del tiempo estas dos letras representaron el mismo sonido, pero la confusión con su pronunciación no es nueva, se remonta al español medieval.</strong></p>
<p>With the passage of time, these two letters represented the same sound, but the confusion with their pronunciation is not new, it dates back to medieval Spanish.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>De hecho, entre los siglos 18, 19 y principios del 20, varias ediciones de la ortografía y de la gramática española describieron e incluso recomendaron la pronunciación de la &#8216;V&#8217; como labiodental. </strong></p>
<p>In fact, between the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries, several editions of Spanish orthography and grammar described and even recommended the pronunciation of &#8216;V&#8217; as labiodental.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>¿Por qué? Bueno, porque los expertos creyeron que era conveniente distinguirla de la &#8216;B&#8217;, como ocurría en varias lenguas europeas, entre ellas el francés, el portugués y el inglés que tenían mucha influencia en la época.</strong></p>
<p>Why? Well, because the experts thought it was convenient to distinguish it from the &#8216;B&#8217;, as was the case in several European languages, including French, Portuguese and English, which were very influential at the time.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Pero</strong> <strong>esto se eliminó en 1911,</strong> cuando la Real Academia Española dejó de recomendarlo y desde entonces ambas letras se dicen igual, oficialmente hablando.</p>
<p>But this was eliminated in 1911, when the Real Academia Española stopped recommending it and since then both letters are said the same, officially speaking.</p>
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<p><strong>¿Cómo lo ves?</strong></p>
<p>What do you think?</p>
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<p>Tenemos 27 letras en el <strong>1. _________</strong> español pero no todas son igual de<strong> 2. _______</strong>. En este vídeo te vamos a contar cuáles son las que menos usamos y por qué.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Y si tienes <strong>3. ________</strong> por el dato inverso: cuáles son las letras más populares, quédate hasta el final.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Vale, no hay un ránking oficial de la <strong>4. ________</strong> con la que aparece cada letra, entre otros motivos porque eso podría variar mucho según qué texto se analice.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Lo que sí abundan son las <strong>5. ________</strong>, unas más informales que otras. Así que en BBC Mundo quisimos hacer nuestro propio recuento no científico, ojo, de cuáles son las tres letras menos usadas del español.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Y para eso utilizamos tres clásicos de la canción <strong>6. ________</strong>: Pedro Navaja, Guantanamera y&#8230; Despacito.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Hombre, pero <strong>7. ________</strong> La Macarena, ¿no? Nooo, La Macarena noooo.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Y en nuestro recuento informal confirmamos que la K, la W y la X son <strong>8. ________</strong> letras menos frecuentes; algo que coincide con otras estimaciones.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Pero, ¿qué tienen en particular estas letras? Curiosamente, durante buena parte del siglo XIX la letra K ni siquiera estaba incluida en el diccionario de la <strong>9. ________</strong>.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>La K aparece en palabras <strong>10. ________</strong> de otras lenguas, como karaoke, en japonés, Kebab, del árabe, kung-fu, del chino, Kremlin, del ruso, o el nombre de la propia letra en griego, Kappa.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Pero claro, en español tenemos otras dos letras <strong>11. ________</strong> &#8220;más propias&#8221; para representar ese sonido oclusivo, velar, y sordo, que son la C y la Q.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Por eso esta letra causó cierta <strong>12. ________</strong> en el pasado. Fue calificada como fea, inútil, antipática y hasta anti española y hubo propuestas para que fuera eliminada del alfabeto.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>A pesar de todo, ahí está en nuestros diccionarios y hoy en día muchas veces adquiere una función <strong>13. ________</strong> de rebeldía frente a las normas, como cuando vemos escrito okupa, kultura, por ejemplo, o incluso un &#8220;te kiero&#8221; en un mensaje de texto.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Y, antes de pasar a la W, te propongo un pequeño test: ¿te acuerdas de qué significa la letra K en <strong>14. ________</strong>? No vale buscarlo en google, dímelo en los comentarios.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Vamos ahora con la W, una letra que, por cierto, se puede llamar hasta de cinco maneras distintas y todas son correctas. Uve doble, doble uve, ve doble, doble ve y doble u. Esta última es una copia <strong>15. ________</strong> del inglés &#8220;<em>double u</em>&#8220;.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>¿Sabías que esta fue la última letra que se <strong>16. ________</strong> al abecedario español? Lo hizo recién en 1969 y ¿por qué tardó tanto?</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Bueno, pues es una historia parecida a la de la letra K, porque esta letra ingresó principalmente a través de palabras de otros idiomas, sobre todo de<strong> 17. ________</strong> germánico, como el inglés y el alemán.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Algo curioso de cómo usamos la W hoy en día, es que podemos pronunciarla de dos maneras diferentes, según cada palabra. Por ejemplo, decimos wenceslao o wagneriano en palabras <strong>18. ________</strong> de nombres propios alemanes, pero también web o sándwich en los préstamos más</p>
<p>recientes del inglés.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>¿Y cómo hacíamos antes de que se incorporara la W a nuestro abecedario? Pues escribíamos estos préstamos con la letra V &#8220;de toda la vida&#8221;, también llamada ve corta o ve chica, que era el <strong>19. ________</strong> del español más parecido.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Y eso continúa vigente en las palabras que ya adoptamos del <strong>20. ________</strong> hace mucho tiempo, como vagón, váter, vatio o vals.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Esta letra es bien interesante porque además de poco frecuente tiene una peculiaridad única: puede pronunciarse de tres maneras totalmente diferentes. Por ejemplo, decimos xilófono como si fuera una /S/, cuando va al <strong>21. ________</strong> de la palabra, examen como si fuera /KS/ sobre todo en palabras derivadas del latín y México como si fuera una /J/ como en casos de nombres propios.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Curiosamente, en las matemáticas la X sí que es bastante frecuente porque representa la incógnita y en los últimos tiempos esta letra se ha vuelto además <strong>22. ________</strong> de un nuevo debate: muchos la utilizan para representar el género neutro, lo que llamamos el lenguaje inclusivo.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Pero este nuevo uso está generando muchas discusiones y la Real Academia Española dijo en reiteradas <strong>23. ________</strong> que no es válido el uso de la letra X para hacer referencia al género.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Pero la polémica sobre el uso del lenguaje neutro continúa.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Y antes de terminar, si te quedaste con la duda sobre cuáles son las letras más frecuentes del abecedario, te cuento que <strong>24. ________</strong> como ya sospechabas, se trata de tres vocales: la A, la E y la O.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>De hecho, un dato interesante es que nuestras cinco<strong> 25. ________</strong> forman aproximadamente el 45% de todas las palabras que utilizamos, lo que demuestra el gran peso que tienen en nuestro idioma.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Bueno, espero que te haya gustado este vídeo. Si te interesan los temas del <strong>26. ________</strong>, no te pierdas los otros vídeos de nuestra serie &#8220;¿Hablas español?&#8221;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Y como siempre, estamos atentos a las<strong> 27. ________</strong>, así que envíanos tus ideas a través de los comentarios. ¡Hasta la próxima!</p>
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<h4>Answers</h4>
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<li>abecedario</li>
<li>populares</li>
<li>curiosidad</li>
<li>frecuencia</li>
<li>estimaciones</li>
<li>latinoamericana</li>
<li>pon</li>
<li>nuestras</li>
<li>Real Academia Española</li>
<li>procedentes</li>
<li>digamos</li>
<li>polémica</li>
<li>simbólica</li>
<li>química</li>
<li>literal</li>
<li>incorporó</li>
<li>origen</li>
<li>derivadas</li>
<li>fonema</li>
<li>inglés</li>
<li>principio</li>
<li>protagonista</li>
<li>consultas</li>
<li>seguramente</li>
<li>vocales</li>
<li>lenguaje</li>
<li>sugerencias</li>
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		<title>El Conejo y el León (Listening and Reading Practice)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2022 15:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to a new listening and reading practice 🙂 Today&#8217;s short story was written by the Honduran writer Augusto Monterroso. The moraleja (moral) of this story is that you should never trust appearances. El Conejo y el León Un celebre Psicoanalista se encontró cierto día en medio de la Selva, semiperdido. One day a famous&#8230;</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to a new listening and reading practice <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f642.png" alt="🙂" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> Today&#8217;s short story was written by the Honduran writer Augusto Monterroso. The <em>moraleja</em> (moral) of this story is that you should never trust appearances.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center"><strong>El Conejo y el León</strong></p>
<p><strong>Un celebre Psicoanalista se encontró cierto día en medio de la Selva, semiperdido.</strong></p>
<p>One day a famous psychoanalyst found himself half&#8217;-lost in the middle of the jungle.</p>
<p><strong>Con la fuerza que dan el instinto y el afán de investigación logró fácilmente subirse a un altísimo árbol, desde el cual pudo observar a su antojo no solo la lenta puesta del sol sino además la vida y costumbres de algunos animales, que comparó una y otra vez con las de los humanos.</strong></p>
<p>With the strength given by instinct and the desire to investigate, he easily managed to climb a very high tree, from which he could observe at will not only the slow sunset but also the life and habits of some animals, which he compared again and again with those of humans.</p>
<p><strong>Al caer la tarde vio aparecer, por un lado, al Conejo; por otro, al León.</strong></p>
<p>As evening fell, he saw the rabbit appear on one side and the lion on the other.</p>
<p><strong>En un principio no sucedió nada digno de mencionarse, pero poco después ambos animales sintieron sus respectivas presencias y, cuando toparon el uno con el otro, cada cual reaccionó como lo había venido haciendo desde que el hombre era hombre.</strong></p>
<p>At first nothing worth mentioning happened, but soon after, both animals sensed each other&#8217;s presence and, when they bumped into each other, each reacted as they had been doing since man was man.</p>
<p><strong>El León estremeció la Selva con sus rugidos, sacudió la melena majestuosamente como era su costumbre y hendió el aire con sus garras enormes; por su parte, el Conejo respiró con mayor celeridad, vio un instante a los ojos del León, dio media vuelta y se alejó corriendo.</strong></p>
<p>The lion shook the jungle with his roars, shook his mane majestically as was his custom and cleaved the air with his enormous claws; for his part, the Rabbit breathed more quickly, looked for an instant into the Lion&#8217;s eyes, turned and ran away.</p>
<p><strong>De regreso a la ciudad el celebre Psicoanalista publicó su famoso tratado en que demuestra que el León es el animal más infantil y cobarde de la Selva, y el Conejo el más valiente y maduro: el León ruge y hace gestos y amenaza al universo movido por el miedo; el Conejo advierte esto, conoce su propia fuerza, y se retira antes de perder la paciencia y acabar con aquel ser extravagante y fuera de sí, al que comprende y que después de todo no le ha hecho nada.</strong></p>
<p>Upon returning to the city, the famous psychoanalyst published his famous treatise in which he demonstrated that the lion is the most childish and cowardly animal in the jungle, and the rabbit the bravest and most mature: the Lion roars and makes gestures and threatens the universe out of fear; the rabbit notices this, recognizes his own strength, and withdraws before it might lose its patience and finish off that outrageous and out of control being, which it understands and which after all it hadn’t done anything to.</p>The post <a href="http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/t/0/0/spanisharticles/~https://blogs.transparent.com/spanish/spanish-grammar-part-1-5/">El Conejo y el León (Listening and Reading Practice)</a> first appeared on <a href="http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/t/0/0/spanisharticles/~https://blogs.transparent.com/spanish">Spanish Language Blog</a>.<Img align="left" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt="" style="border:0;float:left;margin:0;padding:0;width:1px!important;height:1px!important;" hspace="0" src="https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/i/698093412/0/spanisharticles">
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		<title>Oda a la manzana (Listening and Reading Practice)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anais]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2022 15:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Literature]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to a new blog! Today you will practice your listening and reading skills with Oda a la manzana, a poem written by the acclaimed Chilean poet at writer Pablo Neruda. This poem is part of a collection of odes Neruda wrote between 1954 and 1957. It is a reflection of the poet&#8217;s dream for&#8230;</p>
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<p>Welcome to a new blog! Today you will practice your listening and reading skills with <em>Oda a la manzana</em>, a poem written by the acclaimed Chilean poet at writer Pablo Neruda. This poem is part of a collection of odes Neruda wrote between 1954 and 1957. It is a reflection of the poet&#8217;s dream for a united and peaceful world. In the following video you will listen to the poem narrated by its author. Enjoy!</p>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" title="Oda A La Manzana - Pablo Neruda - Video Lyric con Letra y con voz de Neruda" width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qTp8NtrN1_w?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
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<div class="verse "><strong>A ti, manzana,</strong>                                                                                  <span style="text-align: center">To you, apple</span></div>
<div class="verse "><strong>quiero celebrarte </strong>                                                                            I’d like to celebrate you</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>llenándome   </strong>                                                                                   by filling</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>con tu nombre</strong>                                                                                  with your name</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>la boca,</strong>                                                                                              my mouth,</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>comiéndote.   </strong>                                                                                   eating you</div>
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<div class="verse "><strong>Siempre </strong>                                                                                            Always</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>eres nueva como nada</strong>                                                                    you’re new like nothing</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>o nadie, </strong>                                                                                            <span style="text-align: center">or nobody</span></div>
<div class="verse "><strong>siempre </strong>                                                                                            always</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>recién caída</strong>                                                                                      newly fallen</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>del Paraíso: </strong>                                                                                     from Paradise:</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>plena </strong>                                                                                                 full</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>y pura   </strong>                                                                                             and pure</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>mejilla arrebolada</strong>                                                                          reddened cheeks</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>de la aurora! </strong>                                                                                   of dawn!</div>
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<div class="verse "><strong>Qué difíciles </strong>                                                                                   How difficult</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>son   </strong>                                                                                                 are</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>comparados </strong>                                                                                   compared</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>contigo     </strong>                                                                                        to you</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>los frutos de la tierra,</strong>                                                                    the fruits of the earth,</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>las celulares uvas,   </strong>                                                                       the cellular grapes,</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>los mangos   </strong>                                                                                   the gloomy</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>tenebrosos, </strong>                                                                                    mangoes</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>las huesudas</strong>                                                                                   the bony</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>ciruelas, los higos </strong>                                                                         plums, the underwater</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>submarinos:   </strong>                                                                                figs:</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>tú eres pomada pura, </strong>                                                                  you are pure ointment,</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>pan fragante, </strong>                                                                                fragrant bread,</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>queso     </strong>                                                                                         vegan</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>de la vegetación.   </strong>                                                                        from the vegetation.</div>
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<div class="verse "><strong>Cuando mordemos   </strong>                                                                    When we bite</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>tu redonda inocencia </strong>                                                                  your round innocence</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>volvemos   </strong>                                                                                     we return</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>por un instante</strong>                                                                             for a moment</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>a ser   </strong>                                                                                              to being</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>también recién creadas criaturas: </strong>                                           also recently created creatures:</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>aún tenemos algo de manzana.</strong>                                                we still partake something of an apple.</div>
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<div class="verse "><strong>Yo quiero </strong>                                                                                      I want</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>una abundancia</strong>                                                                           a total abundance</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>total, la multiplicación </strong>                                                              the multiplciation</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>de tu familia, </strong>                                                                               <span style="text-align: center">of your family,</span></div>
<div class="verse "><strong>quiero   </strong>                                                                                         I want</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>una ciudad, </strong>                                                                                 a city,</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>una república,</strong>                                                                             a republic</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>un río Mississippi </strong>                                                                      a Mississipi river</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>de manzanas, </strong>                                                                             of apples,</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>y en sus orillas </strong>                                                                           and upon your shores</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>quiero ver</strong>                                                                                    I want to see</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>a toda</strong>                                                                                           all</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>la población </strong>                                                                               the population</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>del mundo</strong>                                                                                  of the world</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>unida, reunida,</strong>                                                                          united, re-united,</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>en el acto más simple de la tierra:</strong>                                         in the simplest act of the Earth:</div>
<div class="verse "><strong>mordiendo una manzana. </strong>                                                       biting into an apple.</div>
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