In my mind, there are points of acceptance when living in a new culture at which you seem to ‘level up’ – like when your neighbors stop to greet you, and when they say ciao amanhã (goodbye tomorrow) as if they assume you are now part of their landscape.
Such a nice post. I've been trying to untangle the old diaper--
As I think about it, old diaper is fralda velha. So make that (word) da velha. Something of the old lady. _____ of the old lady, it's me. Could make sense, maybe? She's talking about her mom . . . something something.
What a great story! I’m laughing at what must have been happy confusion. Yep, you are definitely part of the village community. And leaving the translation app on was brilliant, even if adding to the confusion.
Thanks for the laugh. I am struggling through my latest Portuguese lessons. The fact that you can grab context from a stream of Portuguese is awe-inspiring!
What a great story! I love that you are able to help your neighbors. I am hopeful of eventually getting to that level in my community. (I’m still the outsider.) And, I love the Google Translation. We’ve used that often and laugh at its results when trying to translate a conversation.
Thank you once again for a lovely story. This why we all love living here in Portugal.
Thanks for reading it, Denise!
I love so much about this!! That you definitely are part of the community now and that hilarious translation!!
Thanks, Christine! I think it may take me a while to untangle this, but that's half the fun 😅
Such a nice post. I've been trying to untangle the old diaper--
As I think about it, old diaper is fralda velha. So make that (word) da velha. Something of the old lady. _____ of the old lady, it's me. Could make sense, maybe? She's talking about her mom . . . something something.
Who the heck knows?!
Ha ha… what a great mystery!
Could it be that she saw the flowers called fraldas da velha?
I also think that it is about flowers, these particular ones are everywhere these days.
Not sure, we were not really in a flower situation but I guess anything's possible.
Ooh, good! I don't know that term, thanks!
Love this
What a great story! I’m laughing at what must have been happy confusion. Yep, you are definitely part of the village community. And leaving the translation app on was brilliant, even if adding to the confusion.
Thanks, Rich ☺️
😂😂😂😍 Wonderful!
You definitely have some anthropologist bones in your, Kristin. Making sense from context.
Thanks for the laugh. I am struggling through my latest Portuguese lessons. The fact that you can grab context from a stream of Portuguese is awe-inspiring!
Thanks Barbara, I'm glad it gave you a laugh!
What a great story! I love that you are able to help your neighbors. I am hopeful of eventually getting to that level in my community. (I’m still the outsider.) And, I love the Google Translation. We’ve used that often and laugh at its results when trying to translate a conversation.
It's the most entertaining thing, isn't it?! 😆
Love this story.