Julio1-18jan/24//Jan8,20,22, mar4,20,

Question 1

the three Kings

Answer 1

Los tres reyes magos (the 3 King Magicians)

mago = wizard, magician
el rey - the king - reyes is plural

Question 2

salty and sweet

Answer 2

salado y dulce
(think sal - ado)

Salido - horny, protruding, in heat don’t use!! It is salado

La sal but el salero

Question 3

a fig
a liver
a kidney

Answer 3

un higo
el hígado = the liver
el riñon (like rain on your parade)

cáncer de riñón

Question 4

Make sure the scab on your wound doesn´t get wet when you shower. (tú with cuando y ud. with mientras)

Answer 4

• Asegúrase de que la costra de su herida no se moje cuando se duche. (Assumed shower in future, use subj)
• Asegúrase de que la costra de su herida no se moja mientras se ducha. (assumes all being done in the present so indicative) ud
  mientras - while - simultaneous (usually)
  mientras que - in contrast one thing from another
  costra (think the cost of dried blood)

ASEGÚRASE DE QUE + SUBJUNCTIVE; la herida

Question 5

the baby Jesus

Answer 5

el niño Jesús

Question 6

control/authority/power/mastery

Answer 6

el dominio

Question 7

if a word ends in or - it is feminine or masculine?

Answer 7

masculine - el traidor, el borrador (draft/eraser), el lavador (sink), el tenedor (the fork), el comedor

Question 8

the scab/crust/layer

Answer 8

la costra

Question 9

At ten in the morning (at) your time.

Answer 9

A las diez de la mañana a su hora/tiempo not tu tiempo/hora

or a las 10 am hora suya

at ten in the morning (at) your time

Question 10

tendency to favor things foreign

Answer 10

el malinchismo
(think bad machismo because it was against a woman - Malinche)

think of the ismos, like machismo

Question 11

He always controls the game.

Answer 11

Siempre domina el juego.
-I always dominate the game. Siempre domino el juego.

Question 12

Malinche acted as an interpreter and intermediary for Hernan Cortes.

Answer 12

La Malinche se desempeñó como intérprete e intermediaria para Hernán Cortés. (also his mistress) un malinche can mean traitor

intérprete is just like interpreter but without the r (een-tehr-preh-tahr) = to interpret, to perform

intermediaria is like intermediar y except for the y, add ia

desempeñarse - to work/serve as
Me desempeñé como consultora. I worked-served as a consultant.

Question 13

I took a position on the Maya-Ladino question.

Answer 13

Tomé una postura sobre la cuestión de maya-ladino.
can use posición

I took a posture about the Maya-Ladino question.

Question 14

to carry-out/to hold/to play
to work as

Answer 14

desempeñar
desempeñarse

Question 15

They did not pay attention to grammar.

Answer 15

Ellos no prestaban/ponían atención a la gramática.
(habitual)
They didn´t lend or put attention to grammar.

Question 16

the belly-button, navel

Answer 16

el ombligo
think of a belly-button opening wide and saying ooommmm bleee go

Question 17

She had no one to turn to.

Answer 17

No tenía a nadie a quien recurrir.
(She had no one (to whom) to turn.)

recurrir - false friend, is NOT to reoccur

Question 18

It is very common (that they give-have) to give/have paella on Thursdays.

Answer 18

Es muy común que den paella o tengan paella los jueves.
2 clauses, 2 dif subjects, joined by que = subjunctive
– it is common to give it. Es común darlo.

Question 19

I am going to take a nap.

Answer 19

Voy a echarme una siesta.
Julio says echar is used a lot in México. O tomarme is also correct

Question 20

to work as

Answer 20

desempeñarse

Me desempeñé como secretaría para pagar la universidad. I worked as a secretary to pay for college.

empeñarse - to insist on/endeavor to
Se empeñó en obtener una beca y finalmente lo logró. She insisted on getting a scholarship and she finally did.

Question 21

There is nothing in either/any of them.

Answer 21

No hay nada en ninguno de ellos.
- ningún-must be followed by a noun, it is an adj that refers to an unspecified noun
- ninguno-is a PN, it subs for an unspecified noun
- both agree in # and gender, excet for in questions I think

Question 22

The role I played in the development of international agricultural extension was important.

Answer 22

El papel que desempeñaba en el desarrollo de la divulgación de agrícola internacional era importante.
o divulgación internacional de la agricultur

• in imperfect is giving clarity to the subject and description about the continuous past
• in preterite it is suggesting a specific amount of time
  so the tense depends on what you want to say, on the context

desempeñar - to carry-out
desempeñarse - to work as

Question 23

The grass was covered by a layer/crust of snow and frost.

Answer 23

El césped estaba cubierto por una costra de nieve y escarcha.

think frost is a scar on a cha cha car

Question 24

the frost

Answer 24

la escarcha
think a scar on a car window