Unit 8 Lesson 2: ¿Cuando?

Question 1

How are weekends in Puerto Rico trandiaonly spent

Answer 1

Traditionally, weekends in Puerto Rico, especially Sundays, are spent with la familia.

Question 2

What is the Puerto Rican family structure

Answer 2

Puerto Rican family structure is extensive, just as it is in the rest of the Spanish-speaking world. It is based on the Spanish system of compadrazco, or co-parenting, in which many members—not just parents and siblings—are considered part of the immediate family. Thus, grandparents, uncles and aunts, and even cousins are considered extremely close relatives in the Puerto Rican family structure. Likewise, godparents have a special role in the Puerto Rican concept of family; godparents are friends of a child’s parents and serve as second parents to the child.

Question 3

compadre in Cuba

Answer 3

: In Cuban Spanish, compay is short for compadre. It’s pronounced com-PAY. You may hear men greet each other with ¡Hola, compay! Compay Segundo is the famous Cuban singer and guitarist of the Buena Vista Social Club. In Mexican Spanish, the word compa serves the same purpose as compay in Cuba. It is stressed on the first syllable: COM-pa.

Question 4

What is the Los Roques archipelago

Answer 4

Venezuela has several hundred beaches in Los Roques archipelago.

Question 5

Tulum

Answer 5

one of the last cities built by the Mayan people. It’s a very well preserved archaeological site on the Yucatán Peninsula in México. There, you can swim in glistening turquoise waters just below the ancient Mayan ruins called Templo Dios del Viento, or God of Winds Temple, that hovers from a cliff above the wate

Question 6

does México City have beaches

Answer 6

México City is landlocked, so throughout the city, Méxican officials built las playas artificiales, or artificial beaches, complete with palm trees and beach chairs. They put in public swimming pools and then hauled in truckloads of sand to complete the scenery. For many of México City’s residents, an artificial beach is certainly better than no beach at all.

Question 7

There are also many waterparks throughout the Spanish-speaking world. Parque Acuático Xocomil

Answer 7

Parque Acuático Xocomil in Guatemala, for example, was designed to resemble a Mayan pyramid. Xocomilmeans “strong wind blowing over the water” in the indigenous language of the Kaqchikel. Sounds right to me!

Question 8

Playas y piscinas aren’t the only places to enjoy water.

Answer 8

Thermal baths and hot springs are popular spots throughout the Spanish-speaking world.

Question 9

In the northern part of México lies the city of Puruándiro, or Purhuandirhu, which means

Answer 9

“the place of the water where fire rests,” or, in other words, “the place of thermal waters.” The city enjoys an abundance of warm waters that draw locals and tourists seeking the benefits of the water’s curative properties, which are said to relieve all kinds of ailments, including the pain of arthritis.