Spanish word of the week:
Peligro (danger)

Spanish idiom of the week:
"Estar en las nuves" (To be in the clouds) to daydream.

Cognates, phonemics and Spanish words adopted by English speakers:
Amigo: friend
Loco: crazy
Fiesta: a party, a celebration, a holiday
Dirección: address, direction

Famous Hispanic/Latin Figure:
Roberto Clemente.
Famous baseball player and humanitarian. Born August 18,1934 in Puerto Rico. Died in a plane crash that was on the way to Nicaragua to deliver food and medical supplies, December 31,1972.

Web page of the week:
Learn more about Roberto Clemente at: http://robertocloemente21.com/

The Chorus Line:
Part of a well-known Spanish song:
"LA CUCARACHA"
La cucaracha (2)
The cockroach

Ya no puede caminar
Can not walk anymore

Porque no tiene
Because it doesn't have

Porque le faltan,
Because it is missing,

Las dos patitas de atras. It's two hind legs

Cha,cha cha.

Book of the week for adult readers:
"En el tiempo de las mariposas"

In the Time of the Butterflies, by Julia Alvarez (Dominican writer). Originally written in English, translated to Spanish. Set during the waning days of the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic in 1960. The novel tells the story of the Mirabal sisters, three young women who are assassinated after visiting their jailed husbands. An inspired portrait that "conveys (the sisters) courage and their desperation, and the full import of their tragedy". (Publishers Weekly).

Book of the week for young readers: "Chatos Kitchen" By Gary Soto.

Written in English with Spanish interwoven words or in a Spanish version. Chato the cat, after seeing his new neighbors, a mice family, plans a big "fiesta" dinner. Guess who, he thinks will be his dinner? But plans not always go the way we planned.
Books feature in this section are available in the English version at the Hedberg Public Library(Janesville WI).

Riddles:
Qué será, qué será, que no se ve y en todas partes está?
(What is it everywhere but we can not see it)

Send me an e-mail.

Facts:
Spanish is spoken in 21 countries worldwide. Can you name them all? Send me an e-mail.

Los colores del arco iris:
The colors of the rainbow.
Rojo: red
Anaranjado: orange
Amarillo: yellow
Verde: green
Azul: blue
Indigo: indigo

Spanish Pronunciation:
In Spanish the vowels always have the same sound.
A: ah
E:eh
I:ee
O:oh
U:oo

J: h (a very hard sound),

G: in front of "a", "o", and "u": like in "G"old, in front of "e" or "i": like a srong "H".

. Ñ-: like in onIOn or canYOn

Y: like in "Y"es

Z: s

V: b

Answers to the riddle and facts question will be in our next issue.

¡Hasta la próxima! Se despide la Señora Edna