¿Que pasa comida?

This week in my Spanish class we had to write about a Spanish topic that we were interested in. I chose to do food and tapas, which are appetizers. I got to thinking about the relationship between Spanish and English language. I find it cool how English borrows certain words from the Spanish language already. Some of these include mosquito, taco, and calamare.

Spanish language is simpler than English..in fact, most languages are. There is a lot that's lost in translation. Spanish words tend to overlap in meaning, which is confusing. For example, papa means potato, but Papa, with a capitalized P means pope. And on top of that, papa can also mean father. Could you imagine if you ordered a pope with your steak in a restaurant, or called your dad the Pope? You'd get funny looks.

Of course, English has all that business too when it comes to homophones, homonyms and homographs. I imagine that a Spanish speaker would have a spinning head if they tried to absorb it all at once. I still have trouble with grammar and mechanics. I don't even know what a predicate is and I bet a lot of other native English speakers don't!