The bar was a quite quiet and the waiter was talking to a customer behind the counter, it was a calm and long conversation.
I am not telling anything extraordinary except they were speaking an strange language for me. Normally it's easy to recognize languages as French, English(Of course), Russian, Portuguese, Italian, Arabic, Greek and German mainly due to its accent, but in this case I can't recognize that language. It was the first time that I heard something similar.
Besides of that their race or looking didn't tell me anything special, they could seem Spaniards.
After, the customer walked out and my curiosity was very big about that language. I decided to launch me and to ask.
- I'm from Paraguay, he answered with native accent.
- and I responded: But if I have heard that you were speaking a different language.
I dared to ask, perhaps because he was the waiter. And he answered:
- Yes, it's Guarani, it is spoken mainly in Paraguay, in fact, it is an official language besides Spanish.
- It's interesting, I didn't know that, I answered.
In South America there are several languages from native origin called Tupu-Guarani, but actually they are spoken by a lot of people not only natives Indians. When Spaniards arrived to America, they taught writing his own language according to I have read.
Some days ago, SPECIFICALly(1) on Thursday, my wife and I were in a bar drinking a "caña", that is as it is called a glass of beer in Madrid.
ReplyDeleteThe bar was a quite quiet and the waiter was talking to a customer behind the counter, it was a calm and long conversation.
I am not telling anything extraordinary except they were speaking A strange language for me. Normally it's easy to recognize languages SUCH as French, English(Of course), Russian, Portuguese, Italian, Arabic, Greek and German mainly due to THEIR accentS, but in this case I cOULDn't recognize that language. It was the first time that I heard something LIKE THAT.
Besides [] that their race or LOOK/APPEARANCE didn't tell me anything special, they could HAVE seemED Spaniards.
AfterWARDS, the customer walked out and my curiosity was very GREAT about that language. I decided to STEP FORWARD/PUSH MYSELF and to ask.
"Where are you from?" I asked.
"I'm from Paraguay", he answered with native accent.
And I responded: "But [] I [] heard [] you [] speaking a different language." I dared to ask, perhaps because he was the waiter.
And he answered: "Yes, it's Guarani, it is spoken mainly in Paraguay, in fact, it is an official language besides Spanish."
"It's interesting, I didn't know that", I answered.
In South America there are several languages OF native origin called Tupu-Guarani, but actually they are spoken by a lot of people not only nativE Indians. When Spaniards arrived IN America, they taught writing THEIR own language according to WHAT I have read.
(1) "concretely" is correct but rarely used.
I understand that it is spoken in other countries too.
yes, but I think that it is only official in Paraguay and where it is the most spread
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