TO DR1

I am interested in finding the entire article with respect to a news summary I read yesterday on your "Daily News" section of your web page. The article was about the Dominican Republic's GDP growth and other economic indicators. Please let me know where I can find the full article. It doesn't matter if it is in Spanish.

Thanks,

Evelyn

[Robert]

Wednesdays news.

http://www.dr1.com/daily/news080499.shtml

Or type in http://www.dr1.com/daily/

This will give you a complete listing.

If you can read Spanish, and if dr1 permits me to post it, other sources of news are: www.listin.com.do ; www.ultimahora.com.do ; and hoy.com.do. It is an advantage for people interested in the DR to learn Spanish

You are absolutely right about learning spanish...but then they will have to learn "Dominican" after spanish. it took me awhile to accustom my ears to these for example:

Dominican = Spanish = English

Colmado = Bodega = Carry out, store

¡ven pa ca!= Ven aqui = Come here

Guagua = Autobus = Bus, or also van

Jeepeta = Camioneta = Sport Utility Vehicle

¿Donde tu tas?= ¿Donde tu estas?= Where are you?

¡Ay que olla! = ¡Estoy palmado! = Wow, I'm broke!

Habichuelas = Frijoles = Beans

Now when I speak spanish to people who are not from the caribbean, they are like "what the hell is he talking about!? Whats a guagua?"

Does anyone else have any words or phrases unique to the DR / Antillas??

How true! how about un chin, guacala!, and ahorita? It is like the difference between England English, Black English, Boston English, and Australian English.

Poloché - Camiseta - T-Shirt Dar clase - Enseñar - Teach Dar Gorpes - Gorpear - Hit No me da - No me gorpea - Don't hit me Habitación - Cuarto - Room

Dale - Siga - Keep going

No se encuentra - No está - They aren't here

No me ponga enojado - No me haga enojado - Don't make me mad

Viscocha - Torta - Cake

Un Pan - Un Sandwich - A Sandwich

Goma - Llanta - Tire

No Hay Luz - No Hay Electricidad - There's no Electricity

Tinaco - Tanque - Tank

Morado - Púrpura - Purple

Está presa - Está en la Cárcel - In Jail/In Prison

Nevera - Refrigeador - Refrigerator

Un Chin - Un Poquito - A bit

Y Pico - Y un Poquito Mas - And a bit more

Solicitar - Applicar - Apply

Tengo Gripe - Estoy Resfriado - I have a cold

Santo Domingo often refers to the whole country, La Capital refers to just the city of Santo Domingo

Bruta/o - Idiota - Idiot/Dope/Stupid

Jim Hinsch JimHinsch@CSI.COM

I like "Ponerse guapo" = Enojar con alguien = Get angry with someone

I have heard Horita and Wuakala in Panama, but in a lot of ways Panamá is more Caribbean than Central American.

Pisáo = Floored

Pegáo = Pegado = Hit

Beepear = To page someone on a beeper

Lambí = Concha = Conch

Concho = Taxi (especially raggedy ones)

Jim, I defer to your experience, but I thought Resfriada = Common cold while Gripe = Influenza, or flu?

hello Loren, my name is morena, and I am currently living in the U.S. Loren my reason for this breif letter is to tell you that I enjoy your comments on the message broad of the dominican republic. I read it everyday, a lot of your answers are very good. In my opinion you write like you have a lot of input on the dominican Republic, more than me who by nature is dominican, but raise in the U.S.A I was wondering if you live in the DR or In the U.S, If you leave in D.R, I would like to meet you because you seems like an out going person who have good knowledge of my country and I am looking for a friend like that, especially if the person leaves over there. it does not matter if he or she is dominican, European or American I just want a friend over there that is so orientate as you are. maybe you could teach me more about its laws and my right as a born dominican citizen. hope to hear form you. On the months of August and september i will be arriving into santo doming airport. maybe we could meet in the D.R. I travel about every 4 or 6 months so that I can get to see and learn more about my culture, because I am planning to move over there the town I am from is S.P.M. thank you for taking your time to read the letter. Morena

Gripe, used correctly, means flu, but like many words that carry different meanings in practice, it is used to refer to any condition with common cold type symptoms, especially a cough or sore throat, but not nausea.

Jim Hinsch JimHinsch@CSI.COM

You people are refering to Dominicanismos words that are not really in the spanish language per se but are used in this case in Dominican Republic each and every country have their own; some may even have Taino or ciguayo origen for instance if look at the names of the rivers in DR, they are all taino in origen( the names ) here are some examples: chin = un poquito a little, in Puerto Rico is a chispito. guagua is a bus but in mexico, Puerto Vallarta camion is a bus for a Dominican a camion is to carry loads of goods generally speaking. Casabe is a taino word which meas thin rounded slise or tortilla made of Yuca after is made into a flower like powder very good when olive oil and garlic are added (oven). Ahorita for a mexican it means right now for a Dominican if may mean in a little later. In DR you may hear slang for instance fulano tiene un yeyo it means he or she is depress. There are books on words of taino and african origin as well as dominicanismos the subject is very interesting.