Dominicanisms

[PeachezNcream84]

I was working on filling in the translations of what I wrote above...and when I went to post it, it said I wasn't signed in..and then when I signed in it said something about that I hadn't followed a valid link...and yes none of my pretty red colored translations are there now! Anyone know how if I can get them back? or if I have to write them out again?

If I have to write them again..I will do it later...*fustrated*

[AnnaC]

It may be too late but try hitting the back button a few times and you might get to the page you were working on.

[MoReNiTa GuApA]

OK another word my friends always say especially in phone conversations with friends. ...."Ya tu sabes". One of my friends uses it like it's going out of style. What kind of tigere spanish is that!!! Now, I know the true meaning but what is the slangy translation.

Also I was told if you say "es una vaina" it can mean different things. Like if you say " me gusta se vaina" depending on the gender of the person it can mean you like P$%#Y or D!&K. He also told me not to say that.

MG OUT

[Stodgord]

Originally Posted by PeachezNcream84

Ta heavy (actually spelt "ta jevi")- an expression that Dominicans use meaning like "thats ok, thats cool" pronounced like the word "heavy" in English.

how about Que lo que? or if you are writting on MSN or something it would be k lol k?

que lo quento montro?
manso, tranquilo

The word "jevi" is derived from the English phrase "heavy duty". Therefore to us anything that is above standard is "jevi". Sometiimes you would hear us say "ese carro esta jevi dury loco". The "ta jevi" phrase is recent and it means "that's ok, that's cool". The pronounciation is more like "he-bee". We do not differentiate between the "b" and the "v", they are pronounced the same.

[stewart]

Originally Posted by Stodgord

The word "jevi" is derived from the English phrase "heavy duty". Therefore to us anything that is above standard is "jevi". Sometiimes you would hear us say "ese carro esta jevi dury loco". The "ta jevi" phrase is recent and it means "that's ok, that's cool". The pronounciation is more like "he-bee". We do not differentiate between the "b" and the "v", they are pronounced the same.

I agree. I have also heard that the terms "jevito/jevita" are further derivitives of the same. If a person is cool or jevi, they are a jevito.
BTW jevo or jeva are also forms of this that are common.

[stewart]

When I first got to DR in 1993, the common words for cool were chevere or d'cache. I said those to a teenager a few month ago and he laughed like I was speaking from the stone age. Apperently, the word to say now is "apero". Has anybody else heard this?

[DeQueTuPriva]

Originally Posted by Stodgord

The word "jevi" is derived from the English phrase "heavy duty". Therefore to us anything that is above standard is "jevi". Sometiimes you would hear us say "ese carro esta jevi dury loco". The "ta jevi" phrase is recent and it means "that's ok, that's cool". The pronounciation is more like "he-bee". We do not differentiate between the "b" and the "v", they are pronounced the same.

interesting. i never heard this before. is this "common knowledge" or the documented theory of a linguisist?

[Stodgord]

Originally Posted by DeQueTuPriva

interesting. i never heard this before. is this "common knowledge" or the documented theory of a linguisist?

I am not a linguist what so ever. I just happened to make the connection. When I was a young boy, in the 80's I would hear the phrase "eso esta jevi dury loco" or "esta jevisimo, loco" but now I hear " 'ta jevi".

[Hormiga]

Fulano/a is ok, but my favorite is missi-fu!

Usually to refers to some one you rather not mention by name, who may or may not be within ear-shot, but whom you don't want to get the impression that you are speaking about them. Sometimes also used to imply that the person is being prima-donna'ish/difficult. Can refer to a male or female.

example: Yo queria uno mas costoso, pero missi-fu aqui se oppuso gastar mas.
in English: I wanted a more expensive one, but missi-fu here was opposed to spending more.

I don't know it's origin or even if I'm spelling it right. When I try to break it down it all I come up with is: Miss or Missy + fu [fool or full maybe?] I would like to how it started and if it's one that we can claim as ours (Dominican)?

Vilma [Hormiga]

[Mirador]

Misifú is a generic name of endearment used for cats. All cats are 'misifú', including the human ones.