The only phrase I know is "Donde esta el bano? ha ha Sometimes that phrase comes in handy especially when you've been drinking a lot of fluids.

I too only know one phrase,'EL TORO POO POO', which pretty much describes most of Donny's posts speculating on new unannounced arranger keyboards .

chas

I have a Puerto Rican sister in law, whom I have known long before she married my brother. I had to learn Spanish when I was around her family, otherwise I wouldn't have known if they were talking bad about me or not. Also learned a fair amount while in the US Navy and stationed in the Mediterranean Sea area, stopping in many Spanish ports of call. Learned there were dozens of different dialects, and some folks in the same country had trouble understanding those in other areas of the same country.

Now that my sister in law has long since moved to Florida, I rarely get to Speak or hear Spanish, therefore, I have lost a lot of my old ability to utilize the language. Still recall how to find the local bars and how to order a beer. Also still sing a few songs in Spanish, but mostly by phonetics - same as the songs I sing in Italian. It's a sad thing when the mind goes, and Carol told me it was the second thing to go - I don't remember what the first was.

All the best, Don,

Gary

Hola Don,

I just heard a commentary on the NPR show " The Texas Standard"
The segment was called " Lingo for Gringos: Ten Spanish Words Every Texan Should Know" Both my wife and I thought it was funny, and I thought you. You can read or hear the commentary here;

http://www.texasstandard.org/stories/lingo-for-gringos-ten-spanish-words-all-anglos-should-know/

One of the best reasons to learn Spanish is to be able to sing the song that sound great in the language, like La Bamba.

John C.

John, when translated, the words of La Bamba really don't make a lot of sense, but they sure fit together well in Spanish. Same with I'll Be There Before The Last Teardrop Falls by Freddie Fender. That Spanish verse is absolutely beautiful in Spanish and flows extremely well, but when translated to English, well, it kinda fall short.

Same holds true with some of the Italian songs I used to perform regularly. Never really learned much Italian when I was in the Navy or from my Italian relatives, but the songs performed by Dean Martin always sounded so romantic that I had to learn them in order to keep my music job in Baltimore's Little Italy. Phonetics worked out well for me and I really had no idea what the words I was singing actually meant.

All the best,

Gary