How to Survive in the Chilean Jungle

by Alvaro Taboada, Alvaro Taboada John Brennan
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Dolmen Ediciones (2006)
ISBN: 9567802386
EAN: 9789567802388
Binding/Media: Paperback - 193 pages
Edition: febrero 2006
SKU: 1D-104090625008
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: This copy is in very good condition. No visible markings, highlights, underlining, tears to text. Tight spine. No Dust Jacket. Clean Soft Cover with tiny crease/scratch to front/back cover. Light shelf/edge wear. Great reading copy, worth having at an affordable price. (1D-104)

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The perfect book to help anyone understand the Chilean people. Great for study abroad, travel, vacationing, and evel locals! This book will help you learn the chilean slang and dichos. A must have! "Help!!! That pretty much sums up how I felt my first few months in Chile. Quickly realizing that the Spanish spoken [there] is far different to that which I was accustomed to in Mexico and Guatemala, I decided to buy a notebook and write down the new words I heard... Me and my little book were constantly laughed at, but at least life was becoming much easier as I began to cachar el mote...And it was obvious that I was not alone in the "jungle" as the vacant expressions of so many foreigners attested to. So one day it occurred to me: why not write a book of chilenismos (Chilean slang) and some of the more traditional Spanish expressions that are heard here? Chilean Spanish is not typical Spanish. It is a idiomatic language...[from] Chile's history of immigration and close knit immigrant communities and thus the frequency of words and expressions from other languages (primarily Italian, Yugoslavian, German and English). Added to this is the notable increase of Spanglish, as English schools have spread throughout Chile and as music, movies and technology from the United States has flooded the market." Chilean Dichos.com

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