I've been lucky enough to connect with the music teacher at the Elementary school in my home town in Cashmere, WA. I got to see her again in January, and observed her class a few times. Since she did me the favor of letting me sit in on her classes, I thought I'd return it by teaching her students a little capoiera. My kids have taken capoeira classes at school, so I asked them to help. We had a great time practicing with Grandma and Grandpa, and my kids were really excited to share.
However, I can now add to my accomplishments swearing at native Spanish speakers while trying to teach Portuguese. You may remember my language boo boo with the " song. Well, while talking to the first and second graders about capoeira, I asked them to make a "roda." Then I told them that "roda" meant circle in Portuguese, and asked them to repeat it several times with me. "Roda, roda, roda." I saw the Spanish speaking kids snicker. And then as they repeated "roda" several times (again), and started getting embarrassed, I was stumped. It wasn't until I got home that I remembered that "roda" is pronounced like "joda" which comes from "joder" in Spanish. If you don't know what that means, look
here.
However, I can now add to my accomplishments swearing at native Spanish speakers while trying to teach Portuguese. You may remember my language boo boo with the " song. Well, while talking to the first and second graders about capoeira, I asked them to make a "roda." Then I told them that "roda" meant circle in Portuguese, and asked them to repeat it several times with me. "Roda, roda, roda." I saw the Spanish speaking kids snicker. And then as they repeated "roda" several times (again), and started getting embarrassed, I was stumped. It wasn't until I got home that I remembered that "roda" is pronounced like "joda" which comes from "joder" in Spanish. If you don't know what that means, look
here.
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