This week was a little different--my companion was sick with Asthma, so he had a really hard time going out at all. We had a few appointments this week, but mostly kept it slow in the house. I had a lot of time to study Tzutujil! Discoveries from this week--
1. They have a word to say "watch over something by night while it sleeps and you dont." Weird huh? They actually use this in the New Testament, when Jesus was born. It is what the shepherds were doing to the sheep when the angels found them :) Khnwaraaj je karnel chpam jun aq'a.
2. They have a verb tense to say "do something fast." "I do" is different than "I do fast." The interesting thing is how they use it. Technically, the Tzutujil dont have a word to say "to flirt." But you can take the verb "to smile" and put it in the fast tense. They interpret "She smiles quickly in front of him" as "She flirts." Cool, huh? Ntzib'la rii chwech ru gnar.
Anywho. Its all very cool. Its made me want to learn a lot more of languages when Im back home.
Before I forget--Halloween in Santiago is ridiculous. They celebrate it today and tomorrow, and everyone goes up to paint the "pantheons" (graves here are always above ground :/) neon colors. Its kind of hysterical. Anyways the road to the cemetery (where a lot of members live actually) is PACKED with street vendors--pizza, tacos, tostadas, pupusas, tamales, wiskil, you name it! Ill have to try and get some pics today. All very cool :) And of course, the tourists have flocked in. There are like a million!
I would love to hear the political results--all very intriguing. We get none of it out here. how is the economy by the way? What is the public op on Obama? This will all be cool to see pan out.
Miss you guys tons, and hope you have an awesome week. Its november! Drink lots of apple cider!
Love
Tyler
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