Spanish traditionally falls into three categories.

1). Castellano or Castillian is from Spain and used a lot in South America other than Brazil which is Portuguese.

2). Mexican

3). American

Primary difference in proper Spanish is the double L sound becomes J and the s as in esta becomes "lazy" and sounds like eta.

I told her I am sorry because I don't speak Spanish, only English please.

This gives her the responsibility to find someone close to her to help her understand the English speaking website and to be able to ask questions back and forth before posting. I hope this helps.

Children of almost all Spanish speaking countries or homes are now the translators. The more technical things she may have to research. Things may still be lost in translation but such is life. My 84 year old Japanese uncle speaks fluent Japanese, English, Spanish (even Castellano), Russian, German, Portuguese, Italian and a few words in Arabic from his 60+ years as a free lance photojournalist but, unfortunately, he has fallen too many times injuring his head and is no longer communicative as of last December. I do have many friends that speak Spanish and the son of one from Columbia starts dental school in Houston and will be attending the walk in September. I would be glad to ask him if he would like to take this on if you like, although I am more inclined to put the onus on Valentina.


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