Professional Documents
Culture Documents
WORDS
And phonetic concepts
Instructions
“ATINA”
“A LA VENA”
“PONER EL GORRO”
“HACER UNA VACA”
“SOY BARZA”
“VALI CALLAMPA”
Cultural Misunderstanding
“ATINA”
Two men on the disco bar, when two women approach:
Chilean: There are two women and one is watching you / ðe ər ɑː tu ː ˈw ɪm ɪn ænd w ʌn ɪz ˈw ɒʧɪŋ ju ː /
“ATINA”
“ATINA”
Two men on the disco bar, when two women approach:
Gringo: What?
Gringo: Aaaa…okay
Gringo: What? Tub, bath, What does it mean? / wɒt? tʌb, bɑːθ, wɒt dʌz ɪt miːn? /
Chilean: ja,ja,ja Talk to him, introduce you and then dancing / tɔːk tuː hɪm, ˌɪntrəˈdjuːs juː ænd ðɛn ˈdɑːnsɪŋ /
“A LA VENA”
At a party is a Gringo with a group of chileans when one of these answers the phone and tell him bad news.
Gringo: What Happened? Why you are crying? / w ɒt ˈhæp ənd? wa ɪ ju ː ɑː ˈkra ɪɪŋ? /
“A LA VENA”
“A LA VENA”
At a party is a Gringo with a group of chileans when one of these answers the phone and tell him bad news.
Gringo: What Happened? Why you are crying? / w ɒt ˈhæp ənd? wa ɪ ju ː ɑː ˈkra ɪɪŋ? /
Gringo: What? The vena? What does it mean? / w ɒt? ð ə ˈvi ːn ə? w ɒt d ʌz ɪt mi ːn? /
Chilean: News very strong,very direct / nju ːz ˈv ɛri str ɒŋ, ˈv ɛri dɪˈr ɛkt /
A.Infidelity
B.Bullying
C.Play with someone
D.Nothing special
Chilean Street
Chile: Gringo go out with a woman, Did you eat one? Hahaha / ˈgr ɪŋg əʊ g əʊ a ʊt w ɪð ə ˈw ʊm ən, d ɪd ju ː i ːt w ʌn? /
Gringo: hahaha, of course but went with another / ɒv k ɔːs b ʌt w ɛnt w ɪð əˈn ʌð ə /
Chile: shuuuuuuuu ... Te pusieron el gorro "I put the hat“ / a ɪ p ʊt ð ə hæt /
Chile: That you was unfaithful and clothes together, Infidelity /ðæt ju ː w ɒz ʌn ˈfe ɪθf ʊl ænd kl əʊðz t əˈg ɛð ə, ˌɪnf ɪ
ˈd ɛl ɪti /
“Hacer la vaca”
At a party in a house exchange a Chilean says:
Chile: You guys are over beers, so you have to "do Cow” / ju ː ga ɪz ɑːr ˈəʊv ə
b ɪəz, s əʊ ju ː hæv tu ː "du ː ka ʊ” /
Colombiano: Who the board? / hu ː ð ə b ɔːd? /
All: The new gringo / ð ə nju ː ˈgr ɪŋg əʊ /
Chilean Party
“HACER LA VACA”
A.Imitate a cow
B.Playing a cow
C.Talk like a cow
D.Save money
Chilean Party
“Hacer la vaca”
At a party in a house exchange a Chilean says:
Chile: You guys are over beers, so you have to "do Cow”
Gringo: cow do? What is it? (Imitates a cow and everyone laughs) / ka ʊ du ː? w ɒt ɪz ɪt? ( ˈɪm ɪte ɪts ə ka ʊ ænd
ˈɛvr ɪw ʌn l ɑːfs) /
Chile: No Gringo Collect money all you're going to give / n əʊ ˈgr ɪŋg əʊ k əˈl ɛkt ˈm ʌni ɔːl j ʊə ˈg əʊɪŋ tu ː g ɪv/
“BARZA”
Some friends are going to buy beer and one of them does not give money to buy it
and says he will not drink.
At the party which said it would not take he says:
Chile: Guys just beer / ga ɪz ʤʌst b ɪə /
All: but you said it would not take and do you take all "Barza“ / b ʌt ju ː s ɛd ɪt
w ʊd n ɒt te ɪk ænd du ː ju ː te ɪk ɔːl /
Chile: mmmm ... if it is true I / ɪf ɪt ɪz tru ː a ɪ /
Chilean Party
“BARZA”
A.FOOTBALL TEAM
B.A BIRD
C.BE LOOSE
D.BE EXPLOITED
Chilean Party
“BARZA”
Some friends are going to buy beer and one of them does not give money to buy it and says he will not drink.
At the party which said it would not take he says:
All: but you said it would not take and do you take all "Barza“ / b ʌt ju ː s ɛd ɪt w ʊd n ɒt te ɪk ænd du ː ju ː te ɪk ɔːl /
Gringo: What? what do they say? "Barza" football team? / w ɒt? w ɒt du ː ðe ɪ se ɪ? "Barza" ˈf ʊtb ɔːl ti ːm? /
Chile: hahaha, not because he did not give money to buy beer and wants more / n ɒt b ɪˈk ɒz hi ː d ɪd n ɒt g ɪv
ˈm ʌni tu ː ba ɪ b ɪər ænd w ɒnts m ɔː /
“VALI CALLAMPA”
A grandmother crossing a street and falls for a man beside her, she laughs and no
help.
two people a Chilean and a gringo approach:
Chile: Is it okay? / ɪz ɪt ˈəʊˈke ɪ? /
Grandma: Yeah ... yeah ... / je ə ... je ə ... /
Chile: The man laughed and do not help (Scream) Vali Callampa! /ð ə mæn l ɑːft
ænd du ː n ɒt h ɛlp (skri ːm)/
Chilean Street
“VALI CALLAMPA”
“VALI CALLAMPA”
A grandmother crossing a street and falls for a man beside her, she laughs and no help.
two people a Chilean and a gringo approach:
Chile: Is it okay? / ɪz ɪt ˈəʊˈke ɪ? /
Grandma: Yeah ... yeah ... / je ə ... je ə ... /
Chile: The man laughed and do not help (Scream) Vali Callampa! /ð ə mæn l ɑːft ænd du ː n ɒt
h ɛlp (skri ːm)/
Gringo: What did you say? fungus? / w ɒt d ɪd ju ː se ɪ? ˈf ʌŋg əs? /
Chile: That has no value / ðæt hæz n əʊ ˈvælju ː /
Gringo: Okey / ˈəʊki /