When you come to the Mexican Caribbean you have the opportunity to learn not just one but two new languages: Spanish and Maya, the language spoken throughout the Yucatán Peninsula. Stay posted for our weekly pointers. WEATHER
It's raining Spanish: Está lloviendo Maya: Tun k'áaxal ha' (toon k'aahsh-ahl-hah) Rain Spanish: Lluvia Maya: cháak/ha' Sun Spanish: sol Maya: k'iin (k'eeen) It's hot Spanish: hace calor Maya: k'íilkab or hach kilcab (k'eeel=kahb) It's cold Spanish: hace frio Maya: ke'el or hach ceel ziiz (keh'ehl) I'm cold Spanish: Tengo frio Maya: Ke'eleen (keh-ehl-eehn) Cloudy Spanish: nublado Maya: nóokoy (noohk-ohy) Wind Spanish: viento Maya: iik' (eeek') TOPE Visitors to the Mexican Caribbean may have seen this word and wondered what it meant, and if you are a driver you may have already found out the hard way! Tope is the word for speed bumps or sleeping policemen. You'll find topes in front of schools and in residential areas and as you enter and leave villages such as those along Highway 180 to Chichén Itzá and Mérida. |
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