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Spanish Conversation - lumfardo

A new UWC activity — Spanish Conversation!

RSVP TO: noemi_hendel@hotmail.com

 

PROPOSED TOPICS FOR FUTURE SPANISH CONVERSATION MEETINGS

Lunfardo

  • Lunfardo is a product of the languages of the immigration currents of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was born in the overcrowding of tenements due to the need to communicate.

  • What lunfardo words are already part of your everyday way of speaking? What are their origins and meanings?

Martín Fierro de José Hernández

  • Why is this book essential to understanding Argentine history?

  • What is the influence of this book on the daily speech and popular wisdom of Argentines?

  • We will read some of the verses and analyze the text in relation to our current popular expressions.

The poetry of the lyrics of tango songs

  • We will listen to and read the lyrics of tango songs to appreciate their poetic quality.

  • What do the lyrics of tango songs tell us: a way of seeing, living, and feeling?

  • We will learn about the relationship of tango lyrics to the beginning of this musical genre and its history.

Earlier Event: June 24
French Conversation
Later Event: July 2
Barrio Socials