Today, I learned something valuable. Sarah, Mama Rosa, and I were enjoying some coffee at Don Diego (chyea, they know who we are now that we're regulars) while speaking with a local man. Javier is originally from Madrid, and has been learning English for a few years. He showed us pictures of his wife and two-year-old and we exchanged phrases in English and Spanish.
Cajones = chest of drawers
Cojones = as he put it, "man eggs"
Don't mess that one up. However, I told him I already knew the difference between the two, since "cojones" is one of the Spanish words I learned from my dad. As he was preparing to leave, he mentioned that he had to get back home to his "house wife."
"If I am not home within ten minutes, this phone will be ringing and my house wife will be asking where I am."
I explained it's better form to just refer to his spouse as a "wife." Unless he's got a car wife, a work wife, a street wife...you know. The one he has is hopefully multifunctional. Listening, speaking, and translating for such a concentrated time really turned our little coffee date into a mental workout. This learning process is so...slow...but it's coming along.
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