Hola, cómo están?
Things are going pretty good here. I am finally getting used to my
new sector and my new companion. I am now in the poorest sector that I
have been in yet. Most of the people here live in really small
houses. Sometimes they have very little, but it is nice to see people
that are just happy with what they have: their families (if the vices
haven't destroyed it), their homes, having enough food to feed everyone,
and money to pay utilities. It shows me how really money does not
determine happiness, just how you make use of what you have.
Things in this sector are pretty good. We are teaching a lot of
youth here, which I enjoy. I am impressed with how many youth there are
in a ward this small. Although only 60 or 70 people attend church each
week, there are as many as 10-15 youth, many of which go alone without
the support of their parents. That is really inspiring to me, and I
hope that they are able to stay strong in the Gospel so that they can
have all of the blessings of the gospel for themselves and their future
families.
Well I am really excited to hear that Elder Mitchel Boehm will be
coming to CHILE!!!!! That is so awesome. We will have to try to find
some way of seeing each other while we are here. Viña del Mar is a
really great place. It has a better climate than here in Santiago. It
doesn't get as cold or as hot, probably because it is closer to the
ocean. There are a lot of great beaches there, but I don't know how
much he will be going there. Also. He needs to be in shape. Because
there are a LOT of hills. Like literally there are entire cities that
are sloped because they are built on the side of hills. That will make
for some difficult walking. But that is really exciting. I'm happy
that I'll have someone that I can talk to after the mission who will be
able to understand my Chilean Spanish. I'm not sure I have a lot of
faith in Curtis. I think for some things he will just look at me funny
and ask what I said.
For the coming weeks I will be including a "How to Survive in
Chile" section, just for Mitchel and his parents. So here it comes...
HOW TO SURVIVE IN CHILE, PART 1
Alright this one is going to be a language one. Cool Chilean words that he needs to learn:
bakan - cool
fome - lame
al tiro - right away
¡Chuta! - Darn it
Chao - Goodbye
Alright and a little grammar lesson. Chileans rarely use the "tú"
form. Instead they use a funny form when they want to talk to someone
that is similar in age, younger, or family. To learn it, the vosotros
form comes in handy. But, you have to think like a Chilean and cut off
the final s. So one would say...
"Hola, cómo estai?" for Hola, cómo estás?
De dónde soi tú? for De dónde eres tú?
Qué querí? for Qué quieres?
In general, for -ar verbs, they use -ai and for -er or -ir they use
-í. That also applies to more complicated sentences, including
subjuntive.
ex. No lo hagai. Tení que comer todo o no podí ir para jugar.
Alright, well that should be good for now. I'll talk to you all later.
Cuídense,
Elder Stollenwerk
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