{"id":5168,"date":"2012-06-18T06:00:11","date_gmt":"2012-06-18T10:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=5168"},"modified":"2014-07-15T13:58:20","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T17:58:20","slug":"humor-in-basic-spanish-mala-intencion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/humor-in-basic-spanish-mala-intencion\/","title":{"rendered":"Humor in basic Spanish: Mala Intenci\u00f3n"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey, how’s it going?<\/p>\n

Let’s kick off our week with a very interesting story by Pedrito, a very smart boy.<\/p>\n

Pedrito era muy mal estudiante. Estaba siempre jugando y estudiaba poqu\u00edsimo. Cuando lleg\u00f3 el momento de examinarse Pedrito no contest\u00f3 nada. Naturalmente, no pas\u00f3 en el examen y tuvo que repetir el curso.<\/em><\/p>\n

Al a\u00f1o siguiente Pedrito se examin\u00f3 de nuevo y tampoco contest\u00f3 a las preguntas del profesor. Cuando lleg\u00f3 a su casa, su padre se enfad\u00f3 mucho al conocer el resultado del examen y le dijo que lo iba a castigar.<\/em><\/p>\n

– Yo creo que ha habido mala intenci\u00f3n, pap\u00e1, dijo el chico.<\/em>
\n – \u00bfMala intenci\u00f3n? \u00bfPor qu\u00e9?<\/em>
\n – Me ha examinado el mismo profesor del a\u00f1o pasado y me ha preguntado otra vez lo mismo.<\/em>
\n – Bueno, \u00bfy qu\u00e9? – dijo el padre.<\/em>
\n – El profesor ya sab\u00eda que yo eso no lo s\u00e9.<\/em><\/p>\n

Would you be able to translate the story above into English? Here’s a little glossary to help you!<\/p>\n

muy mal<\/strong> – very bad
\npoqu\u00edsimo<\/strong> – very little
\nexaminarse<\/strong> – to take a test, to sit an examination
\ncontestar<\/strong> – to answer
\nnaturalmente<\/strong> – of course
\npasar el examen<\/strong> – to pass the exam
\ntuvo que<\/strong> – had to
\nrepetir o curso<\/strong> – to repeat the course
\ntampoco –<\/strong> not … either
\nenfadarse<\/strong> – to get mad
\nal conocer<\/strong> – when he found out
\n castigar – <\/strong>to punish
\nha habido<\/strong> – there has been
\nmala intenci\u00f3n<\/strong> – bad intention, do something on purpose
\npap\u00e1<\/strong> – daddy
\n\u00bfy qu\u00e9?<\/strong> – so what?
\nya sab\u00eda<\/strong> – already knew<\/p>\n

Story adapted from Historietas y Pasatiempos Nivel 1<\/strong> (Edelsa)<\/p>\n

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Hey, how’s it going? Let’s kick off our week with a very interesting story by Pedrito, a very smart boy. Pedrito era muy mal estudiante. Estaba siempre jugando y estudiaba poqu\u00edsimo. Cuando lleg\u00f3 el momento de examinarse Pedrito no contest\u00f3 nada. Naturalmente, no pas\u00f3 en el examen y tuvo que repetir el curso. Al a\u00f1o…<\/p>\n

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