All the countries in the world use in their language words that aren't on their same language because the words can't be translated to their language. Probably there are differents reasons for each of the countries but this is one of the important ones.
In the United States people has adopted different languages expresions and words that can't be translated in English, and one of this translations are types of food, clothes and some others. For example Patio.. Patio is known in spanish as a yard but a specific type of yard; Some houses have these yards and they are like around the house and in the back part of the house decorated with some plants and flowers that makes the greenyard atractive. But here, people use this word"Patio" to refer just to a plain part of the house for example: with some chairs and tables, with and outdoor view and that's not what it really means.
In the United States people has adopted different languages expresions and words that can't be translated in English, and one of this translations are types of food, clothes and some others. For example Patio.. Patio is known in spanish as a yard but a specific type of yard; Some houses have these yards and they are like around the house and in the back part of the house decorated with some plants and flowers that makes the greenyard atractive. But here, people use this word"Patio" to refer just to a plain part of the house for example: with some chairs and tables, with and outdoor view and that's not what it really means.
In Panama, we use the word "OK" because it means like "everything is fine" or "esta bien" and its like shorter than all this spanish words. Also, we use "Jeans" for jeans ..haha, as simple as that, I think that it's because it was an american invention so it doesnt has any other way to call them. I meant, we have changed our language so much, as Dr. PG said, we don't speak the same way people used to some decades ago! We have fixed it and changed it a way so that words are not complicated anymore. For example
Some years ago--------Now
Chiflar-------------------Silbar ( to whistle)
Camiseta---------------Suéter (sweater or shirt)
Libreta------------------Cuaderno (notebook)
These are only some changes we have made on our language and we can't leave behind the Panamenian sayings or well the panamenian words that can't be translated and that is so bad because when you want to use that specific word there is not any word that can replace it.
And about the book chapters we have read "pendejo" there is no translation for that word. It's kind of fun because the word is unique but at the same time is not fair because there is no way to use it in other language:(
I really miss my native language because I can't express myself fluently in English. English is not my native language but I can express myself whenever I have to.
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