A juego is a game.

When we first moved to Mexico we did a lot of shopping for furniture. We found lots of juegos de sala and juegos de comedor and such. It was very confusing when literally translated as a game for the living room or a game for the dining room when we were looking at furniture. We eventually learned that a juego is also the word used for a set of something.

Often you will find jamás coupled with the word nunca to mean never ever (nunca jamás). Like nunca it can mean never. But I saw another use of the word last week that I had not noticed before. Jamás can also mean ever. Ever? How can it be never and ever at the same time?

It depends on where the word is used in relation to other words that determines which meaning you should associate with it. If used with nunca or without being closely preceded by a superlative, you can probably guess that it means never.

How does the superlative affect jamás? If you have a phrase such as “the best golfer who ever played” it would be translated “el mejor golfista que jamás jugado.” In that case the jamás does not mean never, but ever.

Therefore, jamás usually means never, but when you see it with a superlative (most, or -est in English) then it probably means ever.

When we start a car in Mexico we use the verb arrancar. That had been only definition that I had known for the use of the word. While reading one time I came across the word and it was used in connection with corn being plucked off the stalk.

I checked with the dictionary and found out that the primary uses of the word are to pull out, pluck up, exert force. Towards the bottom of the list of definitions was to start. All of these definitions carry with them the idea of movement brought on by force. It is easy to see how they are related.

A few days ago I was studying a verse in my Spanish Bible, Hebrews 3:10, “Siempre andan vagando en su corazón” The phrase andan vagando didn’t seem to fit as something done in the heart.

Andan or andar means to walk or to go about.

Vagando or vagar is to walk without goal or direction, to wander. This is the same word from which we get our English word vagabond.

So andan vagando is they walk without a goal or they wander about. Then in the verse it means they always wander in their heart.

I checked my English Bible for a quick reference and there it was “They do alway err in their heart.” Nothing to do with walking or wandering.

The next day the family was listening to Charles Hodgson’s Podictionary podcast and the word for the day was err. He explained the original meaning of err was to stray. Wow! This would have been about the time my English Bible was translated from Greek.

“They do alway err (stray, andan vagando) in their heart.”

One of the rules we learned in school was “Day is masculine, but its parts are feminine.” That has been a huge help in remembering the gender of dí­a.

However, it is somewhat humorous to still hear native Spanish speakers say, “Buenas Dí­as.”

Mañana
This can mean tomorrow or morning. Most of the time when it means morning it will be in the phrase “la mañana.”

Tarde / Noche
These are afternoon and night. It is somewhat ambiguous as to when tarde ends and noche begins. This is probably a very regional distinction; however, where we live, 8:00 in the evening is somewhat the separation time. When it gets dark at 6:00 in the afternoon, it is hard to think that the night has not started. Or in the summer it can be well after 9:00 before the sun drops below the horizon. The cut off from one to the other is very flexible.

Remember the rule “Dí­a is masculine, but its parts are feminine.”

Templo and Iglesia are two words that confused me for a long time. Part of it was due to a prejudice I had against the word temple. To me, temple carries with it a connotation of a place of worship, in my mind, associated with cults. I have talked with other people about this and they do not share my opinion. But, because of that thinking, I had trouble accepting the term temple when applied to my church.

It is very common to see the word templo used to mean a church building. In English you will often hear preachers making the point that “the church is not the building but the people.” At least where we live, the building is never referred to as the church (iglesia). That word is reserved for the people and templo is used for the building only.

This seems to me to be a very colloquial distinction, though I have grown to really like and appreciate it. I would also think this could change from one religion to another. How are these words distinguished in your country? In your religion?

The verb dar is very flexible and is used in conjunction with many other words to form idiomatic expressions both figurative and literal.

The phrase darse cuenta is used to mean to realize.

Pedro se dió cuenta que se le olividó su tarea. (Peter realized that he forgot his homework).

The word realizar does not mean to realize. It is a false friend. Realizar means to bring to pass, as in “Bill realized his life long dreams”.

When we were learning this phrase, darse cuenta, I did not realize that it would be so commonly used.
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