{"id":51477,"date":"2010-03-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/royalresorts.com\/blog\/learn-the-lingo\/"},"modified":"2021-11-30T16:17:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T16:17:42","slug":"learn-the-lingo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.royalresorts.com\/blog\/news\/learn-the-lingo\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn the Lingo"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

When you come to the Mexican Caribbean you have the opportunity to learn not just one but two new languages: Spanish and Maya, the language spoken throughout the Yucat\u00e1n Peninsula. Stay posted for our weekly pointers.<\/p>\n

Greetings<\/span><\/p>\n

Hello<\/strong>
\nSpanish: Hola
\nMaya: Oola<\/em><\/p>\n

How are you?<\/strong>
\nSpanish: C\u00f3mo estas? or Qu\u00e9 tal?
\nMaya: Ba\u2019ax ka wa\u2019alik<\/em>
\n(bah\u2019ahsh ka wah ahl eek)<\/p>\n

I\u2019m fine<\/strong>
\nSpanish: Estoy bien
\nMaya: Ma\u2019alob<\/em>
\n(mah-ah-lohb)<\/p>\n

Good-bye<\/strong>
\nSpanish: Adios
\nMaya: Tak s\u00e1amal<\/em>
\n(tahk saahm-ahl)<\/p>\n

Word of the week:<\/span><\/p>\n

Antojito<\/strong>
\n(antoheeto)
\nThis is a word used collectively to describe the Mexican finger food such as tacos, enchiladas, quesadillas and tamales we all know and love so much. 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