{"id":52586,"date":"2010-04-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/royalresorts.com\/blog\/learn-the-lingo-2\/"},"modified":"2021-11-16T05:59:27","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T05:59:27","slug":"learn-the-lingo-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.royalresorts.com\/blog\/news\/learn-the-lingo-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn the Lingo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">WEATHER<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s raining<\/strong><br \/>\nSpanish: Est\u00e1 lloviendo<br \/>\nMaya:\u00a0 <em>Tun k\u2019\u00e1axal ha\u2019<\/em><br \/>\n(toon k\u2019aahsh-ahl-hah)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rain<\/strong><br \/>\nSpanish: Lluvia<br \/>\nMaya: <em>ch\u00e1ak\/ha\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sun<\/strong><br \/>\nSpanish: sol<br \/>\nMaya: <em>k\u2019iin<\/em><br \/>\n(k\u2019eeen)<\/p>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s hot<\/strong><br \/>\nSpanish: hace calor<br \/>\nMaya: <em>k\u2019\u00edilkab<\/em> or\u00a0 <em>hach kilcab<\/em><br \/>\n(k\u2019eeel=kahb)<\/p>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s cold<\/strong><br \/>\nSpanish: hace frio<br \/>\nMaya: <em>ke\u2019el<\/em> or\u00a0<em>hach ceel ziiz<\/em><br \/>\n(keh\u2019ehl)<\/p>\n<p><strong>I\u2019m cold<\/strong><br \/>\nSpanish: Tengo frio<br \/>\nMaya: <em>Ke\u2019eleen<\/em><br \/>\n(keh-ehl-eehn)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cloudy<\/strong><br \/>\nSpanish: nublado<br \/>\nMaya: <em>n\u00f3okoy<\/em><br \/>\n(noohk-ohy)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wind<\/strong><br \/>\nSpanish: viento<br \/>\nMaya: <em>iik\u2019<\/em><br \/>\n(eeek\u2019)<\/p>\n<ul>Word of the week<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">TOPE<\/span><br \/>\nVisitors to the Mexican Caribbean may have seen this word and wondered what it meant, and if you are a driver you may have already found out the hard way! 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