Ei ta palu!
[ATE-ah-PAH-loo]
(Literally: There's the tree.)
You've spent the whole afternoon trying to hang a painting straight, but every time you step back it looks crooked. Finally you ask a friend to help. "More to the right. No, a little to the left now. Just a smidge back to the--ei ta palu!" (English: That's it!)
"How can a politician be honest? They're just the mouthpieces for big enterprise."
"Ei ta palu."
(English: That's exactly the problem.)
You've been taking months of salsa lessons and still can't get the rhythm right. Until, one day, your feet become independent of your OCD brain and--bam! Your teacher claps and says, "Ei ta palu!" (English: You got it!)
Bonus E word for today:
erko
Care to take a guess? It's an easy one... Just say it out loud, see what it sounds like. Leave a comment with your guess, and come back tomorrow to see if you were right!
Sounds like a very handy phrase for many situations!
ReplyDeleteI can only think of echo.
Do let me know how it feels if you ever use the phrase, Nick--it's a handy one indeed :) Ah, echo is, sadly, incorrect. But I'm glad you ventured a guess--and thanks for the visit!
DeleteI don't think anyone would ever say Ei ta palu! to me if I were learning to salsa, but it sounds like fun anyways!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the 2015 A to Z Challenge!
A to Z Co-Host S. L. Hennessy
http://pensuasion.blogspot.com
Haha... You'd be surprised, S. L.--I've seen people go from totally white-boy-can't-dance clueless to competition-worthy cool moves in just a few months :D Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteHi Guilie - I too can only think of echo .. but ... Ei ta palu - a phrase to cover all mysteries of life .. It's a fun phrase ..
ReplyDeleteCheers Hilary
"All mysteries of life"--I like that, Hilary :) No, it's not echo, but I love that you gave it a try. Thanks for the visit!
DeleteYou need me to help you hang your pictures straight: I have a good eye for that! Ei ta palu to me! ;) Love salsa dancing and think I have the basics down...good that you do: how fun salsa is! :) <3
ReplyDeleteElly, I DO! I suck at many things, but hanging pictures has to be in the top five :D So cool you dance salsa! (But that's not me in the pic ;) )
DeleteIn Japanese, "sono tori." It means the same thing, "It's exactly like that." but it's so much more satisfying to express it in Japanese than in English. :P
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ReplyDeleteerko - almost sounds like yukk.
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