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bewitchingbaker · 10 months

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☾ : favourite word from your language

☮ : translate the first lines of your favourite song in your language

☆ : give the first lines of a song which is originally in your language

❀ : which language(s) would you like to speak fluently?

♡ : which languages do you speak/have you learned in school?

❁ : which language(s) do you think of as the most beautiful?

✓ : funniest word in your language

☾ : favourite word from your language

The baker rubs his chin, thinking for a moment before smiling. There were plenty of words he loved in his Columbian Spanish home, but if he had to pick one...it would be.

"Chimba," Chris grinned. "Its one of those words that have multiple meaningsd epending on how ya say it. I like to use it to describe cool things. Jess prefers to use it in a mean way to describe stuff she thinks is cheap."

☮ : translate the first lines of your favourite song in your language

Chris blushes before he thumbs through his cassette collection, smiling for a moment. A few seconds pass before he reveals a homemade tape with a cartoonishi drawing of himself. He slides it into his walkman, playing a recording of his teenage self rapping the Root's Dynamite in Spanish.

"Uh, uh, vamos, S-P en el Hacia el norte en Nueva York y el oeste Y a los negros en Cali y el Dinamita de tipo Sur hacia abajo Qué, oye, vamos, dinamita, dinamita Uh, míralo, uh, uh A-yo, yo, yo, yo, yo" a young Chris rapped with the confidence of veteran MC.

☆ : give the first lines of a song which is originally in your language

The baker thinks for a moment before looks through his phone, revealing his notes app. The lyrics of a song from the band Los Mirlos. He rubs the back of his neck bashfully.

"Well," Chris began. "I had to be a backup for the local band in the neighborhood and sometimes we had to sing in English for our less melanated customers. We had to sing the dance of the blackbirds in English."

A blush forms on his face.

"Like you guys. you know I'm no logi or cheto Several years ago I heard cumbia nose. We're going to do a cumbia national anthem now and there we throw away the shirt, this? It starts this way and it says this way, Hands well up top up All black palms up jumping jumping, jumping!" he sings with an every present blush on his face.

❀ : which language(s) would you like to speak fluently?

"Oh man, easy! Japanese....and French. I learned a little because we have a few customers who speak Japanese but I'd love to be able to hold convos in Japanese. French just sounds kind of cool, so I'd love to sound cool for once." he laughs.

❁ : which language(s) do you think of as the most beautiful?

"Well," Chris begins. "We had Spanish in my old school but it was... a different dialect? Like it was more leaning towards a Mexican sound as opposed to Columbian. Similarities but the way we pronounce things is a little different."

A small smile spreads across the baker's face, eyes looking at a photo of his mother. While he certainly thought all languages were beautiful he was a little biased towards Spanish. Memories of his mother teaching him about the family, their language and witchcraft brough a small smile to his face.

"Spanish. My mom and the other Lunas make it sound beautiful."

✓ : funniest word in your language

"Sapo,"Chris laughs. " Me and Jess would always say shit like 'No soy una Sapo! It essentially means a snitch."

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