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Spanish compares very well with Italian: both languages have a similar sound and do not differ very much in terms of grammar, vocabulary and morphology
With a population of around 106 million people, Mexico is the most populated Spanish-speaking country in the world
Spanish syntax is generally Subject-Verb-Object, and usually places adjectives after nouns
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En uno de los barrios de la ciudad donde vivo se pone todos los sábados un mercadillo. Allí se pueden encontrar todo tipo de artículos, desde joyas, ropa y zapatos, hasta muebles antiguos, pinturas o libros. Todo el dinero que se recauda con las ventas sirve para ayudar a personas con necesidad, pero sobre todo a niños, pobres y vagabundos.
Desde hace varios meses me ofrecí a ayudarles, a veces como dependienta vendiendo en los puestos, otras veces cargando y descargando.
Mi tarea no es complicada y resulta bastante entretenida. Puedes conocer a mucha gente que viene a comprar. También he coincidido con voluntarios diferentes ya que no siempre vamos los mismos. No todo el mundo tiene siempre los sábados libre por la mañana.
Pero cuando se puede ir temprano, hay que llegar al mercadillo a las ocho de la mañana, esperar a que vayan llegando los camiones cargados y empezar a descargarlos.
Antes de empezar a descargar hay que repartir el espacio de la plaza para que quepa todo lo que tenemos.
Después nos distribuimos el trabajo entre todos los que estamos. Por eso algunas veces he de colocar los puestos, y otras, cuando la gente que quiere comprar empieza a llegar antes de hora, me pongo detrás del mostrador para atenderles.
El mercadillo suele empezar a vender a las nueve de la mañana. Pasamos el día allí y comemos un bocadillo. Al rededor de las seis de la tarde empezamos a recogerlo todo y hasta el siguiente sábado.
Desde hace un par de semanas algunos de los voluntarios nos reunimos para pensar en la organización del algún evento que pudiera servir para recaudar más fondos. Lo cierto es que con las ventas no conseguimos mucho dinero, y de esta manera podríamos conseguir llamar la atención de la gente para que supiera donde esta el mercadillo, y de paso vender más.
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