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I am not sure if everyone has had the same experience as me in this respect, but I found that when I started to learn Spanish<\/a> I was fascinated by shop and street signs. That might sound a little bit sad but I have to confess that I paid quite a lot of attention to these kinds of things for a while. Here are a few of those which most caught my attention.
\n\u201cSe\u00f1or conductor, use su cintur\u00f3n de seguridad\u201d. This sign just tells drivers to use their seat belt and if you have ever been to Bolivia you will realise that I must be the only person who has ever read it. It interested me for two reasons. Firstly, translating it as \u201cmister driver\u201d just sounded funny to me at the time. Secondly, it introduced me to the formal \u201custed\u201d way of speaking which I hadn\u2019t yet learned. Because I had begun to learn Spanish<\/a> on the hoof I hadn\u2019t picked this up and my informal way of speaking was starting to get me some rather nasty looks from old people and officials.
\n\u201cSe sirve\u201d. I have to confess that I am still not sure why the signs outside of restaurants say this. It\u2019s a reflexive verb so it translates as something like \u201cit serves itself\u201d, and then below this is a list of the menu items. No one could explain it to me so I filed it in the box of unfathomable mysteries.<\/p>\n

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I am not sure if everyone has had the same experience as me in this respect, but I found that when I started to learn Spanish I was fascinated by shop and street signs. That might sound a little bit sad but I have to confess that I paid quite a lot of attention to(\u2026)<\/p>\n

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