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:erkoCare 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!
Published on April 05, 2015 22:30