This episode was produced by Duolingo and Adonde Media. At 80 she thought that was it for heruntil her grandson made an offer she couldn't refuse, and invited her to be the lead singer of his band. Every episode, we bring you fascinating true stories, to help you improve your Spanish listening, and gain new perspectives on the world. Martina: Javiers performance that day was a disaster. Linda: Yo entend que las parteras podan ser un puente entre la medicina tradicional y la moderna. Y tambin cambi la calidad de la salud materna en mi pas. Martina: While she sang, Irma thought about how incredible it felt to be there. Martina: In countries like Guatemala, where mestizo and indigenous people are still rooted in ancestral practices, the use of modern medicine is a complicated social issue. She was amazed. Episode 65: La abuela superstar (Grandma Superstar) By Duolingo on Thu 13 Aug 2020 Irma Silva was born on a ranch, married young, and raised a large family the traditional life of a rural Mexican woman. So she defied cultural expectations, became one of the first Mexican scientists to work for NASA, and helped create and participate in some of the first simulations of missions to Mars. This map seems to be a slightly different copy of this map, which was created by Duolingo itself . With over 300 million users, Duolingo is the world's leading language learning platform, and the most downloaded education app in the world. The same goes for my girlfriend. Martina: Growing up, Linda was fascinated with her grandmother, Herlinda. And if you liked this story, please share it! This story was written by Luca Villavicencio, a multimedia journalist and consultant based in Quito, Ecuador. Cada vez que me subo al escenario, hay algo que mejorar, algo que perfeccionar. Linda: Cuando la medicina moderna se extendi por Guatemala, se cre una relacin jerrquica entre los doctores y los pacientes. Adems, los astronautas tienen que vivir dos aos en Marte antes de poder regresar. Carmen: Yo he trabajado ms de diez aos en el tema de las simulaciones anlogas de viajes espaciales. El jurado estaba en las primeras filas. Yo fui con una excompaera y un excompaero de la Universidad Internacional del Espacio, en Francia, donde hice mi maestra. En ese mismo momento decidi que tena que ir, sin importar cmo. This episode includes recordings from Kyle1Katarn and soundmary under the Creative Commons Attribution License. Nadie esperaba esto de m, una mujer mexicana. Por eso, si yo quera seguir cantando y creciendo, deba salir de Veracruz e ir a la Universidad de Guanajuato. Since "abuelas" is feminine plural, you have to use the feminine plural version of the adjective: "nuestras." July 28, 2019. Carmen: Cuando extraaba mucho a mi familia y amigos, pensaba que los astronautas tenan que ser personas fuertes y preparadas para las situaciones difciles. As the country's health care system modernized, communities like Linda's felt left out of the transition. As the granddaughter of a traditional Guatemalan healer, she had long been searching for a way to unite the best parts of traditional and modern medicine. l se sentaba con su bajo sexto en un silln y yo en otro. . Yo estaba muy nervioso. Martina: Soon after that concert, their first album was ready. Javier: Despus de la mencin de honor en Per, particip de nuevo en el Concurso Nacional de Canto en el Palacio de Bellas Artes y gan una beca. Yo sent que todo era una farsa. Despus de la comida, mi nieto Jorge y yo siempre cantbamos rancheras juntos. She was born in 1938 on a humble ranch, on the border between Mexico and the United States. Linda: Yo vi que la mayora de los trabajadores en el hospital trataba mal a las parteras, incluso los doctores y las enfermeras. Qu pas con esos ros y mares? She was skeptical of traditional medicine. Herlinda had never questioned her path in lifeshe simply followed her family's tradition. Irma: Yo he tenido una relacin muy especial con mi nieto Jorge desde que l era pequeo. She sang for herself and her family. He felt like he still had more to learn. Martina: While getting her masters she had the opportunity to do an internship at NASAs Ames Research Center in California. She has participated in six analogue simulations, the longest lasting an entire month. Martina: Carmen says theres now talk of possibly extracting water from Mars icy poles. Carmen: Una de las cosas ms importantes en estas simulaciones es trabajar las dinmicas de grupo. Yet some of language learning sites only teach Spain Spanish. Martina: Linda's lobbying paid off. Spanish to Go offers introductory courses you can take to learn Spanish online at your own pace. The storyteller will be using intermediate Spanish and Ill be chiming in for context in English. Carmen: Era el ao 2016 y yo era responsable de un experimento. Martina: Not many girls her age went to school, but Irma did. Eran enormes y haba luces y espejos por todos lados. Jorge: Yo le dije a mi abuela que quera grabar un disco con ella. Adems, yo estaba siguiendo sus pasos porque quera ser sanadora, pero a travs de la medicina moderna. Todos mis miedos se materializaban. Irma: Yo no saba mucho de internet, pero el efecto fue inmediato. Yo pens que era una broma! It was in Solol, in the west of the country. Siempre recordaba las palabras de mi maestra Cecilia: Esta es una carrera de resistencia. Mucha gente conocida empez a llamarme y yo estaba muy contenta. Javier: El profesor puso un disco de la pera Turandot de Puccini presentada en el Metropolitan Opera House de Nueva York. Por qu? The frontman, Jorge Loayzat, grabbed the mic. Irma: En esa poca, las mujeres no podan tener esas aspiraciones porque estaba mal visto. Martina: As Linda participated in those debates, she felt like she was getting involved in something more important than just representing Guatemala's medical system at the conference. Were exercising all the time without even realizing it, and that helps us keep our muscles healthy. Study Spanish grammar, learn the rules, and know-how and when to apply them. She was dressed to the nines, with a grey embroidered shirt and a pearl necklace. Martina: Carmen also reached an agreement with NASA to permit Mexican college students to do research residencies there, and she started a NASA summer school program for Mexican high school students. Martina: Bienvenidos and welcome to the Duolingo Spanish Podcast. Another major issue is access to water, which is very limited and hard to carry. Duolingo Spanish can be classified as either Mexican Spanish or Spain Spanish. Javier: Cuando empec a presentarme en escenarios profesionales, mis padres comenzaron a venir a verme. Martina: This story was produced by Catalina May, senior editor of the Duolingo Spanish podcast. Mi profesor me prest uno de color blanco que me quedaba tan grande que me pareca a Clavillazo. Martina: "Mal de ojo", or the "evil eye", is considered an illness by many Guatemalans who believe humans have the power to transfer bad energy to others. It would be could if the added a couple of sections devoted to it at the end of the tree. Martina: It was an endurance race and Javier wasnt going to quit. Carmen: Esta es una zona donde los astronautas del Apolo 11 practicaron para caminar por la superficie de la Luna. Martina: At the door of the habitat, Carmen Flix puts on her red space suit. Just like a dictionary! But he had no formal training, so he went back to school in Veracruz, Mexico, where one of his teachers said he needed to learn how to sing in Italian. With our free mobile app and web, everyone can Duolingo. Me senta muy orgullosa, pero todava quedaba mucho por hacer para llegar al espacio. Irma: Mi padre no estaba de acuerdo. Este era un tema tab en la comunidad y, por esta razn, esas mujeres lo hacan en secreto. Martina: At age 22, Javier Camarena took a left turn in his career path. In fact, she always encouraged her to study, read, and learn as much as possible while she was in school. Mi voz tena que escucharse sobre la orquesta en vivo y llegar a los odos de ms de 3,000 personas. Carmen: Yo crec en una familia grande: ramos tres hermanos, una hermana, muchos primos y tos. Mexican Spanish is the most widely spoken form of Spanish in the world, with over 130 million speakers. Neighbors would bring their babies to Linda's grandmother when they suspected an energy imbalance. English to Spanish translation of " nuestras abuelas son mexicanas " (our grandmothers are mexican). That's because the imperfect is used for talking about more complex situations in the past situations spread out over time. Carmen: Siempre he soado con ir al espacio, pero muchos creen que no podr lograrlo. A mi abuela le encant esa idea! Nosotras vivamos en Escuintla, un pueblito en el centro sur del pas. Martina: Jorge explained that there was no shame, or vergenza, in being filmed. Gracias por escuchar. In Guatemala, this is a practice passed down orally through generations in the same family. Javier: Mi conclusin fue simple: yo no estaba listo. Martina: Jorge explained, and then Irma finally understood. And recently, something that appears to be a lake was found about one kilometer underground. Entonces, cuando lleg mi adolescencia, pens: "Yo quiero seguir los pasos de mi abuela, pero yo voy a ser doctora". Linda: La curandera no est simplemente relacionada con las enfermedades fsicas de una persona, sino tambin con el aspecto emocional y espiritual. To join, download the app today, or find out more at duolingo.com. Javier: Ha sido realmente una carrera de resistencia. They took their rancheras to Spain, France, Bulgaria, and Turkey, where they played in a town called Bykekmece. Irma: Jorge vena a mi rancho a practicar conmigo todas las semanas. Las palabras que ella me haba dicho se repetan en mi cabeza, as que decid irme a Guanajuato. Todava escucho en mi cabeza las palabras de mi primera profesora de canto, Cecilia, y de todos mis otros maestros. A veces yo no puedo creer que llegu hasta aqu. Linda: El documento deca que, desde ese momento, segn la Organizacin Mundial de la Salud, las parteras iban a ser oficialmente consideradas como proveedoras de atencin mdica en toda Amrica Latina. Mi misin era determinar qu tan lejos poda llegar el robot y ver si poda extraer muestras de la superficie. Linda: Nosotras escribimos todo esto en un documento que luego fue enviado al Congreso. Jorge: Cantar siempre haba sido un pasatiempo para mi abuela. (Be careful!) When she got to the conference, she met different organizations, including a group of parteras that caught her eye. "Nuestras" is an adjective describing "abuelas". The Spanish lessons of Duolingo, is it Mexican or Castilian?HomesickTouristYou know the Portuguese lessons are for Brasilian Portuguese. Episode 54: Mi abuela la curandera (My Grandmother the Healer) By Duolingo on Thu 23 Apr 2020. Cancel. There are 1282 crown levels in Duolingo's Spanish course (not including the legendary levels ). Linda: El servicio no era bueno, era sin cuidado, sin recursos y muy poco personalizado. Listen free on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. So he did over and over. Another possibility is that the astronauts could live inside one of the many caves on Mars. Lucy says she's a great writer, as she has a very popular blog and has (or has written) a lot of books, as seen in "Lucy and the Dinosaurs". And within each unit, there are several stepping stones that cover skills, concepts and thematic topics (e.g. Linda: En general, eran mujeres muy jvenes, de origen indgena, que siempre parecan tener miedo. . Linda: Si un beb lloraba demasiado, su madre lo llevaba a nuestra casa para curarlo. Her words had an impression on Javier. Yo tom el telfono y llam a mi familia y a mis amigos en Mxico para hablarles de mi experiencia. ]Lucy isn't like other grandmas - she . Nos is the first person plural direct object pronoun. Hoy les vamos a cantar las canciones de la poca de la abuela que ella nos ha transmitido de generacin en generacin". Martina: He knew he could have performed better than he had. Yo me sent feliz y satisfecha! Martina: When the internship ended, NASA extended her contract. Their voices have to be powerful enough to be heard over an accompanying live orchestra, in a theater full of people. Today, Irma and Jorge continue to perform together, and they're getting ready to record a new album. Y en los equipos internacionales hay muchas diferencias culturales. Martina: The accordion began to play. Tena las manos apretadas y la boca muy seca. Javier: Mientras bajaba del escenario, yo pensaba en muchas cosas. We and our partners use cookies to Store and/or access information on a device. Carmen: Hay temperaturas muy altas en el da y muy bajas en la noche. Jorge and the rest of the family thought Irma might give up on singing altogether. No me dejaron terminar de cantar el aria. Yo entend que poda ayudar a mejorar esa situacin. Carmen: Pero hay otra opcin: programar a los robots para procesar el suelo marciano y sacar algunas gotas de agua. Mi hija, su mam, trabajaba lejos del rancho, en la ciudad de Monterrey. Martina: Linda was so motivated to improve maternal health that in 1992 she left home to study medicine at the San Carlos University of Guatemala in Guatemala City. Fascinating stories in easy-to-understand Spanish, Sound Design & Mastering Engineer: Martn Cruz Farga, Executive Producer/Editor: Martina Castro, Episode 36: De Mxico a Marte (From Mexico to Mars). A new category where you can find the top search words and phrases translated into English and Spanish. Aguas! La primera cancin que conoc, y que ahora es una de mis preferidas, se llama La pajarera. Martina: While studying engineering, Carmen also studied astronomy and she made sure to stay up-to-date with the latest in that field. Es un gusto estar con ustedes en esta bonita tarde. When she finished her degree, she went on to get a Masters in Space Studies at the International Space University in France. 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