Two very used words exist for us the Guatemalans that are famous for their hidden meaning… the very famous ones "fíjese que… " . I couldn’t really explain their meaning in English but the literal translation is “notice that…”
We very frequently use these words but it was not until a foreign friend made me think about the way we use them (most of times), that I realized the significance of those words in our country. My friend told me "Every time that a Guatemalan begins a sentence with "fijese que…” I already know what follows is an excuse or a justification.
Many times, we use those words in that way: "fijese que... I could not finish the work because… ", "fijese que... that it will be ready until next week because… ", "fijese que... I won't be able to get there because… "
In conclusion, those words are part of our idiosyncrasy because are so useful nowadays… for good or bad; and who knows if we will end up putting them away with so many others now considered archaic.
And fíjese que... my post finishes here because there was an outage…
We very frequently use these words but it was not until a foreign friend made me think about the way we use them (most of times), that I realized the significance of those words in our country. My friend told me "Every time that a Guatemalan begins a sentence with "fijese que…” I already know what follows is an excuse or a justification.
Many times, we use those words in that way: "fijese que... I could not finish the work because… ", "fijese que... that it will be ready until next week because… ", "fijese que... I won't be able to get there because… "
In conclusion, those words are part of our idiosyncrasy because are so useful nowadays… for good or bad; and who knows if we will end up putting them away with so many others now considered archaic.
And fíjese que... my post finishes here because there was an outage…
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Hi, I was researching a wizard-like normal man from Latvian, who moved to Florida and built a castle using levitation. After his death, he left behind a paper saying the secret to the universe was 7129/6105195 ...Just trying to do my own playing around I used the English alphabet to code that into letters, and I got the words gli fjese. Gli means the in one language, and fjese is close to fijese in another language. Still just playing around seeing if I can figure out what it means.
Oh, the mans name was edward leedskalnin if you want to look up about his story and coral castle
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