Llanito,
spoken in Gibraltar, is a bizarre mix of Andalusian Spanish and
English, along with spatterings of Portuguese and Maltese words, others
of Genoese medieval dialect, and even some of Hebrew origin. Speakers
seem to switch languages mid-sentence, making it nearly impossible for
those who speak only English or Spanish to understand.
LLANITO
Llanito: No puedo coçêh la gallina porqué la tengo frozen...
Español: No puedo cocer la gallina porque la tengo congelada...
Inglés: I can't cook the chicken because it's frozen...
Llanito: Ayêh tome lanch dêppuêh de la demontrasion...
Español: Ayer almorcé después de la manifestación...
Inglés: Yesterday I had lunch after the demonstration...
Llanito: Hay un call pa ti.
Español: Hay una llamada para ti.
Inglés: There's a call for you.
Llanito: Si, pero at thi en of thi dey...
Español: Sí, pero a fin de cuentas...
Inglés: Yes, but at the end of the day...
Llanito: Te llamo p'atrá enywey
Español: Te devolveré la llamada de todas maneras
ACTIVITY 1. Copy and complete the following quizz, read the text below and answer them:
1. It has its own language called__________ which is a mix of _____________ and English.2. ________and ______ got married there
3. The ______wanted it during Second World War.
4. It has the southernmost mosque in Europe, called _________
5. Its _________ has one of the strangest runways in the world
6. Unwanted cars are rolled into the __________
7. It has the only _________population in the whole of Europe
You may well know that Gibraltar is home to a troop of mischievous Barbary macaques, but did you realise that it is the only wild monkey population on the whole continent?
Around 300 of the furry troublemakers, descendants of North African populations and introduced to the area by the Moors, roam the Gibraltar Nature Reserve – and occasionally pinch food from tourists’ rucksacks.
--------------------------------------------------------John Lenon and Yoko Ono tied the knot in Gibraltar. Why? “It is quiet, British and friendly,” said Lennon at the time. Prince Charles and Princess Diana, meanwhile, began their honeymoon there.
Ibrahim-al-Ibrahim Mosque was a £5-million gift from the King of Saudi Arabia and is one of the largest in a non-Muslim country. Many Gibraltarians were outraged when it was built, in 1997.
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Telegraph Travel’s Andrew Purvis, who grew up in Gibraltar, explains: “Unwanted cars are simply dumped into the sea off a cliff, down a chute - or at least they were for many years - with full government approval. We always watched as kids, and later I went diving among them.”
Operation Felix was the codename for the proposed nabbing of Gibraltar by Germany during the Second World War. The Nazis wanted it . Hitler held talks with General Franco about the idea, and a plan was approved, but Franco got cold feet. Hitler reportedly said of his chat with the Spanish ruler: "I would rather have four of my own teeth pulled out than go through another meeting with that man again!"
A lack of flat means Gibraltar Airport’s only runway is bisected by its busiest road (Winston Churchill Avenue). The street closes whenever a plane lands or departs, with a pair of flimsy looking barriers the only thing preventing a nasty collision between a 747 and a Ford Orion. With the runway also extending out to sea, it’s certainly not one for nervous fliers.
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ACTIVITY 2.
Now, complete the following sentences.You'll find the information in the following link:
Requisitos para viajar a Gibraltar: DNI y Pasaporte:
Para entrar en el territorio de Gibraltar, los ciudadanos del Área Económica Europea (Países de la Unión Europea, Mónaco, Andorra, Suiza y Liechtenstein) sólo necesitan tener su DNI en regla (no caducado). Pero en esta colonia hay un paréntesis que debemos aclarar. Si el viajante es menor de edad y no tiene pasaporte, requerirá una autorización paterna junto al DNI.
