NAVAJO NATION: ÉÍ 'AANÍÍGÓÓ 'ÁHOOT'É

Navajo Nation

Yesterday, we continued the Robinson’s story and we talked about Navajo Nation, its language, and its importance in the Second World War. We reviewed Must (modal verb) and we recycled being as eco-friendly as we could.

We gave our best wishes to Mari Carmen, who had an important exam and we stayed the last hours in Paris. 

More information: Indians.org

Today, The Collins Family is packing their suitcases again. They’re going to Salzburg to spend some days and visit some places guided by M. Ángeles. 

Navajo Indians live in the Four Corners area of northern Arizona, north-western New Mexico, and south-eastern Utah. As members of the largest Indian nation in both population and land area (160,000 people by Bureau of Indian Affairs estimates, and 25,000 square miles of reservation land, roughly the size of West Virginia), many Navajos still speak only their native language, and most others, although they may be bilingual and bicultural, still cherish their songs, dances, and rituals. Woven into the fabric of everyday life, Navajo songs not only reinforce ancient beliefs but also serve as entertainment. 

Nizhónígo jooba' diits'a'
Yisdáshíínígíí
Yóó'ííyáá nít'éé,' k'ad shénáhoosdzin
Doo eesh'íi da nít'éé.' 

Jooba' shijéí shá neineeztáá'
T'áá bí shá ak'eh deesdlíí'
Ílíigo bijooba' yiitsá
T'óó yisisdlaad yéedáá'

T'óó ahayóí atí'é'í
Bitahdéé' shééhozin
Bijooba'ii éí shilááh neel'á
Éí bee baa nídeeshdáá

Neeznáadi mííl nááhai nidi
Bits'ádi'nílíid doo
Yookáa éí doo bee bi'oh da,
Bee hahoolzhiizh yéedóó 

  Jooba' T'óó Nizhóní (Amazing Grace) - Navajo Version 

More information: Navajo music

CREATING AN ALIBI

Keep Calm

Today, we’ve reviewed Past Continuous and Past Simple and we’ve started a new reading book about the adventures of two friends, Jake and Ros. We’ve talked about communication skills in group interviews and we’ve studied the order of words in the sentences, especially with the additions: Manner-Place-Time.

The family is sailing in the Love Boat where has happened a strange case: a robbery. An old passenger said that her jewels had disappeared and some members of our family are between the main suspects: Mari Carmen, Montse Pottery, Eva Cyprus, Adriana, Gemma and Dámaris. The Grandma is flying by helicopter to the Love Boat for avoiding any kind of arrest.

Meanwhile, some members of the family are working very hard: Eva Cyprus is designing new spaces in Downton Abbey for the family pets and Belén is preparing a great tour inside The Louvre Museum.

Tomorrow, The Collins Family will give enough explanations about of all them to seem innocent and continue the trip. The Family has a lot of work: preparing eight different songs for participating in Eurovision Song Contest, a Karen’s dream.

Roll of the dice!

Love Boat soon will be making another run
The Love Boat promises something for everyone
Set a course for adventure
Your mind on a new romance

THE D DAY

Rescue Helicopter

The Eva's rescue operation was a success. Eva is fine and she has joined to the family again. It was a difficult operation with some scared moments but we’ve survived. Finally, all the family participated in the rescue except Gemma and Montse Paris, who were afraid to fly and stayed in Sant Boi.

After the rescue, we took some hours for resting and sleeping and we continued with our English classes. We reviewed the ordinal numbers, the prepositions of place and the parts of the city; described people and drove around the city by David and Mari Carmen's car. We continued our reading about Pete and Nicky.

The next objective of the Grandma’s Family: be together in Rhodes Island (Greece), in Adriana's home and try to get some information about Corto's whereabouts.

Με τι καρδιά, με τι πνοή,
τι πόθους και τι πάθος
πήραμε τη ζωή μας. Λάθος!
κι αλλάξαμε ζωή.

With what heart, what spirit,
what desires and passion
we took on our life. Wrong!
and we changed it.

MARI CARMEN, JEAN-BAPTISTE, MARC AND EUROVISION

Jean-Baptiste Nicolás Robert Schuman

Mari Carmen is our postwoman. She was born in Luxembourg, in a suburb near The European Parliament site, and in the native country of Jean-Baptiste Nicolás Robert Schuman, one of the European Union fathers. Perhaps, this was the reason which boosted her to choose this job: carry news up and down! 

Mari Carmen speaks German, French and Luxembourg, the three official languages in this small country, the richest of the EU. Mari Carmen’s idol Marc Girardelli has been an important inspiration in her main hobby: skiing. She’s preparing herself for the next Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Do you know that Luxembourg is the second country in the Eurovision winner-ranking? Yes. It won in 1961, 1965, 1972, 1973 and 1983. Wow!

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