Jau du iu Sei?
Rafael Varela, Editor of a local magazine aimed at the Twin Cities growing latin community called El Pregunton, always does a language section with the goal of teaching spanish speakers a few expressions of english. I enjoy reading this section very much, mostly because of his phonetic breakdown of english expressions. Here are a few from the May issue.

The plane is about to take off.
De plein is abaut tu teik of.

Can you take out the garbage.
Can iu teik aut de garbesh

Take your time, don’t rush
Teik ioar taim, don’t rash

A very serious accident took place here
Ei very sirius axident tuk pleis dear

They took me for Mexican, but I’m Peruvian
Dey tuk mi for Mexican, bat aim Peruvian

She is not here, she took the day off
Shi is not jier, shi tuk de dei off

We take turns during the night
Gui teik terns diuirn de nait

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