{"id":87,"date":"2021-07-05T13:51:27","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T18:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/san-sebastian1-summer-2021\/?p=87"},"modified":"2021-07-05T13:51:27","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T18:51:27","slug":"kaixo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/san-sebastian1-summer-2021\/2021\/07\/05\/kaixo\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaixo!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kaixo! Epa! Yepa!\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The many ways to say hello and the less formal hi in\u00a0Euskera, the Basque language. Historically categorized as more than five thousand years old,\u202f\u00a0the oldest language in Europe, it is not known where this language and people originated from but it is theorized to have come from Central Europe. The Basque language, unlike most any other language, is a language isolate, meaning that it has no relations to other to any other languages. In the Basque Country,\u00a0Euskera\u00a0is commonly spoken in homes, schools, and businesses. It plays a significant role in people\u2019s everyday lives. I learned this during my first ever Basque language class with Stuart.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was excited to learn more Euskera in the Basque language class because many people that have been here in San Sebasti\u00e1n for a while say that if you make an effort to learn a bit of the local language, that they will appreciate the effort and be more welcoming. I saw that happen in the first week we were here. Saying \u201cKaixo\u201d or \u201cEskerrik asko\u201d shows the locals that we are here to immerse ourselves in the culture and learn more about it.\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stuart is from Scotland and he has been studying Basque for about 30 years now. He taught our group how to say basic words and phrases to help us immerse ourselves more in the Basque culture. Simple greeting phrases such as, \u201cEgun\u00a0on,\u00a0Zermoduz\u00a0zaude?\u201d Means \u201cGood morning, how are you?\u201d And one of the many replies could be, \u201cOso\u00a0ondo,\u00a0eskerrik\u00a0asko\u201d which means \u201cVery well, thank you.\u201d\u202fWhen meeting someone for the first time you could say, \u201cKaixo! Nola\u00a0izena\u00a0duzu?\u201d which means \u201cHello! What\u2019s your name?\u201d And the reply would be \u201cNi Jennifer\u00a0naiz\u201d which translates to,\u00a0\u201cI\u00a0Jennifer am.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Towards the end of our class Stuart had us practicing having a conversation with a waiter at a restaurant, something that will be very useful to us while we\u2019re here in the Culinary Capital of the world.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Learning about Basque language<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The location where we had our Basque language class was at the\u00a0Basqueland\u00a0Brewery\u00a0in\u00a0Hernani.\u00a0Kevin Patricio,\u00a0the\u00a0co-founder of the company, led us on a tour of\u00a0his\u00a0brewery. He explained to us that before they\u00a0started the company in 2015, there was\u00a0very little quality beer in San Sebasti\u00e1n\u00a0and that was\u00a0bad because the city of San Sebasti\u00e1n is well known for its culinary\u00a0genius.\u00a0They set out to rectify that situation and even taught the locals about\u00a0different types of beers\u00a0and how they could make it better.\u00a0On\u00a0the brewery tour, Kevin explained the process his company goes through to\u00a0make the\u00a0end product\u00a0beer.\u00a0He said that the\u00a0in the tanks, it \u201cfarts\u00a0CO2 and shits alcohol\u201d\u00a0which I thought was an interesting\u00a0and effective\u00a0way to explain it to us.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tour of the Basqueland Brewery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Kevin\u00a0also talked about how during the pandemic\u00a0this past year, there was a \u201ccandemic\u201d going on as well, which I did not even realize was happening.\u00a0The candemic was caused by consumers not wanting to drink beer from the tap\u00a0in fear of getting COVID at restaurants;\u00a0therefore, everyone started drinking canned beers and that resulted in a shortage of cans worldwide.\u00a0Basqueland\u00a0Brewery started to stockpile cans from whoever they could find that was selling them.\u00a0Kevin told us that many other companies were running out of cans worldwide.\u00a0It was interesting to hear about how the COVID pandemic affected different types of businesses\u00a0in their own way, whether that be in the United\u00a0States or in Spain.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, it was interesting to experience a different side of Basque culture apart from the amazing cuisine and pintxos.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eskerrik asko! Agur! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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