Latin America Collection

BOOKS
Moon Handbooks NICARAGUA
, by Joshua Berman and Randy
Wood. An excellent 450-page source of information.
Footprints Nicaragua
, byRichard Leonardi. Another new
guidebook.
*Christopher Howard's Guide to Costa Rican Spanish . This one-
of-a-kind Spanish guidebook is very useful for learning the
language. It also works for Nicaragua.
Nicaragua Guide, by Paul Glassman
. Passport Press Box 1346,
Chaplain, NY 12919 or from amazon.com. Outdated.
Nicaragua
, by Carol Wood. Ulysses Travel Publications, 4176
Saint-Denis, Montréal, Québec H2W 2M5, Canada. Outdated.
A Week or Two in Southwest Nicaragua
, by Paige R. Penland. A
new Travel guide about southwest Nicaragua. To order a copy
mailto:orders@iguanacaste.net
*Driving the Pan-American Highway to Mexico and Central
America
, by Raymond & Audrey Pritchard. This is the only
book available if you are planning to drive from the U.S. to
Nicaragua via the Pan-American Highway. It is available from
Costa Rica Books.
Central America
, a Lonely Planet Shoestring guide. Lonely
Planet, 155 Filbert St., Suite 251, Oakland, CA 94607. This
guide has a very complete section on Nicaragua.
Mexico and Central America Handbook
. Passport Books, 4255
West Touhly Ave, Lincolnwood, Illinois 60646. This guide has a
section of general information for the traveller.


The World's Retirement Havens
, by Margret J. Goldsmith. This
guide briefly covers the top retirement havens in the world. Most
of the material is current since it was published in 1999. You may
obtain this guide from John Muir Publications, P.O. Box 613,
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504.
How I Found Freedom in An Unfree World
, by Harry Browne,
Liam Works -- Dept. FB, P.O. Box 2165, Great Falls, MT
59403-2165 or toll- free 1-888-377-0417. This book will
revolutionize your life.
PERIODICALS
Nica Times
. See Chapter 5 for details.
Between the Wave
. See details in Chapter 5.
MOVIES
Under Fire
, with Nick Nolte and Joanna Cassidy, paints a graphic
of the fall of the Somoza regime.
Walker
, by Alex Cox. A surrealistic picture.
* All of the titles above with an asterisk , are also available through Costa Rica
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IMPORTANT SPANISH PHRASES AND
VOCABULARY
You should know all of the vocabulary below if you plan to live
in Nicaragua.
What's your name?
¿Cómo se llama usted?
Hello!
¡Hola!
Good Morning
Buenos días
Good Afternoon
Buenas tardes
Good night
Buenas noches
How much is it?
¿Cuánto es?
How much is it worth?
¿Cuánto vale?
I like
Me gusta
You like
Le gusta
Where is...?
¿Dónde está...?
Help!
¡Socorro!
What's the rate of exchange
¿Cuál es el tipo de cambio?
I'm sick
Estoy enfermo
where
dónde
tomorrow
mañana
what
qué
tonight
esta noche
when
cuándo
yesterday
ayer
how much
cuánto
day before
how
cómo
yesterday
anteayer
which
cuál
or cuáles
day after
why
por qué
tomorrow
pasado mañana

week
la semana

month
mes
Sunday
domingo
January
enero
Monday
lunes
February
febrero
Tuesday
martes
March
marzo
Wednesday
miércoles
April
abril
Thursday
jueves
May
mayo
Friday
vienes
June
junio
Saturday
sábado
July
julio
now
ahora
August
agosto
later
más tarde
September
septiembre


October
octubre
more
más
November
noviembre
less
menos
December
diciembre
inside
adentro
outside
afuera

spring
primavera
good
bueno
summer
verano
bad
malo
fall
otoño
slow
lento
winter
invierno
fast
rápido
right
correcto

north
norte
wrong
equivocado
south
sur
full
lleno
east
este
empty
vacío
west
oeste
early
temprano
late
tarde

left
izquierda
best
el mejor
right
derecha
worst
el peor
easy
fácil
difficult
difícil

I understand
comprendo
big
grande
I don't understand
small
pequeño
,
no comprendo
chiquito
Do you speak English?
a lot
mucho
¿Habla usted
a little
poco
inglés?
there
allí
hurry up!
¡apúrese!
here
aquí
O.K.
está bien
nice, pretty
bonito
excuse me!
¡perdón!
ugly
feo
Watch out!
¡cuidado!
old
viejo
young
joven

open
abierto
fat
gordo
closed
cerrado
thin
delgado
occupied
tall
alto
(in use)
ocupado
short
bajo
free (no cost)
gratis
tired
cansado
against the
bored
aburrido
rules or law
prohibido
happy
contento
exit
la salida
sad
triste
entrance
la entrada
expensive
caro
stop
alto
cheap
barato


breakfast
el desayuno
0
cero
lunch
el almuerzo
1
uno
dinner
la cena
2
dos
cabin
la cabina
3
trés
bag
la bolsa
4
cuatro
sugar
el azúcar
5
cinco
water
el agua
6
seis
coffee
el café
7
siete
street
la calle
8
ocho
avenue
la avenida
9
nueve
beer
la cerveza
10
diez
market
el mercado
11
once
ranch
la finca
12
doce
doctor
el médico
13
trece
egg
el huevo
14
catorce
bread
el pan
15
quince
meat
el carne
16
diez y seis
milk
la leche
17
diez y siete
fish
el pescado
18
diez y ocho
ice cream
el helado
19
diez y nueve
salt
la sal
20
veinte
pepper
la pimienta
30
treinta
post office
el correo
40
cuarenta
passport
el pasaporte
50
cincuenta
waiter
el salonero
60
sesenta
bill
la cuenta
70
setenta
80
ochenta

blue
azul
90
noventa
green
verde
100
cien
black
negro
200
doscientos
white
blanco
300
trescientos
red
rojo
400
cuatrocientos
yellow
amarillo
500
quinientos
pink
rosado
600
seiscientos
orange
anaranjado
700
setecientos
brown
café, castaño
800
ochocientos
purple
morado
,
900
novecientos
púrpura
1000
mil
1,000,000
un millón