Graduation Speech

My farewell/graduation speech for my Spanish Course at the Don Quijote Language School in Guanajuato, Mexico

(apologies for the very bad Spanish)

ante todo, quiero decir “¡A MI ME GUSTA!”. También, quiero dar las gracias a toda la gente por todo, especialmente mis maestros: Rebecca, Carlos y Chely. A pesar de mi estupidez, yo no caí una madriguera de conejo y yo aprendir alguno Español. También, quiero dar las gracias a mis amigos de otros paises por enseñanza frases en otros idiomas, por ejemplo “god ver domme”, “chupa meu pau”, y por supueso “neuken in de keuken”. La gente aquí en Guanajuato son muy amables. Yo voy a extrañar Guanajuato y toda la gente aquí… (pausa)… casí toda la gente aquí. Yo quiero quedarse aquí pero debo viajar por que el mundo es muy grande y tengo insuficiente tiempo. ¡Adios y buena suerte!

(yo creo yendo a llorar…)

English translation (what I meant…)

First of all, I would like to say “I REALLY LIKE!” [that was an in-joke in our class]. Also, I would like to give thanks everybody for everything, especially my teachers Rebecca, Carlos and Chely. In spite of my stupidity, I didn’t fall down any rabbit holes and I learned some Spanish. Also, I would like to give thanks to my friends from other countries for teaching me phrases in other languages, for example “god ver domme” (Dutch), “chupa meu pau” (Portuguese), and of course “neuken in de keuken” (Dutch). The people here in Guanajuato are very friendly. I am going to miss Guanajuato and all the people here… (pause)… almost all the people here. I would like to stay here but I must travel because the world is very big and I haven’t enough time. Goodbye and good luck!

(I think I’m going to cry…)

(for translations of the Dutch and Portuguese phrases, email me)