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Since our eyes are constantly peeled for fun nursery art lately, we’re psyched to bring you this week’s giveaway from Grace Hester Designs. And even if you’re not expecting a little one, you might just spot the perfect piece to commemorate your wedding, your brood, or even your love of foreign languages amongst Grace’s type and silhouette-based art.
We love the idea of our little beanette learning some Spanish numbers or French animal names through these punchy designs (or even picking up a Chinese character or two). And it’s because of Grace’s fun range of prints that we couldn’t bear to narrow down this week’s prize to a specific group of designs – so TWO of you are gonna score a $50 credit toward anything in Grace’s etsy shop.
Here are this week’s entry details:
- PRIZE: A $50 credit towards any item from Grace Hester Designs
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “GRACE ME” and…
- BONUS QUESTION: …share with us your favorite word or saying from another language. Do you love the way a certain Italian word rolls off your tongue? Or maybe you have a go-to phrase that you learned when traveling abroad? If nothing else, is there an English word that sounds especially funny to you in Pig Latin?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, February 17th at 8pm EST
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: Two
- PRIZE SHIPS: All over the globe!
- USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winners will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday. Good luck!
Find more freebie info on our Giveaway FAQs page. Pics courtesy of Grace Hester Designs.
Alyssa Allen says
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Amy says
Grace Me! Capisce- italian for “understand.” It’s just fun to say!
Caroline Porter says
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My favorite French saying is “C’est bon, c’est bon, le saucisson!” which literally means, “It’s good, it’s good, it’s sausage!” :)
Lorrie says
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‘Danke Schoen’ meaning thank very much in German.
Song by Wayne Newton…..Lipsynch by Ferris Buehler!
Angela says
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I love the way all different languages sound. I only wish I rememebered more from high school Spanish!
Charlynne says
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One of my favorites is the Japanese word “itadakimasu” which is said before starting a meal, similar to “bon appetit”. Maybe it’s the anticipation of a delicious meal that makes the word so special!
Kelley says
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How to choose a favorite foreign phrase…
“Ich bin ein Berliner” (Kennedy’s famous quote with a funny double meaning — I’m a Berliner/I’m a jelly doughnut)
I also love counting to ten in Danish because it was the one thing I really mastered when I lived there. I needed to learn how to count so I could keep score when playing volleyball. “En, to, tre, fire, fem, seks, syv, otte, ni, ti” Before I could count, I never knew when we won (or lost) our games and one of my students would always need to give me the heads up, which was fairly embarrassing.
Robin says
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J’adore fromage! Who doesn’t? :)
Anna says
I really like phrases that native speakers use since it’s part of my attempt to become truly fluent. In Spain, to be totally amazed is “flipar en colores.” It’s a bit of slang. **GRACE ME**
Erin says
GRACE ME! In honor of Mardi Gras: Laissez le bon temps roulet! (Let the good times roll)
Victoria says
GRACE ME! I like when people say, Ciao! :)
Anita says
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“Tengo queso en mis zapatos” – – it is about all that my husband understands in spanish, so I know I can always get a laugh out of him when I say this! :)
Veronica says
GRACE ME! When we traveled to Greece it was very hard to pick up on the language but we did learn “Yassus” which basically means cheers!
Erika says
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I like to sing “Jesus Loves Me” in German. My German teacher taught us that, and it reminds me that I can share a common faith with people, even though we may not speak the same language. (It’s been a while since I’ve taken German, so I will not try to recreate the lyrics here!)
Randa L. says
Grace me! My husband and I sometimes use the Arabic endearments “habibi” and “habibti” (“sweetheart” for him & her, respectively)… I’m Lebanese and those words always bring back happy memories for me :)
Amilynn says
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jessica says
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I am an English teacher, and I speak Spanish, so I LOVE WORDS! I thought I’d switch it up with words I hate.
The number one word I hate…….
submarine.
EW. I hate it. It makes me shudder to say it. Even to think about it. I just hate that word!
Jessica Wilcox says
GRACE ME. . . .and sientanse por favor (I’m not sure if I spelled that right?), but it means Sit Down, please in Spanish!!
Leigh-Ann says
GRACE ME!! My husband and I always speak our own version of German around the house, our favorite phrase being “Kuss Mich” or Kiss Me!
Lindsay P. says
Grace me! I don’t speak any other languages but I always love to say “mi amor” :)
Laura says
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Wo Ai Ni— Ilove you in Chinese
ALSO an awesome DIY/freebie… I am a teacher and we use http://www.wordle.net I have made sooo many inexpensive presents with this bad boy. You will LOVE it.
jennifer says
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I think I sometimes speak some sort of french/english mush….english sentences with a few french words substituted in :P I even drive myself mad with it :)
C.C. says
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My favorite word is snarky! It’s so fun to say :-)
Ashley says
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I’ve always loved saying “No me digas!”… it means “You don’t say?” It was always our standard fallback phrase during oral presentations en espanol. :)
Michelle says
I just got back from Kenya, where I was visiting my sister-in-law at the orphanage where she works, and I learned how to say something in Swahili:
Tumbo Kubwa!
It means big belly. I kept saying that to a few of the adorable babies there with big bellies!! Click here for a link to their blog: http://casonandcolleen.blogspot.com/
PS: Grace Me!
Simona says
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Ilana says
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Katie Tudini says
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I work in immigration and love saying Cote d’Ivoire & Azerbaijan!
Katie says
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When I was working at a birth center in Texas I got in the habit of saying “Si, tu puedes,” (Yes, you can) to moms who were in labor. My husband works with farm workers who often use the chant “Si se puedes” (Yes we can).
Anyways, around our house we often use the word “si” as an affirmative, instead of “yes,” except now we’ve both gotten in the habit of whispering “se/tu puedes” after the “si”.
Anne says
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Our son is from Guatemala so, there we speak Spanish in our house often (even though none of us is fluent). My favorite is nino. It means boy & it is our nickname for our son.
April O says
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I just love the sound of “moi!” Makes me think of Miss Piggy! :)
Kat says
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I always say something I learned in high school french class:
“Quel heur et’il” (sp?) It means “what time is it?”
katevp says
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I’ve always loved the way this set of French words sounds… Quoi que ce soit.
which means simply ‘anything’. but it sounds lovely.
Jenny says
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My husband and I are learning Japanese with Rosetta Stone. They teach you the word for dog pretty early on, so we practice by watching our dog and saying all the things he his doing. “Inu wa tabete imasu. Inu wa hishitte imasu. Inu wa…”
Shannon Watson says
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He me equivocado- I have been mistaken.
I just really like to say “equivocado”. Ha.
May says
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mary fran says
grace me! i love the french expression “je ne se quoi”
carak says
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I love how every word sounds in Italian! Especially the simple greetings – “buongiorno” is so much prettier than “hi”.
Kim says
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My boyfriend knows Chinese and taught me how to say “Shut your mouth!” Phonetically, it is (very roughly) “Bia sho wah.” I say it under my breath whenever someone is bothering me. Passive aggressive, I know. :)
Sara says
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Gotta love danke schoen…I like the song too!
Carolyne O says
GRACE ME! My favorite phrase is ‘Your the best mom ever!’ by my 11 year old son. He still thinks I’m cool.
alison says
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Il pleut comme vaches qui pissent.
(“It’s raining cats and dogs”; the French prefer this less elegant translation)
Jennie M says
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Erin T. says
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Favorite latin phrase: Alis volat propriis
“She flies with her own wings”
Rebecca says
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Felicita says
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Since I’m Spanish “Te amo” (sweet and simple) is my favorite!
Sarah says
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I don’t have a favorite phrase, but I taught in a Honduran school for a year, and loved hearing the Honduran teachers greet their “chiquitos” …
Amber Evans says
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El amor es todo lo que necesita.
Love is all you need in spanish :)
Arlene says
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Favorite phrase “Ay Dios Mio” (Oh My God).
Russ says
Chicharrones. It’s not a saying and means ‘pork rhinds’ in Spanish but it’s fun to say.