Elsa Ayala
5 min readJun 21, 2021

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My first words in English

If you have read any of my stories, you have probably seen my ways of putting a long sentence to say something when it could had been 3–5 words. This is what happens to us that are immigrants. When we don’t know the language. When we come from a country where the root language is Latin, let me tell you, we write many words just to say I love you. It’s different. Syntax has a whole new meaning. Many immigrants would agree to what I am saying. In English, one single word means many things, that is confusing right there for anyone who does not speak the language. To choose words that would align to what we really mean, sometimes…

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Elsa Ayala

Citizen of the universe that believes in love, respect and kindness. I became Muslima in 2022 and I am proud and honored that I am learning about Islam each day