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My adventures learning Spanish

Page history last edited by Dave Raftery 9 years, 4 months ago

I have always wanted to learn another language, but I never have been any good at languages. Especially as I get older I want to keep my brain active and learning a foreign language is a great way to build more synapses in my brain. What language to learn? Probably the most useful language for me would be Spanish. I have a friend from Colombia who is giving me Spanish lessons. She speaks 5 languages and is an excellent teacher. Her approach to learning lanugages is deconsructing them and then learning them in a logical manner. The human brain is great at logical relationships, and lousy at memorization. 

My first lesson was learning how to pronounce the alphabet in Spanish. It is more difficult than I thought. After learning some common nouns and verbs, she taught me how to conjugate the ar verbs. I then started to construct simple sentences using the nouns and verbs I know.

 

 

 

Even if you are not part of that culture saying thank you, in general, for everything, is always a good habit. Today is a good day to say Thank You!!
Así no hagas parte de esa cultura, dar las gracias, en general y por todo es siempre un buen hábito. Hoy es un buen día para dar las gracias!!

 

A great day to be kind!! Let's change the world...
Un día excelente para ser amables!! Cambiemos el mundo...

 

A very good friend of mine gave me this piece of information: If you live 85 years, you work 40 hours a week for 45 years, work will only take 10% of your life. What are you doing with the rest???
Un buen amigo mío me dio esta información: si vives 85 años, trabajas 40 horas por semana por un periodo de 45 años, el trabajo solo será el 10% de tu vida. Qué estás haciendo con el tiempo restante??

 

 

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