No work, the 
weather is fairly offish and am home alone so what else better to do with my time than another episode, numero 14, of the Spanish immersion course that is Bueno, entonces. The lesson today however did start off immensely boring with David spurting so much chamuyo that I found myself watching the grass grow in the garden for a good 5 to 10 minutes......apparently there are some issues with his mother but it is becoming some what monotonous......if you are into watching soap operas then am sure this could be for you......unfortunate as it may be, I am not!!
Once the initial rant was over and Jimena got down to business the continu
ation of the lesson proved to be both informative and useful, with the usual amount of language concepts discussed. Today we learnt more verb conjugations, with today's being seguir (to follow), conseguir (to obtain) and perseguir (to pursue), adverbs of frequency, very useful, such as nunca, casi nunca, de vez en cuando y siempre, and the simple fact that by taking an adjective and adding mente you give yourself an adverb!! There was also a snippet from the Profesor about double negative usage in Spanish which is against the norm for an English speaker but is just another aspect of language learning which adds character and uniqueness and makes it so interesting!!
weather is fairly offish and am home alone so what else better to do with my time than another episode, numero 14, of the Spanish immersion course that is Bueno, entonces. The lesson today however did start off immensely boring with David spurting so much chamuyo that I found myself watching the grass grow in the garden for a good 5 to 10 minutes......apparently there are some issues with his mother but it is becoming some what monotonous......if you are into watching soap operas then am sure this could be for you......unfortunate as it may be, I am not!!Once the initial rant was over and Jimena got down to business the continu
ation of the lesson proved to be both informative and useful, with the usual amount of language concepts discussed. Today we learnt more verb conjugations, with today's being seguir (to follow), conseguir (to obtain) and perseguir (to pursue), adverbs of frequency, very useful, such as nunca, casi nunca, de vez en cuando y siempre, and the simple fact that by taking an adjective and adding mente you give yourself an adverb!! There was also a snippet from the Profesor about double negative usage in Spanish which is against the norm for an English speaker but is just another aspect of language learning which adds character and uniqueness and makes it so interesting!!Favourite phrase of the day, which made me chuckle for no apparent reason, although sounds debateable, was that the splits translates to abrir las piernas (to open the legs)......surely it can't be that simple and there is another funky expression for this!?
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