15! La vecinita!!

Ok, so yesterday I gave the Bueno, entnonces team and lesson a bit of a slating but today I am happy to report that the class was far more enjoyable and therefore given my undivided attention. As ever, to start us off, there was the usual spiel from David, with him today focusing on his, apparently, rather attractive vecina (neighbour).....for this he is most fortunate as my vecinos consist of the building portero, who could talk the hind legs off a donkey (most of which I struggle to grasp) and two 60 something sister who while away their days with either accompanying vocals to classic Argentina Tango or hurling profanities at the days live sports events.....never a dull moment however!

The focus of this lesson was people, descriptions and attributes, the use of ser and tener, eg sos muy gordo y tenes una panza de cerveza, and a large amount of relating vocabulary. David seems to have trouble in remembering when to use an O for masculine or an A for feminine words, and I can sympathise deeply as often tend use them at random and when pleases me....which, depending on the degree of ridiculousness, can be of either great amusement or frustration for my locally raised girlfriend.

Something I love about languages is directly translating words back into English, and today was not without a fine example......the Spanish word for glasses, as I have found out today, is anteojos, which in my own mother tongue would be.....before eyes.....another masterstroke of linguistic genius!

All good then.....I'm off to practice the pronunciation of my explosive B, D and G's at the beginning of words!