My memory really isn't great. Better for word meanings; pretty ordinary for grammatical forms. Once or twice a day I revise my verb tables, upping the stakes a little more each time. Some of it's coming easy now. But when I'm out in the real world having actual conversations with people, it's really very difficult for me to recall what should go on the end of a verb, or even to remember to make the endings of the adjectives the same gender as their nouns. And I'm a Speech Pathologist: I'm good at this stuff for Pete's sake.
What I have to do is have a go (or have a try, as one of my grade two English tutoring students used to say). I just have to cheerfully say something, the best way I can at that moment. And afterwards I have to not worry one bit that I got lots wrong. You have to keep trying to improve of course, but you've got to know what sort of pace is best for you, and just keep looking forward, trusting that you'll get better bit-by-bit.
Having-a-go isn't only for the sake of your Spanish: it's also for your relationships. At this sort of level, there's not a lot you can say, so it's thoughtful to take every opportunity to show interest in the other person and to play your part in the conversational flow.
You also have to shun English for a time (says me, writing in English). Better to live, breath, smell, and eat Spanish so it starts to come intuitively.
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- Fiona is a proud Tasmanian who now calls Chile home. Both Hobart and Santiago sit beneath mountains, but the mountains are very different and their cities too. With God's help, Fiona will help her Chilean sisters make sense of the Bible, get to know its Author better and learn what it means to live as loved, forgiven people.
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4 comentarios:
Im LOVING reading your blog!!! its so interesting to see everything through your eyes. Animo!!!!! I know exactly how you feel. Please keep writting all your impressions, feelings and experiences. I appreciate your honesty, please keep writting like that.
Un abrazo grande, Im praying for you
Thanks so much Fran. Glad I haven't said anything offensive... I hope. We've both done the same thing but in reverse, haven't we!
Hey thank you to God you are so much more dilligent in LEARNING and STUDYING Spanish than i was and am in eithr Portuguese or spanish. dont worry about the applying in the real world. that comes when you start dreaming and thinking in Spanish. You'll know what verb tense & gender to use because you'll feel which one goes where. It may not happen in the first 6 mths, but, when you have your first full dream in SPanish & you catch yourself thinking your thoughts in Spanish, you know it's heading that way. I feel so proud of you you are really giving it a go. I was always a bit lazy and just let things happen you are admirably very proactive. Love reading your posts !!! Melanie M.
Thanks for the pump-up Melanie :)
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