Tuesday:
Spanish Level: Today I’m pretty much sick of looking up every third word to complete an idea or phrase. Ugh! I wish I had a photographic memory.
After school I went to the pool, on the way home from there I met some folks on a tour from Holland and the Netherlands. One lady in the group spoke Spanish very well. Between the 4 of them, they spoke about 10 languages; all 4 of them spoke English. It amazes me how many people from all different countries are here in Costa Rica. It also amazes me how folks from Europe learn 2-3 languages or more while they are growing up. I’m having such challenges with one more.
So here is how small our town is, when I got home no one was here, that makes two days in a row. I was home about 15 minutes when the phone rang. Wilbert has me trained to answer the phone for practice in Spanish, so I answered the phone and it was Carmen. She said she had seen me pass by on the street (three blocks away, she knew it was me) and told me she was working at her brother’s store for about an hour to help him out. I had a whole hour all to myself at home! I spent 30 minutes of it in the bathroom!!! It’s amazing how rushed you feel with one bathroom and 4 people in the mornings.
Our neighbor Marybell and her daughter went back to San Jose. They are supposed to come back next Monday so Maria Fernanda can take the rest of her tests but I just missed getting to say bye to them.
When everyone got home I helped Stephanie with her English homework. In Quepos/Boca Vieja, in order to get a job a lot of places require employees to be bi-lingual. So I checked over Stephanie’s English homework which I thought was not so easy even in English. I said I wish I had some exercises like this in Spanish to practice because I thought they were good.
Spanish Level: Today I’m pretty much sick of looking up every third word to complete an idea or phrase. Ugh! I wish I had a photographic memory.
After school I went to the pool, on the way home from there I met some folks on a tour from Holland and the Netherlands. One lady in the group spoke Spanish very well. Between the 4 of them, they spoke about 10 languages; all 4 of them spoke English. It amazes me how many people from all different countries are here in Costa Rica. It also amazes me how folks from Europe learn 2-3 languages or more while they are growing up. I’m having such challenges with one more.
So here is how small our town is, when I got home no one was here, that makes two days in a row. I was home about 15 minutes when the phone rang. Wilbert has me trained to answer the phone for practice in Spanish, so I answered the phone and it was Carmen. She said she had seen me pass by on the street (three blocks away, she knew it was me) and told me she was working at her brother’s store for about an hour to help him out. I had a whole hour all to myself at home! I spent 30 minutes of it in the bathroom!!! It’s amazing how rushed you feel with one bathroom and 4 people in the mornings.
Our neighbor Marybell and her daughter went back to San Jose. They are supposed to come back next Monday so Maria Fernanda can take the rest of her tests but I just missed getting to say bye to them.
When everyone got home I helped Stephanie with her English homework. In Quepos/Boca Vieja, in order to get a job a lot of places require employees to be bi-lingual. So I checked over Stephanie’s English homework which I thought was not so easy even in English. I said I wish I had some exercises like this in Spanish to practice because I thought they were good.
posted by GA_Peach | 7:17 PM
1 Comments:
Hey, Crystal,
I love your blog. I'm glad you took the boat over to Manuel ANtonio Beach. I didn't see the sign that says "Don't walk across here - there are alligators in the water" until after I had waded across waist deep waters. Oh, well, I made it and it was low tide on the way back just like it was for you. Much safer to walk across when it is dry.
Have you tried the macademia nut pie at El Gran Escape? Hope you get a chance to do so - ask for it warm with vanilla ice cream - and maybe take a friend to split it with.
Es todo por ahora. Adios.
Con amor, Su tia. NN
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