Jodida Pero Contenta
2008-02-14 00:50:19
general
Yesterday we had a 'quick review' of the present and present perfect subjunctive, which we should all know back to front by this level. I totaled a number of 1 completely blank face (me he quedado a una vela) in the room, and resolved to learn it before the aural practice the following day. God knows how I ended up in level 4 of a possible 5, especially with my expert knowledge - thanks to the Australian education system - of grammar in my home language. I think I can pick a noun, verb and adjective, but put me face to face with a present perfect subjunctive and I'd probably self-destruct.
Like Buika eloquently describes in her song Jodida Pero Contenta, I am indeed very happy with the classes. The pace is exhilarating and I'm loving recognising more and more of the finite spanish language every day. I'm prompted to talk in spanish whenever I can, and love exercising the quirky phrases our young teacher regularly imparts upon us. I suppose the final straw would be a spanish-speaking boyfriend.. but I guess I have it ok lest I forget english altogether.
Like Buika eloquently describes in her song Jodida Pero Contenta, I am indeed very happy with the classes. The pace is exhilarating and I'm loving recognising more and more of the finite spanish language every day. I'm prompted to talk in spanish whenever I can, and love exercising the quirky phrases our young teacher regularly imparts upon us. I suppose the final straw would be a spanish-speaking boyfriend.. but I guess I have it ok lest I forget english altogether.
As for studying the intricacies of English Grammar - for me, it took learning another language to understand it. They did not do a good job of teaching us English grammar, in the 1960's and, I think it was the same in the 1990's/2000's.