Showing posts with label languages. Show all posts
Showing posts with label languages. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

PRINCESS SCHOOL GIRL

My baby tells her dad that he has to call her "Princess School Girl". She likes the whole thing also, not just part of it. Everyday we walk her the half mile to school and pick her up three and a half hours later.

I was worried that she would get tired of all the walking and complain. She loves it. She tells us stories about school and we sing songs. Today the neighbor lady asked her how kinder was going. She told her bien and the lady asked how her Spanish was going. She said good.

Then the neighbor asked me how my Spanish was going. I told her awful and told her that the baby translates for me. She got a kick out of that and we heard her go into the house to tell all them about it.

It is great to see her making friends and forging bonds with our neighbors. When we go to school she is supposed to take a nutritious snack. So we stop in the corner store and pick up a yogurt, or drinking yogurt, or a strawberry milk for her to take to school. Every time we go into the store the store owner greets her and asks her about school.

She is growing up fast and it is good to see that she is not at all intimidated by living in a foriegn country and having to learn a new language. Today she learned the traditional Costa Rica dance and is excited to show it to us. Can't wait to see that.

Monday, March 2, 2009

SPANISH

I think my Spanish is doing better. I actually walked up to the bank with my tupperware lady and was able to understand her pretty good. Of course it was a pretty simple conversation, she asked how much a massage cost at the school. I told her it was free right now because the students were needing practise. I was even able to set up an appointment for her to come in and pay for my tupperware, not too shabby.

When we moved here everyone told us we would get it real quickly. Well that is pretty funny and the source of great jokes now. When people ask how long we have been here and find out it is more than two years they just shake their heads.

My argument is that if all I had to do was learn Spanish, yes I would have it down. If I was a student of Spanish rather than a student of life here yes I would have it down.

For now I am just happy that I can shop at the store, and tell people off in Spanish :)