Category Archives: Learning Spanish

As native English speakers who learned a bit of Spanish in school, we were hopeful that our ‘Spanish refresher’ would be quick and easy. It’s been anything but. At least we’re enjoying the journey toward fluency.

Language Frustration: Spanish Verb Conjugation

Posted on 4 August 2010 by k

It’s been a rough day. An admitted perfectionist by nature, I have long realised that I subliminally decide which of my various interests, hobbies, tasks, etc are worth ‘competing in’ and which are not. Those who have seen my artwork … Continue reading →

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Spanish Sentence Mapping…my personal hell!

Posted on 7 April 2010 by k

Rough day. Ugh. I’m a perfectionist. And I like to feel that I can hold my own…I think this is true of most of us. Today, I couldn’t and didn’t hold my own in Spanish class and felt a bit … Continue reading →

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Una Primera Semana Buena en Barcelona…

Posted on 28 March 2010 by k

Wow! What a great week! We learned 3 new tenses, loads of new vocab and passed our first exam! Now, we’ve officially upped-level. And to cap it all off, we spoke to each other (G&I) almost exclusively in Spanish yesterday … Continue reading →

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¡Barcelona dice hola!

Posted on 23 March 2010 by k

We’re now in sunny Spain and have successfully completed day two of our classes. And we have seen the sun, afterall. As we’ll be here for 4 weeks in total, and we’ve been in classes for 4 hours each day, … Continue reading →

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