tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post3650433463516469315..comments2024-02-15T08:22:52.443-08:00Comments on The Back Forty: StranglishRobbynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01860870861321231048noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-2768874467727951052010-10-08T22:31:57.824-07:002010-10-08T22:31:57.824-07:00One of the best free tools I have found is LiveMoc...One of the best free tools I have found is LiveMocha: I use it for language study with my children. Good luck with Spanish 101!<br />http://www.livemocha.com/MommaofManyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03652488613383365588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-90548555743040816452010-09-30T04:48:05.870-07:002010-09-30T04:48:05.870-07:00Advice - Don't study grammer the first year. (...Advice - Don't study grammer the first year. (grammer was invented by linguists to justify their existance, not to help you learn the language. Learn like a kid!) Use the language as much as you can with as many people as you can for REAL communication. NO FEAR. Be happy looking like a fool if you got your point across. People will correct you, repeat what they say and move on with the converstion. DON"T CHEAT. Use the language all the time. If you don't know how to say someting one way find a different way to get your point across. HAVE FUN!<br /><br />Best of luck! I did it with Chinese and Korean. It works. I tried French the "traditional" way and FAILED.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08442419546836689939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-59291750059159041532010-09-29T22:42:21.201-07:002010-09-29T22:42:21.201-07:00My dad was Italian and the only Italian I know to ...My dad was Italian and the only Italian I know to this day was from when we went camping in Italy. There was a little store at the front and these words were committed to my everlasting memory: uno litre latte (one liter of milk). This was for our breakfast. <br /><br />My mom was German and when I was about 4 or 5 years old my grandmother came over from Germany to help out (my mom had surgery). Oma spoke no English and the first German word I learned was "Wasser" because I was thirsty. (water) I can speak a little more German now, but not my Grammer is not very good!tina f.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10813986790663678450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-67991097165937265712010-09-29T16:12:12.858-07:002010-09-29T16:12:12.858-07:00Afraid I would be no help. I tried to take a Spani...Afraid I would be no help. I tried to take a Spanish class twice in high school and did terrible! It just doesn't come natural to me I guess. I sure wish I could speak another language though.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17664824920459341153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-43339620823359978742010-09-29T15:01:08.614-07:002010-09-29T15:01:08.614-07:00I honestly couldn't stop laughing imagining yo...I honestly couldn't stop laughing imagining your efforts! I am married to a bilingual Greek man. I knew much more when his mother was living as she spoke Greek about 1/2 the time. His father usually speaks the language when saying something he thinks no one else will understand. I've heard it for 14 years and know exactly what he's saying. However, I wouldn't repeat some of these utterances so it does me little good. :D I actually know how to read and write Greek and as my husband is obviously fluant (but doesn't write or read Greek), I speak the written word and he translates. We're a great match! I learned to read and write when my son attended Greek school and all his homework was in Greek!! I would use a dictionary to translate into English, then spend more time helping my son to complete the homework. I'm thankful he attended class one day a week!! UGH! <br /><br />Good luck and keep trying. The best way to learn is the way you're doing it...listen to Spanish radio and TV...read books, etc. Hopefully one day you'll see a man in a yellow hat and be able to speak to him!!!! LOL!!!!Kimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18123627573356760362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-75529885386653036352010-09-29T14:50:37.242-07:002010-09-29T14:50:37.242-07:001. Last year I spent three weeks hiking in Spain. ...1. Last year I spent three weeks hiking in Spain. Total Spanish I picked up? "No espagnol" "cafe con leche" and "cerveza por favor". I mean, really, those three phrases cover just about any situation, right??<br /><br /><br />2.Husbandly One is from Lisbon, and we have a Portuguese enclyclopdia from way back in the dark ages when encyclopedias were printed on paper. Every so often I'll look up a word whose meaning I am sure of, like aeroporto, and then try to figure out what the entry says, seeing how I already have a pretty good idea of what it SHOULD say. I then translate it in to English for Husbandly One. Then he laughs at me for a long, long time.Irmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187488217492892133noreply@blogger.com