tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847433589942419564.post4628598505645006778..comments2023-08-29T17:53:06.698+02:00Comments on kaystir: Adventures in Spanishkaystirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10073738562174033359noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847433589942419564.post-72049493447807138862013-06-01T21:22:32.819+02:002013-06-01T21:22:32.819+02:00Kay, I appreciate your stories. I have definitel...Kay, I appreciate your stories. I have definitely made similar mistakes in French which has similar obstacles to Spanish. I am doing better and have had to speak to people in French several times this week. We're back in Normandy for a couple weeks. Today I had to ask where we could take some yard waste. I'll try to remember some embarrassing mistake I've made in the past and share it.<br /><br />One of the embarrassing problems we have is with the numbers. In French instead of saying 80, you say 4-twenties. and 99 is 4-twenties-nineteen. I still have trouble with those numbers. One guy needed to know Jim's birth year and we told him 88. He gave us a funny look and we realized the mistake and said no 48. Jim doesn't look like he could have been born in 1988.<br /><br />CeciCécilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17718744271183204774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847433589942419564.post-2009397249923440342013-05-31T10:42:05.424+02:002013-05-31T10:42:05.424+02:00Yes! That is exactly the cycle I was referring too...Yes! That is exactly the cycle I was referring too! Even though I am sure that your Spanish is much better than mine. But that is another thing, how to measure a language? If we did it successfully we would be millionaires!kaystirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10073738562174033359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847433589942419564.post-63246358989113599152013-05-30T20:13:35.641+02:002013-05-30T20:13:35.641+02:00I too speak way worse Spanish when I get nervous a...I too speak way worse Spanish when I get nervous and especially with people I don't know all that well. So they end up thinking my Spanish is just okay when in fact I am quite good at Spanish (not to toot my own horn, but it's the truth)! It's like this self-fulfilling prophecy because the more nervous I get the worse I speak, and the worse I speak the more nervous I get!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com