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J.D. Salinger, John Irving, John Steinbeck, Sylvia Plath and Zora Neale Hurston are my favorite American authors. I was reading an interesting article the other day on how men only read books written by men. That made me think of my own favorite authors list and felt I should include one of my favorite female authors.
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The cat idiom and the peach one made me laugh. I love idioms and how weird they sound with their literal translation. My favorite is "Ah, la vache!" (literally means "Oh, my cow!") but is used to say "Good God!"
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I think a practice thread would help out our conversation skills. My vocabulary is pretty limited as of now. All I can say are some introductions and things that tourists say according to my text books, but I would love to find new ways to hold a conversation. :wacky:
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What's the hardest part of learning spanish?
sillylucy replied to Trellum's topic in Spanish Language | Discussion
For me, the hardest part of learning Spanish would have to be conjugating verbs. I don't really think about conjugating verbs when speaking English so it is difficult for me to have to think of a word and then try to conjugate it. My brain always stops when speaking because I know the words I want to say, but forget how to say it and trip over my words. -
A friend of mine has this on his Facebook cover photo and I can't find a translation for it. Well, I have found that it means "what is it that it is" but that doesn't really make any sense to me. Can someone please explain it? Thank you!
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I know where to get a lot of e-books in English, but have yet to find a place on the web other than my local library. I have the Kindle app for my PC and can read them that way, but don't have an e-reader. Any suggestions? I'm sure Amazon has some, but am looking for free books. Thanks!
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I have signed up for both French lessons from About.com and the BBC learning section. So far I am liking the videos on BBC a whole lot more than About.com. Has anyone had any luck with either of the two? If so, which was most beneficial to your understanding of the language? I am hoping to be fluent within 3 years. Going to Europe with my boyfriend then and would love to be able to get around without feeling like too much of a tourist.
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Where did the "Mi Vida Loca" saying come from? I have seen it a lot in chicano culture and on cholas, but not much anywhere else outside of Southern California. I know it was made famous in the 90s from the movie of the same name, but was just trying to find out more background information on the saying.
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Does anyone have a good chart or example of using vosotros? It is taught in high school and we have to learn it, but Mexican speakers don't really use it. I know a lot of my friends from Spain, Argentina and Chile use it, but I forgot how to since high school. Thanks! :grin:
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:vampire: This happened to me as a child. My grandmother would always speak to me in Spanish, but once I got to elementary school and was only speaking English with friends and my teacher then I had forgotten the language. Now I sometimes dream in Spanish and had to take classes to learn it again. It was pretty sad when I realized that I had forgotten a lot of words that I knew as a child. She would speak to me in Spanish when I was 12 and would get upset that I didn't understand her.