My Year of the Life of Leisure

I left my job, left my apartment, sold most everything in that apartment and embarked on a year of travelling and leisure. I am working on writing a couple of books. This might be one of them... But then, my chief pursuit is leisure, so who knows exactly what will happen.

Monday, October 18, 2004

Mi habla espanol? No. Manana, si.

Tomorrow, I start Spanish lessons. Two hours a day, five days a week. I am pleased. I will finally be able to start communicating in a coherent fashion.

However, I'm also scared about learning a new language. Realistically, I know I will do very well, and in listening to Spanish I can hear many similarities to English and French, and those similarities will make the learning easier. It's just the first couple weeks that will likely be difficult and those in the residence will likely need to exert much patience and assistance as I struggle with verb tenses and remembering words.

Those who have learned Spanish here say that most people pick it up and are fairly fluent (except for needing to learn more vocabulary) within three months. So, in three months, I will be tri-lingual. Then, it will just be fun speaking Spanish in places like Spain and Mexico or other Spanish-speaking countries, as the Argentinians have a distinct pronounciation of the Spanish language.

I'm excited.

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