Feliz navidad

CODY CLARK

So i heard this song on the radio about a million times within like the last week!! The song called Feliz Navidad im not or sure who its by but the song is really catchy!

I asked a mexican man from Carlos O Kelly's what it meant and he said that feliz navidad means Merry Christmas. Also Prespero Ano y Felicidad means prosperous New Year and Happiness. Before I stopped writing I decided to research who wrote the lyrics and I found out that it was Jose` Feliciano who wrote the song. It came out in 1970.

Paul

I was watching a commercial on TV and they were talking in spanish. I couldn't understand most of the things they were saying except when they said what. That is all I could understand.

In The Mall

On my birthday i went to get my nails done. And the people were talking English to me but they were talking in spanish to each other so we couldnt tell what they were saying. It was really weird cause they were talking really fast and i couldnt understand them. I knew some words they were saying but then they started talking really fast and it was kind of hard to understand them.

Dora

I was watching Dora with my little sister and it was saying buenas dias and she would ask me what it means and I knew it ment good morning. It also had words like quepasa/whats up, mapa/map, delisioso/deliscos, pijamas/pijamas, hablar to talk, and Me llamo Dora/My name is Dora. It surprised me to see that there is actually a lot of spanish in one section of Dora.

My mom also bought me a Dora calendario and it has all seven weeks and twenth months in espaniol!!

los Flores

I went to los Flores and ate after my wrestling meet and I had a great time. I ordered Some food in spanish and a drink. I also talked to the waiter in spanish and we had a little conversation on my spanish class and how it is very fun. I also taught my family some spanish. Then we sat and ate and talked but I had to leave and I look forward to going there again!!!

One day I was watching T.V and this movie came on. I don't know what movie it was but, it was pretty good. I watched the whole movie and understood some of the Spanish. I new hablar, nececitar, and vivir. It wasn't much but I felt proud different being able to understand it. That is my Spanish experence.

Imaginate

An old friend of mine told me this song call Imaginate, which in Spanish sounds a lot different than it does when you pronouce it in English. I've learned the words to this song which is half Spanish and half English. I picked up on some of the words and others, not so much. I love to look at Spanish writings and to see how much I've already learned!
The other cool thing about my friend is that he taught me some Spanish! He taught me some phrases that he had learned. His second language is Spanish, and he knows how to say just about everything. It's interesting to be learning the words now that I've already learned, but some things are different then the way he taught me because of the order things were said in, and maybe he was taught a little differently. Either way, he still taught me some Spanish which I think is pretty cool!

Fast Five Spanish

Imagine a lot of cool tricked out cars all lined up on the starting line. You can hear the car's engines being reeved up all the way. You can smell the exhaust coming out of the cars. Then a person drops a flag and the cars tires squel to get traction then they leave the starting line. This is a normal Fast and Furious movie life. In the new movie Fast Five the setting of the movie takes place in Rio de Janero. Since it is in Rio de Janero you hear a lot of Spanish in it, so when I watched it I tried t0 pick up some words and then look at the bottom of the screen to see what other words meant. Trying to pick up on Spanish actors is hard because they talk so fast in Spanish. This is a movie that has Spanish as much as English in it too. The Spanish was hard but the movie was great!

In Wal-Mart

So the other day I was in Wal-Mart. I was wandering through the fishing and hunting section when I heard a lady talking in Spanish. I heard her talking about some numbers so I am thinking that she was getting something and was telling someone the price over the phone. She was talking so fast that I couldn't really understand her.

So, just recently the other day when I was thinking about what to blog about I was having a really hard time thinking so I decided to get on youtube and listen to some music. I looked up the song How To Love because I hadn't heard it for awhile and I didn't type in the artist so all these parodies and such popped up and I clicked on one that a girl was singing. It started off normal.. English. Then the second time the chorus came on I noticed it was Spanish! weird! But she was very good I must say ;) With my knowledge of knowing the chorus lyrics I was able to pick out the Spanish words! Learned some new ones. :) It was pretty great and she was really good at singing Spanish fluently. not sure if she was mexican but she looked it and I think you should watch it! here's the linkkk. (: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv5wBtuK4I4 starts spanish at about 1:54.Really it's pretty neat. (:
she switches from English to Spanish.One of the main words I caught in that was Corazon. That one really seeemed to stand out :p

Religion Class

One night in religion I was in the Chruch and in the row ahead of me there was a little piece of paper that had Spanish. I was reading it and I picked out some -ar verbs. I tried translating it but, it was too hard. When I flipped the paper over there was English and I figured out what the -ar verbs I saw meant. I learned that rezar means to pray. That was possibly all I learned that night too.

Watching t.v.

One night I was watching Disney channel and previews for a movie came on. At the bottom of the t.v. was spanish. I tried to read what it said and I am almost positive that it said click select now to watch in Spanish. I knew it was Spanish because it said Espanol. So I paused the t.v. to see if my mom could read it and she said that she had no idea how I knew what that said, my answer was " mom now you know that I pay attention in Spanish class.":)

Las Flores

Last Sunday was a day I could finally eat so my family and I decided to go to Las Flores. At Los Flores I saw an abundance of different Spanish foods and sides. I ordered a quesidilla. It was hard to order because our waiter was not a very good english speaker. I even said I wanted limonada not lemonade! At the end of our meal I noticed we didn't get a check on the table and was reminded about the time you told us it was rude in Spanish culture to give a check because it is like pushing someone out. It was a good experience especially because I got to eat!

Helping others learn spanish

We have a friend that we go deer hunting with who happens to work at a jail. They do have a spanish translator hired there but as everyone knows you can't work 24-7. So when that guy isn't on duty at the jail our friend, Chris, sometimes goes and helps translate what the people are saying from spanish to english. Chris just started learning spanish on his own and with what we've learned in class I teach him what we know so he can have a better grasp on how to reply to the people and understand what they are saying.

Tv

I was watching Tv one day and I found this show that was all spanish. They were talking really fast and i couldn't understand much of it, so I went to an English show.

Criminal Minds

So i was watching Criminal Minds tonight and they were rescueing these spanish people. The people started talking to the cops and saying please help me and stuff. I understood a lot of it without looking at the subscript. It's cool understanding things.

Eavsdropping In The Kitchen

A couple of weekends ago my family and I went to Las Flores in Manchester. I love the food there. It is so good! Everytime I go there I get the same thing, a chicken taco salad. Yum! But this time, I sort of eavesdropped on the people in the kitchen when I went to the restroom. They were speaking a little English and some Spanish as well while they were making the food. I caught on to a few words, but I didn't understand much. I know I heard mucho, orden, grande, and baño. When they said orden they were talking about someone's order and when mucho was said I was guessing it was if they wanted a lot of a certain topping on their food. When I heard grande I knew they were talking about something being quite large. After one of the men said baño, he went to the bathroom, so I think he was telling them he had to go to the bathroom. And of course when I walked in I said hola and when I left I said chao and I think they laughed at my American accent. Over first semester I learned quite a bit. Enough to pick up some things here and there between multiple Spanish-speaking people. It was interesting.

Dora

I was watching Dora with my little sister and it was saying buenas dias and she would ask me what it means and I knew it ment good morning. It also had words like quepasa/whats up, mapa/map, delisioso/deliscos, pijamas/pijamas, hablar to talk, and Me llamo Dora/My name is Dora. It surprised me to see that there is actually a lot of spanish in one section of Dora.

My mom also bought me a Dora calendario and it has all seven weeks and twenth months in espaniol!!

Espanol on the Wii

A few weeks ago my brother and I wanted to play the Wii and so we put in a game and for some reason I had been thinking about having to do this Spanish blog and I said what if we switch the language from English to Spanish? So we switched the languages and I could pick out little things like para and consola. I could also pick out instrucciones, which are instructions. There were other cognates but there were big words that I have not learned yet so I could only understand about half of it. Learning the spanish that I have so far in this first semester, though, helped me read as much as I was able to.

Church

In church this past week their was a slip of paper in the pew. And me being borred in church like every week I began to try to translate it. I understood that it was talking about jesus and us and how we should pray and worship him. Then when I thought I was doing good when i l00ked at my sister and say that hers was in english. SO I flipped it over and foound that it was already translated but I then compared it to what I thought it was and I was amazingly right for the most part.

Cheese!

My grandmother called me and when I answered and I said, " Hola me no hablo ingles." She was soon to answer with, " Hola me no speaka queso." And I was like " dude you don't speak cheese what is wrong with you." She then said "I don't speak cheese, do you have a problem with that." So now every time I see her I ask her if she learned how to talk to cheese.

My trip to Chilis

Once upon a time I ventured over to Chilis. I saw two mexicans working there. They were talking to eachother in a sophisticated language called Espanol. I noticed a couple of the words like comer, and beber. They were deciding what to get. It was very confusing and I didn't understand what they were saying besides those words.

The Restuarant

After the experience in Texas, I knew that in learning Spanish I would have to get some more experience. So my family and I went to a restuarant in Dubuque and ate. I was still confused by some of the conversations around me, but I knew I was starting to get a hang on it. I loved the food. It was probably the best Mexican food I have ever had.

Reading in Church

One sunday I went to church in Hopkinton and in the pews there was a slip of paper that had a prayer on it. On one side it was english and on the other side it was Spanish. I looked on the Spanish side to see if I knew any words. There were some words that I knew and some that I have yet to learn. Some of the words that I knew was nosotros, que, and hablar. I saw the words said them to myself then looked at the english side to see if I was write. I was wrong about some of them but most of them I was right about. As I was looking at them I would say them out loud to my mom so she knew I was learning something. That was my spanish experience at church.

Spanish in a Book.

I was reading my free reading book when I came across spanish! The main character's new neigherbor said, "No es Papa guapo!" He was talking about someone on the television when he said this. As I continued to read farther into the book, I discovered this neighbor was apart of an indian group from Mexico. As she explained some of the morals she lives by in her life to Delia, I even learned a little more about spanish culture. She continuesly spoke of different gods: a healing god, a sun god, a moon god, any god you would possibly need. Delia found all of this a little insane, just like all of us who are just learning about spanish culture. In one incident, Delia's daughter was sick but the neighbor didn't allow them to call the doctor. Instead she prayed to the healing god, and she began to recover. Who knew I would learn about spanish culture in an ordinary english book!

Amazing Race

Last week I watched The Amazing Race. I don't remember exactly where it said the contestants were, but they were in a Spanish speaking country. Sometimes one of the citizens would be speaking Spanish, and also some of the contestants knew a little Spanish. I actually could understand a lot of what was being said. The three words I heard the most were muy, cuanto, and gracias. It was easy to understand what the Americans were saying when they spoke Spanish, because they mostly only knew as much as I do. I thought it was cool though how I was able to understand quite a few words that the Spanish people were saying too.

"The Orphanage"

About two weeks ago I watched the movie "The Orphanage." Last summer I watched this movie with my friends but didn't understand what they were saying. Two weeks ago when I was watching it I understood a few words they were saying. When they would say a couple of words I would shout it out and translate them for my mom. The first time I watched this movie never in a million years did I think that I could translate what they were saying, but now I am so amazed that I have the ability to translate what they are saying. A couple of times when they would say some words I knew I would stop and rewind the movie to see if I could get the whole sentence that they were saying. I was able to translate some sentences in it too. I am really amazed at how much Spanish I have learned so far and can't wait to learn more! My friends and I will definately be watching this movie again and translating the sentences!!

Scary movies..in Spanish!!!

During the summer I was staying over night at a friend's house and we wanted to watch scary movies. So one of our options was "The Orphanage." The thing about that movie is that it was in spanish. When we first watched it we had no idea what they were saying and couldn't understand really anything. A couple weeks ago I watched it again and I could understand a lot more words than I could when I first watched it. I was amazed about how much I learned so far this year and how much of a difference it made the movie. When I first watched it I never thought I'd be able to understand any of it but now after taking Spanish for a semester the words are easier to understand. I really liked watching that movie because at first it was a challenge for me to learn the words but now I can watch it and understand what they're saying.

music in spanish

I was messing around with my really awesome stereo and I pressed a button and the music went from english to spanish. I don't know how I did it but I thought it was really cool. The music in spanish was very intense. I was listening to 99.7 and some really dumb rap song was on at the time so the singer was rapping in spanish. I couldn't pick out any of the hard words because the words were being said to fast. I could only pick out the easy ones like tu or blanco. It sounded cool when the person was rapping in spanish. I can now officially say I've heard someone rap in spanish which I never thought I would here before, but now I have. I turned my radio off because I got overwhelmed and bored of all the spanish music and the next time I turned my radio on it was back in english. I could actually understand the music and enjoyed it a lot better!

2ndQuarterBlog-HighSchoolMusical

This week I watched the one and only, High School Musical I noticed that in one of Ryan and Sharpay's songs, they sing some Spanish. In the song "Bop To the Top" they sing "Mucho gusto, aye que fabulosa, rrrr aye aye aye, arriba, quieres bailar?, mirame." Of course the first times that I watched this I thought oh they're just singing you know, but they really are words! Never would I have known that quieres bailar was do you want to dance? Or mucho gusto was nice to meet you. Now I know when I watch and sing along, that Sharpay and Ryan understand what they're singing, and they're not just "singing."

I was baby sitting the other night and they were watching Dora the Explorer. When Dora asked the kids to count along with her they asked if I could say the numbers with them and teach them how to pronounce them. It was fun to teach them how to count to ten in spanish because it showed them that I really did know spanish number but it also is fun to go back to their house to baby sit and hear that they sometimes count things in spanish for their mom (even if they don't know all the numbers).

Spanish

When I was in Cedar Rapids I heard these people talk in spanish. I didnt really understand them but I heard that they wanted to go get something to eat. I no that they did because they went to the food section. Some of my family speaks spanish and it is hard to understand because that they talk so fast. One of my cousins speaks spanish and he is 5-7. He doesn't talk as fast as others ut he can talk spanish and english.

Storage Wars

The other night I was watching the TV show, Storage Wars. The one guy and his son had bought a locker for $800 and were going through a bunch of things in it. It was producing no money at first but then he found a poster. When he looked at it, it was a poster in spanish and had a wanted message for two men on the front. The older guy didn't know how to read it so he gave it to his son. His son started reading bits and pieces of it and I picked up on quite a bit of what he was saying. Hombre, atencion, and millones were just a few of many words that I knew. He thought the poster was worth big money like $400 but in reality it was worth just about $30! I never really thought I would hear any Spanish coming from a show where people buy storage lockers!

Spanish at the Orthodontist

While I was at the ortho I meet some Spanish speaking people. I was in the back when they came in. The only thing that I could understand was hola. They were from Mexico, but they also knew English. My orthodontists guys was trying to speak in spanish to, but he only knew simply words. He asked them some things and how they would say it in spanish, but I had no idea what they were saying, since we hadn't learned it yet. That was the first time I had every encountered spanish at the orthodontists.

Hahah ahhh spanisshh.. gottaa loove it(:

Soo the other day, I was watching the show Jeapordy, because I like watching it to see if I can answer any of the questions. Well usually, I can't, because I am not that smart. But this time while watching it, one of the questions that was asked was, what does the Spanish word nostoros mean? I shouted out loud that it means we! The guy that buzzed in to answer the question got it wrong and I felt so smart! Hahah :P
#spanishisawesome(:

Test Time!

I enjoy practicing speaking Spanish. One of my friends, Micaela, is very good at speaking Spanish, and often enjoys testing me on what I know. Therefor, in church some mornings, if my parents actually get me there on time or a little early, she'll iniciate conversation in Spanish, expecting me to continue in Spanish. I do what I can, and often wind up throwing a couple English words into Spanish sentences when I know what I want to say, and know most of the sentence in Spanish, but not quite all of it. Micaela, upon hearing these "foriegn" words inserted into a Spanish sentence, will correct it in Spanish. I repeat it and usually write it down so that I don't forget. We then continue on as long as we can in Spanish, until I get completely lost, but then we still speak what I know.
This brings me to another topic. One day, Ally, Felicia, and I were sitting in the band room after lunch. I was studying one of the handouts we were given in class (the one that had words useful in conversations), and they asked me why I was studying it because they didn't think I would ever need to use it, because - according to them - I'll never have to have a long-term Spanish conversation. However, with Micaela constantly quizzing me, and my desire to be a teacher, I know that I need to learn this stuff. I know I want to teach, maybe not Spanish, but - even so - I don't know where I might get a job, or what type of students I'll get. My luck, if I don't learn it, I'll get a student who can only speak Spanish. I just like to be prepared.

The other day I was in Subway and there was this family sitting down eating. They were speaking Spanish. I could hear them talking, and I was picking up some of what they were saying, and I thought that was really cool.

I went to Pancheros in Cedar Rapids. I ate a beef burrito. They also had an El Gordo witch is a burrito but twice the size of the one i ordered. They make there tortillas from scratch they use a compressor to make the tortillas. The machine is called the DoughPro. I also had a Coke with my meal.

Spanish

My name is Corlos. I have learned a lot since I started taking spanish. This class is very fun. For example we play a vocab game that is fun every week. I like that we don't have very much homework and no homework on Fridays. This class is very interesting. Since I started taking spanish I have noticed it all over the place. I actually understand what Dora is saying when she speaks spanish. I think spanish is hard at times. My favorite game is elbatone.

Spanish on my camara

When I first got my camara I was playing around with it trying to see what I could do with it, and I turned it into Spanish. When I went to take a picture it said fecha, the date on it. I was so proud of myself, and then I kept going and there were tons of thing I didn't even know I knew. Information, the date, the time, the languages. It then hit me I knew more Spanish then I gave myself credit for.

Spanish on facebook?!

The other day I was sitting at home and I was extremely bored. I decided to go get on facebook and see if there was anything interesting. I was scrolling through my newsfeed when all of a sudden I must have bumped something. Everything on the screen went from english. to spanish. At first I panicked because I thought I wouldn’t be able to understand anything, but after I took the time to reallly look things over I was surprised by how much I knew or could figure out. I learned new things, just by one simple mistake.

I was at home watching the new movie "Fast Five" and they are in Rio de Janeiro. Two of the main characters are arguing in spanish and I thought it was funny hearing them.

Spanish on facebook?!

The other day I was sitting at home and I was extremely bored. I decided to go get on facebook and see if there was anything interesting. I was scrolling through my newsfeed when all of a sudden I must have bumped something. Everything on the screen went from english. to spanish. At first I panicked because I thought I wouldn’t be able to understand anything, but after I took the time to reallly look things over I was surprised by how much I knew or could figure out. I learned new things, just by one simple mistake.

Good things do come form watching movies!

With little brothers I watch a lot of cartoon movies. Although, I do enjoy the movies, or most of them. There are three that stick out to me since school has started. These three movies are Rio, Toy Story 3, and Rango. The one thing these three movies have in common is that they have some Spanish in them. The first movie is about a bird who gets caught from Rio de Janero and ends up in Minnesota. The bird ends up going back to Rio de Janero to find a girl bird. Since the story takes place in Rio de Janero you here birds and animals say amigo,.. The other one Toy Story 3 has two partrs that has Spanish in it. When Buzz (the space ranger) gets switched to Spanish mode. Now altough the producers have it translated at the bottom I would always smile when he said amiga, or amigo. Now he said a lot of other Spanish but those two words stick out to me the most. The other Spanish part is at the end when they play the song You've got a friend in me , there is a little "catch" though. They sing it in Spanish and again I can pick out the parts or words I know (with no translation, too). The last movie is Rango, this movie is a Western type movie. A lizard gets stranded in desert, meets armadillo. The lizard then goes to town, to then only to become a sheriff and find who stole the water. The Spanish parts was when he meets the armadillo (speaks spanish). The others involves the owl meriochie band speaking and playing songs, are the narrators. The owls say amigo and compadre and a lot of other Spanish. Another part was when the lizard is being chased by a hawk he goes in a milk cartoon outhouse and the signs for open and occupied where in Spanish too.

spaaaaniiissshhh :)

SO, the other day I am sitting at my table doing homework and my brothers are like technology junkies. They are young but know how to control everything! Well anyways, they were watching Madagascar and I start hearing spanish, they changed the language to Spanish and I happened to recognize words like, muy bien, muchacho, mucho and a lot more! I also noticed words like el,la,los,las and even some of SER! I thought it was pretty cool. I then found myself sitting in front of the t.v with the remote rewinding it trying to figure out sentences! I never used to be so attracted to Spanish when I hear it! I also find myself reading the directions on the back of my shampoo and conditioner bottles. The thing is I read the Spanish, then the Enlgish and I try to connect and figure out what they say.

spanish

Yesterday I was hanging out with Carlos and he was telling me about his friend that he has in Monticello. His friend from Monticello was mexican and me and Carlos were talking to him about his life back were he used to live and he has a twin brother that is mexican but he still lives back where they were born. His name is joe, he is 19, he came over to Carloses house the other night to just hangout and we got talking about his past and we were asking him questions and we didnt really know how to ask him without maybe offending him but we asked him if he could still speek his old language and he for sure could! He was saying a whole bunch of stuff in spanish and he was talking really fast so i new that he was not just messing around, He explained how he came back here to live and how his family is all mexicans and most of them still live back in his home town where tthey were born. After he said where he was from and all that in spanish I said repeaten porfavor! he spoke way to fast I didnt catch all of what he had to say so then me and Carlos asked him and told him to speech in ingles this time and it was really interesting listening to him tell us about his life and listening to him talk in spanish. He was one of the few people i know who can speech the full spanish language as good as he can. I just thought it was cool and i thought about my spanish class and realized spanish would be really cool to know and be able to have never ending conversations wile talking in spanish.

World Dairy Expo

At one point last week I was at the World Dairy Expo with Pedro Willenbring, and we heard some people talking Spanish. They were talking too fast. I couldn't understand anything they said. It was too hard to catch any words so that we could break down what they were saying. I was thinking about showing them my Spanish ability, but I figured I wouldn't understand they're responses. So we just turned around and left it at that.

Spanish on the radio

I was listening to the radio one night and this one song came on and during the song it switched to spanish. At first I though what is this but then i started listening to it and could pick out a few words. Then it switched back to english and I understood that better.

Spanish Everywhere!(:

Ever since I started in Spanish I, I have seen Spanish everywhere. Sometimes I just take the time to look at the back of a shampoo bottle in the shower, and I see cognates like the word ingredients(: Also on some t-shirt tags I see Spanish. Before I started Spanish I, I never really noticed Spanish really anywhere, and now I see it all the time. I like Spanish because after I learn the words they stick with me and I can tell other people that I know some Spanish and I can try to talk in some sentences. Haha so Spanish is very fun(: Muy Divertido(:

a movie with Spanish in it.

I was watching a Bring it on movie and there was a rivalry between two teams. At the big state competition they were in huddles facing each other and one of the girls was from a town where they spoke some Spanish, so she started speaking Spanish. While she was speaking I was able to tell what she was saying and then there was one word that stuck out at me and I didn't no what it meant. Then the next day it was the word of the day, and I was able to understand everything that she said.

McKinney, Texas

My older sister, Jennifer, lives in McKinney, Texas with her husband, Wade, and three crazy boys; Tristan, Trevor, and Tennison. We take a vacation down to see them every now and then, but now that me and Margie are in high school it's harder for us to miss school, so they usually come up to see us here in Iowa. Fortunately I remember so much about my visits to Texas. The grass down there is very green because of all the rain which is a great accent with the beautiful houses that surround you as you drive through the suburbs. One of the times we went down there we got to go on a gondala ride which was amazing, because it was like driving right through a town with all the little restaurants around us. Another time we went and visited the Alamo, it was a long wait to get in, but it was worth it to see history. Everybody around me was speaking Spanish, and at that time I had no idea what they were saying and it was so interesting to listen and try to interpret what they were sayin. There is a lot to see in Texas and to learn about, but I only discovered a few, so I hope to go back down there soon to learn more, and visit Jennifer and her family.

Texas

This summer my family and I went on a trip to Texas for my cousins (the bride) wedding. It was awesome but also a boring drive. As we got closer to Texas I heard more and more people talking Spanish and couldn't understand them because I wasn't in Spanish at the time and they were difficult words. A lot of them were talking really fast and I would get confused. When we arrived in the town of Lake Jackson near the Gulf of Mexico, I learned that the whole groom's side of the family was Spanish, I got really annoyed of of all the Spanish around me. When the wedding was over and the reception started I danced but not to the Spanish songs because I don't know how to dance to them and they were very quick dances. When we left Texas, I was relieved to be back to all English. It was an amazing adventure and I would love to relive it.

Spanish on a Package

I never realized how much spanish surrounds us in our everyday lives. My sister, Carissa, just got a new Haloween costume. Well, she loves reading, so she was reading everything on the package. She came to some words she didn't know and of course, they were spanish! Spanish was everywhere on this one little package! The contents of the package were listed in spanish, a warning, the name of the costume, plus some side notes were all written in spanish. I was able to pick up on the cognates like: separada. incluye, producto, and accesorios. Pequenas, one of our vocabulary words, was also used on the package, I could connect with the plurals as well as the feminine and masculine use of words. Because of taking spanish, I don't feel completely clueless when it comes to seeing "odd" words on packages or listening to people who speak it.

Jersey Shore :)

I was watching Jersey Shore, THE best show probably ever, and Deena, Snooki, and Pauly D were in Italy with the rest of their roomies for this season. Anyways, I was watching it and the roomies all have to work at a pizza place. The three I listed before were on their way to work and once they finally found it they walked in. Their boss (I think it was the boss) opened the door for them and asked, "Como esta?" Deena answered with, "Bien." Because Senorita taught us that already, I knew what the two were saying to one another. I felt pretty smart. :) It's weird, though, because in Italy they speak Italian and not Spanish, so for me to be able to understand that because of the little Spanish I know was awesome.

Chicago

   This weekend I went to Chicago with some friends. I heard many languages while walking around in stores, and on the streets. I heard a lot of Spanish. One time we were in a cafe in Macy's, and there were two people speaking Spanish. I couldn't really pick up on anything in the conversation, because they spoke so fast! They were actually speaking faster than I usually hear Spanish people speak. I did pick up on one of them saying como, but that was all I could understand. I was hoping to be able to understand more, but I know that it will take time to be able to do so.

Spanish in the Mall

So I was in the mall and there were these Spanish people in front of me. They were talking really fast but i caught some cognates and they used the ser words. I didn't understand any of it though except when they were talking with their hands and were pointing to how cute a pair of earrings were. I felt creepy for staring so I left.

As I was standing in line waiting to check out and I noticed the people in front of me were hispanics. They were talking back and forth very fast and I got very confused. I only noticed what they were saying when they would use "ser" words or they would use plurals. It was very confusing so I stopped listening and left.

World Dairy Expo

Spanish is a great thing to learn and it has crossed my life through the World Dairy Expo! I was at the world dairy expo and I couldn't believe that this year I could actually understand them. Wether they were talking on their phone or talking to someone else. I actually could understand what they were talking about and I talked to them a little and didn't need my notebook! It was awesome and I was having so much fun talking to them. I am so glad that I am learning spanish

Walmart.

Last week I was in Walmart when I heard a LOT of Spanish being said. It was so fast! I couldn't understand any of it, until I took what they said piece by piece. I pulled out a lot of soy, ella es, porfavor and gracias. So I imagined that someone was asking someone else for help finding something by saying, "I am... she is... please.... thank you." I walked around the corner and saw a woman, her daughter, and an employee. As I thought about it more and more, I realized that people who work at convinent stores like Walmart or Fareway or even gas stations need to be able to speak a different language for any customer that comes in and needs service. It was REALLY overwhelming when I heard all of it, but it gets so much easier when you just breathe and take it piece by piece. Of course with time I won't have to do that, but for now I do. It's easier when you know important verbs of ser so I can pick out soy and ella es. Then I knew the woman was talking about herself and another girl. It almost feels like I'm being nosey listening to their conversations as if they were talking in code. But for them, it's normal.

Wal-Mart

My mom and I went up to visit my grandpa on a Sunday afternoon. After we visited my grandpa we had to stop at Wal-Mart to pick up a few things. We turn into an aisle and there is a kid and her mother yelling at each other. They are blabbering away in Spanish. I assumed the little girl wanted some snacks because she had some in her hand but her mom wouldn't let her put it in the cart. The mom was doing most of the talking and was talking to fast. I heard some easy words like no and bastante, but otherwise I couldn't understand a word they were saying.

World Dairy Expo and Spanish

October 4th our FFA chapter had the opportunity to go to the World Dairy Expo. I jumped at this opportunity and I'm glad I did. While walking around with Rachel Knipper we were hearing people speaking quite a few different languages. One language other then our own we both recognized was Spanish. Rachel, being in Spanish II, knew more words then I but we both were hearing words and being able to know get an idea of what these people were saying. If I could recommend one thing to underclassmen in FFA and Spanish it would be that when you get the chance to go to the World Dairy Expo or anything else jump at the opportunity because you'd be amazed at the words you know and can pick up on.

Secret Life

I get home everyday and automatically turn on one of my favorite shows, The Secret Life of the American Teenager. Adrian, one of the characters, starts talking spanish to her father. He said Bastante! I knew that bastante meant enough. Adrian said interesante and importante, and I picked up that she said interesting and important. It is really cool that I can pick up some words that they are saying in Spanish. I started saying some words that they were saying in English, and my parents were amazed that I could translate words from Spanish to English. It is really cool that I could pick apart and translate some words, but some words they said I had know idea what they were. They were talking really fast but I still managed to pick up some words. Learning Spanish is very interesante!

Texas Road House

My family and I decided to go to Texas Road House in Dubuque for the first time. Once we got there it took a while to get our seats, but when the lady walked us to our booth. We had walked past some spanish speeking people. I really wasn't able to understand what they were staying, because it was a words that we hadn't learned and they were also talking a 100 words per minute. So I hope next time will be able to understand so people speaking spanish.

Toy Story 3

I was babysitting my neighbor's boy who was only four years old and he absolutely loved the Toy Story movie series. So right away when I got there he wanted to watch the third one. An hour went by as we were watching it and then all of a sudden Buzz, the space guy, started blabbering away in Spanish. He didn't speak that fast so I picked up on quite a few words. Some words were linda and galaxia, which is galaxy. I would have never thought a movie like that would have Spanish in it since it's for kids. Turns out I was wrong!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKpDifyDIp0 So I'm sitting here at home, sick from school and I'm flipping through the channels when I stop on a movie called, "Real Women Have Curves." It's about a girl whose mother is too overprotective and they are Spanish. It's a pretty good movie, except for the fact that half of it is in Spanish and I can't understand it. Well I guess I thought I couldn't understand it at first. I was overwhelmed by how quickly and fluently they could speak in both English and Spanish, and I thought to myself, "There's no way I'll ever be able to do that." But then I stopped psyching myself out and I realized that if I think about it and just take it one word at a time, and not cheat by looking at the bottom of the screen, I could understand it for the most part. Some of the words I could pick out were por favor (please), de nada (you're welcome), que bonita (pretty), ¿y tú? (and you?), señor (Mr.), te amo (I love you), and a couple more that I don't remember. I also learned a little about the Spanish background if this movie is legit. I learned that the mothers are very overprotective of their daughters. I also learned that they truly believe in hard work and that in the end it will pay off and make you feel good about yourself. Lastly, this movie got me to like Spanish music. Throughout the entire movie, Spanish music was playing in the background. I truly believe this movie was pretty educational for me. So, not only did I have the luxury of just watching the movie, but I also got to learn some things from it.

Border Wars

So today I get home and I see that the show Border Wars is on, so I turn it on and watch it. As I am watching this show I hear a lot of spanish but none of the words seem to really pop out at me because they are talking so fast. So as I am listening I hear two different parts or phrases. These are, como te llamas and estados unidos. Otherwise I just heard a bunch of rambeling. So with all of that I gained a sence of pride that I can learn spanish.

Spanish is EVERYWHERE!

Last Saturday my sister and I went to Sabula to a birthday party for a friend of ours. On the way we stopped at Wal-Mart to get a birthday card. I happened to glance at the thank you card section and there was a card that said "meowy grassious'' with a cat and cows on the front and on the inside it said in all languages it means the same.

I thought it was a cute way to teach young kids muy gracious in a way that they could understand what it would mean. It would also be an easy way to get more people to understand simple sayings in spanish.

Spanish is everywhere!!!!

A couple weeks ago I was taking my shower and I was looking at my shampoo and conditioner bottles and was reading them over. Once I got towards the bottom of the bottles I saw that it had spanish in it and I was trying to figure out what some of it said. All I had to do was look at the english part and try and figure out how to say the spanish words. I got some words but other ones I had no idea what it was talking about. Then I was looking at the conditioner bottle and those words were about the same as the words on the shampoo bottle. Where ever you look you are always seeing spanish words. Spanish words are everywhere.

So Random

A few weeks ago I was bringing my brother back to his apartment from our parents house. I was very tired because I didn't get very much sleep the night before. So instead of helping my brother put his close away I laid down on his bed an started watching t.v. The show that was on his t.v. was a Disney show called So Random. They were doing a weird skit where these people were dressed up in crazy clothes that made them look like they were from a different country. As I was watching it I noticed that they were teaching some spanish. The week before that we learned the colors in spanish. It turns out that on the show they were teaching the kids the colors in spanish. As they were teaching the colors such as negro and blanco I would say them to my mom that those colors were black and white. I got so excited and was saying the colors as they came up on the screen. After that skit was over I laid down and took a little nap then went home.

spanish workers

Was walking on the side of the road and met the spanish men working on the bridge and started to talk to one of them. I asked him his name but I couldn't understand him cause he talked to fast. What I did hear was y tu and I told him my spanish name and by that time his boss said something to him and he ran off and I was walking again.

Blog about that 70's show

I was watching That 70's Show awhile back and discovered something about Spanish I didn't know. Fezz was trying to pronounce America, but he kept saying "A-med-I-ca" then about the next week I learned thats how they pronounce America in Spanish. It was also really funny because Red was getting upset that he wasn't speaking in English.

Pictured Rocks UMCamp 2009

Two years ago was my first year at camp. One of the girls there was extremely good at Spanish, and spoke it a lot! In our cabin, the boys had put up signs on their door that said, "No Girls Allowed." So, Monica, our Spanish chica, put up a sign on our door that said, "No Chicos Allowed." She made sure that we girls knew the difference between chicas and chicos, so it was really funny to us when the boys came out of their room, began saying, "We're NOT chicos!" at the top of their lungs. Monica then responded, "Okay, then you're chicas!" At this the boys went super crazy screaming, "NO, NO, NO, We're chicos, we're chicos!" It was positively fantastic!