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Old April 25, 2009, 01:24 PM
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No puedo hablar español... :(

Puedo leer un poquito español ... puedo escribir un poguito español ... pero no puedo hablar español. rrrrrr.......

Hoy fui a la iglesia española con mi amiga. Asistimos el servicio y almuerzo luego. Yo entendí alguno del servicio. Todos las personas fueron agraciados a mi. Pero se me olvidó todo lo que yo aprendía sobre hablando español. ¡TODO! rrrrr..... No pude pensar y decir una oración completa. rrrrrrr......

Where did my brain go!? I'm sure that no one I talked to would have guessed that I've been learning so much Spanish for these past several months. Argh!!

Just wanted to share. And my trip to Uruguay and Peru is probably going to be the first two and a half weeks of July. (sigh.....)
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Old April 25, 2009, 02:25 PM
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Puedo leer un poquito español ... puedo escribir un poquito español ... pero no puedo hablar español. rrrrrr.......

Hoy fui a la iglesia española con mi amiga. Asistimos al servicio y almuerzo almorzamos (or y al almuerzo) luego. Yo entendí alguno algo/un poco del servicio. Todas las personas fueron agraciados a mi amables conmigo. Pero se me olvidó todo lo que yo aprendía he aprendido sobre hablando hablar español. ¡TODO! rrrrr..... No pude pensar y ni decir una oración completa. rrrrrrr......

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Poco a poco, Lou Ann.

You'll need a bit more practice and more trust. I'm sure you could have made a conversation if you had felt more confident.

Would it be some consolation that I'm feeling just the same with my German?
*sigh*
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Old April 25, 2009, 02:30 PM
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Quizá te ayude ponerte delante de un espejo y hablar contigo en español.Podrías empezar con frases sencillas, claro, tipo: ¿Cómo estás?, ¿cómo te llamas?, etc. Y después ir ampliando lo que has estudiado. A veces pasa, la mente se bloquea y se queda en blanco. ¡Ánimo!
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Old April 25, 2009, 03:13 PM
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Would it be some consolation that I'm feeling just the same with my German?
*sigh*
Malila - thank you for the corrections ... I'm still working on those conjugations. I need to sit down and spend some more time on that, for sure! Anyway - it would be more of a consolation ... except that I know that you speak, what, like four languages already? Amazing! Haben Sie Spaß....

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Quizá te ayude ponerte delante de un espejo y hablar contigo en español.Podrías empezar con frases sencillas, claro, tipo: ¿Cómo estás?, ¿cómo te llamas?, etc. Y después ir ampliando lo que has estudiado. A veces pasa, la mente se bloquea y se queda en blanco. ¡Ánimo!
Irmamar - that is a great idea! I have been reading out loud to myself (I'm working on the first Harry Potter novel in Spanish). But in front of a mirror would definitely help. Yes - it was definitely a "mind-block" thing. Words that I KNOW weren't coming to mind or out my mouth. People were kind and corrected me ... but how did they know that those were things that I really DO know already!? Ugh........

Thanks both of you for the consolations. I need to keep practicing with real people! I'll probably go to church with them again as many weeks as I can between now and July.....
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mmm! ¡No puedo hablar español tampoco! It sounds bad!
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Old April 25, 2009, 04:29 PM
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@Lou Ann: Only three, in spite of myself (I didn't choose any of those).
But this is the first time I'm studying a new language with the "conventional" methods, and I struggle every day with slow rhythm for learning, few people to practice, doubts that books cannot solve at once, and even my own laziness for spending a few more minutes every day with it.
So I have only learnt to take it easy and be conscious that mastering a language takes patience and time.


@Jessica: you're only starting... be patient and do your homework... you'll see efforts will be worth it.
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Puedo leer un poquito español ... puedo escribir un poguito español ... pero no puedo hablar español. rrrrrr.......

Hoy fui a la iglesia española con mi amiga. Asistimos el servicio y almuerzo luego. Yo entendí alguno del servicio. Todos las personas fueron agraciados a mi. Pero se me olvidó todo lo que yo aprendía sobre hablando español. ¡TODO! rrrrr..... No pude pensar y decir una oración completa. rrrrrrr......

Where did my brain go!? I'm sure that no one I talked to would have guessed that I've been learning so much Spanish for these past several months. Argh!!

Just wanted to share. And my trip to Uruguay and Peru is probably going to be the first two and a half weeks of July. (sigh.....)
Just it sometimes happen to me with the English
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Sigue intentándolo. Aprender una lengua necesita mucho tiempo y paciencia. Pero al final se consigue.
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Gracias a todos ... yo seguiré intentándolo. ¡Me quiero aprender! ¡Mucho tiempo y paciencia ... y práctica!
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