Husband and Wife learning together

[Vonderbach]

Hello,

For the sake of the forums, just call me Von, the wife will likely not be posting. We are using Rosetta Stone to learn on the laptop together. We have just began with CD 1, lesson 1, so we're about as green as they come. My wife has had no prior lessons, but I had two years of Spanish in high school, which has almost completely disappeared from my brain with the exception of some of the most basic and fundamental rules.

With that said, I'm looking forward to getting some assistance and bouncing some questions towards the fluent speakers amongst you. Thank you in advance for your kind reception.

Von

[Perikles]

Welcome Von. Where are you from?

[Vonderbach]

Originally Posted by Perikles

Welcome Von. Where are you from?

Tampa, Florida, USA

We both encounter many Spanish speakers in our day to day jobs, so it's somewhat a desire from necessity, but only two hours in and we're having a lot of fun with it.

[CrOtALiTo]

Voderbach.

I bid you welcome to these forums, I hope your stay in the forums, it will be enjoyable.

Please don't hesitate to ask me and meanwhile you are learning Spanish have fun.


Greetings.

[LibraryLady]

Welcome!

[Awaken]

Originally Posted by Vonderbach

Tampa, Florida, USA

We both encounter many Spanish speakers in our day to day jobs, so it's somewhat a desire from necessity, but only two hours in and we're having a lot of fun with it.

Another Tampa member! Woohoo. My wife and I are learning as well. Actually we are on a temporary learning break to study Italian for our trip to Italy.

Anyway, welcome. Definitely plenty of Spanish in Florida.

[sosia]

¡Bienvenidos !

[chileno]

Welcome to the forums. And like they say "The more the merrier".

[Funkyterrance]

I also had two years of Spanish in high school. I find that I can understand what is written but I can't form my own sentances from my thoughts. Do you experience this as well? Btw, do you like the rosetta stone as I was considering it myself?

[Vonderbach]

Originally Posted by Awaken

Another Tampa member! Woohoo. My wife and I are learning as well. Actually we are on a temporary learning break to study Italian for our trip to Italy.

Italian and Spanish? Ay Dios Mio! Good to meet a fellow Tampanian lol

Originally Posted by Funkyterrance

I also had two years of Spanish in high school. I find that I can understand what is written but I can't form my own sentances from my thoughts. Do you experience this as well? Btw, do you like the rosetta stone as I was considering it myself?

Roestta Stone is the best program I have tried so far. Having attempted to learn Mandarin and Spanish in the past, I can say I have learned far more in a shorter time than with any previous methods. They use immersion method which uses a combination of pictures and sound to force your brain to figure it out for yourself instead of just force feeding you a bunch of random words.

[CrOtALiTo]

I've knew the Rosseta Stone, but never I have used that before, because at least here in my country that software isn't very known, but I know other way to learn Spanish in your country is through the internet, for example I commonly use this website livemocha.com, and there I can practice and I can send my essays for that other people can correcting me then.

I don't know if you are agree with me or not, but just you can try it.

Greetings.

[Caballero]

No tengo Rosetta Stone, pero está vendido a muchos marcados en mi ciudad.

[Jessica]

Bienvenido!

[Elaina]

Welcome Von and wife!

I envy your warmth in Florida. I am terribly cold and seriously thinking of moving south although I don't think I would like the humidity.

[Awaken]

Originally Posted by Elaina

Welcome Von and wife!

I envy your warmth in Florida. I am terribly cold and seriously thinking of moving south although I don't think I would like the humidity.

The humidity can be very tough in the summer. However, I look at it this way. How much time of the year can you be outside doing things comfortably? Most places that are north enough to have a truly comfortable summer have very long and harsh winters.

So just taking some examples from the US:
Tampa - 9 months are fantastic. July, August, September are tough with the heat and humidity. However, it is rarely above 92F here with the ocean breeze. But, if you are here, you make sure to spend the summer indoors, at the beach, or at the pool. At least when it is hot, you can escape to some degree to a place with water. I wear a short-sleeve shirt here every day of the year and I truly love that. (sometimes I have to wear a coat though obviously)

St. Louis - Brutal summers. Temperatures are way higher than here with temps hitting the 100 mark. Usually lasts less time than our summer here, but still very hot. The winters can be very rough too in comparison. I feel like St. Louis has about 6-7 good months depending on the length of winter and summer.

Minneapolis - Great summers. Nice outside. But the winter.... good grief it's cold. 7 months are good but the winter is just unbearable to me. I'd take Florida summer easily over a Minnesota winter.

I grew up in Tennessee and we had cold winters, but not super cold. We had hot and humid summers too. Everyone back home says that Florida is too hot and I will call them during the summer and more than half of the time, they are hotter than we are here. And during the winter, obviously it is much, much nicer here.

Anyway, I say go for the move. It doesn't have to be Florida though. You could consider other places like Texas. It doesn't have the humidity we do, but does reach the 100F mark in the summer. Its winter is milder, but not as nice as Florida. Anyway, I don't regret moving south 1 bit.

[Chris]

I worked in Florida during the summer of 2004. It was pretty hot there, but I'm from south Mississippi so it wasn't much different. The people they brought in from Canada were melting hah.

[Caballero]

Originally Posted by Chris

I worked in Florida during the summer of 2004. It was pretty hot there, but I'm from south Mississippi so it wasn't much different. The people they brought in from Canada were melting hah.

Which ciudad in Canada were they from?

[Chris]

I can't remember that.

[Caballero]

Puedo comprender si eran de la costa oeste o un lugar como Calgary, o la norte de la país, pero si eran de un otro lado en CA, sea muy sorpredido, a causa de, CA en el verano es frecuentemente muy caliente y con mucha humedidad como los EEUU con la excepción de el oeste.

[Awaken]

Originally Posted by Chris

I worked in Florida during the summer of 2004. It was pretty hot there, but I'm from south Mississippi so it wasn't much different. The people they brought in from Canada were melting hah.

Summer of 2004 was Hurricane madness year. That was the first year we moved down here and we got hit by 4 hurricanes. What a crazy year. Haven't had any hurricane issues since thankfully.

What part of Florida? Inland or coastal?