After living in Miami for about six years, mi marido and I have finally bitten the bullet, and are in the middle to taking an Introduction to Spanish Conversation course through one of the local colleges.
Ten of us sit around a table and, under the auspices of our Profesora, attempt not to mangle el idioma Espanol. It is not easy. Many years back, I took more years than I could imagine of French. In French, you pronounce very little, often leaving off half of each word. In Spanish, you pronounce everything. I sincerely doubt I will ever master the trilling "r".
We've now moved past the "how are you?"and "my name is" section of the course, and are into verbs, pronouns and declensions. Only in the present tense, mind you. And only regular verbs. I shudder to think of the irregular ones.
Whenever our Profesora asks us to answer a question, you see the "deer in the headlights" look appear on the face of the chosen student. She is always very helpful when we stumble through the answer, but there is still fear. And remember, we all chose to take this course. It is not required.
To get an idea of how we all sound, check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cKGyOE_jOI --it was sent by one of the other students.
And always remember -- que hora es? Ocho!
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