The challenge to learn Spanish has from today entered a different level. In our classes there is not much room for repetition of just common words, so to force myself to learn some basic Spanish words, I started to put little Post-it® notes all through my room, explaining what the basic things are: wall, postcard, book, computer, movie, vitamins, agenda, mobile phone, map, lamp, curtain, central heating, bed, closet, door, etc. etc. So far it’s working great! Ok, I do admit the room looks quite silly at the moment, with these Post-it® notes everywhere, but hey, anything to learn the language! :-)

And yes, truely anything goes now, because today I also bought a children’s book! “Bambi, el principe del bosque.” Yes, very childish, but that is exactly the level of Spanish which I am at. I did the same when I was in Sweden, and that proved to be great fun! With lovely books as “Jag vil gräve”. Maybe not very useful in daily conversations, but easy to read and good fun to learn some extra words. The first book I got in Spanish was actually a present from Sally, El patito feo (The ugly duckling, a story she told in Spanish in her class) and now I got a second with Bambi. Plus I am still looking for a second-hand bookstore, to buy some more cheap children’s books!

Another great help will be the Friends episodes from season one I got on DVD now. I traded them, temporarily, with Magnus for my Seinfeld season 6. So now I can watch Friends in English with Spanish subtitles, or, if I am feeling lucky, watch it in Spanish with Spanish subtitles! All for good practise and because I am very curious how Joey will say “How you doin’?” in Spanish! ;-)

Post-it® my room

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