To be honest we haven't done much
because my grandad's ill, then my mum was ill, and things keep getting in the way.
This week we're gonna do descriptions of people and characteristics again, to make sure he's got it.

CATALAN, hard?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 9 Dec 2009, 16:34, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

fuck yes
luckily, i can understand it when people speak to me (more or less), can read things like newspapers and stuff.

but try speaking, or writing, or learning bloody verbs? fuck that
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Wed 9 Dec 2009, 16:45, Reply)

Reading anything is easier than listening or speaking
or writing for that matter!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 9 Dec 2009, 16:51, Reply)

you'd be surprised
i teach English, and quite a lot of people find it easier to speak or listen to than read.

granted, english is a shite language for pronunciation - spanish is exactly as you would expect it to sound/appear
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Wed 9 Dec 2009, 17:04, Reply)

I find reading easiest
I can take my time and see similarities with English words. I wouldn't necessarily hear those similarities if somebody was speaking.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 9 Dec 2009, 17:29, Reply)

well true
reading spanish or something is easier to a non-native than english is to a foreigner.

just remember that constipado is not constipated, and you should never "introducir" people
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Wed 9 Dec 2009, 17:31, Reply)

I love saying constipado
Love it!
And also 'prestidigitador'.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 9 Dec 2009, 18:05, Reply)