I took Spanish in jr high & then in high school also many many moons ago. I had to brush up on it my final year of college when I did a 3 month Study Service Trimester in Costa Rica. The final 6 weeks on service assignment I stayed with my host family in a small village where I was the only English speaking gringa (white person) around! I haven't had much opportunity to use my Spanish since then, but now Chloe is in her 3rd year of Spanish & Benji just started this year, so I'm practicing up again helping them study. It's rather amazing how much is still retained after...ahem...30 years, but when they ask me how to say something in Spanish I'm often able to rattle off what they want to know. I do have to say that there is a lot I never learned!I have only taken two weeks of Spanish so far. I basically know how to count to 40 and say assorted words
Soy=I'm
Hoy=here
Presente= present
Buenas Dias= good morning
Augosto=august
Abril=April
Vocabulario=vocabulary
Numbre=number
Classe=class
Mi mejor Amiga el __________= my best friend is________.
Lunes=Monday
Plus basic stuff like señor and señorita.
There is other stuff I am suppose to remember.
I have never wanted to learn Spanish and still don't. I wanted to take 2 years if German and a year of viatmenese, but they got rid of a program and the only option is spanish, so I am pretty much stuck with it. But it is extremely easy to learn