Nadia, being a teacher, is perfectly suited to help me learn new things. Spanish is a forte of hers, so I know I'm getting the good stuff when Nadia tells me how to say something. Tonight after Post College Group at church we were practicing our spanish. I'm not that great, so most of what I have to say is completely useless. I have a few truly great nouns that are pretty much not helpful to know at all, things like "fuego" (fire), "fuerte" (strong), "ada madrina"(fairy godmother, pretty sure I spelled it wrong), "cielo"(sky), "el raton" (the rat)... The things you use on a regular basis, of course...
Tonight I mentioned that I love the word "tlaquache" (oh my goodness I know I butchered the spelling on that one). So Nadia and Tiffany worked up a little phrase I can use that will come in soooo handy for me (sarcastic voice):
Aplaste un tlaquache con mi bicicleta.
**ah-plas-STAY oon tlah-kwatch-ay con me bee-cee-clay-ta** (phonetic pronunciation I think)
For the non spanish speakers, that means "I ran over a raccoon with my bicycle."
I'm going to use that one tomorrow at work! Whee!
