Bis

I learned that in spansih to say great ______ you say bis. For example if you wanted to say great grandfater you would say el bisabuelo. To say great great grandfather there is not a new term for it you simply add a bis at the begining like so el bis bisabuelo.

Mi es bis bis bis bis bis bis bis bis bis bisabuelo es muerte.

Last Names

I learned that it is not abnormal for countries such as Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru to have two last names. This was very strange to me because I am not use to having two last names. I wonder what the significance of it is.

Mi madre nombre es Annette Green.

Questions

This week in Spanish class I learned how to formulate a question. The way I found to be the easiest for me to remember was to place the verb first followed by the subject. It does not translate word for word very well in English but most of the things in Spanish don't. ¿ Trabajan ustedes los lunes?

Dejame Estar

Ayer fue jueves. En mi clase de espanola nosotros escuchamos la musica. The name of the song was Dejame Estar. I really enjoyed this because up until yesterday I always assumed Spanish speaking music was very limited in the styles that it had. However I discovered yesterday that there are many different types of Spanish speaking music just like in English speaking music. Not only did I become aware of the different types of music but I discovered that I really enjoyed the song as well.  

Romance

I learned that Spanish is considered a romantic language similar to the way that French is considered a romantic language. This is one of the reasons that all words are either feminine or masculine. It makes the language more personal and poetic.

I must say that while trying to learn the language this is a very frustrating thing. However I think that once you begin to get the hang of it, then you can really start to appreciate the poetic side of the language.

UNAM

I learned about the University National Autonomous University of Mexico City also know as UNAM. It is located in Mexico City which has a population of 24 million people. There have been many famous people, including presidents and noble prize winners, who have graduated from UNAM. It is considerably cheaper that Universities in the states.

I was astonished at how large Mexico City was. If had a a desire to learn Spanish this would  be a University that I would highly consider going to. Its crazy to that I would not be spending near as much money going to school in Mexico City than in the states.    

The present tense of ser

I learned that in Spanish it is not as simple to say phrases such as we are, you are, they are. There are more factors that go into deciding which tense of ser you use because it is irregular.

The present tense of ser has with out a doubt presented to be the most difficult part of Spanish so far.
I had no idea that this we give me so much trouble. I am starting to get a little better grasp on it but it has still presented a problem for me.

Masculine and Feminine

I learned that all Spanish nouns have a gender. Even if it is something like suitcase. In Spanish suitcase is la maleta which is feminine because it ends in a.

This is something that is very different from the English language because most non living objects we do not refer to as male or female and if we do it is because the object is specifically geared toward a gender such as a doll. I wonder if people who speak Spanish consciously think about the masculine and feminine meaning that is related to non living objects or if it is just simply something that is and does not have any more meaning than that.