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I suck at Spanish. Random irregular conjugations pop up in my head from time to time, but I can't conjugate a regular -ir verb to save my life. What's more, I am constantly confused by Bs and Vs, which usually sound the same in Spanish. So when Sonia turned to me today and asked me to conjugate the regular verb bibir, I was instantly confused. I didn't need to know the meaning of the verb in order to conjugate it, but it threw me off that she had thrown this odd, unfamiliar word at me. "To drink"? No, that's beber.
"Bibir?" I asked, managing to look simultaneously blank and aghast.
"Si, 'bibir'. 'Habiter' en francés."
"Ah, vivir!" I exclaimed, pronouncing the Vs as Vs as I slowly and painfully conjugated the verb. I can't help it. I am an excessively visual person and once I have visualized the verb, I have to pronounce it the way I see it.
Disaster disaster disaster, my Spanish. My classmates are so impressed with my ability to differentiate Js from Rs when I speak that they don't realize I can barely communicate.
srah - Friday, 28 March 2003 - 1:58 PM
Tags: assistantship, classwork, in spanish, spanish
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