When the class first started, David was voicing his frustration over only knowing words in the present. He really wanted to talk about the past, more specifically his date the night before. Jimena did point out that it was only his second week of class and that he should be patient. To calm him down, Jimena did point out some things that you can say in the present, where people will understand that something already took place. For example, Hace una hora - an hour ago.
David apparently got knocked down a peg or two when he was out on his date last night so in today's class he was not his usual obnoxious self. Granted there were a few inappropriate comments but on the whole, I think he behaved himself quite well. But then again, it was a very important class (at least for me!!)
Whenever anyone asks me how my Spanish is, my answer is always the same. "When it comes to food, drink and the bathroom . . . I am good to go!!!" And I can usually say that no matter what country I am in. While my smoker of a husband knows how to say ashtray no matter where we go, I can always get me something to eat and drink.
Granted, I knew most of the food that they talked about but I have to say that I really enjoyed the discussion on alfajors. Jimena was so descriptive that I was truly able to visualize it. I even laughed at David's "alpha + whore" comment. Yup, my friends said the same thing when they came to visit. Besides steak and wine, I do believe that alfajors are my husband's favorite thing about BsAs. And I think his waistline will attest to it!!
But besides the actual food, I learned a lot of very handy Spanish phrases for when dining out. I am really looking forward to surprising my husband when I ask him to "Podría alcanzarme el vino, por favor?" (Can you pass me the wine, please?) When one eats out as often as we do, another question that we ask a lot is: En qué mesa nos sentamos nosotros?
I am pretty confident that neither Visual Link, Rosetta Stone or Pimsleur will give you quite the descriptive as well as helpful food lesson.
In the middle of all this food talk, there were brief lessons regarding among other things, the difference between saber (to know) and conocer (to be familar with/to meet) and reciprocal and reflexive verbs. While not nearly as interesting, they were quite helpful. But then we got right back to more food talk.
It was a class where I never got bored although I did get a bit hungry. Apparently there is more food talk tomorrow. Maybe this time I will have something to eat before I watch the video!!
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