Has Hell Frozen Over??

Well, I was reviewing my last post and I realized that for the first time since I started Bueno, entonces... Learn Spanish and started blogging, that I didn't say ONE nasty thing about David. I was starting to think that he had turned a corner and realized his attempt at a Mr. Suave act with Jimena wasn't going to get him anywhere.

Well, looks like I was wrong.

Today's class looked like it was going to be very, very helpful for me. The major subject matter was telling time. Ever since I was little I have been quite anal about time and being prompt to the point of always being early. I have been wearing a watch since I was 10 and it irks me to no end when people are late. (As you can imagine, I do a lot of waiting around here in BsAs, as apparently I am the only one in town with this trait!!).

Anyway, the class started out well by learning different ways to ask for the time. "Qué hora es?" (What time is it?), "Me decís la hora?" (Can you tell me the hour?), and Sabés la hora?" (Do you know the time?). I have studied time before but I thought this was a really good refresher lesson on time for me.

Things with David starting going a bit down hill from here. After many, many tries over the past few weeks to get Jimena to have dinner with him, or go for a drink or basically do anything with him, he seemed to change his tactic. Jimena asked him to post some questions using the things he just learned about time.

Once again he asked when they could go out etc. To no one's surprise, he gets shot down once again. It was then that decided to try new tactic. He then asked Jimena when she has sex as well as when she masterbates and how often. Yup, you read that right.

I know I have said this before, but what are the odds that Rosetta Stone, Pimsleur or Visual Link would ever even broach that subject, let alone teach it!!

What was then surprising was that Jimena actually gave him answers. While initally taken aback, in her defense, I realized that she was just giving him any answers (another way to reinforce the information he was just taught) rather than answering him with REAL information. I get it now, she realized it was better to just appease him and answer than to just blow him off. Hmm. . .wonder if this will be better approach for everyone. Time will tell.

While no prude, I was just a bit surprised that this was a topic of conversation for a Spanish class. (Not that there is anything wrong with that!!) Just in case you don't believe me, here is a little peak:



Moving on. In addition to time, we also learned some very important words relating to time but in a different way. Mientras, durante, antes, siempre, nunca, ocasionalmente, generalmente, among others. (To translate, while, during, before, always, never, occasionally and generally).

Another hot topic, but also relating to time, are prepositions that are used when relating to a certain time span. Like, "Voy DESDE mi casa HASTA el banco." (I go FROM my house TO the bank.) and "Voy DE la cama AL living."(I go FROM the bed TO the living room.)

All and all I found it to be a very informative and slightly surprising lesson, especially to someone who is as concerned about time as I am.

As for now, I am quite interested to see how Jimena's new tactic will play out over time. Especially since she finally agreed to get some coffee with him after class. Tomorrow should be quite interesting!!

Chau, Chau!!