Comments on: haiku friday – speakin’ it

By: Tumblewords

Tumblewords — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:19:40 +0000

Wonderful – I learned Latin and can’t find anyone to talk to. LOL Need to update my language skills. Sometimes watching a cartoon in Spanish revives a few words I thought were forgotten.
Good for you! And enjoy your company…

my son took a little latin and right now is wondering why…

By: Bren

Bren — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:00:48 +0000

Sounds like fun!

i’m trying to keep it fun!

By: chantillylace1979

chantillylace1979 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:39:02 +0000

great haiku!

that must be so hard, trying to learn a new language. sounds like you’re reallly coming along. good luck to you!

thanks for visiting my blog!

thanks. and i love haiku friday, it gives me the chance to discover blogs that i might not find other wise.

By: sjsmart

sjsmart — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 10:34:21 +0000

As a challenge…maybe learn 3 new words each day (in addition to whatever you learn in classes).

You are doing so much better than me already. I’ve been in Belarus since September and still can’t go to a restaurant that doesn’t have an English menu!

I am getting better though, but you’re right. It’s scary…you don’t want to look stupid asking for water when a 3 year old can just rattle it right off.

Tip – if you want to feel good about your language skills hang out by the playground! Of course you have kids so people won’t stare at you quite as much as they do me – LOL

i like the 3 new words a day thing. i will give that a try!! i’m thinking of maybe hiring a tutor while the kids are out of school to teach the whole family. right now they get very little thai.

By: Joyce

Joyce — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:08:54 +0000

You are brave. Being surrounded by native speakers, and being willing to interact, will surely help your fluency. I enjoyed your haiku.

joyce, thanks for stopping by. i can’t wait until i don’t remember the struggle learning!!

By: Sarah in Disturbia

Sarah in Disturbia — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:06:53 +0000

it sounds to me as if you are already very brave!

thank you very much!

By: chanda

chanda — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:41:53 +0000

Woohoo! Company! How exciting. Also a perfect excuse to clean. Quite frankly its the only reason that will persuade me to take out a dust rag.

Good luck with the language lessons, I bet you will pick it up faster than you think.

chanda, well, here’s where i confess to a bit of the non-suffering i’m doing here. we have help, every day clean the house kind of help. i am so thankful for that!!

By: Sandy (Momisodes)

Sandy (Momisodes) — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:26:01 +0000

Sounds like you’re doing a fabulous job I’m sure it’s intimidating going out there and testing your skills.

thanks! i’m loving all the encouragement!

By: Maggie

Maggie — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:38:53 +0000

Excellent ‘ku! I understand completely. I lived in Japan for 3 years and was delighted being able to communicate at all, yet still sometimes just so very shy about trying. I’m convinced my skills would have been better if I’d just not been afraid to get out there and go for it, but I didn’t realize that at the time. You do, and that’s awesome!

maggie, knowing and doing it are two separate things. so now i’ve got to do. i’m going to do it. i’ll just keep repeating that. tm

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:44:12 +0000

I can’t imagine learning a language like Thai. Wow.

rebecca – 6 months ago i couldn’t either!!