Part of our Portuguese lessons this week was to read, respond to questions about, and then retell, some Amazonian legends. This was a great exercise, not just to hear a great story, but to learn more about culture and grammar at the same time! Today our teacher had me retell the stories for her. Oh man, it was truly fun for me to really tell a story in Portuguese!! But, I have to truly pity our teacher when I think of how the story must have sounded to her. Here, for your enjoyment and entertainment, is a short excerpt from my storytelling today. . .in real time (and in English, for your sake - or else it really wouldn't make sense. . .unless you knew Portuguese, which is a great idea! :)) "So. . .she tell. . .I mean. . .told. . .(right? right.). . .him. . . . .them. . .that they. . needed?. . . to. . .take. . .(how to you say take?? I always forget! Oh yeah! Thank you!). . .to take . . .a. . .thread? thread? . . .of her hair and. . .um. . .uhhh. . .put it?. . .is that right?. . .ok. . . put it. . . .through the coconut."
Entao, quando voces estao pensando sobre nos, voces podem pensar sobre nossa professora, tambem. Muito Obrigada! Tchau! :)ps. Now, when you are thinking about us, you can think [and pray] for our teacher, also! :)
2 comments:
well, you know your doing good with the language if you start dreaming in it! I remember when Arnie was learning Portuguese and he said that he had had a dream in Portuguese and that it was wierd.
What Andrew says is right.... It first really sinks in when you start dreaming. I don't dream anymore in English... only in danish. Keep working hard and the language will come.
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