La habla

Veía a la profesora de español de Nick hoy en la iglesia (hola, si esta leyendo esto, Sra. McDonald). Hablamos un poco y habla ella muy bien. Pero no soy acostumbrada a alguien hablando rápido en español. ¡Yo sé que mis ojos se velaron mientras habló! Aunque pude entender mas o menos.

So, writing the above paragraph was a good learning experience. According to my translator, in order to say "to glaze over" in Spanish you use the word "velarse". And it's a reflexive verb, which I need practice using. So, in the past (preterit) tense, I would say "se velaron" (vela- being the stem and -aron for the ending, talking about my eyes, mis ojos). The real meaning of velar is to veil, to mask, or to keep a vigil. Muy bien. Pienso que voy a llamarla a preguntar si podemos practicar pronto.

Pitbull on Sesame Street?

So I was watching Sesame Street in Spanish again, and heard the phrase "punte a jugar" in one of the little muppet songs. I was, like whoa, that's from a Pitbull song. But no, the phrase is actually "Ponte (pon + te) a jugar" which means "start to play". Lots of Pontes and Dales in Carribean Spanish music.
Estaba mirando Plaza Sesamo de nuevo, y oí la phrase "punte a jugar" en un cancionita. Yo estaba como, "?Qué?" es de un cancion de Pitbull. Pero no, actualmente la phrase es "Ponte a jugar" y significa "start to play. Muchos pontes y dales en música Español desde el Caribe.

Llevar a cabo

I thought I had already written about this expression, but I came across it again today in the upperroom. Of course, I forgot what it means again. So I just put "llevar a cabo" in the google translator and instead of giving a translation, it gave me a whole list of possible meanings! Since when did google translate do that? Pretty nifty. So the expression basically means to bring to pass or accomplish something. Nice. Let's just hope I can remember now! (Esperanzamos que yo pueda recordar ahora)

By the way, I love reading my short morning devotions in Spanish first, then English if I do not understand everything.

(A proposito, me encanta leer "el aposento alto" primero en Español, entonces en inglés si no comprendo todo)

¿Cuanto le debo?

Sometimes I bite off more than I can chew when I study Spanish. It can be a good idea when you're learning something to do it that way, just dive in and get on with it. But there is also a time for breaking it down and practicing, and that is best done one bite at a time.

Watching some Destinos today (it's amazing how much more I understand after a year), and I heard Arturo use the phrase "¿Cuanto le debo?" which means "How much do I owe you?" I am going to try to remember that whenever I'm somewhere and about to pay for something. At least in my mind, I need to say "¿Cuanto le debo?" even if it is English that comes out of my mouth. So that is the homework I am giving myself. Hopefully I can remember! Espero que pueda recordar. Vamos a ver.

Sometimes you feel like a preposition, sometimes you don't.

I need to cut this out and paste it to my fridge, but even if I did, alas, I would not learn it by memorizing it.
Preposition use with verbs
It's still REALLY good and clears up a lot of confusion for me.

Can you tell me how to get, how to get to...the word for catching a ball

Plaza Seasamo me esta ayudando mucho. Hoy miré un parte en cual aprendí la palabra que significa "catch", como "to catch a baseball". Usaron la palabra atrapar. Habia mas, pero yo olvido.

Reflexiones y practicando la escritura

Pues, mi meditacíon este mañana fue sobre cuidando las viudas. Me hace pensar. Porque es nuestro trabajo. Y, quiza no tiene que ser en la forma de empleado profesional. Pero, justo haciendo lo que puedo. Y ese, puedo hacer. A veces me pongo confusa, pero la voz de Dios es claro, si escucharé y si tengo orejas para oír. A menudo, no las tengo. Las hago cosas demasiado complicadas. Hoy, mi meta es para vivir mas simplemente y oir.

Ok, entonces, este escribí sin consultando google translate. Voy a hacerlo mas en el futuro. Ahora, voy a verificar a ver mis errores.