I’ve been to bathrooms on building sites, mechanics workshops and junkyards, I’ve seen their calendars…but I have never seen anything like what I saw in the video store.
My son did his get-me-to-a-bathroom-quick-dance.
The young guy behind the counter saw the emergency. He quickly came to our aid and let us use the staff bathroom.
And there it was…
Oh Dios mío, (Oh my God!)
Oh the humanity.
There on the wall right next to the throne was … a chart of Latin verbs.
When we came out I had to ask what that chart of Latin verbs was doing on the wall.
It turned out the store manager was studying Latin at university. She was straining so hard to learn Latin that she had to study when she was…
Lets not get into it.
At first glance that chart looked very familiar. The Latin verb endings look a lot like Spanish verb endings.
But!
While studying charts every spare moment may help with Latin, Spanish is very different.
Studying Latin is an academic exercise. After all, have you met any ancient Romans lately?
En cambio (on the other hand) Spanish is a vibrant living language with 420 million native speakers. It’s the official language of 22 countries. If you plan on speaking with any one of those 420 million hispanohablantes (Spanish speakers) in real life, my advice is flush the verb charts.
If you’re studying Spanish verb charts in the bathroom, I promise you that you are not using the right methods.
If you relying on a chart you’ll always be at the mercy of the chart before you speak.
You want your Spanish to be natural.
The good news is it’s much easier to speak fluent Spanish than the typical verb charts the boring textbook and endless grammar rules.
There’s a sideways approach to Spanish verbs that make them dead easy. Once you know how to use this approach you can rip the verb charts off the wall.
I have a series of 4 free audios to show you how it works. The first two are on my blog right now
And the next two are coming in the next couple of weeks. I’ll drop you a line as soon as they are ready.
Hasta pronto.
P.S. One of the funniest movies of all time is an Australian movie called Kenny. Even Kenny would be surprised to find a Latin verb chart where I found it.
My wife thinks I am loco for liking this movie. If you have a warped sense of humor como yo (like me) you just might enjoy this clip.
I did not find the clip you mentioned. I have a warped sense of humor like you, but this is even worse. No film, no fun, fooey!!!
Pero esta bien…… talvez fue un chiste…..no?
It’s the bottom of the blog post. Otherwise it’s also here on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfPpTeR_760
Thanks for the trailer I laughed out loud at the reference Kenny made to the bloke having eaten the curry, you’ll know what I mean if you watch it !
The trailer-advertisement for the film is very attractive. The motion picture goes on my list of hope to see.
Just wild. No wonder you are such a good teacher/facilitator! Fran
Looks like a great movie. I’ll see if I can find it.
I hope they show it here in the U.S. Looks good!
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I love the movie ‘Kenny’! Saw it years ago and never could remember its name. Thanks!
RUBBISH & NOISY .
Man didn”t know it was that hard to understand Australian english !!!
Hola Marcus,
I like the humour in the film “Kenny” and I like how you make learning Spanish fun by injecting humour whenever you can. Muchas gracias. (I have purchsed four of your courses and worked through two so far!)
And to Mona (who commented earlier), the film “Kenny” is Australian and Marcus even has an Australian accent, so where do you get the idea that they are British!!!?
Hola Marcus,
“Kenny” is a funny film! I love it’s humour and I love how you make learning Spanish fun by injecting humour whenever you can. Muchas gracias.
And to Mona (who commented earlier), the film “Kenny” is Australian and Marcus even has an Australian accent, so where do you get the idea that he, or the film, are British!!!!!!?
Hola Marcus,
Disfurto mucho su regalo con éste anuncio para la pelicula Kenny.
Quiero mirar éste pelicula en el futuro.
Muchas Gracias,
Juancarlos
Love the humor you inject, Marcus, but then the Brits have always been hilarious to me. What a nice change from the academic world we grew up in.
Kenny looks like a hoot!
I think I would enjoy this film. I’ll watch out for it. Thanks. Linda.
That’ ¡s muy divertido! Quess I que tengo un sentido del humor combado también, mucho gracius Marcus. Thanks Terri!
Haha! Saw that movie years ago and loved it! :o)
Hehe – funny!
Keep up the good work, Marcus.
Un saludo, Aase
Where is the movie called Kenny? I clicked on the clip and it took me here!!!