A French call this week was painful. I was tired and my brain refused to play in any language. I do not want to play with another language at the moment, and decided on Sunday to pause with German. The next day ... I was taught two Arabic words! When the person told me he was going to teach me two Arabic words, I thought my head was going to fall off and roll down the hill to escape from overload. However, one of the words is so perfect for me, and I said the other and felt a rush of energy all through me and my eyes filled with tears. You never know what presents are coming. They fill my heart and make me tingle every time I say them. I´ve been saying them every day. I´m so grateful. In the queue in a shop yesterday I took a call in English and said I would call back. A customer who was leaving said to me: ¡Hablas inglés muy bien! Me: ¡Gracias! ¡Menos mal! Soy inglesa. Him: Jejeje. En serio, when you start learning English? Me: When I was born? Him: Jajaja. ¡Me encanta! (And walked out of the shop laughing.)

A little OPI from Dia 19 of the 20 day notebook course 😄 so cool to see how much we can understand and express in such a short time! Gracias Tony!

🇲🇽 ¿Cuál es tu libro favorito? 🇧🇷 Qual é o seu livro favorito? 🇸🇦 ما هو كتابك المفضل؟‎ Answers in any language are welcome 😊 📚

Hi everyone. It’s time for a new week. First part is easy, second is a bit advanced. Si pudiera-if I could. You could also substitute si tuviera-if I had…. I’ll translate if you’re new to Spanish in a follow up comment. Don’t worry about the grammar, just plug and play. I’ll explain grammar in a follow up comment for those that are interested. I wanted to do this more natural speech so I used chat gpt-great tool to take grammatically correct but clunky phrasing and make it more natural. It came up with 15 sentences so it would cover if I could, you could, we could, they would…. my first experience using pudiera was with ojala pudiera-I wish I could…. And I like using it so si pudiera is a natural next step. Anyways, here is my cuaderno.

Peeps! Those of you learning Spanish and doing, or have completed, the White Belt to Black Belt course, an Italian teacher on YouTube I like suggested listening to Italian QVC to help with listening fluency, because QVC speakers speak the language cleanly so it is easier while you are growing in the language. He said to close your eyes and guess what thing they are describing/selling, then open your eyes to see if you got it right. This immediately made me think of White Belt to Black Belt day 3 of describing the noun. So I thought it might give you extra ideas of how to play with day 3 and also be a great listening practice that goes wonderfully with day 3. It also made me think of the great Ikea day on the course. So i have found a QVC Spanish video in case it helps anyone. And, of course, I am guessing you could do this with any language you are learning that QVC is in. Obviously QVC is not riveting content if, like me, you are not a shopper, yet it does build confidence in your listening abilities, is a stepping stone or a breather from listening to podcasts or other audio content when your brain needs a rest from too much stretch, and great for shadowing for clear pronunciation on words your tongue may find tricky. QVC Para Ti con Rosina – Dia De Los Reyes | QVC