And by learning one youwere half done with the other. Didn't you? Now, try Italian....it will be even easier.
No I had two years of High School Spanish[/QUOTE] Well, in two years of Spanish you should have.. Is "magnífico".
We were taught French in 4th grade in my Virginia elementary school. This was in 1963/1964. I don't believe there was a foreign language offered again until 7th or 8th grade. One year of a foreign language was mandatory in high school. I took 3 years of Spanish.
l learned conversational Spanish in High School, 1951-54....was president of my Spanish class. Since California is predominantly Latino, I always have someone to talk with! At age 84, I would like to learn conversational German, so I can chat with Thomas! Hal
I guess it wouldn't pay to tell you to be careful when speaking your Mexican / Salvadorian / Honduran...Spanish to a Latino from South America or the Caribbean. See...you can say to a Colombian girl "Me gusta tu cachucha." but if you say the same to an Argentinean or to an Uruguayan you will be smacked violently. LOL
Silvia, it hasn't happened in the 66 years that I've been speaking among my Mexican amigos! California's population is a little over half Mexican, and the language spoken is over half Spanish! You go to a lot of Pinata parties there in Yonkers? Haroldo
Besides being a native speaker of Spanish I am, also, a professor of said languages. See, I have dealt with a lot of Spanish speakers -here and from all the regions where said language is spoken. Please, what I am telling you is not joke and I have seen people reacting in a "no so nice way" to certain words. You do not know what's the meaning given to certain words (same language) in different countries. So.... BTW, I could have gone to many "piñatas" in Yonkers...but I have chosen no to since they are NOT part of my culture...I don't go from house to house chanting during the Xmas season nor I celebrate the "Día de los Muertos". As I said, same language, different culture. The big mistake made in US is to think ALL Spanish speaking person have the same way and roots.
No need for sarcasm and irony.... The info. I gave you is based on experience. BTW: NY is full of Mexicans, Salvadorians, Argentinians, Bolivians.....and they don't celebrates together.