Complaining
19/1/7
The New Year’s Eve party was a success. Lot’s of people, food, dancing, and even some drinking. We didn’t go to the party in Coyolito, although I did drive Rafa’s family up there. There have been no parties since then, although we did go to a Rosario del Nino party last night at Jose’s, but that is religious, and doesn’t count.
Last year, Zaida and Jose took a few English lessons. Then everyone got busy, and the lessons stopped. This year my neighbour, Joaquin, asked if I would teach two of his children. Tatiana, 14, and Diego, 12, have been coming for two weeks now. Zaida came back, too, and remembers quite a bit from last year. Tatiana and Diego have learned a bit in school, and are quite quick on the uptake. It is a lot of fun teaching people who are smart, and eager to learn.
I would just like to air a complaint. I thought it was a personal complaint, but my new English students all agree with me, and I would like to make their complaint public. Languages don’t make sense. They seem to be written for language teachers. We don’t need to conjugate verbs. We could use the infinitive for all forms of all tenses. We use it for most of the present tense in English, and it makes verbs easier for Spanish speakers, who change it for almost every pronoun. Why do we have to add the “s” for he and she. We could say, yesterday, or tomorrow, “I go to the store”. If we had learned it that way, it would be fine. And other languages would be a lot easier to learn. At least the spelling in Spanish is phonetic. In English, even “phonetic” isn’t spelled phonetically. Thanks for listening.
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January 30th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
Hey Bob, Linda & Raz!
I just read your blog and I’m anxious for your next little write up. (Hope it’s soon, I want to know what’s new!) Just wanted to mention something for those of you who are thinking of going to Costa Rica… I just returned on Jan 26/07 so here’s my take on it. My friend Jenn and I had an absolutely amazing trip that we will never forget… thanks to Bob and Linda. I was a little skeptic at first about not staying at an all inclusive resort but in the end I must say it was SO worth it. I, myself, tend to get bored at the all inclusives and at Linda and Bob’s B&B we were able to do what WE wanted, when WE wanted. Bob was our personal guide a couple of times… thanks again! We enjoyed meeting Jose and Zaida and were honoured when we were invited over to their home for a religious party. There is so much to see and do! I recommend staying for 2 weeks, I will next time! Anyhow, that’s my two cents (sense… that english huh Bob!) Hope all is well… It’s gotten really cold, I guess winter is finally here. Hope Razzy is doing well. Take care and thanks again for your hospitality.
Lorrie Boulanger
Bracebridge Ontario Canada