A taste of Home

After a long awaited trip with Oky to the Automercado, I was able to find a sweet little taste of home. It's a little ridiculous how this little drink can make me so thankful. It was exactly what I needed though.

I have asked one of the teachers at the school to give me Spanish lessons. I feel like there are so many things that I've learned in school about Spanish that I have to unlearn because it's not really how you use Spanish in conversations. There are also a lot of things that are specific to Costa Rica that I have to learn. For instance...

double l's are pronounced as "j"s here - NOT "y"s.

"V"s are pronounced as "B"s

They do NOT roll their "R"s

D's are pronounced differently - instead of putting your tongue at the roof of your mouth, you put it at close to your teeth.

They don't use "tu" here. They use usted or "vos". (I seriously just found this out today - I don't know how I missed it?!) Even though they use "vos" when speaking to another person, they don't conjugate verbs into the "vosotros" form.

At my school - even though the content is in English a lot of the teachers use Spanish in conversation. There are a lot of parents that can't speak English or prefer to use Spanish. So, I really am dying to know the language.

Here's the word of the day: murcielago

It means "bat". I keep trying to pronounce it over and over because I'm trying to work on pronouncing my vowels correctly. I was whispering it the whole way home today. Weird, I know.

Oh yeah, a kid barfed on the bus yesterday. It was all over his shirt. Poor thing. Today they made him keep a plastic bag at hand. That stinks. The barf on the bus goes round and round, round and round, round and round.

I also have a really good story to tell about something that happened today - but i think i need to tell you individually. Remind me to tell you when I talk to you.

Love you guys!