Language lessons

[jbailey]

Through a program at work, I just got access to Rosetta Stone.  I've been a bit worried that with a primarily English-speaking workplace and an English-speaking home that my French would stagnate.  It turns out that my account has access to all the languages, not just French.

So which other language should I learn?  For fun, I did the first lesson of Latin (got 81%) and Japanese (83%).

And now I'll have dreams of this voice going "Hoooah toe teh mah jusa".

Mmmm.  and now I want juice.

Zzzzz... 

Comments

[jbailey.livejournal.com]

If you're learning pt_BR, remember that 'soy embarassada' doesn't mean what you might think it does.

[macoafi.livejournal.com]

Now you've got me confused. What does it mean? I would guess "I'm pregnant" based on Spanish. Are you saying that it is instead like English, "embarrassed"? I can't figure out which one it's a false cognate of.

[jbailey.livejournal.com]

Right, it means "I'm pregnant". But English speakers often will make a mistake and try to say that they're embarrased when learning Portuguese.

I got to watch a very interesting conversation ;)