No soy un guía de turismo, pero interpreto a uno en la televisión.
The sentence above is a word-for-word literal translation of the (tweaked-to-fit-the-context) English expression “I’m not a tour…
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Tag Archives: Spanish
Friends and Neighbours
Growing up bilingual, I was aware from a young age of “false friends.” Not the kind who borrow money and never pay you back, but words that look or…
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I Can Now Understand My In-laws! Well, Their Language at Least…
I was really surprised how easy learning another language was. I took a couple years of Spanish in college, but never really got very far with it. It wasn’t…
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Rosetta Stone for 5 Year Olds?
I purchased Rosetta Stone for my wife a month and a half ago. I tried it with…
Crossing the Conversational Divide
One evening this past August I found myself travel-stained and weary, sitting in a dimly lit living room in Puebla, Mexico. My fiancée, Leslie, and I had spent the…
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Bits of Red Yarn
Almost 30 percent of customers we’ve surveyed are motivated to use Rosetta Stone software to help them prepare…
An Unofficial Translator
My daughter and I attended a conference in Veracruz, Mexico, and I used Rosetta Stone to brush up my
Spanish Conversation Made Easy
In February of 2008 myself and 10 others traveled to Costa Rica for…
Best Method Short of Living in a Spanish-Speaking Country
I first became a student of Spanish when I met my wife who is Peruvian. In the…
Great for the Worldy At Heart
I guess what surprised me about using Rosetta Stone was the brevity of grasping the languages. I actually bought both…
