21 Aug 2023, 22:38
Teaching Spanish!
RPG Thread with @Cassiopeia Alarie
Amaris had recently made friends with @Cassiopeia Alarie after meeting each other at the Great Lake, underneath a shady tree (viewtopic.php?p=764597#p764597) a few days previous, and was waiting in the spare classroom for them to arrive and meet each other once again. Cassi had taken an interest in Amaris's homelife and had asked for Amaris to teach them some Spanish (Amaris's mum an her side of the family are all Hispanic), so Amaris had suggested on using a spare classroom. For now, Amaris was just sitting quietly on a chair in the empty classroom that was chosen between the two of them together. She had decided to bring a mini whiteboard and whiteboard marker along with her to write down some of the words she would be teaching Cassi. Words like año, and ano can easily be mistaken for each other in the worst of times. You do not want to be telling a friend you have just met that you have eleven bums and not eleven years!
Even if Cassi understood very well and was a fast learner, it really did not hurt to have brung a small learning tool to help them out. After all, it helped Amaris in the past with her learning other things, and to communicate with her grandfather when he turned deaf almost a whole year before his death
Amaris had recently made friends with @Cassiopeia Alarie after meeting each other at the Great Lake, underneath a shady tree (viewtopic.php?p=764597#p764597) a few days previous, and was waiting in the spare classroom for them to arrive and meet each other once again. Cassi had taken an interest in Amaris's homelife and had asked for Amaris to teach them some Spanish (Amaris's mum an her side of the family are all Hispanic), so Amaris had suggested on using a spare classroom. For now, Amaris was just sitting quietly on a chair in the empty classroom that was chosen between the two of them together. She had decided to bring a mini whiteboard and whiteboard marker along with her to write down some of the words she would be teaching Cassi. Words like año, and ano can easily be mistaken for each other in the worst of times. You do not want to be telling a friend you have just met that you have eleven bums and not eleven years!
Even if Cassi understood very well and was a fast learner, it really did not hurt to have brung a small learning tool to help them out. After all, it helped Amaris in the past with her learning other things, and to communicate with her grandfather when he turned deaf almost a whole year before his death
Last edited by Amaris Graham on 25 Aug 2023, 15:36, edited 1 time in total.
a million words would not bring you back, i know because i tried, neither would a million tears, i know because i cried.
21 Aug 2023, 23:33
Teaching Spanish!
Cassi is extremely happy, which is evident based on their facial expression and the way that they are quite literally skipping to the classroom that Amaris is in. Unfortunately their hair is soaking wet and frizzed up, it's even more wild than it usually is. They been the victim of an unexpected prank but they are more focused on finding the classroom.
They finally found and entered the class yelling out, "Hi Amaris! Do I have your permission to hug you or just a friendly fistbump?" At this point, Cassi has completely forgotten about their wet hair and are completely beaming at Amaris.
Cassi looks a bit of a mess with their frizzy hair and wide smile but they've never really cared about their appearance so it's not really as problem or the worst thing in the world.
Right now they're very excited to learn Spanish and be able to speak to Amaris in a different way, she makes Cassi happy...Well happier than they normally are at least.
Spanish is also a way for Cassi to show-off and brag to their brother about how one of their friend taught them a new language, and also brag about how awesome Amari is obviously.
@Amaris Graham
They finally found and entered the class yelling out, "Hi Amaris! Do I have your permission to hug you or just a friendly fistbump?" At this point, Cassi has completely forgotten about their wet hair and are completely beaming at Amaris.
Cassi looks a bit of a mess with their frizzy hair and wide smile but they've never really cared about their appearance so it's not really as problem or the worst thing in the world.
Right now they're very excited to learn Spanish and be able to speak to Amaris in a different way, she makes Cassi happy...Well happier than they normally are at least.
Spanish is also a way for Cassi to show-off and brag to their brother about how one of their friend taught them a new language, and also brag about how awesome Amari is obviously.
@Amaris Graham
"I didn't come here to be average."
-Unknown "I did not impulsively force someone to open up to me again......Okay fine, I did but for good reason.
- Cassiopeia Alarie
21 Aug 2023, 23:56
Teaching Spanish!
Amaris was taken aback by the suddeness of Cassi's appearance and happiness.
She noticed Cassi's wet hair, but didn't ask about it because.. Well? This was Cassi. Anything could be expected.
"Um maybe just a fistbump for now I guess. First word: ¡Hola! - Hello. So.. ¡Hola, Cassi! ¿Cómo estás?" Amaris said, smiling a little. She grabbed the mini whiteboard and -using the whiteboard marker - wrote down all of the Spanish she has said, including the English translation underneath each of the words. She finally glanced back up at Cassi, who had seemingly read all of what was on the whiteboard, so Amaris also added at the bottom of the board:
¿Bueno o malo?
Good or bad?
Amaris patiently waited for Cassi to read the mini whiteboard.
She had a pretty good lot of few ideas for things to teach Cassi about the Spanish language. Hopefully Cassi is bueno at remembering things and a speedy learner. The sooner Cassi picks up on Amaris's mothertongue, the sooner she could bring them out to Spain to meet her family. But first, Cassi needed to learn her años from her anos. The accents are a big thing in Spain, so Cassi would soon find out!
@Cassiopeia Alarie
She noticed Cassi's wet hair, but didn't ask about it because.. Well? This was Cassi. Anything could be expected.
"Um maybe just a fistbump for now I guess. First word: ¡Hola! - Hello. So.. ¡Hola, Cassi! ¿Cómo estás?" Amaris said, smiling a little. She grabbed the mini whiteboard and -using the whiteboard marker - wrote down all of the Spanish she has said, including the English translation underneath each of the words. She finally glanced back up at Cassi, who had seemingly read all of what was on the whiteboard, so Amaris also added at the bottom of the board:
¿Bueno o malo?
Good or bad?
Amaris patiently waited for Cassi to read the mini whiteboard.
She had a pretty good lot of few ideas for things to teach Cassi about the Spanish language. Hopefully Cassi is bueno at remembering things and a speedy learner. The sooner Cassi picks up on Amaris's mothertongue, the sooner she could bring them out to Spain to meet her family. But first, Cassi needed to learn her años from her anos. The accents are a big thing in Spain, so Cassi would soon find out!
@Cassiopeia Alarie
a million words would not bring you back, i know because i tried, neither would a million tears, i know because i cried.
22 Aug 2023, 04:32
Teaching Spanish!
"Bueno, como estas? Did I say it right?", this seems simple enough, but always ask questions to be sure. At least until we get to the hard part of course, I'll get it soon enough. Mom and Mama would be so proud of me, making new friends and learning a new language. One day she'll meet mom and mama and maybe Rik if he's not being such a jock, boys are so weird and confusing.
My leg starts shaking, I have ADHD and that's one of the ways it chooses to manifests itself. Sometimes it's ADHD other times it's a nervous tick but it's mostly ADHD, Amaris reminds me of a really fun tutor.
Like the ones that include the little things like incorporating your interest into what you're having a hard time with to help you understand the subject better.
Amaris is actually helping me and not yelling at me or calling stupid. I don't think she would judge me from my past decisions, I do think she would want to know why I did what I did but she wouldn't hold it against me for sure.
She reminds me of a less ditzy Lottie who reads books and has a cool journal.
@Amaris Graham
My leg starts shaking, I have ADHD and that's one of the ways it chooses to manifests itself. Sometimes it's ADHD other times it's a nervous tick but it's mostly ADHD, Amaris reminds me of a really fun tutor.
Like the ones that include the little things like incorporating your interest into what you're having a hard time with to help you understand the subject better.
Amaris is actually helping me and not yelling at me or calling stupid. I don't think she would judge me from my past decisions, I do think she would want to know why I did what I did but she wouldn't hold it against me for sure.
She reminds me of a less ditzy Lottie who reads books and has a cool journal.
@Amaris Graham
"I didn't come here to be average."
-Unknown "I did not impulsively force someone to open up to me again......Okay fine, I did but for good reason.
- Cassiopeia Alarie
22 Aug 2023, 10:30
Teaching Spanish!
It was weird, teaching someone something, no one really cares what Amaris has to say most of the time. But it was different, good different. "Bueno, como estas? Did I say it right?" Cassi said. Amaris was impressed by Cassi's first attempt, but it was not quite right. "Not quite, you've forgotten to pronounce both the accents. But that's fine, you are still learning. Accents are a really big thing - words like estás and estas for example. See how I put more emphasis on the 'a' in estás and not on estas? If you forgot the accent when trying to say ¿Cómo estás? with estás, you would be saying estas which means 'this'. Try again but say the first 'o' give emphasis, and on the 'a' give emphasis too. But you did really well for a first try." Amaris was just waiting for Cassi to take in what she just said and try again, so she decided to clean off the whiteboard with her cloak sleeve to write some nouns on the whiteboard for Cassi too. At the top of the whiteboard, Amaris wrote down; Masculine nouns
El Perro El gato El zapato
The dog The cat The shoe
El Perro El gato El zapato
The dog The cat The shoe
a million words would not bring you back, i know because i tried, neither would a million tears, i know because i cried.
23 Aug 2023, 01:23
Teaching Spanish!
"Ohhhh, I have a gato! Her name's Catniss and she's a bueno gato. Is that how you say it?" I hope I'm getting the hang of this, it's hard to get the accent just right. It's so much easier speaking French, but of course I've been fluent in French for a while and I'm just starting to learn Spanish. I'm not going to give up just because I don't know something, if I did that I'd probably be failing all of my classes.
After all I was just fortunate enough to have a parent that speaks French, it was really hard actually sometimes I would switch from french to english mid sentence and mom used to yell at me.
It's brutal, learning a new language, very brutal. You have to the pronunciation just right, then there's the accent, and then there's putting it all together. I know it's a lot but no one gets anywhere by rushing or taking shortcuts.
"Anyway, it's El Pero do you roll the 'r'? El Gato, and El Zapto or is it Zapato? I've always got to ask questions because 9 times out of 10 I'm doing something wrong or trying too hard. Mom always says 'You won't get anywhere by making mistakes' and Mama always shuts her down, but in a way she's right I guess." Oh god my home life sounds tragic, I mean mom does love me she's just harsh sometimes.
@Amaris Graham
"I didn't come here to be average."
-Unknown "I did not impulsively force someone to open up to me again......Okay fine, I did but for good reason.
- Cassiopeia Alarie
28 Aug 2023, 20:15
Teaching Spanish!
"Well, if you said bueno gato to a Spanish person, they'll know what you mean, it's just incorrect. In Spain, they say the noun and then the adjective, so to say 'I have a good cat', you would say 'Yo tengo un gato bueno.' - Tengo means 'I have'. In 'el perro' you do roll the 'r'. If you see a Spanish word that has two 'r's next to each other, you must roll it. If only one 'r', it's just normal, however it's a soft 'r', so it kinda sounds like an 'l', but it's not. Don't worry that much though if you can't roll your r's, most people can't. It's 'el zapato.' Don't worry about making mistakes, after all they are only how you learn! Questions are very good too." Amaris smiled again, she was doing pretty well at teaching Cassi. She thought to herself some feminine verbs, after this she would write down some adjectives, and verbs too. Then she could let Cassi string some sentences together on her own - well at east try to.
Amaris started to write down things..
La manzana La nina La casa
The apple The girl The house
Hopefully all would go well.
@Cassiopeia Alarie
Amaris started to write down things..
La manzana La nina La casa
The apple The girl The house
Hopefully all would go well.
@Cassiopeia Alarie
a million words would not bring you back, i know because i tried, neither would a million tears, i know because i cried.