I think you express yourself pretty well in both languages! I would of never known your primary is Spanish, because your writing in English is very good. I wish I was fluent in both like you!
Yo soy la tonta que aprendí el español muy tarde, y me da tristeza que mis niños no lo saben. Mi esposo lo habla perfectamente, pero yo digo puras tonterias, jaja!
(feel to correct my word usage, grammar, or spelling, lol)
I didn't know you knew spanish! Neat :) And you speak it really well --- the little bit you wrote sounds very fluent to me!
Thing is, I can't really say my primary language is spanish... I mean, I'm even confused abou that! *lol* Truthfully, it would be english, since it's what I first learned. But being in Spain has made me kind of switch gears :)
but i understood what you wrote! i sometimes feel very frustrated with myself b/c i understand spanish (my grandparents speak both english and spanish and i grew up like a lot of other mexican-american kids do - being spoken to in spanish and answering in english). i am very *very* self-conscious about speaking spanish, let alone writing it.
that's neat that you understood it! You shouldn't be self-conscious about speaking it... although I do understand how it is. I imagine that for my boys it's kind of like that, but the other way round -- I speak english to them (sometimes) but will always answer in spanish. I should be stubborn and pretend I don't understand, and that way MAKE David speak english back to me... I do think that a year or so from now, when he's about 5, i will do that.
I've learned enough Spanish to understand that - it was very poetic in itself! You're lucky to have been brought up in both environments, Spanish- and English-speaking. Even though it leaves you scratching your head when someone asks where you're from!
If I had time just now I would reply in Spanish, but, rush, rush, rush! :-(
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I would of never known your primary is Spanish, because your writing in English is very good. I wish I was fluent in both like you!
Yo soy la tonta que aprendí el español muy tarde, y me da tristeza que mis niños no lo saben.
Mi esposo lo habla perfectamente, pero yo digo puras tonterias, jaja!
(feel to correct my word usage, grammar, or spelling, lol)
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Thing is, I can't really say my primary language is spanish... I mean, I'm even confused abou that! *lol*
Truthfully, it would be english, since it's what I first learned. But being in Spain has made me kind of switch gears :)
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but i understood what you wrote! i sometimes feel very frustrated with myself b/c i understand spanish (my grandparents speak both english and spanish and i grew up like a lot of other mexican-american kids do - being spoken to in spanish and answering in english). i am very *very* self-conscious about speaking spanish, let alone writing it.
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that's neat that you understood it! You shouldn't be self-conscious about speaking it... although I do understand how it is.
I imagine that for my boys it's kind of like that, but the other way round -- I speak english to them (sometimes) but will always answer in spanish. I should be stubborn and pretend I don't understand, and that way MAKE David speak english back to me...
I do think that a year or so from now, when he's about 5, i will do that.
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Y no, no eres tonta. Eres... Heather. Y Heather es una persona maravillosa, aun por descubrir.
Ah, y no te olvides de dejarles a tus hijos esa dualidad tan maravillosa que tú posees. Es algo por lo que te recordarán siempre... :D
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You're lucky to have been brought up in both environments, Spanish- and English-speaking. Even though it leaves you scratching your head when someone asks where you're from!
If I had time just now I would reply in Spanish, but, rush, rush, rush! :-(
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I do feel very lucky to speak English and spanish fluently!
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