As some of you may know, I am mexican. Almost all of my older relatives were born and raised in Mexico, but mine is the first generation to be born here in the U.S. As a result, I'm fluent in English and I know just enough spanish to talk with my grandma and grandpa and aunts and uncles. I've decided that I want to become more fluent in Spanish, just because I don't want to waste the oppurtunity to be truly bilingual. I figure the best way is to read books in spanish and use them to improve my vocabulary and grammar.
The weird thing is, I feel like I'm back in kindergarten. I'm struggling to understand about one in every seven words I read, and I find myself literally moving my lips and sounding out the words 
It's absurd! The first book is called Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal. I hadn't realized just how clumsy and limited my spanish was until I tried reading this book. It's going to be a nice challenge.
Comments
Harry Potter: Not so great...
What's after spanish? Maybe german? french? finnish?
Wouldn't it be cool to call yourself quadlingual?
I'm already taking French courses in high school, but I can tell that it isn't going to be as great as I had hoped. The problem is that the school doesn't care if I master French. I'd much rather have a personal tutor, or maybe even spend a few years in France.
If, after becoming fluent in Spanish and proficient in French, I still feel like learning another language, it would probably either Italian or German. That's highly unlikely, though; three languages is more than enough!
and good ol English
markbelford: Spanish, English, and French are all very similar, and a lot of the words are cognates. If you can speak English and French, you'll probably find Spanish to be surprisingly easy
FullMetalWWant: Great, see you then
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