Tag Archives: language

Another irritating thing (TAGLIST)

Posted on June 12, 2023 by dmill96

Quite some time ago wordpress.com changed their interface, in my view, almost entirely for the worst. Too many times people try to dumb down software to try to attract the fools and just make it harder to use for those … Continue reading →

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Time but no energy

Posted on August 13, 2022 by dmill96

So yet another night with a minimal post, this time more due to just being worn out by this week, than starting late like the last couple of nights. I want to get around to some discussion of my experience … Continue reading →

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No haré mi tarea y tú no puedes obligarme

Posted on May 25, 2021 by dmill96

In case your Spanish is even worse than mine, I hope this means: I’m not going to do my homework and you can’t make me. The ‘you’ in this case is actually me, not you, Dear Reader. As you can … Continue reading →

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Learning languages – 4

Posted on July 26, 2019 by dmill96

I’ve previously posted, under the tag ‘language’, about my latest adventure in attempting to learn a new language. My main tool is the free online application Duolingo which is similar to other online tools, but a bit more oriented to … Continue reading →

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Learning languages – 3

Posted on June 24, 2019 by dmill96

As I’ve posted before I decided to try to learn Spanish. I’d tried multiple times before with no success, but then I discovered Duolingo and now I’m learning some Spanish, albeit still not much. I had set out to develop … Continue reading →

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Nada va a cambiar a menos que yo lo cambie

Posted on June 19, 2019 by dmill96

As a brief interlude in posting photos I’ll make a brief comment about my attempt to learn Spanish. The title in this post is not something I’ve (completely) learned by studying with Duolingo but some of it appeared in an … Continue reading →

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caminos less traveled

Posted on June 16, 2019 by dmill96

For most people in southwestern USA camino is one of the most recognized Spanish words but there is a little more to it than some might think. First camino is the 1st person singular (I) present tense of indicative mood … Continue reading →

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Learning languages – 2

Posted on May 6, 2019 by dmill96

About one year and a half ago I became fascinated with the idea of going to Spain and walking (some) of the Camino de Santiago. I am also interested in food. So I began to study food vocabulary from menus … Continue reading →

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Voy a viajar a Oklahoma

Posted on May 5, 2019 by dmill96

No I don’t really speak Spanish but I’m trying to learn (subject for a future post). So one thing that all the guidelines for learning a language suggest is to try to use the newly acquired language knowledge as frequently … Continue reading →

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Learning language

Posted on April 21, 2019 by dmill96

I haven’t made many posts in this post because I’d moved on to other things, mostly my blog on menus and food in Spain. So I’ll do a brief update. I started this blog because I had to leave my … Continue reading →

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