One of the best things about being married to an ESL person is the delight of them learning new words and phrases. :-) Khalid is constantly asking me what this word means and/or how it is different from another word -- like courage vs. bravery or probably vs. possibly. :-) We had a 1/2 hour lesson on the sound difference in invincible and invisible. But his English is so good and I am almost daily surprised with phrases that he says after he picks them up from TV or movies. The other day he told me that the chair is 'practically useless' (not words I say) and a few other new favorites are the words pathetic, honor, and blessing. And his new phrase that he says alot is "what the fish?" -- he made that one up all on his own.
I have also learned a few more words in Persian this month, but I am positively horrible at it. I just can't get the right sounds to form -- but I am learning the names of fruit. :-) Always start with food in a foreign language, that's my motto.
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I was going to post on your FB Wall, then hopped over to your blog and enjoyed your post so much that I wanted to click "Like" somewhere! ;) Oh, technology.
ReplyDeleteDouglas is a natural comedian and he catches me off guard with his English as well...loves to make me giggle. Everyone asks what language we usually communicate in, and I speak 99% of my day in Portuguese! I'm looking forward to the day that we can chat away in English! Plus, it's fun to mix and match vocabulary - choosing the shorter or cuter word. Most of my grocery/To Do lists are bilingual for that very reason.
Thank you for the updates!
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