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Living and Laughing…
By Scott & Sherry | November 3, 2007
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One of the benefits of living with a Tico family is having native Spanish speakers all round us. As was mentioned in our prior post, Noel and Roxana are our host parents. They have two grandchildren, Ariana (6 yrs) and Josué (9 yrs), who affectionately call us “Gringitos” (white people). These two only speak Spanish, so it is always challenging to carry on a conversation in a manner in which we all understand each other.
One day, Ariana was telling us that something had fallen, but because she was using a verb tense we didn’t know, we couldn’t understand her. So in her cleverness, she told us the verb in its basic form and the light came on for both of us!! It’s very humbling to realize we only have the vocabulary of a 3 year old!! Nonetheless, we are having quite a few laughs with many more to come, I’m sure!
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