ANY SPANISH SPEAKING MUMS?

[whymummy]

hello my name is marien,im 35 live in middlesex and i have 2 children age 5 & 2,itll be nice to hear from other mums spanish speaking or not who live away from their families or countries,look forward to hear from you!!

donde yo vivo en benicassim es muy spanish y tengo varios amigos ingleses alli y estan muy bien,tu donde vives zebra?cuantos ninos tienes?los mios estan deseando ir a espana,les encanta tienen mucha mas libertad y bueno cuando van todo el mundo spoils them y con su spanglish son muy graciosos,cuantas veces vas a america?yo intento ir a espana 2 o 3 veces al ano

Am very jealous ... did do Spanish A Level (and passed it) but all I can remember is reading 16th Century novels and using cheat notes as it made no sense to me AT ALL ... We definitely did not do enough conversation ...

Have enjoyed reading this though and have surprised myself as I understand quite a bit ...

Here's a funny ...

When we were on a family holiday in Spain once a waiter asked my brother if he wanted anything else ...
My brother (who had just started learning Spanish at the time) looked at him and said, "Si, burro!" , meaning that he wanted butter for his bread! I nearly w**d my pants with laughing as I told him that he had called the waiter a donkey!

Ghosty - you'd be amazed at how it all comes back when you have to speak it every day. I did French at school and it's been a great help.

I've made some howlers myself though - fizzy pop in Spanish is gaseosa, and you use it when you mean lemonade (according to a strange woman I met). But once in a bar I asked for a "gasoleo" (diesel). Luckily he guessed what I meant.

zebra - los españoles usan "vosotros" (en lugar de ustedes cuando es informal) tambien. Tengo un amigo argentino y por eso el cree que yo hablo como una mujer del siglo 19. Pero las diferencias son como las diferencias entra ingles britanico y ingles americano - gas, pants etc.

Lucy123 ... I have just read your last sentence to zebra and thought for a laugh that I would try to translate it ... so here goes ...
The spanish use "vosotros" (and use ustedes when it is informal) aswell. I have an argentinian friend and he thinks I speak like a woman from the 19th century. But the differences are like the differences between british English and american English - gas, pants etc.
Is that right? I wasn't sure about the bit in brackets ... what does "en lugar" mean?

pretty good! The bit in brackets was not quite right - the Spanish use "vosotros" in place of ustedes when it is informal (zebra had referred to us using ustedes, which is the formal form in Spain as I'm sure you remember). Lugar is place.

I wouldn't try to learn too much from me though, my Spanish still has a long way to go. But if your local newsagents sells Spanish newspapers, try buying one when you have a bit of time one day and see how much you can understand. I did that when my Spanish was still at beginner level and it's very gratifying - you'll surprise yourself!

Cheers Lucy123 ... will go and pat myself on the back

I'm impressed! My Spanish is limited to the very little I remember from one year at school and what I've picked up from Dora the Explorer PIL are moving to Spain this year.

Did half a Spanish degee ( ie French and Spanish - not that I left it half way through)and considering that I can barely remember a word to speak am amazed that I can understand the thread - but I can - is amazing how different passive and active language usage can be - but then I suppose we see that when our dds/dss are learing to speak don't we ?

ive known english people in spain to order polla(mens second brain)instead of pollo(chicken)!!when i first came to england i told a shopkeeper that i was constipated(costipada in spanish is having a cold)no wonder he looked at me in a funny way i also couldn`t pronounce south woodford so i used to get a travel card to go to the next stop and back!!

Well, I'm a Yank living in Britain, so going to live in Spain would be double-culture shock as it's Mexican culture I know, Mexican spanish i speak, not true Castellano.... I struggle with vosotros; can understand it, but very difficult to say. Took me a long time to tutearse (use the informal singular "you"...a cualquier persona porque eso (tutearse a todo el mundo) es un poco grosero a los oidos de un mexicano.

Whymummy: tengo un hijo (3.35 años) y una hija (17meses). Vivo en Leicestershire (blech!!!). A ellos no les importantan en que pais viven, solamente que esten con su mama....

yes, whymummy - how do you ask where the eggs are in a Spanish supermarket? I always think they'll laugh if I say "donde estan los huevos?" (as apparantly huevos are also balls). Am I being silly?

zebra - hay muchos sudamericanos aqui (lo siento, aca) y creo que los españoles te comprenderen porque la television americana esta doblado con actores mexicanos (creo, no lo veyo mucho, pero leyo los libros de los Simpson y ese es mexicano)

no te preocupes lucy tu puedes decir donde estan los huevos sin problema
yo tengo problemas pronunciando sheet me parece que suena cuando yo lo digo como s..t asi es que nunca lo pronuncio,tambien cuando voy a espana la gente que no sabe que vivo aqui debe pensar que soy idiota porque hay palabras que no me salen o en vez de la cera he dicho el pavimento o en vez de mudarse moverse o reservar bookear,me cuesta un poco al principio
un beso a todas xxx

Zebra - wherearounds in Leicestershire????
( I won't have a word said against the place! )

muchas gracias whymummy and Lucy123, that's really helpful. Murchas is in las Alpujarras, south of Granada. Mum's been and says it's lovely - in the mountains, but only about 30 mins from the beach too. Can't wait !

de nada tomps!!let us know how your holiday went

voy a rescatar este thread porque no se nada de vosotras
susanita has tenido ya al bebe?
lucy no se nada de ti desde mi ultimo email,espero que estes bien
zebra donde estas??

Hola, soy argentina, tengo 34 anios y un bebe de 4 semanas, alguna mama por la zona de Hitchin?

Hola - see my thread here about a new online group for bilingual families.

Soy Escocesa, vivo en Granada desde hace 18 años. Volvemos a Escocia este verano para vivir...por fin...

Hola chicas!

Soy nueva en Mumsnet y en esto de estar embarazada. Tengo ahora 15 semanas y por fin salí de las náuseas. Qué contenta estoy!

Yo vivo en la zona de Wimbledon. Si hay alguna que viva por aquí sería genial. Hecho de menos hablar en español y reunirme con las chicas!

Muchos besos a todas.

Hola,
Me gustaria conocer mamas Españolas con niños pequeños (2-4 años) por la zona de Hamsptead, st.johns woods y swiss cottage (NW3,NW6).
Alguien interesado o alguien que conozcais.
Saludos,
Maria

Hola;

Me llamo Beatriz, vivo en High Wycombe.
tengo una hija de 5 anos (Raquel) y un nino de 2 (George).
me encantaria conocer a familias españolas de la zona.
Mi e-mail: [email protected].

Espero tener noticias
Saludos

Beatriz

Hola,

Me llamo Soledad y vivo en High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.

Tengo un nene de 5 meses que se llama Thomas.

Me gustaria conocer a mamas de habla hispana de la zona o tomar parte a algun playgroup. Hay alguien que esta interesado o que conoce un playgroup que me pueda recomendar?

Mi e-mail es [email protected]

Saludos,
Soledad