Comments on: Get more ReVerb Spanish verb-y goodness on Twitter

By: Eleena

Eleena — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:39:45 +0000

You’re welcome and thanks Bob, Dimitrius and Marilyn for your comments!

By: BobMarche

BobMarche — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:55:00 +0000

Thanks for the useful info. It’s so interesting

By: Dimitrius

Dimitrius — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:12:22 +0000

Hola, Eleena, I think Instituto Cervantes may not just doing marketing. In fact, here, people who are looking for a good job must to know English and Spanish. Children are having Spanish classes in school. I have noticed this growing for a few years, but it is very new. Here, unfortunately, the north american influence is very strong. It is curious cause we was discovered by Portugal. From Portugal we have only the language and the jokes about them. Although English has been the “second language” for many years, if you was here, it will be a problem for you to get a conversation with someone because nobody here takes a second language serious. Couple weeks ago, I had an opportunity to try a conversation with a guy from Frankfurt who was totally lost in a bar besides my job. He told me that he was a little scared cause this, nobody talks English even in hotels. I though: “man, how could you land here with that in your mind? We are brazilian, lazy people, third world, here, people don´t know even the Portuguese as well!” . Saludos cordiales para usted también (forgive my English and my Spanish, both are not so good), até mais = hasta pronto.

By: Eleena

Eleena — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:44:06 +0000

Hola Dimitrius,
Thank you for your message. Sorry for the delay in responding. I’ve read that Brazil is one of the fastest growing markets for Spanish language instruction and that it may soon rival the U.S., in terms of number of people who are studying the language. Do you think this is could be true or is it just marketing hype from the Instituto Cervantes? Un saludo cordial.

By: Dimitrius

Dimitrius — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:35:04 +0000

Hello, Eleena. Love your blogs and podcasts. I think you have a very nice sense of humor.
As you probably must know, here in Brazil, we don´t speak spanish even being a country in the middle of Latin America and people here don´t give minimum importance for “a second language”. For us, is easier to understand spanish, but most of people prefers speak “portunhol”. A terrible mix of Portuguese and spanish. Sad, sad….

By: Eleena

Eleena — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:03:50 +0000

Hi Marilyn! Thanks for the strong vote of confidence! Hope I can keep the pace up!

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:58:09 +0000

ReVERB Spanish is one of my favorite tweets! Eleena churns out some great tips and delineations of meaning! Anyone who isn’t following her on Twitter is missing out on regular bits of growth in language.