Funny stuff
Posted by emh1969 on February 21, 2008
Funny stuff: Learning something new is always full of ups and downs. This week in my conversation class, I said a couple of funny things. The first was on Monday. The teacher gave us pictures of different objects and we were supposed to describe them, say what they´re used for, etc. One of my objects was a calculator. As some of you know, I´ve always been good at math and computing sums in my head. So I tried to say “I have a calculator in my brain” (tengo una calculadora en mi cerebro). Except I substituted “cerveza” for “cerebro” and said “I have a calculator in my beer”.
Two days later, we were supposed to bring in two news articles to talk about in class. One of the other students brought in two articles from The Onion, a satirical newspaper with made up stories. One of the “stories” this student shared was about Congress giving two alpacas to every American as a way to stimulate the economy. Naturally, I was concerned about where to put my alpacas. So I tried to ask “Is there land for my alpacas?¨. (¿Hay tierra para mis alpacas?) Once again, I chose the wrong word…using “tarea” instead of “tierra” and asked “Is there homework for my alpacas”? I´m sure this is only the beginning of funny statements….
