Shopping.

Bueno...so, I have been a busy Buenos Aires bee, but not so busy that I haven't managed a little Spanish practice, which is always easier when there is no sun, and unfortunately there has not been much of that!

I feel like I need much more Spanish immersion to go alongside these Bueno, entonces... classes, so I have been making a huge effort to chat to as many new people as I can in Spanish, but sometimes my conversation is not exactly riveting, due to that fact that I do not know enough of the language yet...so I think quite a few people I have met recently must think I am a rather aburrido, ah well...de nada

Today's class started off rather randomly and I was just wondering if I would find a lesson dedicated to the vocabulary of competition useful, when Bueno, entonces... came up trumps again and changed the subject...to shopping. Ideal! BA is a city of amazing shops, and as anyone interested in fashion will have notices, the streets are full of gorgeous women in gorgeous clothes. So, a lesson on how to buy clothes and what the names of garments are is very useful to anyone who wants to fit in and look remotely good here!

I really like the way Bueno, entonces... always covers the most easily applicable topics, so many times I have gone into shops and had to use abstract hand gesticulations to get the size, shape and colour of the items I want...and God forbid a shop assistant asked me if I was ok...before this lesson I would simply smile blankly and walk on by...but now I can cheerfully respond 'estoy mirando!' (I am just looking) and breeze by (I would never accept the offer of help- far to embarrasing to have a tiny sleek Argentine watching me try to squeeze into the Argentinan 'apple bottom jeans'!)

The section of the lesson dedicated to pronouns was good, but seriously...only Spanish could have masculine, feminine and neutral foms- this is the 21st century..I think we should be pushing for gender neutrality here (so much easier!!)

Humm...maybe I should go and test my newly learnt shopping vocab in Palermo, it is market day afterall...