I've somehow destroyed another memory card for my camera so no pics. I just don't feel inspired to post without photos which is partly why its been so long.
The Kindle: Dh got me one for Christmas and it is wonderful for reading in another language if you are studying one! I bought a Spanish dictionary for Kindle from Amazon and made it my primary dictionary. Then I downloaded some books in spanish. Amazon has some free books and then there are places like Manybooks. I like to read children's books for the moment because of the more limited vocabulary. So I am reading The Secret Garden (El Jardin Secreto) in spanish. The great part is that when I move the cursor to a word that I don't know, the Kindle looks it up in the Spanish Dictionary! No more flipping through books while I (attempt)to read in Spanish! (It misses a few words and doesn't recognize verbs if they have pronouns atattached to the end, but generally speaking it is great.)
I also have Isabelle Allende, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and other spanish writers loaded in. But I have an idea, probably not true, that with books that I loved so much as a child the words will stick with me better. We'll see.
Projects: I am mosaicing a little table, crocheting a scarf and painting trees on a closet door. Hopefully will have picture capability back soon!
Kathy
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How did you manage to distroy memory card ?????
ReplyDeleteNow buy quick new one and take pics of your interesting projects !!!!!
Greetings from Finland :)
Sorry to hear about the Mem card. Maybe it's your camera doing it.
ReplyDeleteI bought a charger from Walley world one time that killed my cell phone.
I have a hard enough time with English, good luck with the Spanish.
That is a brilliant idea!!! I think I will do it on my Nook for Latin reading, thanks a million. Sorry about your memory card, they are cheap on amazon to replace if that helps. Swinging by from NE bloggers to say hi!
ReplyDeleteI had no idea you could get foreign language books *and* get word translations! My husband just bought a Kindle, and I will confess, I've only used it to play words games!
ReplyDelete~Amanda
Actually Isabel Allende and Gabriel Garcia Marquez are not Spanish writers. They are latin american.
ReplyDeleteKathy--I've given you the "Versatile Blogger" award on my blog. I love what you're doing here! Thanks. And good luck!
ReplyDeleteinteresant
ReplyDeleteOf course anonymous is correct about the national origin, but s/he didn't notice that I used the word spanish with a small "s"!
ReplyDeleteKathy
Do you mind sharing which dictionary you bought? I'm trying to decide which one to get.
ReplyDeleteMy spanish dictionary is:
ReplyDeleteMerriam Webster's Spanish - English Translation Dictionary.
I seem to also have Barrons' also but it is not an option when I go to settings to change my primary dictionary.
Not sure why. I don't really recommend Merriam Webster because I haven't done any comparisons. It works. But there could be a better.
Kathy