27. Learn Spanish

I've always found Spanish to be a very sexy language.  I love songs in Spanish (latino style) and often try to find the lyrics to sing along even if I don't understand what they mean.

This is partly why I wanted to learn Spanish.  I would even like to try to write a song in Spanish if I learn it enough.

I downloaded an app called Duolingo and started learning.  It's quite a cute little app with various ways of learning: speaking, selecting the missing word, creating sentences, translating English to Spanish (and vice versa).  The more "Lingots" I earn from not losing lives/hearts and completing topics, I can "buy" things in the "shop" like extra bonus topics, outfits for Duo the Owl and potions to restore a heart if I lose one by making a mistake.

The different rounds

The topics turn "gold" when they're completed.

The levels I've completed

If I don't learn every day I get reminders and also the topics you complete become weaker so you need to top them up.  The app tracks you every day and you get through levels and checkpoints.

Rounds completed and not (do you like the little "champagne tracksuit" I got for Duo the Owl?)

At the moment I can just about recognise phrases but I don't think I'd remember a lot of them if I was asked.  I need to get to that level in my brain.

I still have quite a few checkpoints on Duolingo to clear but I'm enjoying it.  I've completed so many already.  I need to make sure I keep up!

For my birthday, my folks got me a Spanish course for my laptop which I've started using as well.  It's slightly different in the order of things it teaches you but I get to wear headphones with a microphone attached (if it hadn't been connected to the computer, I'm sure I would have put some music on and pretended I was singing on stage whilst busting some moves - Madonna style (but without the falling off the stage bit)).

You never know, with all of these methods of learning, I might be fluent by the time I'm 40!