I'm Not Taking Italian and Paying a Crap Load of Money For Classes to Forget How to Speak/Write It

...Well it's true...

Instead of trying to learn the language by myself from books, CDs, etc. I opted to take a class filled with people you may or may not like who can make fun of your pronunciation... let's not forget professors who come across as condescending and know-it-alls because they're frustrated with how little we know or how short our memories are for remembering something said literally a second ago. (I like my professor though)

Usually, that's how you learn a language... in a class setting. Still, you have to work at said language to be able to continue to say that you speak and comprehend it. Still... next time I'm gonna learn a language by myself on livemocha.com... but that's for another post... maybe.

So...I have decided to write my next post in the little Italian I know so I can guarantee that I won't forget it.

Any Italian readers of this blog (which I doubt I have) feel free to make corrections or else I'll make the same mistakes.

Here goes...

And why not write it in Spanish too because I'm forgetting my first language and that's just sad.

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ITALIANO

Ieri era il mio compleanno. Non ho avuto niente perché io ho lavorato ieri sera. Dopo il lavoro, ho recivuto un text dalla mia buona amica che mi chiedeva se ho votato nella l'elezione di medio termine... *sospiro*... non mi sono voluta un buon compleanno. Ma gli altri miei amici mi sono voluti un buon compleanno. Grazie tutti!

In ogni caso, non ho votato perché non ho avuto il tempo dopo il lavoro né prima quando ero all'università. Non mi piace la politica comunque.

Ma la mia mamma mi ha compruto una focaccia con glassa di formaggio cremoso... yum! In seguito... sono andata a letto.

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I just read that out loud and didn't like how I sounded. I sounded like a little girl... I guess that has nothing to do with pronunciation though.

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ESPAÑOL

Ayer era mi cumpleaños. No hize nada porque trabajé anoche. Despues del trabajo, recibí un text de mi buena amiga que me preguntaba si voté en la elección de mitad de trimestre...*suspiro*... no me deseó un feliz cumpleaños. Pero mis otros amigos me desearon un buen cumpleaños. ¡Gracias todos!

De todos modos, no voté porque no tenía tiempo despues del trabajo ni antes cuando estaba en la universidad. No me gusta la politica de todas maneras.

Pero mi mama me compró un bizcocho con glaseado de queso cremoso... ¡yum! Luego... me acosté.

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There we go!

Moral... or whatever... if you're taking a foreign language and want to continue with it so you could communicate with other speakers of that language... you need to practice. It won't just stay in your brain and be perfect whenever you decide to take it out.