My usual response to "Why can't you speak Spanish?" is "I took Latin in high school." That usually stops a lot of people dead as they try to comprehend such a thing.
Now, I can READ Spanish. Sort of. Enough to be able to get around in primarily Hispanic neighborhoods, and annoy my sister because I was able to translate her Spanish II homework when I was in Latin III. But I can't speak it. Native speakers tend to talk very quickly, and I just can't seperate the words.
Now, I can READ Spanish. Sort of. Enough to be able to get around in primarily Hispanic neighborhoods, and annoy my sister because I was able to translate her Spanish II homework when I was in Latin III. But I can't speak it. Native speakers tend to talk very quickly, and I just can't seperate the words.
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