Day 4: Getting to the good stuff

Love it! Today was my kind of lesson. Started off with slang, and finished with 'intimate body parts'. I decided it was about time to start practicing, so I watched the lesson this evening, then went out with my two Spanish-speaking housemates (ok, and I had a look over my little notebook, just to jog my memory). Was quite pleased with myself actually! The girls were highly amused when they came home from work and I greeted them with the Spanish equivalent of "Hey dude, what's happenin'?" Then I was able to say "Estoy lista to go out*" when one of them looked at me strangely, and exclaimed "Yo salgo a bailar - want to come conmigo nenita?!"

In the bar, I managed to use "Boludo" and "Que aburrido" numerous times for the typically pushy advances, "Me gustaria un amante" to explain to the girls why we were there in the first place, and "Que raro" to describe the lack of talent in the local establishment. I would have liked to use "Diego/Manuel/Alejandro tiene lo que yo quiero!" but it just wouldn't have been true.

I like that they were kind enough to really go to the limit of informality with the body parts, but I really hope my mother would never come across a language programme like this! I would probably put a warning on the box: Not for devout Christians! But definitely a good idea for young singles heading to Buenos Aires to sample the local social scene. And anyone attending a kinky business meeting, I suppose!

*For the translations, you're just gonna have to look it up in a dictionary. Or download lesson 4 from itunes. Here's a taster on youtube: lesson 4