You'll sound fairly stupid, but on the other hand, they'll know you're trying.
I remember hearing from a friend of mine who spent some time living with a host family in Germany that she ruffled a lot of feathers in the town she was staying in, because the German she'd learned at home was only using the familiar-you and she didn't know to switch to the formal-you with adults of her parents' age not related to her.
See, I liked Latin because I never ran into native Latin speakers who would confuse me. It was all nice dead people who never talked too fast or used modern street vernacular.
Erin "sé que lo dijieron"
I have teacher spanish for parent teacher conferences:
Your kid is failing.
He doesn't do his homework.
She needs to read more.
He's doing well.
She's the smartest person in the class.
He doesn't get along with others.
She's the root of all evil.
You know. The usual stuff.
es la raiz de todo mal?
Coolness! I'm so using that.
Dear Kat--
I didn't get back online Monday so I never saw your question until today, just now. Oops.
signed,
your busy friend Burrell
PS--am now running home soon, so best to call me, not post
Can you really say "she's the root of all evil" in Spanish?
I have my first teacher conferences in three weeks! 75% of my students are Spanish speakers at home.
Seriously, do you have a cheat sheet? I mean, I'm all flip here, but I do want to be able to help my students out.