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Trying to understand - in my text state that numbers expressing hundreds, you say number of hundreds and follow with the next number. Their examples: ciento treinta y dos quinientos cinco ochocientos veintenuevo Why does this 829 NOT follow the other pattern? Why would it not be expressed as ochocientos veinte y nuevo ??????????????????? novecientos cuarenta y siete setecientos cincuenta y seis Chuck

Hi! Well, this blog is the story of how do I get here. I wrote it in Spanish cause its my native language so you can ask me about it... ;) Bueno... Pues es una larga historia: Desde hace mucho tiempo estuve interesado en los idiomas, pero nunca me había dado el tiempo de investigar realmente y sumergirme en el aprendizaje. El inglés es algo que he tenido siempre cerca de mi vida desde niño, pues México es vecino de Estados Unidos. Pero extrañamente este no fué el medio por el que llegúe aqui.… Continue

Who would have guessed that I would be learning Spanish and belong to a language community when I was 68 years old? Probably no one! We can sometimes attribute dramatic changes in life style to our being adventurous and wanting new and exciting changes.

Anyway, here I am writing this blog, and hoping to find new friends who are interested in some of the same things that I am.

So let's begin with the fact that my wife and I both love Guanajuato. This is a wonderful city in Mexico…

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Since I was in high school, I always wanted to learn how to speak spanish. Just recently I started studying the spanish language and their culture. I am truly amazed at the eloquence of this beautiful language. Although I am unable to carry on a conversation in spanish, I am learning lots. I have been studying using the internet, watching spanish television, and listening to their music. The spanish music sounds so wonderful and I have started a CD collection. I reside in Ohio and would love to… Continue