I actually walked to Corinne's house... and not getting lost this time it only took 15 minutes! Julien and I worked on more irregular verbs, including shake, wear, stick, and throw. For shake, all I could think of as an example was, "shaken, not stirred," and milkshake. When I explained what a milkshake was, he laughed because evidently kids his age say "shake the milkshake" for no apparent reason. When I asked, he said it just sounds funny because it rhymes.... but now it seems ridiculous because he knows what a milkshake is. For wear, he laughed uncontrollably because the word itself sounded so silly to him. I had to finally say, Julien, get a hold of yourself! It's a verb! For stick, he kept saying steak... I'd say, you have to say stiiiick. So he'd repeat and then after a second he'd say oh, steak. Haha. It was very funny... it was like he just heard a different sound. And throw- quelle horreur! We had both the "th" issue combined with the English "r." Let's just say we're working on it.
After our lesson, Corinne, Luc, Emilie, Lucie, and I went for a walk. We drove a few minutes to a path, parked, and walked around looking for rabbits. I actually asked if they eat rabbit, and they said yes, but they aren't the same as the rabbits you have at your house! They're different! (Rabbit fillets are found right next to chicken in the supermarket. Weird.) Besides rabbits, we talked about lots of different things... les soldes, when they lived in Marseille, places in Lyon (we're kind of both new to the area since they moved here just a year and half ago), etc. We went to a duck/swan pond, not far from the Porte des Alpes mall.
On our way back, I thought they'd just drop me off, but they asked if I wanted to come back for some tea and a snack. I said, why not? We talked a little more.... I'm going to babysit for them on the 28th. I met Julien's friend... who happens to be a girl. She isn't technically his girlfriend, but they hang out often. They were working on a project while we had our snack. They'd come and get cookies occasionally, but as soon as they'd leave, the parents would sort of roll their eyes with an "oh goodness what are we going to do with them" kind of expression. And then, they asked if I saw the most recent Grey's Anatomy... and I said, well no, I don't have a tv. They were in shock! But- I was in luck, they had a tv upstairs that they never used!
So Luc and Emilie drove me home, with the tv. He hooked it all up (after jokingly saying that had he known I lived on the top floor he would have thought twice about agreeing to this... haha) and now I have tv!!! I've been watching Desperate Housewives reruns (in French) ever since. I can't believe I've gone this long without one (a tv)! What a great language experience.... and more:) I can actually watch something and be on my computer at the same time!!!!
Welp- back to school tomorrow! I've had a great weekend! Enjoy your Monday off!
ahh, i can't remember the last time i went for a walk to look for rabbits.
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