How can I think about something without attaching any words to it?

The other day in Spanish class, I was trying to understand some sentence the teacher had put together, one that was a little complicated. We don’t speak much English in this class, but occasionally they allow it, so I asked her if the sentence meant such-and-such in English. But she interrupted me halfway, saying (in [...]

The subjunctive: the trippy, creative verb tense

I’m studying Spanish, as I have been for two years, but with even more ferocity than ever. I’m in school 5 days a week at Solexico here in Playa del Carmen, and I often spend another couple of hours studying on my own. It has been a long haul, and very discouraging at times, but [...]