Today is a holiday in Mexico (Independence Day) and as such I had to cancel my class today in order to tend to some business.
Classes have been going well as they’ve resumed a couple weeks ago. I’ve only been doing an hour a day. I’ve been reading for the first 20 minutes and then working on grammar the latter 40 minutes. Last week I spent reviewing areas I had covered in my first 8 weeks. That went well and surprisingly I’ve retained most of what I had previously learned.
This week I have been spending most of my time on the subjuntivo pretérito mood. We only briefly touched on this subject in the latter portion of the first two months. Maybe a day at most, which was hardly sufficient. This seems to be one of the most difficult conjugation form for me to get so far. Add to that, the ability to properly discern when it should be used (which is the general problem I have with the subjunctive mood in general). Also, the irregular verbs (which are abundant) get really weird with this form.
Outside of class I have been extracting new vocabulary from the what I’ve been reading. This is helpful to gain new words. The reading has also helped with my pronunciation (which is horrible), especially with new words.