SPA II Honors

It says volumes about the breadth (and, yes, even depth) to which we have covered the Spanish language that I actually had to dig quite deep to come up with a couple of worthwhile final "exploratory" concepts to investigate to finish the year. In the end, I have found 2 that were worth our time looking at: pejoratives (a relative of  diminutives and augmentatives) and the neuter "lo" subject pronoun.  WHAT! --- yeah, I know... but it will explain a lot of things that you might see and/or hear that have confused you. First, though, there is the pejorative. For this, just watch the video below that briefly explains the concept. Like diminutives and augmentatives, there is not a lot of structure to these, but are handy to for recognition of what is being said or reading. These aren't typically used until one is an advanced speaker, even then they should be approached cautiously as these are used to cast things in a negative light (not always bad, but can have the

Ending our year on a proper note is important. Throughout our studies of Spanish, we have attempted to place our study in perspective. We study Spanish for many reasons. We study it to develop the gifts God has given us. We study it to learn more about God and His beautiful gift of language, which He gives us to communicate and fellowship with each other and with Him. He has given us language so that we might learn more how to love. God speaks much in the Bible about loving our neighbor, which includes any "strangers" which God places in our path. Caring for the stranger is of great concern to our God as it shows and witnesses the new and charitable heart that God has planted in us as well as He uses those interactions to grow and teach us as well about Him. However, may we not forget the origin of this love. It ought never be for self-glory or done in a way that diminishes the utmost need we have for God's love FIRST. If we are given the opportunity to discuss our faith