As part of my ongoing efforts to learn Spanish, I'm highlighting a different Spanish word each day during April as part of the Blogging from A to Z Challenge. I'm also sharing the random thoughts that pop into my head when I try to pronounce them.
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Today's Spanish word is >>nadar<< (to swim). And now for some random thoughts:
1 - I used to love swimming as a child. My sister and I would spend every day in the pool during the summers.
2 - I still like swimming, but these days, I usually swim in the ocean where there are evil sea monsters like sharks and barracuda. I'd much rather have to just worry about whether I need to apply more sun screen, not whether something is going to bite me.
3 - One of the coolest places I've swum at was a blue hole in the Bahamas. It was so nice to cool off in a fresh water pool and not worry being a mid-afternoon snack for some creature.
Do you like swimming? Ever worry about something biting you? What's your favorite word that starts with "N"?
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I also LOVED swimming as a child. My favorite family vacation was spending an entire week at the hotel and swimming from 9:00am - 5:00pm (with the required hour break for lunch and digestion). These days, I'm not so fond of getting my hair wet :)
ReplyDeleteThat's what we did as well - swim all day long and had to be told to get out of the pool to eat. It was so much fun.
DeleteI was a competitive swimmer in high school, a LOOOOOONG time ago LOL. Nothing ever bit me in the pool =)
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Much safer to swim in the pool :-)
DeleteWho's up for a nadar? Yeah, that just sounds weird.
ReplyDeleteNot a chance I'm swimming in the ocean. Too many sharks and things that can but one's butt.
That does sound weird :-)
DeleteI loved swimming as a child too, and my son loves to be in the water. Nowadays, I'd rather be on the water. Yet if I had the opportunity to swim in a tropical lagoon (that was safe!), I would. :)
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of swimming in a tropical lagoon that's free of sea monsters. So much more relaxing than constantly being on the lookout for evil creatures.
DeleteI miss swimming. We swam at my grandparents' cabin every year as it sat on the Little North Fork river. That spoiled me though. I only like clear water so most lakes are out as they are so murky.
ReplyDeleteThat is the problem with some lakes - the murky water is kind of creepy.
DeleteI cannot swim. I know, I'm a boater. I wear a vest. It's the only was to afford some safety. I wouldn't like the critters either.
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous day. ♥
You know, I've met a number of other boaters who don't swim. That's great that you wear a life vest.
DeleteI definitely love swimming!
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Me too :-)
DeleteEvil sea monsters... like the Kraken? He-he.
ReplyDeleteI hope I never run into a Kraken :-)
DeleteFor a brief moment, I thought Ralph when I read Nadar. As to fear of what lurks under water, I have it. I like to know what's going on beneath my naked feet. Snorkle to the rescue!
ReplyDeleteOh, that's funny!
DeleteOh, yes I worry something down there might bite my feet. I've been told live things may be buried in the sand & might chew my feet, so I shuffle my feet what walking in the surf.
ReplyDeleteThat's another one of my worries - stepping on a stingray or, worse, a lion fish. Shuffling your feet is a smart thing to do.
DeleteThere were summer days where we got in the pool before breakfast and got out at 10pm, only coming in once in a while to use the restroom or ask for food to be brought out. It's been a long time.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like my childhood.
DeleteI am not a great swimmer and as a child I wasn't so crazy about swimming in lakes or the ocean for fear of little fish nibbling at my legs. I do like snorkeling in the Bahamas. It's different when you can look the fishies in the eyes. Except for, maybe, the sharks and barracudas, of course.
ReplyDeleteI really don't like sharks or barracudas. Some people don't seem to be bothered swimming near them. Not me.
DeleteNadar is so essential - yet I saw a young woman buying a house say she didn't want one bordering a lake because of her kids...kids old enough to swim. Health & Safety?
ReplyDeleteI think learning to swim is probably a good thing for kids, even if just from a safety standpoint.
DeleteI do love to swim and as a child I spent hours in the ocean. We moved further north and the ocean here is so cold that a wetsuit is needed. (I don't have one). These days I prefer to walk along the water's edge.
ReplyDeleteThe idea of swimming in cold water has absolutely zero appeal to me. I'd much rather go for a walk like you.
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