This time, I conducted an interview with a friend of mine and she is a student of university of foreign studies. Her major is Spanish language.

今回私は外国語大学でスペイン語を専攻している友人にインタビューしました。彼女のスペイン語を学ぶ熱心な姿勢は少し本棚を覗くだけでもすぐに分かりますが、詳しい話を会話を通して聞かせてもらいました。

H：Hagimon（interviewer）N：Nina（guest）

【読む小説にもスペイン語愛が…?】

H: So, this time I asked you to take picture of your bookshelf and the bookshelf seems to be academic. What about another category like hobbies? Do you have some paperbacks?

N: I seldom read books for hobby. But I sometimes read Hemingway’s after I entered school of Spanish language. I have read The Old Man and The Sea（老人と海）. A teacher also recommended For Whom the Bell Tolls (誰がために鐘は鳴る) and A Farewell to Arms（武器よさらば）.

H: I heard that The Old Man and The Sea is related to Spanish. What was that…?

N: Yes, it was interesting that I found the sea is depicted like a woman. Usually, a sea is spelled ”el mar” but it was spelled “la mar” in the book. H: That is an unique perspective that you have!

【本題であるスペイン語の勉強の話に移る前に、もうスペイン語の話が出てくるとは思わなかった！ニナさんは外国語学部スペイン語学科に所属する3回生】

H: I can see most of books are related to Spanish in your bookshelf. Are you spending more than half of a week with studying Spanish just as your bookshelf?

N: Yes, almost. like vocabularies and grammars.

H:Okey, so most of the classes you’re taking are related to Spanish, right?

N: I’m studying Spanish and Latin America. These are really interesting.

H: First of all, what brought you to studying Spanish?

N: Well, I learned that Spanish is the third most spoken language in the world. That’ the reason.

【スペイン語の難しいところ】

H: Are there any difficulties you have faced?

N: Yes, there was a difficulty to remember the conjugated forms of verbs. On the other hand, the pronunciations are relatively easy. And Spanish and English have something in common.

H: Okey. By the way, did you buy these books for classes or private?

N: I bought these books for private. But they were expensive and definitely not student-friendly! I hesitated to buy them.

【やっぱり出てきた…専門書高すぎる問題…】

2022.08