Monday, June 1, 2009

Farm Town is Awesome

When I was in Costa Rica, my facebook interface automatically switched to Spanish. At some point after I'd been there for weeks, facebook randomly popped up a screen asking me which language I would like my interface in.

I decided to leave it in Spanish, because it's kind of fun and I learn a new word from time to time, and since then I have been enjoying it and I haven't investigated how to put it back.

Playing FarmTown is one of the best apps for learning new words, because the entire thing is in Spanish, including the little mini-dialogs that you have with the other farmers (granjeros). Here's a few fun words that I have learned:

cosechar - harvest
ardilla - squirrel
ciruelo - plum tree
trigo - wheat
espantapajaros - scarecrow
manguera - hose
regar - to water
apurado - in a hurry
la maleza - weeds

2 comments:

maria said...

That's a fund way to learn a language.

Maria

Farm Town Tips said...

I bet that was a great experience! Total immersion... never thought about learning Spanish through gaming.