Languages

Languages are our vehicle for communication.
Furthermore language expresses the spirit of their speakers, how they think, and their world view. If you are learning a language, you have to understand not only these new nouns, adjectives, verbs, ..but also how you use them. I like to see that words that in spanish are used in a certain context would sound odd in english. Words have many different meanings and we use, generally, mostly one of them and it depends on the language which one it is. We see that especially in latin words. For example, the latin verb molestare has different meanings in spanish and in english. In spanish it means bother but in english means actually abuse someone.
Idioms are interesting as well. Let us analyze maybe one of the most common one of them. In english you say “kill two birds with one stone” but in spanish you say “ matar dos pájaros de un tiro”, aslo you kill two birds with a shot and in german one says “zwei fliegen mit einer klappe schlagen“, here you are killing flies. Isn´t that funny? Why is this this way? Who knows. Languages are strange. However, it is significant that these three use a similar idiom to express the same idea. Nevertheless, there are some that are extremly different and express customs and habits of their speakers. It is important to learn these small things in order to be good speakers. Grammar is crucial but usage is the key to being an excellent speaker. With interest and time you can become a near-native speaker.