Animals
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Animal Verbs Solutions!
Do not read if you haven’t read Animal Verbs!! (14 November) For those of you who are not native speakers, and even for those who are, here are a few notes on the 16 animal verbs I used in the short story in Animal Verbs… Crane: Grulla A crane has a long, flexible neck, so Continue reading
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Animal Verbs
One curiosity of language, both in English and Spanish, and I’m sure in other languages, is the use of the names of animals as verbs. Gatear comes from gato: cat in Spanish, and it means to crawl, so to move around on four legs. Or in the case of humans, 2 arms and 2 knees. Continue reading
