Recent content by Josu

Ended The hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. Worst that LOTR IMHO, but enjoyed it. Started Gates of Fire, by Steven Pressfield

Just saying that (sadly) Basque Country is not an official national team and some of our best players where not present because they were playing with Spain. On the other hand Athletic Club was having an important match in few days and agreed the call with Basque Federation

Ended The poppy war by R.F. Kuang. Good stuff. I will follow up R.F. Kuang closely Set aside M: Son of the Century by Antonio Scurati. I was not enjoying it Started The hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. Umpteenth try.

I was going to say that this ref is worst in LaLiga, sadly he's not, there is a though competition.

I have been in paternity leave, I was supposed to have more free time to internet and some stuff, but I didn't have this time. Here is my uptate since 2024 started Ended Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay. Did not enjoy it. First part was interesting, then the book is able to bore cows Started and...

Fostered a 9 years old girl. Biggest challenge I had ever had and probably that I will have. We will keep struggling whatever happens

Coffee: Always. Non-negotiable. There is one exception: being in a country where usually coffee sucks, mostly because they are on tea. Toast: A toast with olive oil and Iberian ham Or Fruit + Yogurt: Banana, grapes, strawberries. Or Bakery products I don't like having too much breakfast, as a...

BTW, my fostered daughter is "stealing" my reading time. Since she is with us, we have read several children's books but I am not finding too much time to continue reading Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay. I read first part in a jiffy, however I am stuck with the second part because I am not enjoying...

Does exist any Lord of the rings edition adapted to 8-10 years old kids? If not, do yo know any similar book?

Also read with my daughter a book of Lilli The Witch series, by Knister. We have taken the habit of reading half an hour in bed before sleeping We have started Manolito Four-Eyes, by Elvira Lindo. It's recommended from 10-12 years, but she has asked to read it.

Ended Collapse: how societies choose to fail ir succed. By Jared Diamond Enjoyed some chapters, some other ones are just padding Started Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay

Mainly yes.

Difference between dialects is mainly because dialects are located in isolated valleys. There has not been an unified basque until XX century and it was not taught in schools, so dialects evolved in diferent ways, Biscay has borders with Castille, so biscayan dialect has some influence from...

Oh, I read it. You were speaking about standard basque (whatever is it) here: So it's weird reading you saying you were talking about batua, while I am the first person mentioning batua in this post. In consequence we can proceed in two ways, you calm down and you have a relaxed conversation...

What? H is always silent in batua. Correct pronunciation of J in batua is like the Y in yes. However there are some cases in which /x/ is accepted. Pronunciation in basque is quite easy: we have one phonema for each letter and one letter for each phonema.