Est ce que tu parles francais? Entiendo une poco castellano.

My daughter has been picking up a few Spanish nouns from Dora and her friends lately. She's still young enough that she thinks her parents know everything. I'd like to keep this going for a few more years, so I started listening to the Pimsleur Spanish audio CDs while I drive to work.

They've started teaching me basics like "Good Morning", "Do you speak English", and "I am American". These are obviously useful to the novice Spanish speaker.

What's funny is that, when I previously tried the Pimsleur French package, it seemed like they were quickly teaching me things like "Can I buy you some wine" and "Would you like to come to my apartment" instead. Is there some statistic that shows that Americans learn French to pick up chicks but only learn Spanish for more traditional conversation?