Breakthrough Conversation Limay

I usually communicate with Coco with choppy sentences and grandoise hand gestures. And by nodding and saying "si" a lot. The other day we sat on the back porch and were somehow able to have a verbal conversation. If I didn´t understand a sentence I would pick out the word I didn´t know and ask her to rephrase it. She limited her vocabulary though, so I could understand better, and I pieced together sentences with terrible grammar. We were just skimming the surface of basic concepts, comparing the U.S. and Nicaragua and whether we were happy. We coldn´t talk in-depth, but I felt closer to her afterwards. Although it´s difficult for all of us, my host family and I are understanding each other better each day.