Moses spoke with God how?

While learning Spanish in the Missionary Training Center, one afternoon we were discussing how Moses spoke with the Lord in the burning bush (or so we thought). My classmate said, "Moises hablo con Dios por el arbol fumando." Literally translated, this classmate had said, "Moses spoke with God through the smoking tree." The verb, fumar, means to smoke - as in cigarrettes. I hope the guys who translated the scriptures were a little more accurate with their wording than this!