Saturday, June 9, 2007

Linguistics

Of course words are what fascinate me the most. I'm learning little bits of Hindi each day. So far I can say: let's go, water, bread, three, get up, OK, no, and mango. To my delight there are tons of words to describe family members. Not just grandma and grandpa but seperate words depending on if they are your mom's mom, dad's mom, etc. Same with aunt, uncle, cousin - different words that describe exactly how they are related to you. I love it!

Also I've been told there's a big need here for language teachers. especially european languages, which just happen to be my specialty. G's uncle told me i should start a language school in Delhi, promising that i would make tons of money. Sounds good to me!

Went shopping in pune yesterday and we all bought shoes - handmade leather sandals for6 dollars. In a cyber cafe right now and they are playing Akon and Shakira. What a small world.
Love to all!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I've told several people that you would learn the language, or start to, while you are on this trip and I'm right again!! Glad to hear you are having a good time - we enjoy the news and the stories of what you are doing. Missed you at Connor's celebration, though.