Goal for the week: Learn basic greetings
This first week of language learning I met with my language partners Pooja Patel and Prachi Mehta twice. Both individuals are Gujarati 2nd year students here at the University. Since I have two language partners, we took advantage of that fact for the purposes of my best learning style, which is oratory. I asked that they just speak with each other, introducing themselves and using basic greetings.
I quickly caught on and was able to then sa...
how are you (informal): tu kem che
how are you (formal): tame kem cho
I'm well: majhama
my name is jamaica: "maru namm jamaica"
I'm sick: hu mando chu
I found it extremely effective that they introduce themselves to one another. It was as though I was in a brand new country, without any concept of the language, simply trying to pick up on body language (hand gestures, hand shakes, smiles) along with what my language partners were actually saying.
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