My goal I had set in the beginning of the semester was to learn how to speak and understand a basic conversation in Sindhi. Writing in Sindhi requires me to learn the Arabic script and finding books in Sindhi is tough as the language is slowly dying so I decided not to learn that. I use the Devanagiri script to write words; which is the same script used to write Hindi, which I’m familiar with.
I listen to short stories made for children on YouTube. I may not understand the entire story but that is my goal by the end of the semester. I can pick up a few words from the story and sometimes connect those words to identify the sentence. One advantage that I have is that I know Hindi. And most Indian languages have similarities with Hindi. So there will be instances that my Hindi knowledge will help me build a sentence.
I tried to listen to the news in Sindhi but it was a big challenge for me because the speed at which the language is spoken and the level of vocabulary used was above my capabilities but again I could pick up some words. They spoke about the day and time that I understood and also I picked up words like children, house, people, yesterday etc.
My vocabulary is increasing slowly because I try to talk to my family and my language partner only in Sindhi and when I can’t get a word I say it in Hindi and I make sure my family or my language partner corrects me and gives me Sindhi word for it so that I don’t repeat that mistake.
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