Both Atul's and my schedule were so packed this week that we didn't get to meet together. The week before this we talked about questions words and personal pronouns. I learned that Hindi pronouns are a little different that English pronouns, and it will take some untangling to decipher why "Main" (I) is used sometimes and "Mujhe" (to me) is used sometimes. We also talked about questions words like kya (what), kahaan (where), kaise (how), kaun (who), kyon (why), and kab (when). Thankfully they are pretty easy to use - just substitute them into wherever the word they are standing in for would have been! I also learned this week how to say "Is naksha men, ham kahaan hain?" which means "Where are we on this map?" which seems quite useful, as I tend to get lost on public transportation. :)
This coming week is Thanksgiving break, so Atul and I will see each other the week after. Meanwhile, I am going to continue studying on my own. I have been practicing with my fiancé a little bit (text is less intimidating than speaking), as you can see in the picture below.
I wrote (or tried to write) "the weather is good today. It is a little cold. My legs are cold. I want to wear churidar (leggings). I am wearing jeans. I want to wear jeans AND leggings. Because I am cold."
My goals for this coming week:
- Make a language-learning plan for the next 28 weeks or so until I move to India.
- Complete Mango lessons 17-29 (I would like to finish the Mango by the end of this semester if possible. I need to finish something so I can feel psychologically satisfied!)
- Sample some new Hindi resources including
--- watch two EdX Hindi videos on YouTube
--- look at two lessons from http://www.learning-hindi.com/
--- look at two lessons from http://www.mindurhindi.com/
--- Look more at Hindi Memrise accounts
- Practice communicating in Hindi at least twice with another person
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