Learning Plan:
The following items are what I wish to cover the course of this semester:
1. Give directions
2. Discuss the politics of a country
3. Give instructions on cooking
4. I can ask for and provide descriptions of places I would like to visit.
BI-Weekly Report:
Siraiki 2016
front Aguon
back poyuun
left khaba
right sidha
sidha chal sidha hal
Oopar mathe
neecha hate
forward akte
backward poyte
samne samoon
yahaan se mein kaisa jaoon
iddoon mein kiyaan wana
Room to Dhal
Pehla kamre se bahir jaon
Akch toon kamre choon nikal
yaahn se left ho jao
idoo tu khabe hath wan
lakeview se bahir jao
lakeviewichoon bahir nikal
uskebaad neecha jao
picha hate wan
lake ke sath sath chalo
jheel nal gadh gadh hal
commons se right ho jao
comons kan sidha hath halyaan wal
aur age dhal aa jae ga
aoon teda samoon dhal hosi
Directons:
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First Bi-weekly post:
This Ziad and I explored the concepts of Peers in Sindh. I had hoped to learn new and interesting facts about this phenomenon in Pakistan. Hailing from the province itself, Ziad had many interesting stories to offer. He told me how in the city of Karachi, the financial capital of the country, never prepares for any of the cyclones that hits its shores. No public emergency services are put on high alert, no hospitals are made ready to receive the effected and no state of emergency is ever declared. This is because a vast chunk of the population believes that the tomb of the saint Abdullah Shah Ghazi will protect them from their wrath. Interestingly enough, none of the cyclones have ever reached the shores of the city but have dispersed miles from the shores. So far belief Abdullah Ghazi has proved fruitful. Ziad and I surfed the internet for more information and we realized the he had a large online following for a deceased Sindhi saint. He even had his own website AbdullahShahGhazi.com.
Ziad and I also made some progress regarding Siraiki itself. I learnt directions in the language and learnt how to guide a traveler from my dorm room to the dining hall. What frustrates me sometimes was the fact that I was unable to fully imitate Ziad's accent for certain words. He kept on asking me repeat the word a certain way even though I was unable to hear the difference between what he was saying and what I was saying.
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