Tired...
Dang, I don't think that I have ever gone this long without updating my blog. I usually have something to post! Lately, I have been waking up earlier in order to get to the computer and post, but then I find my self doing something else...like homework. We are done with Phonetics and have just started Grammar. Oh, my goodness. I struggled in Highschool with English Grammar, and now I am learning how to distinguish all the parts in foreign languages!
They give us a list of (26) words in another language and next to them are the basic english definition. We then have to figure out in the foriegn language what are the verbs, nouns, tenses and stuff like that. It is amazing to see how different languages work! In some countries they use different words if the person is talking to a male or female. Dang.
The teacher was telling a story how a person was asking their Cherokee language helper how to say the phrase, "The dog barked." Well the helper was asking all these questions like, "why was the dog barking, at whom was the dog barking, which direction was he barking in..." All those questions were asked, because how to say the word depended on all those different things! To have a different word for, "bark" because of the direction of the bark...I can hardly wrap my brain around that! That would explain my reoccuring headache!
They give us a list of (26) words in another language and next to them are the basic english definition. We then have to figure out in the foriegn language what are the verbs, nouns, tenses and stuff like that. It is amazing to see how different languages work! In some countries they use different words if the person is talking to a male or female. Dang.
The teacher was telling a story how a person was asking their Cherokee language helper how to say the phrase, "The dog barked." Well the helper was asking all these questions like, "why was the dog barking, at whom was the dog barking, which direction was he barking in..." All those questions were asked, because how to say the word depended on all those different things! To have a different word for, "bark" because of the direction of the bark...I can hardly wrap my brain around that! That would explain my reoccuring headache!
posted by Original Blog-surfer | 6:22 AM
7 Comments:
well, thank god we have One language the whole world is able to communicate in - English.. hehe..
Poor dog, what a complicated process to do the simple act of barkin. BTW what's your major? kinda interestin
Tina...It is amazing that most of the world wants to learn English...even though it is soooo messed up. You can get around most of the world by just knowing that...except France. They would probably just ignore you.
Keith...I will get my B.A. in Cross-Culture Communication. It is pretty interesting. Harder the Crud, but I like it at the same time.
You're right, In France they will ignore you. In Amsterdam however, they'll ignore you when not speaking English.. I mean, that is what I've heard.. The world has gone mad..
i'm going mad too, have fun with your class, it's going to be a big help to you
Wow what a thing, i cant imagine what a difficult thing it is, wish ya luck
Why the heck would you be in a course like that? You would never see me doing grammar :P
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