Tag Archives: Hindi

Oh, Friday

Posted on February 19, 2010 by HappyGoth

I have been lacking in the motivation lately and the weekend looms, which means more non-blogging, but will involve My Name is Khan (!). Anyway. Today I translated some of a Hindi song into English for Mr. Jaipur, only not … Continue reading →

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I do too much.

Posted on November 16, 2009 by HappyGoth

(I got all excited seeing this photo, because I haven’t seen color like this in Georgia yet this year and then I noticed it was taken in 2008. I did see one yellow tree, though.)   Weekend recap, if you … Continue reading →

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I’m on Lesson 3!

Posted on November 11, 2009 by HappyGoth

And that’s the short form of my language lesson progress. The long form is that for the past week and a half (two weeks?) I’ve been plugging away at LiveMocha, and have made some decent progress. I can now: Say … Continue reading →

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[Navel-Gazing] The learning curve

Posted on November 5, 2009 by HappyGoth

Well, more specifically the variations between learning curves and my recent experience with them. I find that mental things have a much steeper learning curve than physical things, depending on previous experience with similar physical things. For example, if you’ve … Continue reading →

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Keep me to task

Posted on November 4, 2009 by HappyGoth

Guilt is a powerful motivator, especially coming from anonymous internet people. Really, that’s why I’m blogging – it keeps me honest. Those analytics make me feel bad, when they’re bad, and it’s a good kick-start. Like the embroidery, for example. … Continue reading →

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Back to the books again.

Posted on November 3, 2009 by HappyGoth

So I am back to learning Hindi again, a little more so this time. I had given it up for a while, as I got almost to learning new verbs and the couldn’t memorize them or remember postpositions or remember … Continue reading →

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I have

Posted on April 24, 2009 by HappyGoth

Moved on to new verbs! Hooray! I can conjugate them both politely and casually, and also super-politely. So not only can I talk about things in the present, I can also talk about talking about them (oooh – meta). Such … Continue reading →

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I feel so smart.

Posted on April 15, 2009 by HappyGoth

And yet not at all, but I’ll get to that. Firstly, I feel smart. I bought myself a lovely Bengali tant style sari last month from sarishop.com (I have been drooling over their spring collection), and then it sat around … Continue reading →

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Well, that’s over.

Posted on April 14, 2009 by HappyGoth

[Photo from here.] I really shouldn’t feel that way about the Easter season. Really. But I do. I mean, I like the whole bit of pomp and circumstance that accompanies it, even if I don’t attend Good Friday services or … Continue reading →

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Weltschmerz

Posted on April 7, 2009 by HappyGoth

And also, some sari success. Backing up a minute, weltschmerz not really the word I’m looking for. The word I’m looking for but which is not weltschmerz is defined as “homesickness for a place you’ve never been.” I’ve felt this, … Continue reading →

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