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Storytelling is a crucial part of the way memory works.

Jonathan Hancock

Day Ten Reading. Since coming to Hillside, I’ve been impressed by the recurring theme of storytelling for ministry purposes. Who knew this skill could help even with memory and language learning?

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What Level do I Want to Reach in my Long-Term Target Language?

In my long-term target language, I feel that I should strive for at least a C1 level of fluency. With this degree of fluency, I think I could effectively convey the Gospel in a way that resonates with the local people.

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Facts are stupid things until brought into connection with some general law.

Agassiz, “The Student, Fish, Agassiz”

Day 9 Reading. Translated into a language learning concept, this quote reminds me that I can have memorized all the facts I might want to know about a language. But I must become immersed into that culture, then will I experience the beauty and depth of the language. Language learning facts are abstract until brought into the cultural context in which the language is spoken.

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Don't let your inability to produce grammatically perfect sentences keep you from trying to communicate.

“The (Proper) Role of Grammar Study in Learning a Foreign Language”

Day 8 Reading. This statement might seem obvious, but it’s a good reminder for me. I’m a perfectionist, and I like to do things right. I will oftentimes avoid doing something if I don’t think I can do it well. That tendency is something I must cast aside during language learning, and I have to accept the fact that I’ll get things wrong and look like a fool. Still I must continue.

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When your will is ready, your feet are light.

G. Herbert

Day 7 Reading. This quote is given in “Motivation, Morale, and Commitment”. It reminds me that if I remain firm in my conviction that God wants me on the field, and I’m willing to work hard for it, I will most likely see success.

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Better plunge right in and experience life from the insiders' perspective. Live with the people, worship with them, go shopping with them and use their public transportation. From the very first day it is important to develop many meaningful relationships with local people.

Brewster, “Bonding and the Missionary Task”

Day 6 Reading. Brewster establishes the importance of immediately plunging into your new culture as a missionary just arriving on the field. While it might seem to make sense to slowly integrate yourself, taking baby steps towards adaptation and relationship-building, you are wasting precious time. The newness of the culture, paired with your own enthusiasm and excitement, will propel you during this first season. Don’t waste it. This was something I hadn’t considered before, and it resonated with me.

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Hindi is highly inflected language. Inflection in Grammar, means modification of a word to express various grammatical categories such as gender, tense, person, number and case. For example, in English the words are inflected for the tense . The suffix…Read more ›

Want a basic idea of Hindi inflections? This is the place to go.

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In today’s lesson we’re going to learn how to create negative sentences in Hindi. We’ll be applying our new knowledge of verbs and adjectives so recap over those lessons from Beginners Grammar section. This lesson will also serve as a great revision tool for recent lessons! In Lesson #26 we learnt the word for no in Hindi; नहीं naheen, this is the word we’ll be using today. To negate a sentence in Hindi you simply put नहीं naheen before the verb. Let’s look at a few examples; मैं लंबा नहीं हूँ main lambaa naheen hoon - I am not tall. आप लंबे नहीं हैं aap lambe naheen hain - You are not tall (remember आप aap is treated as plural!). यह जर्मन नहीं है yeh jarman naheen hai - He is not German. तुम अच्छी बेटी नहीं हो tum acchee betee naheen ho - You are not a good daughter (Perhaps this seems quite offensive and I hope this wouldn’t actually be said I’m just building your knowledge of the grammar!) In fact in the negative you can even drop the auxiliary (that is the correct form of होना honaa ie हूँ hoon, है hai, etc), for example; हम गोश्त नहीं खाते ham gosht naheen khaate - We do not eat meat. वह पानी नहीं पीती vo paanee naheen peetee - She does not drink water. However in the plural feminine case when dropping the auxiliary you add a nasalization to the end of the verb, for example; वे औरतें शराब नहीं पीतीं ve auraten sharaab naheen peeteen - Those women don’t drink alcohol. So now we know how to create a negative sentence in Hindi! As usual make sure you practice this. One good way would be to go back through some of the last few lessons and turn each sentence into it’s negative form! Back to Beginner’s Grammar.

Insightful article about forming a negative sentence in Hindi!

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Possession in Hindi, defined by Richard Delacy in his book “Hindi and Urdu Phrasebook”

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Examples of...

Hindi prefix: अति (Ati) means अधिक (Adhik – More) Source: http://blogs.transparent.com/hindi/ten-important-prefixes-in-hindi/

Hindi suffix: अक्कड़ (akkad) Note: There are five primary kinds of suffix in Hindi: subject, objective, abstract, instrument, Sanskrit Source: http://blogs.transparent.com/hindi/primary-suffix-in-hindi/

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Neil: What is Hindi's normal word order?

Me: Subject-object-verb (SOV) *grins*

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Hindi Phonology

Sources:

http://www.lingvozone.com/Hindi

http://www.google.com/patents/EP1417824A1?

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiZiO6si8nKAhVMqR4KHb_1DZEQjRwIBw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FHindustani_phonology&psig=AFQjCNEu6WVjzhqgZOzrbQ7u0sysOadeag&ust=1453953040094209

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“The standard Hindi alphabet, as agreed by the Government of India, has 11 vowels and 35 consonants. However, the traditional Hindi alphabet is considered to be made of 13 vowels and 33 consonants.”

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/other/hindi/guide/alphabet.shtml

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Hindi Fun Fact

Did you know the English word “thug” is of Hindi origin?

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My language learning notebook-- because some of us still do it the old-fashioned way.

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