I have continued to read in my Teach Yourself Hindi book, though I confess I am not very far along. The latest: every Hindi noun is either masculine or feminine. I hadn’t realized that yet from my Pimsleur lessons.…
Before going to sleep last night, I was listening to a Pimsleur lesson in bed on my iPod Shuffle. The Shuffle, which is a wee little thing, somehow became detached from my headset. Despite a thorough search, I couldn’…
As of this morning, I had been stalled on Pimsleur lesson 11 for at least two days. I was finding it impossible. I am pretty sure I had done it more than four times, and I was still messing up a…
I am on only the eleventh Pimsleur lesson for Hindi, and already I am being taught some future tense. This should not be taken to mean that I have even remotely mastered present tense, because I have not. Developing Some…
This morning I resolved not to run for the rest of the month of August. Take it easy. Just relax. Let my foot heal. Focus on the life of the mind. Three hours later I was in Central Park running.…
Yesterday I had an unusually social-engagement-heavy day and almost ended up breaking my streak of 403 consecutive days of language study. There was a picnic, there was an afternoon get-together, there was a party. I arrived at a very late hour…
I got quite a bit of studying done today, so I am feeling good. Plenty of Pimsleur, and plenty of reading, too. The first thing you learn in Pimsleur’s Hindi lessons is a phrase that sounds like soon yeh.…
Today I read a little more in my Beginner’s Hindi Script book, started in on Pimsleur, and also began my Rosetta Stone Hindi lessons. This Is Teaching Me How to Write I have to confess, my initial reaction…
Today was the beginning of August and of Hindi. Pictured here are some of the materials I will be using over the next two months: Rosetta Stone, as well as several books. Hindi Supplies As it happens, the four books…
This is the last day of Greek, in honor of which I went to Astoria, a neighborhood in northwestern Queens with significant Greek history and influences. According to Wikipedia (sorry, that’s the best I can do at this moment),…
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