In Rosetta Stone, I keep encountering a picture of a woman’s lower half in a very short plaid miniskirt. She is bending over to adjust a red calf-high boot with high heel. On her other leg is a tall…
I am continuing to read along in Douglas Q. Adams’s Essential Modern Greek Grammar. This book is not for the grammatically faint of heart, and it is not a particularly useful way to learn to speak Greek,…
Today I decided to figure out how the Rosetta Stone writing lessons are being scored. I suppose I could have asked the Rosetta Stone people, but I like to check these things out for myself. Joyride Truck Outside Fairway Today:…
Today was a multimedia language-learning day. I read a language book, I did some Rosetta Stone, and I took a Pimsleur nap. A Pimsleur nap is when you start out doing a Pimsleur language lesson and fall asleep before you…
Today I finished lesson 24 of Pimsleur. I also did some reading in the book Essential Modern Greek Grammar by Douglas Adams, and was pleased to discover I could read and understand Greek phrases such as the following without difficulty: το ωραίο κορίτσι = the…
I like the Greek word for “university.” It is πανεπιστήμιο, pronounced pan-eh-pee-STEE-mee-oh. Finally, this is an example of a word I can remember based on etymology. The pan piece meaning “all,” and the eh-pee-STEE-mee-oh piece calling out its relationship to “knowledge.”…
This is a Greek i: ι. I find it really, really hard to refrain from dotting it. Forty-eight days studying Greek and I am still sticking dots on top. Παράθυρο (Window), Pronounced pah-RAH-thee-ro, Is Fun to Say At the same time, I…
I got some good cleaning done today. When I am in the mood for it, I really enjoy it. Cleaning is cathartic. Swiffer As I cleaned, I played the CDs that accompany the book Teach Yourself Greek. I have used…
Rosetta Stone was reactivated around 8:30 this morning. What a relief! I promptly did several lessons. Μια Γάτα (A Cat, With New York Attitude) Something I continue to find distracting in Greek is that one of the words for “one” or “a”…
Today got off to a great start. I never was able to get online with Rosetta Stone over the weekend, but I heard from them this afternoon, and they said I would be back in service shortly. Apparently…
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