Thanks a Lunch
Had Valentine's lunch at the local Chinese buffet today, and the old guy sitting nearby was teaching his granddaughter how to say "thank you" in Dutch and Chinese (Mandarin.) Just a little language moment for the day. :)
Teach Yourself Slovene
I had ordered a used copy of Teach Yourself Slovene off Amazon a while back. I'm not planning on going beyond what this book teaches, so should be interesting to see how far I get. You could call this a side project. :)
Slovenia used to be part of Yugoslavia, but the language is considered different enough not to be grouped with Serbian, Croatian and Bosnian. I'm still not clear on whether Bosnian is considered a separate language. I do have a Bosnian dictionary, but it could probably just as easily have been labeled a Serbian or Croatian dictionary.
Of course like most language books, pronunciation is gone over first. This part feels rushed. For instance, they don't tell you how the letter C should sound. I've been pronouncing it like "ts" just because that's how it's typically pronounced in other Slavic languages, but maybe Slovenian is different? I don't have the recordings, so will have to look online to fill in the details.
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Slovenia used to be part of Yugoslavia, but the language is considered different enough not to be grouped with Serbian, Croatian and Bosnian. I'm still not clear on whether Bosnian is considered a separate language. I do have a Bosnian dictionary, but it could probably just as easily have been labeled a Serbian or Croatian dictionary.
Of course like most language books, pronunciation is gone over first. This part feels rushed. For instance, they don't tell you how the letter C should sound. I've been pronouncing it like "ts" just because that's how it's typically pronounced in other Slavic languages, but maybe Slovenian is different? I don't have the recordings, so will have to look online to fill in the details.
Flipping th…
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