Do you ever get the feeling that everyone knows about something apart from you? It's a common occurrence for us learning a new culture and language and I've lost track of the number of times a crowd of people have gathered seemingly from out of nowhere.
We've learned that the Kovol language isn't particularly descriptive. I guess it's because no one ever has to describe what a banana looks like, anyone you'd talk to in the Kovol language knows what one looks like. That's my theory anyway. As we look forward to teaching lessons we're thinking about how we go about introducing new concepts. How do we describe new things? How do we introduce unfamiliar settings? When describing something where does detail need to be put and where can it be glossed over?
We live on a mountain ridge. If we want to go out, our options are visiting people in their houses or going to their gardens. Most of the time the people are in their gardens. Read more…
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