tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262065712581352601.post6262711623374668172..comments2018-01-11T22:28:47.357-08:00Comments on Mrs. Sojourner's Monologues: Learning a New LanguageMrs. Sojournerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126017149535561108noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262065712581352601.post-45903733902103664702010-09-20T08:14:36.681-07:002010-09-20T08:14:36.681-07:00Thanks for laughing WITH me guys. :)Thanks for laughing WITH me guys. :)Mrs. Sojournerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12126017149535561108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262065712581352601.post-71352571699471485302010-09-03T09:31:12.607-07:002010-09-03T09:31:12.607-07:00Your language blunders make me blush for you and l...Your language blunders make me blush for you and laugh with you. It must be really hard being laughed at. Are there other English speakers there whose shoulders you can cry on from time to time?Traciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14174727717416428060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262065712581352601.post-10714721116466101862010-09-02T22:40:28.707-07:002010-09-02T22:40:28.707-07:00Hi! I'm visiting from Alicia's. I used t...Hi! I'm visiting from Alicia's. I used to live overseas and remember the humbling experiences we had learning Vietnamese. It was so rewarding, though, to be able to interact with and get to know people in our community. Grace to you as you persevere and learn to laugh with your friends there.Aiming4Simplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11109113147823332056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262065712581352601.post-27349191359696033942010-09-02T15:56:38.690-07:002010-09-02T15:56:38.690-07:00Wow! You are my hero. I was laughing WITH you abou...Wow! You are my hero. I was laughing WITH you about each of your language blunders. I only know a teeny tiny bit of spanish and that's it. Language isn't my strong suit.Zionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11180417908209217887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262065712581352601.post-8529830414934099712010-09-02T06:23:32.156-07:002010-09-02T06:23:32.156-07:00There are many different people groups in the coun...There are many different people groups in the country we live in and so we began with a little bit of French whic helps us to function in govt settings and in other West African countries (4 month which really was not enough and when we moved on to the local trade language we lost a lot of our ability to speak French, though we can still mostly understand the answers form in the local trade language) then moved onto learning the local trade language which allows us to function in our country and occasionally in a few bordering countries areas with similar people groups. There is still a specific people group langugae that we will learn, but have decided not to tackle it this time around (so that we won't lose the local trade language that we have spent almost a year learning). We will go "home" to the US in 2 years to see family and rest for a 6 month period, then we will return again for another 3 years or so. We will continue doing this to this same country as long as He leads and allows.Mrs. Sojournerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12126017149535561108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262065712581352601.post-56589626780305616882010-09-02T05:57:46.954-07:002010-09-02T05:57:46.954-07:00Mrs Sojourner, I look forward to your post every w...Mrs Sojourner, I look forward to your post every week! This is really awesome. <br />I really can't grapple with what a challenge it must be to be totally immersed in another language and to constantly be struggling for your words. Although my husband and I sincerely hope to live abroad one day.<br />Congrats on passing!!!! So, I'm confused...are you going back home and then returning to a different area of Africa?Aliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09258122979960993351noreply@blogger.com