Postby Cellar Door » Tue Aug 07, 2018 1:52 am
Today I covered 30 new words and reviewed 120. I am starting to get ~120 word reviews per day and I am finding that I am at about 90% retention. Once I get these 800 basic words down I am going to be doing well.
I also started chapter 2 in CA. The dialogues are already getting much more complicated so it looks like these lessons are going to take longer than anticipated.
The first grammar lesson in this chapter is forming plurals. Luckily, it seems pretty easy. Most words you just add -e, but there are many exceptions that add -s, and my sources say these must be memorized. There are also two rules about what happens when you have short vowels and twin vowels before a word-final consonant. No sense in trying to memorize this stuff - I'm just going to keep rolling and eventually I will get used to it.
Kan ek u help, Mevrou?
Can I help you, ma'am?
Nee, dankie. Ek kyk net.
No thanks. I'm just looking.
Ekskuus tog, Meneer. Wat kos hierdie reënjasse?
Excuse me, sir. How much are these raincoats?
Hulle is op die uitverkoping. Hulle is op die oomblik baie goedkoop. Hulle was R120 en kos nou net R75.
They're on sale. They are very cheap at the moment. They were R120 but now they are R75.
O! Dis rêrig goedkoop. Gee vir my een van dié reënjasse, asseblief, 'n medium.
Oh! That's really cheap. Give me one of these raincoats, please, a medium.
Sal ek dit in 'n sak sit?
Shall I put it in a bag?
Ja, asseblief.
Yes, please
Baie dankie, Mevrou
Thank you, ma'am
Baie dankie, Meneer
Thank you, sir
Plesier. Tot siens. Geniet die dag.
My pleasure. Goodbye. Have a nice day.
2 x
Books in process: Harry Potter en die Orde van die Feniks