I've been spending the last two weeks living with a host family while i take classes in the local language. it's coming along as expected, though i'm certainly frustrated that i can't hold a full conversation without resorting to broken french. i've decided that after this experience i won't be able to speak any french, instead it'll be a mixed bag of bambara and french (or frambara as we call it) it'll be like :
j'ai faim, nous diminike a quelle heure? a, je comprende, mais, il fait chaud et n segana. je desire dormir apres nous mangeons. ca va? owo. n'ba.
(i'm hungry, at what i time do we/will we eat? i understand, by it is hot out and i'm tired. i want to sleep after we eat. good? good. - n'ba translates literally to "my mother" but means many different things)
so a bit of french and a bit of bambara. soon i hope all bambara.
couple of quick things:
- there is one baby in my house who cries every time he sees me. yesterday he peed on me (its a sign of good luck and that i'll meet my perfect spouse soon. i'm not ready for that.
-i've got some super cool friends.
- my name is chaka samake in mali. my host family named me. the first name is after the father of my family. samake is there last name and i think it means male elephant. i could be wrong.
- i have some great photos i'm working on putting up. soon.
hope you're all well
ryan
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