I’ve realized that the way I follow a train of thought in my head, process it into words, and express it to others is not conducive to good communication in a foreign country. Whether I am speaking to a Bulgarian in Bulgarian or English, something of my personality gets lost. Some of this is my [...]
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Talk it out.
Posted in Bulgaria, Language on January 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Accents
Posted in Language on December 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thought this was interesting.
Personal Space
Posted in Bulgaria, conversations, Food, Language on November 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
There are several advantages to living in a village. Most everything you need is in walking distance. The scenery is a lot more pleasant than in the larger towns and cities (two mountain ranges, plenty of bench-sitting babas, and a veritable zoo of free-range chickens, goats, and cows wandering the streets versus a sea of [...]
Dialect
Posted in Language on March 18, 2009 | 4 Comments »
After reading Theresa’s post about dialect and accents, I was inspired to do a bit more research about my region. I have been rather confused for sometime about the region in which I live. Namely, I am not sure what it is. I wasn’t sure if it was too far east of Sofia for the [...]
And when keeping it simple fails…
Posted in Language, teaching on October 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I have a cold. I woke up this morning with a stuffy nose and head, and sore throat. This means I have turned into the world’s biggest baby. I don’t feel too terrible yet, but anytime I am sick, all I want to do is whine. I want my bed and chicken soup and my [...]
I am a divorced vegetarian.
Posted in Language on March 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ok, I’m not either of those things. But if you were to ask me to say something in Bulgarian right now, these would be the first two phrases to fly out of my mouth: Pазведена съм (raz’vedena sum, meaning, “I am divorced.”) Aз съм вегетарианка (az sum vegetari’anka, meaning, “I am a vegetarian.) Throughout my life, I [...]
