Mostrando las entradas con la etiqueta languages. Mostrar todas las entradas
Mostrando las entradas con la etiqueta languages. Mostrar todas las entradas

viernes, 10 de diciembre de 2010

proxima estación ...

and to the world of words I´ll never be able to explain/understand/translate yet one more "huzun": a saudade wıth melancholy flavour wıth no desire whatsoever for an ojalá ... see? untranslatable ;)
so... if not able to explain it then, whats the point of these lines you may ask. The situation I mıght have answered you if you had bothered to ask, the situation that after two months living in Istanbul some things start to click....

miércoles, 1 de diciembre de 2010

joys of language learning...

In Turkish class...
talking about the family....
there are many different words...
for relatives on the mother's side vs. the father's side...
for an older brother vs. a younger brother...
for the in-laws....
there is a Chinese guy sitting next to me...
....
he asks me "why?"