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| Kafea Groupie United States Joined 4934 days ago 78 posts - 98 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Sámi | Message 1 of 40 29 December 2011 at 10:29pm | IP Logged |
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I am beginning a new learning journal for the TAC 2012 *jäŋe / *ledús team.
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| Kafea Groupie United States Joined 4934 days ago 78 posts - 98 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Sámi | Message 2 of 40 29 December 2011 at 10:39pm | IP Logged |
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My ultimate goal is to learn North Saami, or Davvisámigiella. This requires learning either Norwegian or Swedish (eventually both?) Since I will be using Gulahalan, I have bought Teach Yourself Swedish, a parallel Bible, and an English-Swedish dictionary (should get the Swedish-to-English one next). There are few materials from Saami to English but I have them all, and many websites.
Dabbling in self-study has been fun over the past year, but I need to get serious so we can travel and meet friends and family in Sápmi. Most of my friends and acquaintances are wishy-washy (it's hard not to be with this dearth of books or programs). Another thing I run into is the ones who know and speak Saami are guarded until one proves oneself worthy. This, of course, is what I must do. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7158 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 3 of 40 29 December 2011 at 11:48pm | IP Logged |
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Just a reminder: if you have any question about Northern Saami, feel free to ask via PM, or a post in your log or on the team's log even when no one else is using Gulahalan. After browsing Gulahalan 1, much of the content is familiar to me already because of what I've learned so far in Davvin and I can always consult the reference section of that course if the explanation or example in Gulahalan doesn't make sense to any of us.
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| Kafea Groupie United States Joined 4934 days ago 78 posts - 98 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Sámi | Message 4 of 40 30 December 2011 at 11:04am | IP Logged |
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Thank you! It looks like you are preparing a course? I hope to join in!
Having started Gulahalan, I should finish it before switching to something else that would be more complete. You have done excellently and I have printed out all of your learning notes regarding North Saami or Inari Saami. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| hribecek Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5351 days ago 1243 posts - 1458 votes Speaks: English*, Czech, Spanish Studies: Italian, Polish, Slovak, Hungarian, Toki Pona, Russian | Message 5 of 40 30 December 2011 at 1:08pm | IP Logged |
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Hi Kafea
Welcome to the team by the way. I was wondering if you could write a bit more about your reasons for having such a long term goal with Northern Saami? It's very interesting that you're so motivated to learn it that you're prepared to learn another language just to be able to use more Saami resources. Thanks in advance! 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Kafea Groupie United States Joined 4934 days ago 78 posts - 98 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Sámi | Message 6 of 40 30 December 2011 at 11:03pm | IP Logged |
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Hi, Thanks!
I want to be able to communicate with friends and family in the Saami community. Family here did not pass the language on. Saami language was discouraged until the 1980's, and now several Saami language/dialects are gone. Even now it is hard to find materials, and many speakers are elderly. If we do not preserve our language it will die. As a Saami, I must insist on having Saami language in the home for my children. I want to learn North Saami language because I cannot find enough in South Saami to begin. Once I have Davvisámigiella I can add South Saami to my repertoire. Hribecek, Swedish is another heritage language for me. Many family members speak Swedish and I'm missing out on their conversations. TAC is for year-long, long-term learning. I'm in! 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| hribecek Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5351 days ago 1243 posts - 1458 votes Speaks: English*, Czech, Spanish Studies: Italian, Polish, Slovak, Hungarian, Toki Pona, Russian | Message 7 of 40 01 January 2012 at 2:53pm | IP Logged |
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I envy you having such a rich language heritage. It must give you great motivation. I'm
always hoping I might discover that my ancestors were from somewhere other than England so that I can experience that kind of feeling towards a language. Do you still practise any typical Saami traditions? Is it possible to describe what a typical Saami person's attitude to life, the world, history etc. is? It's fantastic to have the chance to find something out about that culture from you. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Graeme13 Newbie Canada Joined 5201 days ago 7 posts - 8 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, Russian | Message 8 of 40 01 January 2012 at 3:46pm | IP Logged |
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Good Luck! I am studying Swedish this year as well. Perhaps we could exchange tips or tricks at some point if one is
stuck on a certain grammar point? 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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