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| Élan Senior Member United States Joined 5243 days ago 165 posts - 211 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Persian | Message 65 of 76 06 September 2011 at 3:35pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thank you, Cristina! I start an internship with a refugee resettlement organization tomorrow. I'll be working in their immigration services department. I'm thinking I'll be working mostly with Somalis so I have picked up the Colloquial Somali course. Boy, that language is not easy! I am hoping I can pick up a little Somali by the time my internship is over (4 months). I was told I may have an interpreter sometimes, but often I'll just have to try my best to communicate. Fun stuff. :)
My husband and I are working on a website for people learning Persian. That's taken up a lot of my time but it's been very enjoyable! I've been speaking Persian with him a lot but I haven't had my nose to the grindstone like I should. Still, I don't feel bad about my 6WC performance. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Élan Senior Member United States Joined 5243 days ago 165 posts - 211 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Persian | Message 66 of 76 07 September 2011 at 3:24pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hello everyone! I've been translating a lot of songs for the new website and I thought I'd shared a simple one. This is "Age Dastamo Begiri" by Arian Band. The title means "If You Hold My Hands" in English. You can listen to the song here.
میونه بلور بارون mioone baloore baroon inside the crystal raindrops عکس خورشید طلایی akse khorside talaee the picture of the golden sun ماتمه درخت و برگاش matame derakht o bargash the sorrow of the tree and its leaves واسه لحظه جدائی vase lahzeye jodai for the moment of separation ها ها ها زیر پای رهگذرها zire paye rahgozarha under the feet of the pedestrians صدای ناله برگها sedaye naleye bargha the sound of the leaves' cries پاک میشه از کوچه هامون pak mishe az kooche hamoon our alleys become empty جای پای قاصدکها jaye paye ghasedakha there's no trace of the dandelions تو شبا میچینند ابرها tu shaba michinand abrha in the nights, the clouds pick همه ستاره هارو hameye setareharo all of the stars همه از باغچه میگیرند hame az baghche migirand* everyone asks the little garden سراغ اقاقیا رو soraghe aghaghia ro about the acacia اگه دستامو بگیری age dastamo begiri if you hold my hands غم پاییزو ندارم ghame paizo nadaram I don't have the sadness of autumn میدونم که تو نگاهت midoonam keh tu negahet I know that in your glance همیشه بهارو دارم hamishe baharo daram I will always have the spring اگه دستامو بگیری age dastamo begiri if you hold my hands غم پاییزو ندارم ghame paizo nadaram I don't have the sadness of autumn میدونم که تو نگاهت midoonam keh tu negahet I know that in your glance همیشه بهارو دارم hamishe baharo daram I will always have the spring *Soragh and migirand go together here to mean "ask" 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| nogoodnik Senior Member United States Joined 5368 days ago 372 posts - 461 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Modern Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew, Russian, French | Message 67 of 76 10 September 2011 at 3:17am | IP Logged | ||
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Your internship sounds like a fascinating opportunity. I hope that you will post a url to your website when you and
your husband finish building it. :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Élan Senior Member United States Joined 5243 days ago 165 posts - 211 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Persian | Message 68 of 76 11 September 2011 at 4:45pm | IP Logged | ||
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^ Thank you! I will definitely share the website as it grows. Right now I've been so busy training at my internship and my other new job.
Someone rear ended me this week and I have had bad headaches and a lot of neck and throat pain. I hope this ends soon so I can get back to studying and exercising. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5133 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 69 of 76 22 September 2011 at 7:23am | IP Logged | ||
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How are you doing? Head aches, and neck and throat pain doesn't sound too good. Hope you are getting better!!
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| Élan Senior Member United States Joined 5243 days ago 165 posts - 211 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Persian | Message 70 of 76 29 September 2011 at 3:11pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hi Cristina! First of all, I have to say your avatar picture is so beautiful! :)
I'm doing fine here. I've been very busy due to a new job. Now I'm working seven days a week at a couple very exhausting jobs. I have not found much time to study. I'm unhappy but earning money so I guess that's what matters most right now. I hope soon I can find a job that I like better so I don't feel so exhausted and stressed all the time. On a positive note, my internship working with refugees is fantastic. I have fallen in love with a lot of languages. This week I am especially liking Somali and Tigrinya. The alphabet Tigrinya uses looks insane(ly awesome)! Hope everyone on HTLAL is doing well! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ReneeMona Diglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5134 days ago 864 posts - 1274 votes Speaks: Dutch*, EnglishC2 Studies: French | Message 71 of 76 29 September 2011 at 9:17pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hi Élan,
I'm sorry to hear you're unhappy at your new job and I hope you find one that you do like very soon. You volunteer work sounds exciting, though, and I agree that the Ge'ez script looks great. Some of its letters remind me of the Greek alphabet while others look a little bit like Chinese characters. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5133 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 72 of 76 30 September 2011 at 6:55pm | IP Logged | ||
Thank you! I am often told that I am very photogenic - which is just another way of saying that I do not look half as good in real life as in pictures, and this is a particularly good one. Iiishh - 7 days a week in two jobs does not sound good at all - I do not think I would have liked working in the US. We Europeans like our weekends and holidays too much. Grantedly, I have had periods in my life with all work and no play too, but periods like that had better not be too long. The refugee center job sounds really intereresting though. Keep us posted! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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