Civilization the computer game that is. I was up until 4AM playing that damn game, thought I was through with geeking out on computer games. It’ll have to be for a while, can’t do that too much and expect to function in class. Actually, today was pretty good. I did have the experience of my brain shutting down a little before the break. It was as if a switch had been flipped and my brain said, “no more.” I was OK after the break… Today we talked about the “2nd” form that verbs can com in. It is basicly the same as the first form, but you pronounce it slightly different. It also changes the meaning of the verb. In the second form, the meaning becomes either doing the verb more than once, or making someone else do the verb. This is a really strange concept for me and I think it is the most difficult one so far for conversations. In English we just add a few extra words to shade the meaning of the verb, here you pronounce it differently. I’m not sure when that’ll sink into my head. Only 8 more forms to go…
Isaac