Viva la difference! 2009/8/11 AF <co...@comettele.com>
> VIVA Goa! I speak NO Portuguese, I speak no HINDI, nor Marathi..French > through SSC > was for the birds; I undertand a little of Konkannim..., but I have gone > places > speaking English.!! I understand very little Portuguese. I can manage barely passable Hindi. Despite having studied Marathi for just three years in school, I manage to read the headlines in the local newspapers when needed. French was all about verbs, and wouldn't follow anything if spoken by a native. I try to understand various dialects of Konkani/Concanim/Konkannim, but struggle with my daughter's six standard texts. And, I've not gone places speaking English, but have been staying home (mostly) since returning here at the age of two! FN PS: Btw, I also found out that English is as good as Latin, Greek or Sanskrit (almost) when one visits Germany or parts of Thailand and even Finland! So where does that leave us? -- FN +91-9822122436 P +91-832-2409490 Konkani adages http://konkani-adages.notlong.com/ Medieval Goa http://medieval-goa.notlong.com/