learn a new language

My Urdu writing course material is finally here. Time to start practising! I have set aside a couple of hours on one week day for this.

I picked up books on teaching myself Urdu and Bengali (which I can speak fluently but read only hesitatingly and barely write). I also picked up a book on beginner’s Hindi for my daughter. So, let’s hope we can make this work. :)

Haven’t done a thing about this as yet! I am wavering between Urdu and Spanish now, mainly due to the paucity of resources for Urdu. Arggh.. maybe I should look for a local tutor.

Now that I have decided on Urdu, I just need to find the time. Also, it is much more difficult to find good resources for this. French, german, Spanish are so much easier to do from a resource perspective. Well,, I will just have to do it on my own, I guess!

Well I have settled on Urdu since I have a great love for Urdu poetry. Only a small percentage of the poems are available in Hindi. To be able to enjoy it to the fullest and be able to take it to others to enjoy, I need to be able to read/access the originals.

So, Urdu is the one I will tackle first. The hardest part is the script of course. Next is German since I learnt it for about a year when I was in school. Iche Speche Deustches aber nicht viel. (I hope I got that right it has been more than 10 years). :)

Aside from the “usual suspects” – Spanish, French, German, Italian, the ones I am interested in are – Urdu, Farsi, Arabic, Japanese, Swahili and sign language. Now if I can only make up my mind about which one to start with…