Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Part 2: Adjustments

Part Two: Am feeling guilty and behind because my tooth broke off from eating hard popcorn kernels so I've had to make two trips to Addis Ababa in the last month to have the tooth rebuilt and a crown fitted. 🙍 
My landlords invite me over for coffee and I practice Sidamic with them. They also tell me about their daily activities schedules (a participatory community analysis tool, big part of my work these first three months).  
A friend of my male landlord's says that Sidamic is easy. I say (in Amharic and Sidamic) that it's easy for him but not for me so I have to learn slowly. LL says (in Amharic and Sidamic) "Lie/false! Sidamic is easy" and he and his friend laugh and shake their heads and repeat the phrase a few times. 😵 
See part three.

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