My apologies for the
slight blog hiatus. I’ve picked up more
hours at school and have meant to update for days now. Life here has become sweet in the way that you
start to feel settled in a new environment.
My residence history has defined this feeling to be a danger zone for me,
but I have not yet succumbed to the high I feel every time I plan for a
move. Da Nang is still showing me quite
a bit of love and new experiences. It’s truly
another world living here.
Language has to be
the most difficult part of life in Vietnam. My
original intention of travel living in Indonesia was first spurred by their phonetic
language being so easy to learn.
Vietnamese, a fast tonal string of one-syllable words, is incredibly
hard to remember and understand. I say
this with a foreign ear, but I’ve also witnessed countless misinterpretations
between fluent Vietnamese speakers. It
is hard to imagine learning a word, learning the correct pronunciation, saying
the word, and being met with complete confusion. Then someone else will say the word and the
receiver magically understands. Not to
mention, the receiver will repeat the word and it will sound JUST like I said
it! I think possibly if I stayed here for multiple years, I might be able to
converse freely with locals, but I would really need to invest some serious
time in learning the language.
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