Assignment #1
3 parts Part 1 Get you hard cover journal that you purchased specifically for your Fijian language study and Copy the Pronouns down. Go ahead and use one entire page to write down this list and use the next several pages to add new Pronoun lists still to come. The Test is when you think of the English pronoun think of how to say it in Fijian. Part 2 Think of 10 Action verbs in English( I.E. run,walk, talk, gawk etc) and give me the Fijian equivalent. You can find the Fijian translation several ways. You can use a dictionary if you have one, but even more effective is simply asking your Fijian friends how to say it!!! I would suggest having the list of ten words ready and ambush your Fijian friends on a facebook chat. When you get the translations write them down in your journal in a section that you will dedicate solely to Verbs (give your self about 5-10 pages depending on how small your write. Once you've done that go to the Massive word List and leave a comment on the Action Verb Section so I can add your words to the list. If we all do this independently we can all benefit from each others research. Part 3- Super Easy cool down section... Go to 1,000 Sentences and play the Audio. Repeat the 5 Fijian phrases after they are said on the recording. Good job! Wananavu! (PS, This is lesson one, if you chose now to not use a journal in this study of Fijian I can promise no results!!! If you do the assignment as suggested you will become proficient in this language. Nothing comes easy! especially learning something completely new and foreign!!)
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Elijah McDanniel
10/13/2011 06:12:47 am
Nice site! Kim and I did our first lesson. Good to hear your voice, it makes me feel like I am riding in the Redbull van on the way to the boat, before surfing the best waves on the planet. Thanks. Tell Malia and Mochi we say Bula.
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Rachael Aitu
10/17/2011 06:00:17 pm
Your so cool!! Love the site! Gonna go get my journal :)
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Shobha Singh
11/2/2011 07:32:14 am
Wow! great work. I love the way you have set up these lessons--a bit of audio introduction with good background :-) noises and the brief explanation of what the lesson entails. A great way to begin teaching this wonderful language. I'm so rusty in this vernacular and so grateful you're doing this. Thank you.
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Greg
1/30/2012 10:02:33 pm
Rob gave me the link to your site, as I have been looking for an audio version of the Fijian language for almost a year and to no avail. What dictionary do you recommend that I can get in the USA? I'd like to get Gatty's but can't find it here. I'm trying to learn Fijian, as I'm moving there in 2017 to our small farm on the Coral Coast for retirement. Fell in love with Fiji in 2011
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8/8/2015 02:12:01 pm
Bula,
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