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Our Weekend in “Snow-HI-O”

Our Weekend in “Snow-HI-O”

Posted on 19. Jan, 2009 by Jason.

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Seriously, there’s so much snow in Chardon, Ohio! There was snow falling from the sky pretty much anytime we looked out the window. But we’re not complaining… It was beautiful! …

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Learning Thai – Part 3

Learning Thai – Part 3

Posted on 14. Jan, 2009 by Jason.

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Not everything about the Thai language is working against us.  There are some aspects that are simpler! First, Thai does not have any verb conjugations.  That was the most difficult part of Spanish.  Rather, you just understand the tense by the context, or from time words.  So instead of saying “I ran,” you’d say, “I [...]

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Learning Thai – part 2

Learning Thai – part 2

Posted on 12. Jan, 2009 by Jason.

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Another challenge to learning Thai is the alphabet. The Thai alphabet includes 44 consonants and 15 vowel symbols that make 32 vowel sounds in different combinations.  And although a vowel sound may follow a consonant sound, it is not necessarily written after it.  Some are written after, some are written before, and some are even [...]

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Learning Thai

Learning Thai

Posted on 10. Jan, 2009 by Jason.

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As part of our preparation, we are studying the language.  It will be much easier to learn once we’re living around it, but anything we can learn before then will give us a head start.  I’d especially like to be able to read it before we get there.  So, I’ve been spending some time in [...]

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Our First Update… out of many!

Posted on 07. Jan, 2009 by Jason.

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We want to keep you well informed about our progress on this journey. Make sure you click the “subscribe” button at the top of the page so that you can receive our updates by email or in your blog reader! Just before Christmas we were notified that we have been officially approved to begin raising [...]

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