Missing Indonesian

Missing Indonesian - Dominic Brunaccioni

Good evening!

It is with a heavy heart that I report that Paskalis and I did not meet again this week. As it is midterm season, Paskalis needed the time to study. So I decided, with the time that I have, to extend the list of stuff when we get back to do. I created three more activities for synonyms. The first one is from the astrology poster I have in my room, even though I don’t believe in astrology too much myself, it was a good set of words. The second set is from my World Politics class about Gender Hierarchy and Joan de Arc. The third set is from my Lost in Translation full draft that was due today.

My goal is for Paskalis to easily begin to understand what words work for certain situations and when some don’t. Not all verbs in the exercises are synonyms, though. In fact, almost none of them are, as I want to do general word choice with him as well, but also to get the bigger synonym concepts more understood, instead of chucking nine words that all seem super similar. This will be for his benefit, of course.

Personally, I am nervous for when we come back. It seems like he has a lot prepared for me, a little too much. I haven’t even got the chance to memorize what was given two weeks ago, thanks to the enchanting atmosphere of mid-terms, which has really kicked my ass in terms of free time to study Indonesian/free time in general. Hopefully, when we get back, I will adapt to having more free time, and less time stressing/studying my heart out, in order to start comprehending Indonesian.

All I can do now is wait until after Spring Break. But the rumor going around campus that spring break may be extended will 100% affect our language experience, which saddens me. As I am close to being greenlighted for Turkish at Georgetown University next year, I will be focusing on that language more than any other.

See y’all after Spring Break!    

~ Dom

[Secretive, Gentle, Optimistic]

Born under the sign of the Bull, you have a _______ nature except when provoked. Then you become “mad as a bull.” But most of the time, you are loving, good-humored, and ________. You make a good public servant. Keeping this in mind though, you can be quite _______. The best colors for you are oranges and reds.

[Oppressed, Admirable, Honored, Weakness, Fantastic]

A ________ example of a woman breaking the cycle mentioned above was Joan de Arc. Not only did she break out of the _______ female mold of her era, she was seen as an ______ fighter, war hero, and an exemplar of the might of France. Going against what was common at the time, French men had no care that they were fighting alongside a woman--in fact, they were _______ to do so. While this “honor” would not be given to all French women until centuries later, Joan de Arc exemplifies a _______ in the gender hierarchy, the notion that the structure of traditionalism in male-dominated fields can and will be broken.

[Explore, Understand, Referring, Analyze, Surrounding, Ripping, Comprehend]

So if we are to _______ what the disputed conversations and academic history _________ the accent are really talking about, I think it would be best if we first ______ what some of the scholars define the Connecticut accent to be. Let us _______ the dialect before ______ it apart, piece-by-piece. _______ back to Santaniello’s piece, he generalizes a few aspects of the Connecticut accent before going into his rhetoric about the “multiple” different dialects--which is a bold claim we will ________ and likewise rip apart, later.