I have checked the India tag but did not see something like this, but apologies if this is a duplicate. Also apologies if my focus is too narrow
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Just sent you a message but apparent you gave "privacy settings" so cant receive it :) I'll paste it here apar from the bit with my e-mail address (feel free to message me with yours if you want to discuss Marathi-learning further), ...
Hi - yes got this! I completely forgot about this website or why I joined it (it might have been specifically to write a comment on your post actually!)
To be honest, after a year and a half of (sporadically) working through Kaushik's blog, watching Marathi films and talk shows on YouTube and having the occasional attemt at a conversation with Maharashtrian friends (either face to face or on Skype) I've reached a bit of an impasse with Marathi. I spent a week in Mumbai and Nasik in Easter and spoke some Marathi (and Hindi, which I find much much easier) which certainly helped. I think total immersion is the only way that really works for me....
Why are you learning, BTW? I'm about to start an anthropology PhD looking at language and identity in Mumbai and had grand ideas of mastering Hindi (which I speak lowe level conversationally anyway), Marathi and Gujarati prior to going out to do fieldwork for a year starting late next year, but I think I may have to scale down expectations and jettison the Gujarati apart from a few pleasantries!
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Hi - yes got this! I completely forgot about this website or why I joined it (it might have been specifically to write a comment on your post actually!)
To be honest, after a year and a half of (sporadically) working through Kaushik's blog, watching Marathi films and talk shows on YouTube and having the occasional attemt at a conversation with Maharashtrian friends (either face to face or on Skype) I've reached a bit of an impasse with Marathi. I spent a week in Mumbai and Nasik in Easter and spoke some Marathi (and Hindi, which I find much much easier) which certainly helped. I think total immersion is the only way that really works for me....
Why are you learning, BTW? I'm about to start an anthropology PhD looking at language and identity in Mumbai and had grand ideas of mastering Hindi (which I speak lowe level conversationally anyway), Marathi and Gujarati prior to going out to do fieldwork for a year starting late next year, but I think I may have to scale down expectations and jettison the Gujarati apart from a few pleasantries!
Cheers,
Jon
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