http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/how-i-learned-hindi/ travel culture worldwide Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/how-i-learned-hindi/#comment-93269 Dave Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:18:00 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=4521#comment-93269 Oh boy....This reminded me of myself when I returned back to India in the 7th Grade.My ''ethnic tongue'' was also not Hindi, so basically I was in deep S**t.  My pronunciations were heavily Anglicised and I also failed my exam once whilst somehow keeping the bare minimum during the 8th grade.  I finally ( Good riddance!!) dropped Hindi and chose French. Funnily, I picked up street Hindi in the later years during my stay whilst achieving fluid fluency only much later, that too with code switching. Oh boy….This reminded me of myself when I returned back to India in the 7th Grade.My ”ethnic tongue” was also not Hindi, so basically I was in deep S**t. 
My pronunciations were heavily Anglicised and I also failed my exam once whilst somehow keeping the bare minimum during the 8th grade. 
I finally ( Good riddance!!) dropped Hindi and chose French.
Funnily, I picked up street Hindi in the later years during my stay whilst achieving fluid fluency only much later, that too with code switching.

]]> http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/how-i-learned-hindi/#comment-93270 Dave Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:18:00 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=4521#comment-93270 Oh boy....This reminded me of myself when I returned back to India in the 7th Grade.My ''ethnic tongue'' was also not Hindi, so basically I was in deep S**t.  My pronunciations were heavily Anglicised and I also failed my exam once whilst somehow keeping the bare minimum during the 8th grade.  I finally ( Good riddance!!) dropped Hindi and chose French. Funnily, I picked up street Hindi in the later years during my stay whilst achieving fluid fluency only much later, that too with code switching. Oh boy….This reminded me of myself when I returned back to India in the 7th Grade.My ”ethnic tongue” was also not Hindi, so basically I was in deep S**t. 
My pronunciations were heavily Anglicised and I also failed my exam once whilst somehow keeping the bare minimum during the 8th grade. 
I finally ( Good riddance!!) dropped Hindi and chose French.
Funnily, I picked up street Hindi in the later years during my stay whilst achieving fluid fluency only much later, that too with code switching.

]]> http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/how-i-learned-hindi/#comment-93271 Dave Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:18:00 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=4521#comment-93271 Oh boy....This reminded me of myself when I returned back to India in the 7th Grade.My ''ethnic tongue'' was also not Hindi, so basically I was in deep S**t.  My pronunciations were heavily Anglicised and I also failed my exam once whilst somehow keeping the bare minimum during the 8th grade.  I finally ( Good riddance!!) dropped Hindi and chose French. Funnily, I picked up street Hindi in the later years during my stay whilst achieving fluid fluency only much later, that too with code switching. Oh boy….This reminded me of myself when I returned back to India in the 7th Grade.My ”ethnic tongue” was also not Hindi, so basically I was in deep S**t. 
My pronunciations were heavily Anglicised and I also failed my exam once whilst somehow keeping the bare minimum during the 8th grade. 
I finally ( Good riddance!!) dropped Hindi and chose French.
Funnily, I picked up street Hindi in the later years during my stay whilst achieving fluid fluency only much later, that too with code switching.

]]> http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/how-i-learned-hindi/#comment-93272 Dave Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:18:00 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=4521#comment-93272 Oh boy....This reminded me of myself when I returned back to India in the 7th Grade.My ''ethnic tongue'' was also not Hindi, so basically I was in deep S**t.  My pronunciations were heavily Anglicised and I also failed my exam once whilst somehow keeping the bare minimum during the 8th grade.  I finally ( Good riddance!!) dropped Hindi and chose French. Funnily, I picked up street Hindi in the later years during my stay whilst achieving fluid fluency only much later, that too with code switching. Oh boy….This reminded me of myself when I returned back to India in the 7th Grade.My ”ethnic tongue” was also not Hindi, so basically I was in deep S**t. 
My pronunciations were heavily Anglicised and I also failed my exam once whilst somehow keeping the bare minimum during the 8th grade. 
I finally ( Good riddance!!) dropped Hindi and chose French.
Funnily, I picked up street Hindi in the later years during my stay whilst achieving fluid fluency only much later, that too with code switching.

]]> http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/how-i-learned-hindi/#comment-93273 Dave Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:18:00 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=4521#comment-93273 Oh boy....This reminded me of myself when I returned back to India in the 7th Grade.My ''ethnic tongue'' was also not Hindi, so basically I was in deep S**t.  My pronunciations were heavily Anglicised and I also failed my exam once whilst somehow keeping the bare minimum during the 8th grade.  I finally ( Good riddance!!) dropped Hindi and chose French. Funnily, I picked up street Hindi in the later years during my stay whilst achieving fluid fluency only much later, that too with code switching. Oh boy….This reminded me of myself when I returned back to India in the 7th Grade.My ”ethnic tongue” was also not Hindi, so basically I was in deep S**t. 
My pronunciations were heavily Anglicised and I also failed my exam once whilst somehow keeping the bare minimum during the 8th grade. 
I finally ( Good riddance!!) dropped Hindi and chose French.
Funnily, I picked up street Hindi in the later years during my stay whilst achieving fluid fluency only much later, that too with code switching.

]]> http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/how-i-learned-hindi/#comment-87666 Hrishikesh Sun, 07 Aug 2011 22:20:00 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=4521#comment-87666 hi ur surname sujjests u r maharashtrian,is it so???so do ur parents speak marathi at ur house??and do u speak marathi??? hi ur surname sujjests u r maharashtrian,is it so???so do ur parents speak marathi at ur house??and do u speak marathi???

]]> http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/how-i-learned-hindi/#comment-39337 neha Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:54:11 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=4521#comment-39337 Ushma, Hill Gardens, I think it was. Only reason I passed. Ushma, Hill Gardens, I think it was. Only reason I passed.

]]> http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/how-i-learned-hindi/#comment-39214 Ushma Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:27:17 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=4521#comment-39214 wow! this brings back so many memories!! i joined in 10th unfortunately so missed a lot of the 9th drama... wonder who that saviour was! all i remember is the 'Happy valley?' tuitons and Vimla ma'am... i guess u r talkign about the bengali couple...? But man those two years were a lot fo fun.. good good times! wow! this brings back so many memories!! i joined in 10th unfortunately so missed a lot of the 9th drama… wonder who that saviour was! all i remember is the ‘Happy valley?’ tuitons and Vimla ma’am… i guess u r talkign about the bengali couple…? But man those two years were a lot fo fun.. good good times!

]]> http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/how-i-learned-hindi/#comment-38660 neha Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:31:58 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=4521#comment-38660 i keep thinking that too. I've been meaning to start Croatian and French again, just don't get around to it. This summer, for sure ... i keep thinking that too. I’ve been meaning to start Croatian and French again, just don’t get around to it. This summer, for sure …

]]> http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/how-i-learned-hindi/#comment-38639 neha Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:30:56 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=4521#comment-38639 Thanks for reading Andi! Thanks for reading Andi!

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