I guess the semester is finally getting well underway. On Tuesday, my professor for History of Peru: Prehispanic, gave us an assignment to read a chronicle by Thursday (today). Minor detail: The book is written in 16th century Old Spanish! Wow, this should be fun. After about 3 hours in, I was beginning to get the hang of it.
u can be u,v, or b . . . y, i, e and g, j are interchangeable . . .h may or may not exist . . . v is sometimes u . . . and z, c, and s are all messed up!
Not to mention it is Spain Spanish, so that adds an entire new set of vocabulary to the mix. Oh, did I forget to mention . . . I have to present on the book today in class. That should be interesting. Apart from being difficult to read, the book is actually quite interesting. Reading about the Incas from someone who was there, witnessing their day to day lives first hand is exciting.
On a plus side, there is a birthday party tomorrow night for Chad, one of the international students from Madison, so at least there is the weekend to look forward too.
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