First Days of Swahili

At 8:30 Monday morning we met our four Swahili teachers, Ruth, Julius, MJ and Rose. We were split into groups of 6 students. Our lessons began at 8:45 and ended at 10 for a thirty minute tea break (cultural remnant of British colonization), and resumed class at 10:30 until 12. In our class we learned greetings; Hujambo-Sijambo, how to say our names- Jina langu ni Molly, How are you? Habari Yako, and lastly conjugations of the present tense. This was all in one day! I have never learned a language so fast, the teachers are amazing. Overall Swahili is easy to learn because it is both phonetic and melodic (much different than Spanish). When writing sentences in Swahili i find myself thinking of the words in Spanish....its quite weird.

In the afternoons we have an International Studies class, the class i formerly thought would be Islamic studies, due to its acronym I.S. I will have more info on it as it progresses.

Tomorrow we meet our host families. Our families are mostly Christian with the exception of three of them. I am excited and nervous about meeting my family, but can't wait to get out of the Hotel compounds and see how Nairobians actually live.
I wish i had more time to write, it costs 100 shillings, 65cents, for twenty minutes. I never realized how short of a time twenty minutes are!!!#

Love you all.