So this week I learned that your mouth can get tired and sore from trying to pronounce words. In Arabic, there are three letters that make a sound like th in "this." Each is said in a slightly different part of the mouth, and are supposedly very distinct. As of now they all sound pretty much the same to me.
Besides pronunciation, Tunisian Arabic is going well, and I can even create sentences like "Ena Nikra Al Hawet," or "I am studying fishmongery."
I feel like I am slowly becoming a member of the family, and last night they even let me cook dinner. I was informed by my host dad that "it is good I am a contributer to the family, unlike Karim (my host brother) who just takes." Since I'm still an outsider, I still have everything explained to me, from what the call to prayer is every time it comes on, to why since the traffic is bad on one street we are taking another. I also get a play by play translation of every argument that occurs in the house.
Tonight I am going with my host brother and some of his friends to "Above and Beyond," who is supposedly the best trance DJ group in the world. I'm kinda excited, and have been trying really hard to enjoy trance music, so we'll see how it goes.
Tomorrow I am going to the south and the Sahara for the week with my group, so I will probably have something more interesting to post after we come back.
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