Yesterday I finally got through the last of A’s flashcards. I will review those today, and attempt to add 20 B words. I’m still wondering what to do about keeping words in organized piles by letter, or just let the working pile of cards continue to grow. It’s about 8″ tall right now.

Also I went last night to a friend’s house and had some tea. Just being around people speaking 100% Persian (Iranian Farsi) helped me. I guess I’m at the point where I need to focus on vocab growth, go back and look back on the verb conjugation, and then hear native speakers and try to pick out all the useful idioms and common expressions.

I am also nearing the stage when I should begin cataloging. I need to start my running catalog of Persian words, complete with example sentences for proper use, and defining the word (spelling it in IPA for pronunciation, in Arabic letters for proper spelling–and cyrillic once I begin tackling Tajiki–and what grammatical category it’s in e.g., Noun, Adverb, etc. etc.) similar to how the English dictionaries have been created.

There’s an interesting book out there called The Professor and the Madman detailing how the Oxford English Dictionary began, and how one of the leading contributors was a retired US Civil War Captain who had gone crazy from STD’s and cut off his penis in an insane asylum. Good book; hope I didn’t ruin it for ya.

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