One of the hard things in this language is keeping straight who said what or who did what. They have the same pronoun for he/she/it. And all those have the same verb prefixes for the actor of an action and the object of an action. It can get a little complicated.
So, as my language helper and I began to work through Jonah, I found she wasn’t understanding me. I started putting in all the proper names for each action to clarify who was doing what, but she was still confused. So, I got out the visuals…
My camera became Yahweh. Jonah was a little lotion bottle. I drew out Ninevah & Joppa & Tarshish and the sea. A pill box became the boat.
And, praise God, we had understanding! Jonah 1 is now finished.
When I get back to Las Moras, we’ll continue on. She’s curious to finish the story! Last she knows, Jonah was swallowed by the fish, but didn’t die.
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