Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Monday, September 26, 2011

Sample sentences

At work I have been sharing sample sentences for children and teachers to try and decipher. While they get some picture clues, you don't. Can you figure out what these sentences mean? Explanations follow.


Sunday, September 18, 2011

Shopping for food - basic words

A new colleague has requested a video about names of foods. I've put together a simple video using a children's picture dictionary. One of these days I'll make a film in a real shop! But in the meantime, here's a selection of commonly purchased fruit, veg, and other food items.

Video is now ready.



In the news...

Today's BBC Azeri has an article about the Absheron gas field. It has some fairly complex sentences. I have attempted to translate some of the article with an explanation of specific elements of grammar. One verb form that I can't identify is çəkərək. What verb form is this? Help from native speakers on this would be appreciated. The parts in bold are from the original article.