Married!

More photos will follow after we get our professional photos back. These were taken by our friend Tania - isn't she a great photographer?




Taken from the choir loft, during the ceremonial first steps of the married couple.




Also from the choir loft; most of the bridal party is visible in this photo.

Rollin'

Rohit and Lucy were in town a few weeks ago, and we had lunch with them. We went to this fast food sushi place (yes, it sounds like a bad idea, and yes, it was a bad idea). Rohit got this volcano roll, which was raw fish wrapped in rice and nori, but covered in cooked fish chunks, salmon roe and melted cheese.



Yum.

Chi maqbool ast?

Today while leaving FSI, I had a short conversation with one of the Dari teachers:

Her: You have an important weekend coming up!
Me: Yes, I do.
Her: (Something in Dari that I didn't understand).
Me: (Looking befuddled).
Her: (Looking concerned, repeats something in Dari that I didn't understand, except I got the phrase "you will be pretty.")
Me: (Still kind of befuddled).
Her: (Switching to English, now looking very grave) You will fix your eyebrows so that you look pretty?
Me: (Noticing her perfectly plucked brows for the first time) Um, I guess so.

(Post title translation: What is beautiful?)

Verb Conjugation

Today's lesson: conjugation.

Man entehaar karda-am
Tu entehaar karda-ee
Oh entehaar karda-ast
Maa entehaar karda-aim
Shumah entehaar karda-aid
Oonah entehaar karda-and

Translation:

I have committed suicide.
You have committed suicide.
He/she has committed suicide.
We have committed suicide.
You (plural) have committed suicide.
They have committed suicide.

I have attacked.
You have attacked.
He/she has attacked ...

And so forth.

Vocabulary

This week, I learned the following words in Dari

- extremist
- to kill
- suicide attack
- to threaten

I still don't know how to say "tomato."