Our first day at the lodge consisted of our welcome talk, a
wachiga lesson, meeting the people already at the lodge and chilling out. The
welcome talk was pretty uneventful, just telling us about the camp, what the
rules and expectations were and answering any questions that we have about the
coming weeks of teaching and generally life at the camp.
The wachiga lesson was a lesson in the basics of the local
tongue. We learned how to greet someone, ‘Agandi’ and how to reply ‘neejay’.
Regardless of your situation you must always say ‘neejay’ meaning ‘I’m fine’
before saying anything. We learned some other useful words that would help in
our teaching such as ‘hoo nama’ meaning ‘be quiet’, ‘ya ma rela’ as ‘stand up’
and ‘shtamma’ meaning ‘sit down’.
After our lesson we relaxed for the rest of the day, had dinner and hit the sack.
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| Main part of the lodge |
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