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Language Classes, Tuesday

All language students:

If you have requested to join a class, consider yourself enrolled. Class rosters will be updated throughout the week. Remember that Friday is your last day to ADD or DROP a class.

Because we have so many new people, all vocabulary quizzes are postponed until next week. We will still be doing sign-ups for class presentations this week: I would like to start those in two weeks.

I will cover last week's lectures during lab hours this week, except for Friday: this Friday's lab hours will be a showing of Wings of Desire, open to all interested students. I strongly encourage European language students to attend.

There are no office hours today but I will be available during lab hours.

[ooc: Usual deal. Talk amongst yourselves.]

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Hell, everyone. I hope you had a good lunch.

Last time we discussed language families. Today we'll start with grammar.

Who can tell me what an inflected language is?

*Hamlet plops into the back row with a small take-out dish of food. It appears to be sweet potatoes from the school cafeteria.*

Inflected languages would be ones that grammatically change words to show tense and gender and stuff, wouldn't it? Like in Latin, where you have to conjugate things all the time.

Hey, this tastes kind of funny.

That's correct. As languages develop they tend to move away from inflection, but it's still used somewhat in the languages we'll be covering.

So we'll start with going over parts of speech.

[ooc: argh. need to find an easier way to convey Dream's speech.]

*Parker comes in, sits at the back, does not look directly at Dream all period*

*after class, quietly:* Ms. Parker, may I see you for a few minutes?

*Parker hangs on to her notebook with white knuckles*

"Of course, sir."

*she'd clearly rather be anywhere else*

Do you have bad dreams, Ms. Parker?

*he knows the answer but it's polite to ask*

*Parker swallows and look down at her notebook*

_{Sometimes.

I can handle it.}

I can help you with those. I would prefer they not interfere with your studies.

*Parker's fingers open and close on her notebook*

Would... would it make it so I didn't have to remember?

*finally looks up at him*

*gently* I can do that. But think carefully if that's what you really want.

*she laughs, but nothing's funny*

I want to not be afraid.

*she bites her lips*

I'll think about it, sir.

_{Thank you}

You're welcome.

Nightmares can't hurt you, Ms. Parker, but they can hinder you.

Get some rest.

*at least they can't now that he know where the Corinthian is . . .*

Rogue walks in, noticably less hung over than she was during study hall (http://www.livejournal.com/community/fandomhigh/65525.html?thread=2326773#t2326773). She takes a seat in the back of the room, completely lost already.

Archie arrives with a wood-framed slate and a slate pencil, sits in the back row, and waits for someone else to supply the answers and, hopefully, help him get his bearings in this class.

Having arrived on time and seated himself near the middle of the group of seats, Krycek lets someone else answer the question, but listens with interest.

*is here* *is very, very obstinate*

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Language Classes, Tuesday

Languages of Europe, TTh 1:00 - 3:00

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