Heck to the Yes Sister!

One of the first things you need to do when learning a language, is having a fundamental understanding of the grammar! Vietnamese is a SVO language, like English. This means that in a sentence, the order of the words is SUBJECT, VERB, OBJECT. For example, Ha ăn cơm. Ha eats rice. In the example, "Ha" is the subject, "ăn" is the verb, and "cơm" is the object. Pretty simple so far, right? Now, let's talk about verbs. In Vietnamese, verbs never change their form. There's nothing like, "I am, you are, he is, they are..." The verb always remains the same! Let's use "là" (to be) for an example. Tôi là - I am Bạn là - You are Nó là - Kim is Họ là - They are The verb, "là" in this sentence, never changes, no matter what the subject is. In my opinion, this makes constructing sentences in Vietnamese a lot easier than in English! These are just the very basics, but these facts are useful to know whe

WARNING: SPOILERS So recently, I've read a book called The Gospel Truth by Caroline Pignat (not to be confused with the song from Disney's Hercules). The Gospel Truth by Caroline Pignat      I enjoyed this book very much. I could tell it was well-researched, from the way the Duncans treated their slaves to something as simple as the way the slaves talked. The way the book was written was very distinctive and, in my opinion, pretty rad. It was written in free verse poetry and from the perspective of 6 different characters. My personal favourite character perspective to read from was Phoebe's (I didn't really like most of the other characters, to be honest). I liked how Phoebe was actually written like a slave girl who never formally learned English; Pignat embellished Phoebe's speech with many grammar mistakes, which I think made Phoebe much more believable. I also liked how the book was written in free verse; it always kept my attention (except for certain