Comments on: Remembering Bisayan words http://liveinthephilippines.com/content/2007/09/remembering-bisayan-words/ The Web Magazine for Expats in the Philippines and those who want to be Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:45:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David Whittall http://liveinthephilippines.com/content/2007/09/remembering-bisayan-words/comment-page-1/#comment-36942 David Whittall Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:00:28 +0000 http://liveinthephilippines.com/guestblog/?p=39#comment-36942 When I attended the Dale Carnegie Course (based on his Book "How to Win Friends and Influence People), one of the things taught was I guess this technique (although I missed the week they introduced it, so dont have the 'intro' and 'explanation?). I did pick up on it the following week however. From what I could tell it was a way of remembering a number of things in the right order? They had the sequence of numbers 1 to 10, then had an rhyme word for each:- 1 (one) = won 2 (two) = shoe 3 (three) = tree 4 (four) = door 5 (five) = hive 6 (six) = sick 7 (seven) = heaven 8 (eight) = gate 9 (nine) = dine 10 (ten) = den The idea was to have this picture in your mind for each item. So the first thing you are trying to remember - won, so picture yourself in a race and you are coming up to the winning line, There is a rope stratched accross and what you are trying to rember is on that winning line rope? Two = shoe, so picture a great BIG Shoe and sticking out the top of this shoe is the next thing you are trying to remember? And so on... Now whilst I do recall the words associated with these numbers and can vividly picture items/objects tied in to these visual memory jogs, I have not found or can see any way to make this technique work to rembember a language like Visayan/Bisayan? Perhaps I just missed something that week that I couldn't attend the course? David. When I attended the Dale Carnegie Course (based on his Book “How to Win Friends and Influence People), one of the things taught was I guess this technique (although I missed the week they introduced it, so dont have the ‘intro’ and ‘explanation?).

I did pick up on it the following week however. From what I could tell it was a way of remembering a number of things in the right order?

They had the sequence of numbers 1 to 10, then had an rhyme word for each:-
1 (one) = won
2 (two) = shoe
3 (three) = tree
4 (four) = door
5 (five) = hive
6 (six) = sick
7 (seven) = heaven
8 (eight) = gate
9 (nine) = dine
10 (ten) = den

The idea was to have this picture in your mind for each item.

So the first thing you are trying to remember – won, so picture yourself in a race and you are coming up to the winning line, There is a rope stratched accross and what you are trying to rember is on that winning line rope?

Two = shoe, so picture a great BIG Shoe and sticking out the top of this shoe is the next thing you are trying to remember?

And so on…

Now whilst I do recall the words associated with these numbers and can vividly picture items/objects tied in to these visual memory jogs, I have not found or can see any way to make this technique work to rembember a language like Visayan/Bisayan?

Perhaps I just missed something that week that I couldn’t attend the course?

David.

]]> By: Kevin http://liveinthephilippines.com/content/2007/09/remembering-bisayan-words/comment-page-1/#comment-36941 Kevin Wed, 12 Sep 2007 20:14:52 +0000 http://liveinthephilippines.com/guestblog/?p=39#comment-36941 Bob, Yes, I use flash cards also. This is just another way to attack the problem of remembering things. I think I'll just work on this system myself. Thanks Bob,
Yes, I use flash cards also. This is just another way to attack the problem of remembering things. I think I’ll just work on this system myself. Thanks

]]> By: Remembering Bisayan words http://liveinthephilippines.com/content/2007/09/remembering-bisayan-words/comment-page-1/#comment-36943 Remembering Bisayan words Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:38:21 +0000 http://liveinthephilippines.com/guestblog/?p=39#comment-36943 [...] I’m trying to learn the Bisayan language like Bob and some others here and I figure that the more words you know then the easier it will be to pick up new words. My goal is to learn 100 words this school year. Then, using those words, try to put them in small sentences and continue learning more of the language. I’ll also continue to read AmericanLola’s Bisayan lessons, which are a big help. Also, my wife can help me pronounce the words. … …more [...] [...] I’m trying to learn the Bisayan language like Bob and some others here and I figure that the more words you know then the easier it will be to pick up new words. My goal is to learn 100 words this school year. Then, using those words, try to put them in small sentences and continue learning more of the language. I’ll also continue to read AmericanLola’s Bisayan lessons, which are a big help. Also, my wife can help me pronounce the words. … …more [...]

]]> By: Bob http://liveinthephilippines.com/content/2007/09/remembering-bisayan-words/comment-page-1/#comment-36940 Bob Tue, 11 Sep 2007 01:38:49 +0000 http://liveinthephilippines.com/guestblog/?p=39#comment-36940 Hi Kevin - Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I don't know how this fits in with your method, but I have been using a system of making flash cards to help me learn new vocabulary. In the last 4 weeks, I have learned over 200 new words! I just keep using the flash cards all the time, whenever I sit down in my chair, I pick them up and go through them. Hi Kevin – Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I don’t know how this fits in with your method, but I have been using a system of making flash cards to help me learn new vocabulary. In the last 4 weeks, I have learned over 200 new words! I just keep using the flash cards all the time, whenever I sit down in my chair, I pick them up and go through them.

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