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YAY! Best of luck to you!
Reading in another language is always a challenge but is so very rewarding. By slowing down and really getting to grips with and taking time for the vocabulary and structure, it makes the reading process incredibly intensive. My guess is, you will remember scenes from this book vividly in 10 years time because of the effort and focus you put into reading. Enjoy!! 😃

(And if you need more encouragement, just ask me. I'm always happy to cheerlead someone attempting foreign language improvement.)

Good luck, Rosh!!

Sounds like quite the challenge. Best of luck, Rosh! Don’t be afraid to try a translating app should you need it ;)

Best of luck, Rosh! I can read Marathi, too, but I find it very hard to read it after a hard day. Usually I'll read a couple of lines and then switch to an English book 😂 not ideal, I know but I'm working on it. It's so much better that you are reading it in Marathi instead of a translation... The nuances of a language are often lost in translation.

Good luck, Rosh. Find a human audiobook if possible.

Berengaria wrote: "YAY! Best of luck to you!
Reading in another language is always a challenge but is so very rewarding. By slowing down and really getting to grips with and taking time for the vocabulary and struc..."

Thanks so much for the enthusiastic wishes, B! I started with the first story, and oh boy! :D Needed all my concentration for sure. Marathi is my fourth language, so I am not so fluent in it, but I am able to grasp the story quite well. The speed is totally snail-like, though. :D

Whitney Erwin wrote: "Good luck, Rosh!!"

Thanks, Whitney!!

Thibault wrote: "Sounds like quite the challenge. Best of luck, Rosh! Don’t be afraid to try a translating app should you need it ;)"

Thanks, Thibault! Won't be able to use a translating app as I am reading this one on my phone. My Kindle isn't showing the Marathi alphabet properly. :/ But my Google Marathi-English feature is being utilised to the fullest! :D

Nisha wrote: "Best of luck, Rosh! I can read Marathi, too, but I find it very hard to read it after a hard day. Usually I'll read a couple of lines and then switch to an English book 😂 not ideal, I know but I'm ..."

Thanks much, Nisha! You know, i think this Marathi is quite at a manageable level. I used to find my school textbooks tedious. This also might be because of the type of stories. Witty ones are easier to concentrate on. I doubt I'll ever read a Marathi book again as it is taking ages. But I do want to complete this one sincerely. :D

Srivalli wrote: "Good luck, Rosh. Find a human audiobook if possible."

Thanks, Sri! Haha, I wish! But there's no free Marathi speaker around. Anyway, it is not that bad. Just that I can't read at my usual speed. This little book will take ages to be done with. :)

Rosh (is busy; will catch up soon!) wrote: "Just that I can't read at my usual speed. This little book will take ages to be done with. :)"

You planned well and started early in the year. :D

Srivalli wrote: "You planned well and started early in the year. :D"

Yup, that was deliberate! Who knows how many months I will require for this! :D