Lesotho Infinity And Beyond: A fellow PCV's snowy view this morning

Thursday, June 4, 2015

She lives up in the higher mountains. The only thing I saw this morning was a lot of wind and very cold rain.

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Quick-reference glossary

- PC = Peace Corps (duh)

- PCT = Peace Corps Trainee

- PCV = Peace Corps Volunteer

- LCF = Language and Cultural Facilitator (Sesotho teacher)

- (bo)'me = mother/Mrs./ma'am(s)

- (bo)ntate = father/Mr./sir(s)

- (bo)ausi = sister/girl(s)

- (bo)abuti = brother/boy(s)

- nkhono = grandmother

- lumela ("doo-may-lah") = hello

- Lesotho = the country

- Mosotho (Basotho) = person (people) from Lesotho

- Sesotho = the language

- Papa = cooked corn meal mash- like thick mashed potatoes

- Moroho = any leafy green, mostly swiss chard

-Kombi/Combi = 15-seater van taxi

-Sprinter = bigger taxi, like the size of half a bus

-4+1 = in-town taxi, a sedan holding 4 passengers plus one driver

Let me know if there's some other term I used and you need it defined.