This was a very busy week for me, hardly got time to read 100 or so pages. Still reading Grave Peril by Jim Butcher. Book 3 of The Dresden Files.

What about all of you, what have you been reading?

You are viewing a single thread.
View all comments
8 points

I’m reading Kambaramayanam, a 12th century Tamil epic. It’s written in my mother tongue, Tamil, but the language has changed so much over centuries that I am using a guide to understand the old Tamil words and phrases and the nuances behind the verses. I’m really enjoying it so far.

permalink
report
reply
3 points

Two Tamil books in one week!

Languages change over time, and any language that has survived for so long would have gone with many evolution.

permalink
report
parent
reply
3 points

Yeah reading the book, I can see how the words from then have evolved to words from now, and it’s very rewarding when I’m able to understand a verse without any help from the guide.

permalink
report
parent
reply
2 points

Yeah, it must be. I sometimes have trouble understanding words of current teenagers, so understanding something from 12th century must definitely be rewarding.

permalink
report
parent
reply

Books

!books@lemmy.world

Create post

A community for all things related to Books.

Rules

  1. Be Nice

Official Bingo Posts:

Related Communities

Community stats

  • 354

    Monthly active users

  • 296

    Posts

  • 4.5K

    Comments