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ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 6135 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian
| Message 97 of 556 05 December 2013 at 11:24pm | IP Logged |
druckfehler wrote:
ellasevia wrote:
druckfehler wrote:
If-by miracle-there's a dedicated Persian team or even one for Iranian languages (Kurdish, Pahsto, anyone?) I'd love to join that. Maybe also a rare languages team, it depends on what everyone else would be studying. |
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I'd also love to join such a team if one is created. Persian is my number one priority language this year, aside from Mandarin (which I study at university), and I'd be interested in learning about other Iranian languages if there is anyone who studies them. |
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Great to see that you're back and not giving up on Persian! If no other Persian/Kurdish/Pashto/... enthusiasts show up, would you be interested in doing a Persian tandem? I'm serious about studying it this year and would love to have someone on HTLAL to share the journey with for added motivation :) |
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Yes, that would be great! I'd really like to make 2014 the year I finally get a strong handle on this language.
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| daegga Tetraglot Senior Member Austria lang-8.com/553301 Joined 4514 days ago 1076 posts - 1792 votes Speaks: German*, EnglishC2, Swedish, Norwegian Studies: Danish, French, Finnish, Icelandic
| Message 98 of 556 06 December 2013 at 12:08am | IP Logged |
I'll join with Spoken Continental Scandinavian (which is a dialect continuum
after all) and want to be part of a Scandinavian team.
Starting off with about B2 average in Norwegian and Danish and maybe B1 passive/A2
active in Swedish (very rough estimate), I'd like to reach the stage of inter-
Scandinavian conversational skills at B2 and beyond.
Edited by daegga on 06 December 2013 at 12:10am
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| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6590 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish
| Message 99 of 556 06 December 2013 at 12:35am | IP Logged |
Cavesa wrote:
Serpent wrote:
Cavesa wrote:
There is the Iberia idea going on. Sounds awesome. However, won't it be a bit crowded? |
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Do you mean the team or the length of the name? Iberia is just a working title and refers more to the origins, as many learners are more interested in Latin America and they should not be excluded. We need to find something relatively neutral :) |
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I mean the team. Last year, some teams were closed for being already full and therefore some people had to make "team 2" which I am not sure is the best solution when there are more. Spanish is one of the most popular languages and most learners take it as their second or more language, so they don't qualify for STARt (I love that name btw). Portuguese is among the quite popular names as well. Perhaps, when we have the "nearly final" numbers, we may see as much as twenty or thirty people wishing to go for either one or both in a team. Wouldn't it be too much? |
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I seriously doubt it will be that much. I mean if we actually ask for preferences between Spanish, Team STARt and Iberia.
I think by now there are about three people who listed Portuguese. I don't think a tugateam is possible :/
Anyway, there are a lot of Americans learning Spanish. Also, "the first after English" applies to many Europeans. English is obviously a special case.
Edited by Serpent on 06 December 2013 at 12:37am
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| Flarioca Heptaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5875 days ago 635 posts - 816 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Esperanto, French, EnglishC2, Spanish, German, Italian Studies: Catalan, Mandarin
| Message 100 of 556 06 December 2013 at 2:13am | IP Logged |
I'll concentrate most of my language study time to Mandarin, although I'll also continue to study German, and Catalan and Italian may receive some attention.
Mandarin level: more than 1/3 of Méthode 90 completed.
Goals: Finish Méthode 90 before the end of july 2014, continue with Boya. By the end of 2014 I hope to know 1500 characters (receptive).
Besides those two textbooks, I'll continue to read graded readers, study grammar books and other stuff alongside.
I'd like to join a Mandarin-only team.
Edited by Flarioca on 06 December 2013 at 2:14am
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| Kerrie Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Kerrie2 Joined 5388 days ago 1232 posts - 1740 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish
| Message 101 of 556 06 December 2013 at 3:21am | IP Logged |
tarvos wrote:
Evita wrote:
druckfehler already posted that she's in even though Korean won't be the
main focus language for her. As for me, I'm definitely in. Korean will be my main
focus language, my current level is somewhere between A2 and B1 probably. I'd also like
to be on the German team. My current level is B2-C1 and I'd like to improve it.
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Good! Anyone else for Korean? |
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I am studying Korean as well, although it is not my priority. I'll probably follow your logs if there is a Korean team. :)
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| Mohave Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Mohave1 Joined 4000 days ago 291 posts - 444 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French
| Message 102 of 556 06 December 2013 at 3:34am | IP Logged |
I have been lurking for months, but would like to join in the TAC if possible with French and Spanish.
French -- currently solid A2. I would like to be a B2 in passive skills, and a solid B1 in all other skills.
Spanish - A0 skills. I had Spanish in elementary school and I grew up on the border of the US and Mexico,
and have travelled in Mexico, and Central America, so I am not starting completely from nothing. I would like
to be A2 by the end of the year.
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| Fuenf_Katzen Diglot Senior Member United States notjustajd.wordpress Joined 4362 days ago 337 posts - 476 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Polish, Ukrainian, Afrikaans
| Message 103 of 556 06 December 2013 at 4:58am | IP Logged |
Here are my languages for 2014:
German: Pretty confident I have upper B-level ability all-around--some days better than others. I would like to improve to C-level in all areas (reading, writing, listening, speaking). I really regret not joining the German team last year, so I would like to join it this year if possible.
Polish: At the moment I would estimate A2, sometimes possibly pushing B1 (in receptive skills at least). I want to solidify my Polish and be able to use it automatically. I was on the Polish team last year and would like to continue if we can get enough members. Now that I have some independence in Polish, I have much clearer goals in how to focus.
Ukrainian: Just barely starting, hoping to get an A2 by the end of 2014. Wouldn't mind a separate team if there were enough interest.
Afrikaans: Same as Ukrainian essentially, although I will primarily keep that as a passive language instead of an active one.
I'm essentially doing Germanic and Slavic languages for the year.
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| Ogrim Heptaglot Senior Member France Joined 4632 days ago 991 posts - 1896 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, French, Romansh, German, Italian Studies: Russian, Catalan, Latin, Greek, Romanian
| Message 104 of 556 06 December 2013 at 11:28am | IP Logged |
renaissancemedi wrote:
In that case, I'll make you an offer you can't refuse...
Sign me up for the Greek team's Godmother. We'll discuss the price later :) |
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I certainly cannot refuse that offer!
Please sign me up for the Greek team.
Please also sign me up for Russian, I'll decide later whether to apply to join a team or do it on an individual basis as this year.
Edit: I forgot to mention what my goals are: For Russian, get to a strong B1 level by the end of the year, if possible beyond. For Greek, at least a solid A1.
As for starting on other languages, there are a couple of them that are tempting me, but for the time being I have enough on my plate with my goals for Russian and Greek.
Edited by Ogrim on 06 December 2013 at 2:13pm
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