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| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4699 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes  Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 49 of 586 06 December 2012 at 10:39pm | IP Logged | ||
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Don't worry. It looks like I know what I'm doing, but I'm just as clueless as you are ;)
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| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5326 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 50 of 586 06 December 2012 at 11:26pm | IP Logged | ||
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@Brun Ugle: That's the spirit! Before you know it you will be as enchanted with Russian as the rest of us are!
@ Emme: I remember you helping me with my rusty Italian when I was just a newbie here, so I am really just passing it forward :-) @ LanguageSponge: You have not posted in this thread yet, but a big welcome to you too. Remember that I tried to convince you to come on board last year? I am happy that you jumped on board now. And if there are any newcomers I have forgotten to welcome, I do so now! I think we have a perfect combination of old members of Team Sputnik and newcomers, so I really look forward to next year. We are actually a full team already -15 members, after just 2 days. I almost shake my head in disbelief that Russian is so popular, but I think it is great. Oh, and about the name- which I suppose we could start thinking about since we are already a fixed team. In my view we should look for a name that is - short ( not much longer than Sputnik) - energetic (cause that's what we are) - easily identifiable as Russian also by non-students of Russian. - lends itself to as much imagery as Sputnik (cosmonauts, reach for the stars etc. ) Personally I still have a soft spot for the A-team, given that A is also a Russian letter, and because even though the Russian angle may have to be explained to others, it has never ending possibilities within imagery, sheer coolness factor, and the connotation of being able to make the impossible possible. But the floor is open for suggestions: I supported another name initially last year, but I ended up being very happy with Sputnik. So names of authors, astronauts, musicians, politicians (please let us not be team Putin) monuments, transport modes or vehicles or whatever. The hunt for the perfect name has officially started! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 TheGreaterFool Pro Member Canada Joined 4364 days ago 65 posts - 78 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Russian, Modern Hebrew, French Personal Language Map | Message 51 of 586 07 December 2012 at 1:52am | IP Logged | ||
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Been thinking about a team name and reading through some of the posts...my humble suggestion would be Team Matryoshka...everyone is at a different stage of language learning and we are constantly trying to go deeper with our learning just like the seemingly never ending series of matryoshka dolls...
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| TheGreaterFool Pro Member Canada Joined 4364 days ago 65 posts - 78 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Russian, Modern Hebrew, French Personal Language Map | Message 52 of 586 07 December 2012 at 1:56am | IP Logged | ||
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As I am starting to organize resources and put together a calendar for next year, I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions about how to document one's progress...are most people blogging on other sites and linking them back to this one or are people simply creating learning threads on this site in the team folder?...not exactly sure if what I am asking is clear...I just need a bit of help with the logistics of this.
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| TheGreaterFool Pro Member Canada Joined 4364 days ago 65 posts - 78 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Russian, Modern Hebrew, French Personal Language Map | Message 53 of 586 07 December 2012 at 2:21am | IP Logged | ||
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Since the 'A Team' is a team name that is popular on the thread, I went onto Wikipedia to see what the A Team movie was called in Russia. It had the title of Команда «А» (Komanda "A"). Has a nice ring to it...
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| Bbcatcher 08 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4410 days ago 130 posts - 154 votes Speaks: English*, Latin Studies: Russian, Mandarin, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Serbo-Croatian, Hungarian | Message 54 of 586 07 December 2012 at 2:37am | IP Logged | ||
I have it. I've been slowly going through that. I think this weekend is going to be my alphabet day :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5326 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 55 of 586 07 December 2012 at 7:28am | IP Logged | ||
Mostly we just create a log to document our progress on this forum under the general headline of Learning logs, some chose to have several, like one for each language or theme, but the most successful logs I have seen have usually been one log for all the languages you do. Have a look at page one of Team Sputnik's common thread for 2012 and you'll find links to all our logs. Splitting your effort up over several logs typically tends to be more work than people are able to put in. The enthusiasm rarely lasts longer than February, though some feel they get motivated by starting new logs during the year. There are no strict rules on this, but I would recommend that you have a look at the log of Tarvos . He has done an excellent job of documenting all his languages. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| LanguageSponge Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5758 days ago 1197 posts - 1487 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Welsh, Russian, Japanese, Slovenian, Greek, Italian | Message 56 of 586 07 December 2012 at 4:50pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hi!
So I am the newest and I assume one of the last additions to this very popular team! This year I'll be studying both Russian, Mandarin Chinese, and I will be maintaining my German. I am presently living in China, albeit no-where near Russia. I will hopefully be making my way up there though before 2013 is out. I haven't been to Russia since university and I miss it. My German is pretty strong so if any of you on the team need some help with German, drop me a line – I am always more than happy to help, especially with my first love, which is German. I am really looking forward to having a good go at Russian with you all this year! So I guess the aim of my first post in this thread should be to tell people a little about my Russian. I will attempt this in Russian and then translate as I am sure it’s almost as shaky as a three-legged chair. Всем привет! Меня зовут Джек и мне двадцать два года. Я уже лет пять учу русский, но моя страсть к немецкому языку отвлекла меня от русского, сразу после окончания университета, в июня последного года. Моя любовь к русскому языку возника в возрасте 16 лет, когда дядя подарил мне сборник русских рассказов. Первый рассказ, который я прочитал, назывался «Лисица со скалочкой». В дополнение к страсти к русскому языку, я с десятилетнего возраста увлекаюсь русской историей. Я немного знаю о древней истории славянских народов, а у меня острый интерес к общественной истории Советского Союза. Я люблю учить о гонке ядерных вооружений и холодной войне. Я - заядный читатель, могу прочести книгу за два дня, но очень интересные книги читаю медленно, потому что я хочу заставить их продолжиться. Hi everyone! I’m Jack and I’m 22 years old. I have been studying Russian for about five years but my passion for German distracted me from Russian shortly after graduating from uni in July of last year. My love for Russian came about at the age of 16 when my uncle gave me a collection of Russian short stories as a Christmas present. The first story I read all the way through was called “The Fox and the Rolling Pin”. As well as my passion for the Russian language, I have loved Russian history since I was 10. I know very little about the ancient history of the Slavic peoples, but I have a keen interest in the social history of the Soviet Union. I really enjoy learning about the Nuclear Arms Race and the Cold War. I am an avid reader and am capable of reading a book in two days, but I read very interesting books slowly because I want to make them last. @Solfrid Cristin - Hi! Yes, I do remember you tried to convince me to come on board last year. I wonder now why I didn't! Anyway I am here now and the here and now is what matters. I am off now to read some of your logs from TAC 2012. I am looking forward to working and learning Russian with all of you! Bring on 2013! LanguageSponge / Jack 1 person has voted this message useful |
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