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| patrickwilken Senior Member Germany radiant-flux.net Joined 4525 days ago 1546 posts - 3200 votes  Studies: German | Message 225 of 295 10 December 2014 at 11:01pm | IP Logged | |||||
The Onyx I saw was a touchscreen, but perhaps there are other models. Mice don't work with ebooks as far as I know. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| AlOlaf Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5140 days ago 491 posts - 617 votes Speaks: English*, GermanC2 Studies: Danish | Message 226 of 295 20 December 2014 at 6:38pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Hey, patrickwilken, I just wanted to thank you for a suggestion you recently made to Cavesa. I've got "The Bridge" on DVD in the original Danish/Swedish and have been struggling for some time now to understand it all. I never thought about there being a German version until I read your mention of it here. Well, I just watched it in German and, oh, what fun! The dubbing is so good that it’s not distracting at all and I was able to pick up on stuff I couldn’t understand in the original. That's sure to help when I go back and watch it in Danish/Swedish again. Thanks for the tip, even though it wasn't directed at me.
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| patrickwilken Senior Member Germany radiant-flux.net Joined 4525 days ago 1546 posts - 3200 votes Studies: German | Message 227 of 295 20 December 2014 at 8:07pm | IP Logged | |||||
Cool. It's always nice to know you can help a fellow language learner! I looking forward to seeing the second season when it comes out. I am currently watching the first season of Lars von Triers The Kingdom (Riget - 1994). If you haven't seen it's a horror series set in hospital in Denmark, with a pompous Swedish neurosurgeon. The German dubbing isn't great, but I love the humour and the constant moaning about how things are done better in Sweden. It would be nice to be able to see it in the original Danish. Edited by patrickwilken on 20 December 2014 at 8:08pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5001 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 228 of 295 20 December 2014 at 11:07pm | IP Logged | |||||
There's always such an innocent beginning.... aaaaaaand you're in the middle of Assimil :-D 4 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| patrickwilken Senior Member Germany radiant-flux.net Joined 4525 days ago 1546 posts - 3200 votes Studies: German | Message 229 of 295 20 December 2014 at 11:37pm | IP Logged | |||||
I am not so innocent! I am toying with taking up either French or Spanish, but not for a year or two at least. Edited by patrickwilken on 21 December 2014 at 10:09am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| patrickwilken Senior Member Germany radiant-flux.net Joined 4525 days ago 1546 posts - 3200 votes Studies: German | Message 230 of 295 21 December 2014 at 4:19pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Cool. I just finished the second season of Orphan Black and passed the 700 film mark.
Here's some 4-way clone dancing action to celebrate. Edited by patrickwilken on 21 December 2014 at 4:19pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| patrickwilken Senior Member Germany radiant-flux.net Joined 4525 days ago 1546 posts - 3200 votes Studies: German | Message 231 of 295 01 January 2015 at 2:23pm | IP Logged | |||||
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December 2014
I'll post a overview of the year next, but first a quick summary of last month's progress. In December I read 990 pages and watched a new record of 59 films. 
Films are getting very easy for me to watch now; with some I have +99%, though with others this drops a bit. Overall, though I am now at a point where I can comfortably watch all films in an extensive manner. I watched one German film Über uns das All (2011), which was an interesting, but ultimately confusing film set in Köln about a woman dealing with the death of her husband, and her subsequent (imaginary?) relationship with a new man. One of the lead actors is Austrian, and found his accent quite difficult to follow, but it was manageable. Nice cinematography. 6/10. I read two books, mostly using Readlang. The first book "American Gods" generated more than 2400 cards, I've so far deleted about 10% of these, and am learning 50 new cards/day, with the question-card being a sentence with a highlighted word, and the answer being a translation of the highlighted word. I finding this relatively easy to learn, and get the sense that I am rapidly increasing my passive vocabulary. At this rate I'll finish my first run through the deck in 11 days, and then the amount of work maintaining the +2000 deck should be fairly light (at the moment I spend about 30 minutes/day on cards). I spent Christmas with my wife's family in Münsterland, and was pleased that my comprehension is now getting very high. I basically follow any converations (so long as people don't start talking Platt!) and can converse, though my talking still leaves a lot ot be desired. Books 47. Warum französische Kinder keine Nervensägen sind. Pamela Druckerman. 367 Seiten. 8/10. 46. American Gods. Neil Gaiman. 624 Seiten. Ebook. 8/10. Films 717. I am Number Four (2011). Twilight meets killer space aliens - less interesting than it sounds unfortunately. Maxdome. 3/10. 716. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). 5€. Maxdome. 7/10. 715. Dialogue avec mon jardinier (2007). Mubi. 6/10. 714. Detective Dee und das Geheimnis der Phantomflammen (Di renjie - 2010). Maxdome. 6/10. 713. Real Steel (2011). Maxdome. 6/10. 712. From Dusk to Dawn (1996). 3€. Maxdome. 7/10. 711. 96 Hours (2009). 3€. Maxdome. 6/10. 710. Tatort - 26.12.14 Weihnachtsgeld. TV. 6/10. 709. Moon (2009). Maxdome. 9/10. 708. Air Force One (1997). Maxdome. 6/10. 707. Out of Rosenheim (1987 - aka Bagdad Cafe). Mubi. 8/10. 705-706. The Kingom - Season 1 - 4 Episodes. Mubi. 8/10. 704. Silver Linings Playbook (2012). Maxdome. 8/10. 703. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007). Mubi. 8/10. 699-702. Orphan Black - Season 2 - 10 Episodes. 20€. Maxdome. 7/10. 698. I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère - 2009). Mubi. 7/10. 697. Herzensbrecher (Les amours imaginaires - 2010). Mubi. 9/10. 696. Reservoir Dogs (1992). Saw this in July 2013 and had large gaps in understanding - now 17 months later and having seen nearly 500 films more I understood >99% dialogue. Mubi. 9/10. 695. Mein Bruder ist ein Einzelkind (Mio fratello è figlio unico - 2007). Mubi. 7/10. 685-694. Andromeda (2000) - Season 1 - 22 Episodes. Maxdome. 6/10. 684. Human Traffic (1999). Mubi. 7/10. 683. Before Midnight (2013). 3€. Maxdome. 4/10 682. Before Sunset (2004). 3€. Maxdome. 7/10 681. Vampire Diary (2007). Mubi. 2/10. 680. Les innocents aux mains sales (1975). Mubi. 6/10. 679. Before Sunrise (1995). 3€. Maxdome. 9/10. 673-678. American Horror Story: Coven (2013). Maxdome. 6/10. 672. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004). Mubi. 9/10. 671. Boyhood (2014). 3€. Maxdome. 9/10. 670. Welcome to the Rileys (2010). Mubi. 7/10. 669. Thirst (2009). Maxdome. 8/10. 668. Food, Inc. (2008). Mubi. 8/10. 667. The Last Ocean (2012). Mubi. 9/10. 666. Über uns das All (2011). Mubi. Interesting, but ultimatley confusing film set in Köln about a woman dealing with the death of her husband, and her subsequent (imaginary?) relationship with a new man. 7/10. 665. Inglorious Basterds (2009). 3€. Maxdome. 8/10. 664. God Bless America (2011). Maxdome. 8/10. 663. Das Biest muss sterben (1969). Mubi. 6/10. 662, Out of Rosenheim (1987). Mubi. 8/10. 661. Croupier (1998). Maxdome. 8/10. 660. Contact (1997). 3€. Maxdome. 8/10. 659. Enemy of the State (1998). Maxdome. 7/10. Edited by patrickwilken on 01 January 2015 at 5:57pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| patrickwilken Senior Member Germany radiant-flux.net Joined 4525 days ago 1546 posts - 3200 votes Studies: German | Message 232 of 295 01 January 2015 at 6:24pm | IP Logged | |||||
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