renaissancemedi Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Greece Joined 4364 days ago 941 posts - 1309 votes Speaks: Greek*, Ancient Greek*, EnglishC2 Studies: French, Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew
| Message 17 of 556 04 December 2013 at 12:17pm | IP Logged |
What's the difference between guardian angel and godfather?
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Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4850 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian
| Message 18 of 556 04 December 2013 at 12:21pm | IP Logged |
The Godfather takes protection money from his team mates... ;)
Joking apart, those are just names but they mean the same: A native speaker who offers his advice to the team.
Edited by Josquin on 04 December 2013 at 12:22pm
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renaissancemedi Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Greece Joined 4364 days ago 941 posts - 1309 votes Speaks: Greek*, Ancient Greek*, EnglishC2 Studies: French, Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew
| Message 19 of 556 04 December 2013 at 12:26pm | IP Logged |
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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druckfehler Triglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4874 days ago 1181 posts - 1912 votes Speaks: German*, EnglishC2, Korean Studies: Persian
| Message 20 of 556 04 December 2013 at 12:36pm | IP Logged |
Next year I'll be doing:
- low-intensity Korean (now B1-B2)
- higher-intensity Persian (now ~A1)
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.
If there's a dedicated Asian or Korean team, I'd also consider that. I'll be reading the logs anyway.
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Via Diva Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation last.fm/user/viadivaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4240 days ago 1109 posts - 1427 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: German, Italian, French, Swedish, Esperanto, Czech, Greek
| Message 21 of 556 04 December 2013 at 12:38pm | IP Logged |
I'm speaking for Team ONE.
The most important principle of this team is the studying of one language. Since it's not rare case for language learners here on HTLAL, I had to add one condition: that language should be your first language to learn, excluding English if you are non-native (like me). It's not at all important what language you intend to study.
The level of language also doesn't matter. The ideal situation would be if we'll have learners of different level to help each other with their studies. New language wanderers will get help from experienced one and vice versa. I was told once that teaching can help you to understand something even better, so why not to use it?
I don't know if this idea will work, but if it will, I'm very likely to become a team leader. From all who look forward to join the team, I would also ask to be present. The whole idea will lead to nothing if you'll be absent for a months or wouldn't write in your logs for a long time.
Ok, I'm done with introduction for the time being. For any questions you can PM me or ask me in my log, I'll gladly help you.
As for me, I do not consider to participate in several teams, so my aim right now is for successful building of Team ONE.
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corjine Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4026 days ago 55 posts - 74 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian
| Message 22 of 556 04 December 2013 at 12:53pm | IP Logged |
^Heyo Via Diva! Sign me up for Team One! Sounds like a great opportunity.
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AKenny Newbie Ireland Joined 4019 days ago 10 posts - 14 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, French
| Message 23 of 556 04 December 2013 at 2:34pm | IP Logged |
Hi there, enjoyed reading some of this last year so would like to participate this year,
if a newb is allowed.
Spanish; A2 --> B1 (Pass a B1 exam, begin to approach B2 towards end of year).
French; Scratch --> Solid B1.
I'd be interested in joining a Romance languages team or whatever's going.
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Sarnek Diglot Senior Member Italy Joined 4221 days ago 308 posts - 414 votes Speaks: Italian*, English Studies: German, Swedish
| Message 24 of 556 04 December 2013 at 3:15pm | IP Logged |
Hewwo.
This would be my first time ever and I'm not an 100% sure how of it works yet, but hey it
seems fun so count me in!
German A1 -> strong B1
Swedish Beginner -> B1
Edited by Sarnek on 04 December 2013 at 3:16pm
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