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tristano
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Netherlands
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Speaks: Italian*, Spanish, French, English
Studies: Dutch

 
 Message 97 of 177
11 March 2015 at 10:16am | IP Logged 
I received the book "Dutch for reading knowledge".
This book is THICK. It contains authentic documents about "things where the Netherlands
has or had a leading or innovative role", like water management, architecture,
postcolonialism etc. For every text there are vocabulary list, grammar explanations,
translation tips, strategic reading exercises and so on.
An authentic gem. I wonder if there is something similar for French or Spanish.
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tristano
Tetraglot
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Netherlands
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Studies: Dutch

 
 Message 98 of 177
12 March 2015 at 2:05pm | IP Logged 
I need more hours during a day.
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tristano
Tetraglot
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Netherlands
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 Message 99 of 177
16 March 2015 at 6:34am | IP Logged 
Today french exam! It will be my last exam at The
AF in any case so i'm not that motivated.
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tristano
Tetraglot
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Netherlands
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Studies: Dutch

 
 Message 100 of 177
17 March 2015 at 11:18am | IP Logged 
The exam was difficult. The course was easy. The most difficult part? listening
comprehension, which we didn't exercise thoroughly as in lower courses.
Definitely this course could be organized better.
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Cavesa
Triglot
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Studies: Spanish, German, Italian

 
 Message 101 of 177
18 March 2015 at 10:48am | IP Logged 
It's been some time since I haven't read your log so there was some catching up needed
:-)

Congrats on the Italki challenge and your progress in Dutch, it sounds awesome! And I
hope you and your girlfried are happy together, such news are always a great thing to
hear.

Could you share your experience with the DELF exam, please? I am quite curious as I
barely passed the same B2 exam five years ago and would like to compare the complaints
;-) The C2 was, in my opinion, better thought out.

The listening in general can be tricky for someone either not that familiar with the
topic (I hate sports and economics subjects usually) or someone with not that much
practice under their belt. I had been one of those when I tried the B2 exam as I
hadn't been watching tv series yet.
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tristano
Tetraglot
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Netherlands
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Speaks: Italian*, Spanish, French, English
Studies: Dutch

 
 Message 102 of 177
18 March 2015 at 11:25am | IP Logged 
Hi! Thanks for your message.
My girlfriend is a gift given to me from my language studies :) My interest to languages brought me to know her
(she's studying Italian).
I'm now in a very intense moment where is happening everything and I can barely concentrate to study Dutch. In 10
days I will be in Spain where I will be able to use my Spanish. I'm in bed because of a neverending flu that doesn't
give me a lot of energies to study Dutch. Plus other things. I have to keep in mind to continue to learn something
new everyday, even if just 5 minutes a day.

About French, the exam I did was for the B2.1 level at the Alliance Française.
I would like to to the DELF B2 exam but I will prepare it on my own, maybe with an Italki teacher. (or maybe I will not
do it). I don't plan to go further than B2 with French. If I will go to such places as C1/C2 proficiency level, it won't be
with French, nor English. Spanish is a better candidate to me.

I believe I can think about languages as about girls: there are the one-way loves, the short flirts, the lovers, the
important stories, the impossible stories, and the one.

One-way loves: Icelandic.
Short flirts I had too many.
Important stories: English, French, Spanish.
Impossible stories: Dutch.
The one?

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garyb
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Speaks: English*, Italian, French
Studies: Spanish

 
 Message 103 of 177
18 March 2015 at 12:20pm | IP Logged 
Sometimes I think that Italian is "the one", but then her Spanish cousin keeps tempting me. Perhaps not quite as beautiful, but we run into each other very often and I can't help but flirt a little. French is the one that I keep splitting up with then coming back to.

Edited by garyb on 18 March 2015 at 12:21pm

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tarvos
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Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans
Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish

 
 Message 104 of 177
18 March 2015 at 1:11pm | IP Logged 
I approve of polyamory


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