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| kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4881 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes  Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 193 of 204 10 December 2013 at 12:11am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm the opposite of Kerrie - I kept up my French all year, but my Spanish fell a bit by
the wayside. The Super Challenge has been fantastic for that. I probably only actively studied French five months out of the year, but was reading or watching movies each week. I naively thought that I would be at native reading speed this time two years ago. I had no concept how much reading one actually had to do to reach this point! It's been rewarding and sobering. I'm also looking forward to doing a Super Challenge with Spanish for the next round. I'm game to be on a TAC French team again, and think that Captain Tasty Onions has a nice ring to it. I want to push my French in the early part of this year, and have a ten day solo trip planned to France in April / May. After that I'll probably segue into lots more reading. And I might stalk Kerrie if she joins a Spanish team, and GaryB if he's on an Italian team. Edited by kanewai on 10 December 2013 at 12:12am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| geoffw Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4680 days ago 1134 posts - 1865 votes Speaks: English*, German, Yiddish Studies: Modern Hebrew, French, Dutch, Italian, Russian | Message 194 of 204 10 December 2013 at 12:43am | IP Logged | ||
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Year-end wrap up with 3 weeks left to go? Why the rush? At any rate, I might not do much else this year in French
or Italian, so why not. Italian was neglected all year and finally took on increased importance shortly before my trip. I took a level up during and shortly after the trip, and for a month or so kept learning and got to where I could write reasonably well at a "basic conversational" level or so. I've still never done much speaking, so the quick recall isn't really there. In the end, I managed to get to the "basically can read" (I have some 400-500 unlogged reading pages, btw) and "basically can understand radio/tv" stage with a relatively small amount of overall effort. I never got past the first 50-some lessons of Assimil and just looked up the grammar tables for conjugation. At this point though, I may be letting Italian drop until the next time I might see a trip to Italy in the foreseeable future. French I did more of than Italian, but very little formal study this year (I avoid formal study whenever possible). I did get to the "can read pretty well" level and the "basically can understand radio/tv" stage, so overall better than Italian. Using an Assimil course with a French base should be pretty easy now. I'm not sure if I plan to focus much on French next year either, but I'll definitely be using it, and probably starting another "half-super challenge" type thing, which should be MUCH easier now than when I started and couldn't even imagine reading a book in French, even an easy one. I may finally try using Assimil Le Hebreu, and that alone would be good practice, not having done significant L3 via L2 work before. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 songlines Pro Member Canada flickr.com/photos/cp Joined 5201 days ago 729 posts - 1056 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French Personal Language Map | Message 195 of 204 10 December 2013 at 1:44pm | IP Logged | ||
Thanks, Tastyonions! - And I'd certainly be glad to join the team, if you'll have me. I notice that Cavessa has also offered [on the TAC 2014 signup thread] to lead a French team. But I'm sure you and she could figure out something: co-leadership, having two teams (? will have to find Brun Ugle's post of last year for her suggestions re. team sizes)? Or, on the other hand, she may be delighted if someone else is willing to pick up the French team reins, as it were... 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4881 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 196 of 204 11 December 2013 at 11:33pm | IP Logged | ||
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Here's a fantastic short video in French, with English subtitles:
Ne serait-ce qu'une seconde From the clip: 20 cancer patients participated in a unique makeover experience. They were invited to a studio. Their hair and makeup were completely redone. During the transformation, they were asked to keep their eyes shut. A photographer then immortalized the moment they opened their eyes. Edited by kanewai on 11 December 2013 at 11:35pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Kerrie Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Kerrie2 Joined 5387 days ago 1232 posts - 1740 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 197 of 204 12 December 2013 at 2:50am | IP Logged | ||
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Kanewai, I saw that the other day. It was so cool. Not your typical makeovers. :D
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| kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4881 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 198 of 204 12 December 2013 at 9:21pm | IP Logged | ||
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Anyone up for a final end of the year fun challenge?
Find a popular holiday season song in your target language, and post it here. I was inspired by this find on youtube: Le p'tit renne au nez rouge (The little reindeer with the red nose) It's the same tune and story as Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, and I didn't realize at first how different the lyrics were! Pleurer dans le noir Pour le consoler lui dit : Viens au paradis ce soir Comme un ange, nez rouge Tu conduiras dans le ciel Avec ton petit nez rouge Le chariot du Père Noël A fairy who heard him Crying in the night In order to console him said: Come to paradise tonight Like an angel, red nose You will lead across the sky With your little red nose The chariot of Père Noël Trivia: I also stumbled on this list of the eight reindeer: Tornade (Dasher) - Le renne le plus rapide Danseur (Dancer) - Le renne le plus gracieux (c'est une femelle). Furie (Prancer) - Le renne le plus puissant. Fringant (Vixen) - Elle est belle et puissante, comme son compagnon Furie. Comète (Comet) - Il apporte le bonheur aux enfants. Cupidon (Cupid) - Elle amène l'amour aux enfants. Tonnerre (Donner) - Le plus fort. Éclair (Blitzen) - Elle apporte la lumière (elle est souvent considérée comme un mâle) 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| songlines Pro Member Canada flickr.com/photos/cp Joined 5201 days ago 729 posts - 1056 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French Personal Language Map | Message 199 of 204 13 December 2013 at 1:15am | IP Logged | ||
Seconding that. Would that be Le capitaine oignons savoureux...? (Or some other more grammatically correct variant?) Edited to add: loved the Youtube clip. Très touchant. And also your Christmas song idea. Will see if I have time to find one when I get back from hols before Christmas. Edited by songlines on 13 December 2013 at 1:22am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Kerrie Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Kerrie2 Joined 5387 days ago 1232 posts - 1740 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 200 of 204 13 December 2013 at 1:25am | IP Logged | ||
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I like the Christmas song idea. I will look for something this weekend! :D
I third Captain Tasty Onions. I want to be on your team. When you start the thread for the team, post a link here so we know where to sign up. :D 1 person has voted this message useful |
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