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| Amerykanka Hexaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5164 days ago 657 posts - 890 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish, Polish, Latin, Ancient Greek, Russian | Message 33 of 119 31 January 2012 at 8:35pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Finally I have time to report last week's studies. I have been studying quite a bit, even though I haven't even
been able to get on this website for the last couple of days. Hopefully schoolwork will become more manageable soon and then I will actually be able to browse this website again. For the time being, however, here is my update on studying last week. Spanish I read Chapter 2 of La Ciudad de las Bestias and enjoyed it. I added about fifty new words to my Anki deck (there are roughly 3,000 cards in it now - yay!). I did some exercises in my Practice Makes Perfect books; most of them were review, but I needed it. My Spanish grammar is really rather appalling (especially where the subjunctive is concerned). I also spent a lot of time figuring out the differences between desde, desde hace, and hace _ años que. Those phrases have always confused me, but I think I finally have it straight. In addition to reading and grammar, I spent over an hour on Anki reviews. Polish I spent approximately 2 hours looking up new vocabulary and a lot of time reviewing my Anki deck, my paper flashcards, and my word list. I read some more of Pan Tadeusz and then spent over 4 hours writing the beginning of my essay on the differences between Telimena and Zosia. So far it is 520 words long. I met with my Polish tutor, who had assigned me the essay, and she corrected it with me and then we discussed Pan Tadeusz and some poems. I was very pleased with my speaking - I didn't stumble as much as I usually do. That was all for last week, since I took a break on Latin. Latin is back again this week though, and finally I am learning something interesting - passive voice! I learned it before, but I have forgotten some of the conjugations so it is a welcome review. I also really need to get going on my Welsh. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amerykanka Hexaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5164 days ago 657 posts - 890 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Polish, Latin, Ancient Greek, Russian | Message 34 of 119 08 February 2012 at 2:42am | IP Logged | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Time for an update!
Polish I am very excited about my Polish studies right now. This probably has something to do with the fact that I am finding it easier and easier to read Pan Tadeusz. I finished books eight and nine, and the reading went much faster. Granted it still took me over an hour to read 13 pages today, what with reading, rereading, looking up words, and reading again, but still, any progress is welcome! And the story is so exciting! I have been reading a lot of Polish poetry lately, which is funny, since I don't read much poetry in general. My Polish tutor keeps on giving me different collections of poems to look at - so far I have read some Jan Twardowski, some Halina Poświatowska, and some Wiesława Szymborska. Who knows what will be next! (I must admit I am enjoying the poetry, though! I should read more of it in English!) As for other things - I had another meeting with my tutor, which went very well, and then I have learned lots of new vocabulary words. My Polish studies are flying right now! Latin Nothing much to say. I finished Chapter 18 of Wheelock's and now I'm working on Chapter 19. It's not very hard, although right now I am having some trouble remembering vocabulary, so I am focusing on that. Spanish I finished Chapter 3 of La Ciudad de las Bestias, and consequently there aree vocabulary lists all over the place. So far this week I have only succeeded in adding 23 words to my Anki deck, though. I have been watching episodes of La Rosa de Guadalupe on YouTube, and I can understand about 80% of what they say, I would estimate. I must improve my listening comprehension before my trip to Nicaragua this summer. I have been working on grammar and reviewing cards like crazy in Anki. I haven't done any Spanish today, which I am very mad about, but I got carried away reading Pan Tadeusz, what can I say. I studied for an hour and twenty minutes yesterday, though, so I suppose it all evens out. Tomorrow I will have to do Spanish before Polish, clearly. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vos Diglot Senior Member Australia Joined 5559 days ago 766 posts - 1020 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Dutch, Polish | Message 35 of 119 08 February 2012 at 3:40am | IP Logged | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hola Amerykanka, ¿cómo andas hoy? ¡Qué bien haces con tu polaco! No veo la hora de conocer la lengua como tú la
conoces. Muy impresionante, de verdad. ¿Qué te parece La Ciudad de las Bestias? ¿Te está gustando? Acabo de encargarlo ayer de mi biblioteca local así que debería de tenerlo dentro de unos días. No sabía que fueras a Nicaragua, ¿cuánto tiempo vas? Que tengas una buena semana. Ciao. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amerykanka Hexaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5164 days ago 657 posts - 890 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Polish, Latin, Ancient Greek, Russian | Message 36 of 119 10 February 2012 at 1:52am | IP Logged | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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¡Hola, Vos! ¿Como estás? Me gusta La Ciudad de las Bestias - me interesa y por supuesto tiene el
atractivo de ser escrito en español. Hoy leí las primeras ocho páginas del cuarto capítulo y se me hace que está mejorando. De todos modos, ya he aprendido muchas palabras nuevas, lo que es mi objetivo en leerlo. ¡Espero que te guste este libro tanto como te gusta Cuentos de Eva Luna! Voy a estar en Nicaragua por una semana este verano. Será mi segundo viaje a Nicaragua, y ¡estoy muy emocionada con tener la oportunidad de ir allí otra vez! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| getreallanguage Diglot Senior Member Argentina youtube.com/getreall Joined 5464 days ago 240 posts - 371 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English Studies: Italian, Dutch | Message 37 of 119 23 February 2012 at 10:16pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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¡Hola!
¿Cómo van la vida y el castellano? Como de costumbre voy a dejarte unas correcciones y comentarios:
-> he comprado La Ciudad de las Bestias de Isabel Allende
De hecho, se dice "Ficciones es un libro de Borges" pero se dice "Ficciones es un libro escrito por Borges".
-> e hice unos ejercicios sobre los objetos indirectos
-> es el libro más difícil que he leído en polaco
Es muy parecido en Italiano: 'segretaria automatica'. En castellano suena más robótico y menos humano: 'contestador automático' o, más corto, 'contestador'.
Tu uso del subjuntivo es mejor de lo que te parece cuando escribís en castellano. Ánimo y a darle duro.
-> tiene el atractivo de estar escrito en español
-> estoy muy emocionada de tener la oportunidad de ir allí otra vez (La preposición varía: "estoy muy emocionado con esto", pero "estoy muy emocionado de poder hacer esto") Veo que finalmente has resuelto el tema de los acentos. Si querés, puedo empezar a hacerte correcciones de tipo ortográfico, también. ¡Contanos más sobre tu viaje a Nicaragua! Saludos y muy buena suerte. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amerykanka Hexaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5164 days ago 657 posts - 890 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Polish, Latin, Ancient Greek, Russian | Message 38 of 119 25 February 2012 at 6:32pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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¡Hola, getreallanguage! ¿Como estás? Muchas gracias por tus correcciones - me gustaría mucho si pudieras
corregir mi ortografía también. Estoy muy feliz que por fin pueda escribir con acentos, porque siempre me molestaba no poder escribir correctamente. Esta semana pasé mucho tiempo estudiando español, así que los estudios me van muy bien. Me gusta más el español cada día, y espero poder hablar con facilidad cuando voy a Nicaragua este verano. Con tal de que no hablemos de algo difícil como la filosofía, puedo conversar sin muchos problemas, y todavía tengo unos meses antes de mi viaje. Espero tener muchas oportunidades de practicar mi español allí en Nicaragua - voy con un grupo de personas de mi iglesia, la mayoría de las cuales no habla español, y los nicaragüenses con quienes vamos a trabajar no hablan inglés. Así que mi conocimiento del español probablemente nos va a resultar muy útil. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amerykanka Hexaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5164 days ago 657 posts - 890 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Polish, Latin, Ancient Greek, Russian | Message 39 of 119 25 February 2012 at 7:11pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Okay, I haven't had any time to get on this website over the last week or so, much less post anything, so now
I have a lot of studying to record. POLISH I finished Book 10 of Pan Tadeusz, and I am almost done with Book 11. Book 10 was so exciting! Now I just have a book and a half left, and then the epilogue, which is very short. I plan to finish the whole book this upcoming week. I met with my Polish tutor again, and we had some pretty good conversations. I am pleased with my overall speaking performance, but I really need to work on some of the harder conjugations and declensions. It is so embarrassing when I can't conjugate a verb whose meaning I've known for three years! I wrote around 250 words of my essay the week before last. I am waiting to finish the essay until I have finished reading Pan Tadeusz, though. I also spent a lot of time looking up new vocabulary and then reviewing my old vocabulary. It is so infuriating when I forget a word that I learned five years ago! I forgot how to say 'borrow' ('pożyczyć') the other day, and I was very frustrated with myself. Although sometimes I forget English words, too, so maybe I shouldn't feel so bad. The other day I forgot the word 'idiom', although I could remember the Spanish equivalent ('modismo'), and this state of temporary forgetfulness lasted a full day since I was too stubborn to look the word up in the dictionary. SPANISH I have had a very good few weeks for Spanish. I read Chapters 4 and 5 of La Ciudad de las Bestias and most of Chapter 6. So far I have managed to read a chapter a week as desired. I am enjoying the story immensely, but I think this is more due to the fact that the book is written in Spanish than to anything else. This week I added about 100 new words to my Anki decks - I have over 3,300 Spanish flashcards now. I spent a lot of time doing grammar review and trying to figure out the different uses of por and para once and for all (I was mostly successful). The Practice Makes Perfect books are not very challenging, but I need to review Spanish grammar and they suit my purposes. I will have to find something harder soon, though. I finally caught back up on my Anki reviews, after spending 1 hour and 35 minutes on Spanish flashcards during the last week. I like flashcards, though, so I don't mind. I also watched lots of news videos in Spanish - I understood around 80% again, I would say. I never realized before just how fast reporters speak! LATIN Well, the last two weeks have been a Latin disaster. (This is what happens to me when I have extra chemistry homework.) I did manage to do Chapter 20 of Wheelock's, though. It was about fourth declension nouns (boring) and ablative of place from which and ablative of separation (mildly entertsining). It was not a terribly interesting chapter, but I have fun translating the sentences and I must admit I needed to review the two kinds if ablative. WELSH I might as well confess that I have done absolutely no Welsh in 2012. I am sad about this, but I am very busy, and my other three languages take up all my study time. I hope to be able to work on Welsh some soon, but honestly, I don't expect to have much time until the summer. So I am going to take Welsh off my list of actively studied languages. Welsh is one of my favorite languages ever, so I will certainly return to it, but right now I simply can't handle a fourth language. :( 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| getreallanguage Diglot Senior Member Argentina youtube.com/getreall Joined 5464 days ago 240 posts - 371 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English Studies: Italian, Dutch | Message 40 of 119 26 February 2012 at 7:43am | IP Logged | |||||||||||||||||||||||
-> ¿Cómo estás? 'Como' no lleva tilde en este caso: 'es grande como una casa', pero lleva tilde en estos casos: ¡Cómo no me lo dijiste! ¿Cómo se llama?
-> espero poder hablar con facilidad cuando vaya a Nicaragua este verano. En fin, ¡hola Rebecca! Por acá todo va bien, aunque entre exámenes finales no me queda mucho tiempo para estudiar idiomas. Te mando saludos y mucha suerte con tus estudios. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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