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| Saga Diglot Newbie Germany Joined 4357 days ago 20 posts - 22 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Japanese, Greek | Message 9 of 108 03 January 2013 at 9:01pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Γεια σου, embici. Gathering from what you write about your Greek, I think we might be at a similiar
level. I'm glad about that, because that means I'm not the only one in team Sparta stuck in the middle between those who just started Greek and those who already know half the language. I can totally relate to those false cognates, especially the του and σου. I've had French lessons for many years at school and I also learned a little Spanish. That's why I still have to concentrate nearly every time to get that right. Greek cases turned out to be rather easy to understand. Three of them are basically used the same way as in German. And the vocative, the only case that doesn't exist in German, is the easiest one to use in my opinion. After all, it's only used when you talk directly to someone/when you address someone, like: Γιώργω, πού είναι το βιβλίο; (Giorgo, where is the book?) - The name is actually Γιώργως (Giorgos), but looses the ς in the end. What I found interesting, is, that the vocative isn't restricted to names only, but can be used for basically any noun. Anyway, καλή τύχη στο TAC σου! 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| embici Triglot Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4603 days ago 263 posts - 370 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Greek | Message 10 of 108 04 January 2013 at 7:18pm | IP Logged | |||||
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This month is devoted to Greek and French.
Le nouveau Grec sans peine is my very first Assimil course. I decided to use it as prescribed for the first fifty lessons. Although, I was delinquent as I did not do a little bit every day. But, I completely refrained from doing any writing while in the passive wave. Now that I'm on lesson 53 I've started writing out the dialogues from the early lessons and I've started making vocabulary lists for the lessons I'm working on now. It takes time, especially since I'm printing each letter rather than writing in cursive, but that's something we've talked about a lot on another thread. I've also started Michel Thomas Advanced course. I felt I needed some practice with verb tenses and I find this program quite good for that. January and February: French I've been listening to La Premiere chaine de Radio-Canada on the radio whenever I can. I've bought Arekkusu's book and will give that a look soon as well as Assimil's Using French. I begin a French conversation circle in a couple of weeks which I'm looking forward to as I haven't spoken French in any depth for a very long time. March: I will pick Dutch, Italian or Catalan and give it one month to see how I like it and then move on to another before settling on one for the rest of the year. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5327 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 11 of 108 04 January 2013 at 7:29pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I envy you for being so advanced in Greek. I wish I had gotten that far!
What are the main differences between Canadian French and French French? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| embici Triglot Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4603 days ago 263 posts - 370 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Greek | Message 12 of 108 07 January 2013 at 1:08am | IP Logged | |||||
Hmm, I really don't know. It seems there are some obvious differences between Iberian and Latin American Spanish (e.g. use of vosotros, pronunciation of c and z) but I can't think of any examples in French. I'm sure someone else around here will know better. For me, I prefer to listen to Canadian French because the pronunciation is clearer in some ways. I remember the first time I heard someone from France speak I was so confused because they didn't seem to distinguish between the "in" and the "en" sounds. For example, In France, vin (wine) and vent (wind) sound identical (at least to my ears) , while in Canada they sound very different. En tout cas, most of the French that I read is from France. I have yet to find a news source in French from Canada that I like. But maybe I should keep looking. Edited for typos galore. Edited by embici on 07 January 2013 at 1:55pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| renaissancemedi Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Greece Joined 4351 days ago 941 posts - 1309 votes Speaks: Greek*, Ancient Greek*, EnglishC2 Studies: French, Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew | Message 13 of 108 07 January 2013 at 9:02am | IP Logged | |||||
As I am learning German (slowly) I am also struck by the similarities in the grammar of the two languages. Just a note: It's Γιώργος- vocative Γιώργο. Short for Γεώργιος- vocative Γεώργιε. Keep up the good work, you are all going to speak greek beautifully one day. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Ogrim Heptaglot Senior Member France Joined 4632 days ago 991 posts - 1896 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, French, Romansh, German, Italian Studies: Russian, Catalan, Latin, Greek, Romanian | Message 14 of 108 07 January 2013 at 12:23pm | IP Logged | |||||
I know this is off topic in a log like this, but if you are really interested in the differences between Québecois and France French, then I recommend Arekkusu's "Le québecois en 10 leçons". He posted about it here. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| embici Triglot Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4603 days ago 263 posts - 370 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Greek | Message 15 of 108 07 January 2013 at 9:47pm | IP Logged | |||||
I have a copy but haven't looked at it yet. It's on my January and February To-Do list for sure. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| embici Triglot Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4603 days ago 263 posts - 370 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Greek | Message 16 of 108 09 January 2013 at 8:19pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I've just completed Lesson 55 of Assimil's le nouveau Grec sans peine and the first CD of Michel Thomas' Advanced
Greek. I'm beginning to wonder if I should start doing a bit of conversation practice on myngle or italki. I've never used those sites before, and I'm not sure I have enough Greek in my head to converse for an hour (or even if I can transfer what's in my head to my mouth). :) Anyway, that's where I am now. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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