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| ExtraLean Triglot Senior Member France languagelearners.myf Joined 5996 days ago 897 posts - 880 votes  Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German | Message 65 of 78 02 December 2008 at 5:48am | IP Logged | |||||
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Français: Words 6001-7000
Sillage (m) : 1. (of ship) wake;(of plane) vapour (BrE) trail; slipstream; 2. (of person) wake. Sidérurgie /sideʀyʀʒi/ (f): steel industry. (I thought it was a type of surgery :s) Octroi /ɔktʀwa/ masculine noun 1. granting; 2. octroi. An octroi is apparantly a tax on goods being brought into a town, and appears to be the same in English. Bail, pl baux (m) : lease; ç a fait un ~ (familiar) it's been ages (que since). Piler : 1. transitive verb to grind; to crush. 2. intransitive verb (familiar) [car] to pull up short; [driver] to slam on the brakes. Foire : 1. a fair 2. a marketplace showing off artisan goods 3. (familiar) bedlam; faire la ~ (familiar) to live it up (colloquial). Words 7001- 8000 Millésime : vintage year Virage (m): 1. bend; 2. change of direction; 3. (in skiing) turn. éventail (m) : fan (hand-held fan); gamme (couleurs, métiers, articles)range Clore : 1. to close [debate]; 2. to end, to conclude [programme]; 3. to close [eyes]. Se clore (par) : to end (with). Brevet(m): 1. ~ (d'invention) patent; 2. ~ de secourisme : first aid certificate; ~ de pilote : pilot's licence (BrE). COMPOUNDS: ~ de technicien supérieur, BTS advanced vocational diploma. Revirement (m) : turnaround. Escompte (m): discount. Pondération (f): weighting (Politique - de pouvoirs) : balance Compound Forms/Formes composées avec pondération (sang-froid) : with level headedness Antan: (d'antan) : [wars, festivals] of old; [prestige] former Envergure(f) : 1. (of plane) wingspan; 2. figurative (of person) stature; (of project) scale; un projet d'~ a substantial project; sans ~ [project] limited; [person] of no account. Remous (m) : 1. eddy; 2. backwash; wash; 3. (of ideas) turmoil; (in crowd) stir. Lisser : to smooth [hair, garment]; to stroke [beard]. Obviously a few more that I didn't know in this last one thousand segment than any other, I will do the 8001-10,000 tomorrow, though I don't know whether I will put what I don't know up on here, might be a bit too much. But still, 18 out of 2000 wrong is pretty damned good. Though 2000 is probably a stretch, lots of acronyms, English words, a few dutch, and a few belgocentric words as well. There were quite a few plurals and different conjugation forms as well. As I said in my TAC goals, my comprehension is pretty decent. I just need to work on expressing myself. Still, it doesn't exactly hurt the ego and I figure that puny little 5000 word list I have for Spanish won't be too hard when I get around to it. Castellan: Last night I read a chunk of A History of the Spanish Language Through Texts. It ended up being far too linguistically literary for me, but was still interesting for what I read through. It goes on to discuss the different dialects, creols, and all that jazz. But just in too much detail for my little brain. Today I have listened to Michel Thomas Spanish CD's 1 & 2 It is amazing how the students can annoy me in every single language I have listened to MT in. I swear the guy has something wrong in his head, IN EVERY SINGLE ONE. Thom. Edited by ExtraLean on 02 December 2008 at 9:06am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| ExtraLean Triglot Senior Member France languagelearners.myf Joined 5996 days ago 897 posts - 880 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German | Message 66 of 78 03 December 2008 at 1:58pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I read upto page 23 of Bazar des Anges by Jean Christophe Heckers. Rewrote my 'lettre de motivation' two times. I suppose this was an excercise in French. Checking and double checking and all that. Castellano: One Busuu module. Assimil Lesson 11 answered the questions. Pimsleur lesson 9 Part one of Websters Spanish Grammar, took four pages of notes. Played with my new fountain pen as well. I remain, Thom Edited by ExtraLean on 03 December 2008 at 3:41pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| ExtraLean Triglot Senior Member France languagelearners.myf Joined 5996 days ago 897 posts - 880 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German | Message 67 of 78 04 December 2008 at 2:46pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I did the excercises for assimil upto lesson 15. I finished Bazar des Anges. Wasn't too bad, had to look up a few words. That was all. Thom. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| TheElvenLord Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6082 days ago 915 posts - 927 votes 1 sounds Speaks: Cornish, English* Studies: Spanish, French, German Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin | Message 68 of 78 04 December 2008 at 3:23pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Are you learning 1000 words a day? It seems so!
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| ExtraLean Triglot Senior Member France languagelearners.myf Joined 5996 days ago 897 posts - 880 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German | Message 69 of 78 05 December 2008 at 5:43am | IP Logged | |||||
Yeah, it's just the way I roll. In all seriousness though. No, what makes you say that? The word list just involved me reading, and taking note of the words that I didn't know. Anyone who has done a seven month long, and continuing, immersion in a country will know that you kind of absorb alot of stuff. But even then I was a bit surprised at how few I didn't know. Still need to do the last two thousand, maybe this afternoon. Had another interview this morning, was half English, half french. Don't know if I should bother counting it as practice or just usage. Still. *Posted a message on Lang-8 yesterday afternoon and got a correction. I am reasonably pleased with it. But I need to get better. I sat there and worked on it far too much. Things need to start flowing. Go on things, flow! Thom. Edited by ExtraLean on 06 December 2008 at 5:33am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| TheElvenLord Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6082 days ago 915 posts - 927 votes 1 sounds Speaks: Cornish, English* Studies: Spanish, French, German Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin | Message 70 of 78 07 December 2008 at 6:13am | IP Logged | |||||
Because of:
Keep it up! TEL 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| ExtraLean Triglot Senior Member France languagelearners.myf Joined 5996 days ago 897 posts - 880 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German | Message 71 of 78 11 December 2008 at 3:28am | IP Logged | |||||
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Français: I put one more post up on lang-8 for my french. Got it corrected, realised I had made some pretty simple mistakes but oh well.
Castellano: Completed my 25th Busuu.com module, and won a certificate. Which is kind of cool. Worthless, but cool neverthless. Wrote my first lang-8 post in Spanish. Some other things which I have forgotten, oh it was a half a dozen pages of notes from one of my grammars. Thom. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| ExtraLean Triglot Senior Member France languagelearners.myf Joined 5996 days ago 897 posts - 880 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German | Message 72 of 78 16 December 2008 at 11:44am | IP Logged | |||||
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Dearest Readers,
I have been busy, not so much in the language learning arena, but in life. I was also sick on Sunday. But fear not, I am still around, tinkering away. I profited from some down time, and finished the three mousquetaires. Which is an accomplishment and I am now looking forward to something a bit more modern, and a bit of a more easy read. I will let you know when I have decided on something. I will make a start on L'éternel Mari by Dostoïevski because that is what is at hand. But will see how it goes. I remain, Thom. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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