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| Crassyo Diglot Groupie United States Joined 6117 days ago 92 posts - 92 votes  Speaks: Spanish, English* Studies: Russian, French, German, Italian | Message 41 of 91 17 October 2008 at 2:53am | IP Logged |
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German:
Completed Pimsleur German Unit II Unit 16. 30 min That is all I did for 10/17/08. Not a whole lot. I did actually run into this old Russian lady who I meet 5 or so months ago. I would see her frequently but before today there was about 2-3 month period where I didn't see her...but anyways we just talked a bit and got to practice my bad Russian with her....but she did say something that made me feel a bit better about that (perhaps because I havent been studying it as much as I used to), she said "I always forget your not Russian because your accent is so good"..Which I thought was cool, although maybe she was just being nice but anywaysss. She was just telling me that if I ever decide to go to Russia to let her know because her grandson lives there and that he could help me find a place or show me around. I said okay and she gave me her number. Nice conversation. Also since I am unbelievably unorganized I bought I binder and dividers where I will keep all my language learning materials. Before I had a bunch of random notebooks that I would use to write exercises/vocab/notes etc. And since it was just randomly placed when I wanted to go back and check something I had to go through a ton of notebooks. So I believe this is something I must do to improve my language studies. Well that is it for tonight. I am gonna fix my binder and then get some sleep. Goodnight(or day) to you all. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Crassyo Diglot Groupie United States Joined 6117 days ago 92 posts - 92 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Studies: Russian, French, German, Italian | Message 42 of 91 17 October 2008 at 2:53pm | IP Logged |
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It's Friday so it's time to do the weekly update.
French: + 4 hours Russian: +7 hours 40 min German: + 15 hours 15 min Italian: + 9 hours 20 min = French:---121 Hours 40 min Russian:--120 Hours 00 min German:---94 Hours 30 min Italian:-----24 Hours Ukrainian:---5 Hours (Not studying actively) Mandarin:---3 Hours (Not studying actively) Croatian:----1 Hour (Not studying actively) Latin:-------1 Hour Now for the goals Goals for 10/10-10/17: French: - Do at least 7 hours this time Failed - Begin Pimsleur French IIICompleted - Watch a French movie Completed Russian: - Watch at least 2 more episodes of "И все-таки я люблю" Failed - I mentioned a few weeks ago about doing a thorough study of the Genitive case, I haven't worked on that yet. This is my major goal for the week.Completed German: - Study for the test (especially memorizing noun articles and practicing the dative case)Completed - Do at least two Pimsleur German II lessonsCompleted Italian: - Complete Pimsleur Italian I Units 21-30. Which means I should be ready for Italian II next week when I report. Completed Completion rate: 6/8 Not bad but again I failed with French. Goals for 10/17/08-10/23/08 French: -Do 7 hours this time -Practice the 'Passe Compose' and the 'Imperfait' Russian: -Watch a Russian movie -Study the Accusative case in depth. (Noun endings, adjective endings, + pronoun changes) German: -Watch a German movie -Complete 5 Pimsleur Units -Do 3 Assimil German lessons Italian: -Do 3 Units from my Italian book "Italian Now!" -Do 4 Units from Pimsleur Italian -Watch an Italian movie 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Crassyo Diglot Groupie United States Joined 6117 days ago 92 posts - 92 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Studies: Russian, French, German, Italian | Message 43 of 91 19 October 2008 at 5:06am | IP Logged |
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Tough work schedule the last 3 days so I haven't been able to update. Today I have a complete day off (no school or work) So when I wake up (It's 2:51 AM) I will update what I've done the last few days. Sooo tired
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| Crassyo Diglot Groupie United States Joined 6117 days ago 92 posts - 92 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Studies: Russian, French, German, Italian | Message 44 of 91 21 October 2008 at 12:54am | IP Logged |
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Time for me to update
German: Completed Pimsleur German II Unit 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24: 4 hours German class. Got our test back from last week. I got a B+ this time. What messed me up was the first part. Did a whole ton of grammar exercises: 2 hours 30 min German language lab: 3 hours Total: 9 hours 30 min Russian: Re-did Pimsleur Russian III Unit 3,4,5,6 & 7: 2 hours 30 min Russian class: Just worked on conjugating verbs among other stuff: 2 hours 30 min Russian language lab: 1 hour 30 min Total: 6 hours 30 min Italian: Completed Pimsleur Italian II Unit 8 and 9 Total:1 hour I haven't been updating all that much because the last 4-5 days have been rough and I've been too tired to do any studying. Now I am feeling MUCH better and very motivated. I begin every Monday like that...or so it seems ;) Right now I will work on Russian :) Edited by Crassyo on 21 October 2008 at 2:33am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Crassyo Diglot Groupie United States Joined 6117 days ago 92 posts - 92 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Studies: Russian, French, German, Italian | Message 45 of 91 21 October 2008 at 3:21am | IP Logged |
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Russian:
Okay I have 12 sentences that need to be translated from English to Russian. Unfortunately the book I am using has keine (No) key. So I have to do my best to get them right. That or perhaps a native speaker or an advanced student can correct me! If not I will have to ask a buddy or my Russian professor. 1)Hello Olga! Where is Mama? She is now in the Kitchen. (<- pulled a German capitalizing nouns!) Привет Ольга! Где мама? Она сейчас в кухне. 2)Nina was there too. They were there together. Нина была тожа там. Они были там вместе. 3)We stood on the street, and, as usual, talked about our work. Мы стояли на улице, и как всегда мы говорили о нашей работе 4)In Boston they probably lived in your apartment. В Бостоне, они вероятно жили в вашей квартире. 5)Is the museum far away? No, it's very close. Музей далеко? Нет, Он очень близко. 6)My brother lived in Moscow, and my sister lived in Leningrad. Мой брат жил в Москве, а моя сестра жила в Ленинграде. 7)Nina is very glad that you are here, and Ivan is not glad. That is not true! Нина очень рада что ты здесь, а Иван не рад. Это не правда! 8)Vadim was at the football game today! Сегодня Вадим был на футболе. 9)What were you speaking about? About our exam of course! О чём ты говорила? О нашем эксамене конечно. 10)About whom was she talking? About Chekhov, as usual. О ком она говорила? О Чехове так всегда. 11)Did she speak Russian? Yes, but she spoke badly. Она говорила по-русски? Да, но она говорила плохо. 12)Nina spoke Russian, and Vadim spoke English. Нина говорила по-русски, а Вадим говорил по-англиски. Corrections and feedback would be nice, if not...no big deal! :) + more prepositional/locative case study. Total: 1 hour 30 min I must sleep now for tomorrow the German club a friend and I have crated meet for the first time. I'm excited, we shall see how that goes! Edited by Crassyo on 21 October 2008 at 3:38am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Crassyo Diglot Groupie United States Joined 6117 days ago 92 posts - 92 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Studies: Russian, French, German, Italian | Message 46 of 91 21 October 2008 at 1:35pm | IP Logged |
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German:
Completed Pimsleur German II Unit 25 Total: 30 min 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Crassyo Diglot Groupie United States Joined 6117 days ago 92 posts - 92 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Studies: Russian, French, German, Italian | Message 47 of 91 21 October 2008 at 10:14pm | IP Logged |
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German:
Met up with my German class. We had our first club meeting and talked about the things we wanted to achieve and what not. Unfortunately we only had 5 of us today. There were a few people who couldn't attend but we are definitely planning on getting more people to attend: 1 Hour After the meeting 3 of us stayed at the school cafeteria and studied a bit of German. Of course we did side track a lot but we did get a lot done. We each did our homework on our own and once we all finished we compared answers, asked questions, etc. We also went through some of the grammar we had learned the previous day. It was a good exposure of German. : 2 hours 30 min Total: 3 hours 30 min Italian: Completed Pimsleur Italian II Units 10,11,12 & 13 Total: 2 hours 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Crassyo Diglot Groupie United States Joined 6117 days ago 92 posts - 92 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Studies: Russian, French, German, Italian | Message 48 of 91 22 October 2008 at 1:43am | IP Logged |
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I completed a whole Unit 6 of my Russian Grammar book. I bought this book after it was recommended to me and now I am starting to see why. This book is amazing! It is filled with a ton of exercises and the grammar explanations are very clear and thorough. It is an old Russian textbook though. I believe it was used in the 70's but its great! Anyway I wrote most by hand and chose a few to type (to practice my Russian typing skills :]). 3 of each exercise. Here they are 1) О каком городе вы говорили? О нашем болшом городе. 2) О каком уроке вы говорили? О нашем новом 3) О какой книге вы говорили? О нашей новой книге. 1) Где ваш лампа, которая стояла тот? 2) Где ваш телефон, которой стоял тут? 3) Где твоё кресло, которое стоял тут? 1) Вот город, в котором мы жили. 2) Вот улица, на которой мы жили. 3) Вот квартира, в которой мы жили. 1) Письмо, котором было на моём столе, сейчас на вашем. 2) Книга, которой была в твоём комнате, сейчас в твоём кабинате. 3) Автомобиль, котором был в вашем гараже, сейчас на нашей улице. Now my favorite. Translating from English to Russian :] 1) Анн американка. Она очень серьёзная студентка! Ann is an American. She is such a serious student! 2) Моя сестра, о которой мы говорили, жила в Ленинграде. My sister, about whom we spoke about lives in Leningrad. 3) Вы думали, о том трудном вопросе? Нет, ещё нет! Have you thought about that difficult question? Not yet. I am beginning to notice how much better my Russian typing has gotten in just a few exercises. This didn't take me that long to type. Total: 1 hour 30 min 1 person has voted this message useful |
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