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| nogoodnik Senior Member United States Joined 5560 days ago 372 posts - 461 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Modern Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew, Russian, French | Message 137 of 194 30 September 2010 at 6:55am | IP Logged |
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Besides languages and fitness stuff, my other hobbies are mainly eating and cooking. I've been trying some Persian recipes lately, but am not getting the result i'd like with the rice. Anyway, I learned my first Persian word today, Tahdig. That's the crusty, golden goodness on the bottom of the pot of your persian rice. I suck at making tahdig, but I'm working on it.
Someone asked me the other day if I'm at "daatlashit" while we were speaking Hebrew and by context I figured that it meant someone who used to be religious but stopped. I am still not sure exactly what it means. I'm just writing it here so I remember to ask one of my friends later. I'm really having a good time with the French. All of the languages I've tried to study in the past have been really difficult for me. Although Hebrew has a reputation for being quite easy, I still think it's kind of hard to speed read. I've been studying French for about an hour a day for only a month and I can already speed read. I don't know 100 percent of the words, but I can get the jist. Edited by nogoodnik on 30 September 2010 at 6:55am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| nogoodnik Senior Member United States Joined 5560 days ago 372 posts - 461 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Modern Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew, Russian, French | Message 138 of 194 04 October 2010 at 12:58am | IP Logged |
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This video is even more funny than the Israeli soldiers dancing one that was floating around awhile back. I want to marry Yoni Bloch, but I'm afraid that I have a lot of 14 year old girls to compete with. and maybe Efrat Gosh?
I'm weak. I ordered Le Persan sans peine and Le Nouveau Russe sans peine last night. I found them for a reasonable price, so I didn't want to pass up the opportunity. I've also started Pimsleur Farsi. This is actually helping with my French because now I'm more motivated than ever to finish Assimil and FIA. My goal for this week is to spend 4 hours per day on language-related activities, starting today. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| nogoodnik Senior Member United States Joined 5560 days ago 372 posts - 461 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Modern Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew, Russian, French | Message 139 of 194 05 October 2010 at 6:53am | IP Logged |
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I've hit 3:50 minutes of studying today and I've still got a couple of hours before I need to go to bed.
I just realized that it is October (I never said that I was quick) and my most serious TAC goal was to go from basic to advanced fluency in Hebrew. At the rate I'm going, it's not going to happen, but if I pick up the pace I can achieve it. I also would like to take Biblical Hebrew more seriously asap. So I'm kind of freaking out now because I really want to achieve my goal but it's going to take some planning and hard work. O.K. I'm off to do more Hebrew reading and then more Assimil. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| nogoodnik Senior Member United States Joined 5560 days ago 372 posts - 461 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Modern Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew, Russian, French | Message 140 of 194 07 October 2010 at 6:08am | IP Logged |
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I've got three books that I need to read in English this week, but after I finish those I've decided to quit reading in English. This means that I need to start stocking up on really interesting reading material in French and Hebrew. I'll still post in this forum for motivational purposes, but now is the time to discover some new websites in my target languages. This will be a huge step for me, but I feel it's essential.
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| nogoodnik Senior Member United States Joined 5560 days ago 372 posts - 461 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Modern Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew, Russian, French | Message 141 of 194 07 October 2010 at 6:31pm | IP Logged |
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I bought some French books last night. I tried to find material that would be easy to read and/or that I have the corresponding audiobook.
Here is what I bought: L'Etranger (I have the audiobook and I have read it in English before) Vie Devant Soi (I'm interested in Jewish topics) Je Voudrais Que Quelqu'un M'Attende Quelque Part (someone said it was a good book for French as a second language readers) Stupeur Et Tremblements (I have the audiobook and I've seen the movie) Pas Si Fous, Ces Francais! (seemed like a light-hearted look at French culture, plus there was a dog on the cover) I'm trying to find some blogs and websites in French and Hebrew that are interesting. That is my extra homework tonight. I'm interested in martial arts, running, yoga, cooking, fashion, and language learning. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| nogoodnik Senior Member United States Joined 5560 days ago 372 posts - 461 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Modern Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew, Russian, French | Message 142 of 194 08 October 2010 at 9:46pm | IP Logged |
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I've decided to postpone Persian indefinitely. I must say that I'm relieved, because Hebrew and French take up so much time already and I have a lot of other hobbies.
I've been spending hours reading French wikipedia and putting unknown words into my SRS. I'm on lesson 82 of French with Ease. I still haven't found a lot of interesting blogs or websites yet, but wikipedia is fitting the bill right now. I've also decided to dust off the cobwebs on my Biblical Hebrew books and get fluent by the end of the year. Goals for the rest of the year: go from intermediate to fluent in Biblical Hebrew finish French with Ease (passive and active both) watch as much Israeli TV as possible and put all unknown words into SRS Finish that Hebrew literature book yaalahhh! :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| rob4languages Groupie Egypt Joined 5188 days ago 53 posts - 55 votes Speaks: Arabic (Egyptian)* Studies: English | Message 143 of 194 09 October 2010 at 1:47pm | IP Logged |
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Your log is very interesting , especially for modern Hebrew , I manage to learn modern Hebrew and Aramaic but after reaching good level at Greek , anyway , I want to ask you about your opinions for best courses to start modern Hebrew from the next list
(sorry for my bad English !) Berlitz Colloquial Hebrew FSI Hebrew Basic Course Pimsleur (Level 1) Hebrew At Your Ease Teach Yourself Modern Hebrew Thanks in advance Robert, Edited by rob4languages on 09 October 2010 at 3:05pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| nogoodnik Senior Member United States Joined 5560 days ago 372 posts - 461 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Modern Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew, Russian, French | Message 144 of 194 09 October 2010 at 10:00pm | IP Logged |
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Hi Rob,
I've used Pimsleur and I thought that it helped to get me speaking. Occasionally when I repeated a Pimsleur sentence, a native speaker would think the word choices were strange but not incorrect. I would definitely recommend trying Pimsleur if you can get it for free (bittorrent) or cheap (buying it used from a reseller) I haven't used FSI but everyone tells me that it's a great program. I downloaded it a long time ago and I found it too mind-numbingly boring to continue. It's made for military personnel, so it's all about drills and not having fun. If you have the discipline, I think it could get you to a pretty good level. I think a lot of people like Colloquial Hebrew also. I've never used it. I don't know a lot about the other programs. If you read French I would highly recommend the Assimil course. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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