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| Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6473 days ago 2608 posts - 4866 votes  Speaks: German*, English, French, Esperanto, Greek, Mandarin, Latin, Dutch, Italian Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swahili, Indonesian, Japanese, Modern Hebrew, Portuguese | Message 41 of 65 21 March 2010 at 1:00pm | IP Logged | ||
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Go you!
When are you coming to Germany? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| doviende Diglot Senior Member Canada languagefixatio Joined 5989 days ago 533 posts - 1245 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Hindi, Swedish, Portuguese | Message 42 of 65 21 March 2010 at 1:11pm | IP Logged | ||
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So far, the firm dates are: May 31 I fly into Frankfurt, June 19th I arrive in Munich (planning to attend the Munich version of "World Naked Bike Ride"), and July 2nd I need to be in Slovakia for the week-long Esperanto event ("SES").
I'll be in Sweden probably for August/September, and then back to Germany after that for a few months (probably Berlin for October - March). There's still a lot of room for further planning, for instance my Mom is saying that she wants to go to Munich with me for Oktoberfest. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| doviende Diglot Senior Member Canada languagefixatio Joined 5989 days ago 533 posts - 1245 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Hindi, Swedish, Portuguese | Message 43 of 65 21 March 2010 at 1:24pm | IP Logged | ||
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On a more Swedish-related note, I just found a goldmine of Swedish youtube content. The user "vaknafan" has thousands of videos uploaded from the TV/Radio show "Vakna med The Voice". It's a couple of goofy radio hosts talking with Swedish music celebrities about inane topics, but it's great content for me. Tons of neat words, and a mix of accents.
I've been searching youtube for decent content for a while, but only found a few music videos here and there, so this is an exciting find :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| doviende Diglot Senior Member Canada languagefixatio Joined 5989 days ago 533 posts - 1245 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Hindi, Swedish, Portuguese | Message 44 of 65 25 March 2010 at 5:25am | IP Logged | ||
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Still making good progress. 80000 words read in the last week, and 20 hours of listening. At this rate, I'll be finished my 3 novels before the deadline, so I'll probably end up reading parts of them more than once. That way I should be able to understand more the second time around.
The progress I've noticed so far is that I can now read ahead of the voice on the audiobook, so I can see the words slightly before they are vocalized. This means I have more time to process each word, and connect it with the sound. When I started, it was just a race to keep up and I wasn't able to look at all the words even after they were read out. Everything feels much more comfortable now, and I'm moving into the area where I can pick up more words naturally, and also pick better words that actually need a dictionary lookup. I really wish I had been able to do this back in January, but oh well. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Blunderstein Triglot Pro Member Sweden schackhandeln.se Joined 5421 days ago 60 posts - 82 votes Speaks: Swedish*, EnglishC2, FrenchB2 Studies: German, Esperanto Personal Language Map | Message 45 of 65 25 March 2010 at 10:25am | IP Logged | ||
Are you coming to Stockholm? If so, perhaps we could meet and talk in various languages. I can be reached at erik@tydligare.se. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| doviende Diglot Senior Member Canada languagefixatio Joined 5989 days ago 533 posts - 1245 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Hindi, Swedish, Portuguese | Message 46 of 65 25 March 2010 at 10:39am | IP Logged | ||
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Yes! I plan to spend at least a month in Stockholm. Currently, I plan to arrive in southern Sweden in early August, and I'll slowly make my way towards Stockholm. I'll probably get there around August 15th or so. I'll certainly contact you once I get close :)
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 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6912 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 47 of 65 25 March 2010 at 5:21pm | IP Logged | ||
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If you happen to make stop in Visby (on Gotland), I'm one of the language geeks you can contact. :)
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| Blunderstein Triglot Pro Member Sweden schackhandeln.se Joined 5421 days ago 60 posts - 82 votes Speaks: Swedish*, EnglishC2, FrenchB2 Studies: German, Esperanto Personal Language Map | Message 48 of 65 25 March 2010 at 8:38pm | IP Logged | ||
Great! Perhaps my Esperanto will be good enough for conversation by then. Hälsningar, Erik 1 person has voted this message useful |
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