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| numerodix Trilingual Hexaglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 6785 days ago 856 posts - 1226 votes  Speaks: EnglishC2*, Norwegian*, Polish*, Italian, Dutch, French Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin | Message 105 of 112 28 May 2011 at 7:33pm | IP Logged | ||
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Small update. Still going on both fronts, but my Dutch is not a success, progress is
way too slow. I get thrown easily by unfamiliar accents, I'm missing a lot of common expressions. Tried to fill out a tax form the other day, completely over my head. Don't really know what else I could be doing, I'm sticking with books because that's how I best maintain concentration. With movies and tv I just fade out and stop paying attention, the content isn't interesting enough. Just now switched my reading to more demanding books, hoping that reading philosophy in Dutch will help develop the higher registers. Another trick I'm trying is to grab official language from texts about taxes, insurance etc, which has a lot of terminology that I don't know, and seed it into Anki. Next time I have to deal with these topics I think I'll be prepared to understand much better. My Italian is basically in decent shape. The fact that I'm not quite as thrilled at being where I am after just over two years is just because my hopes and expectations are unrealistic. Still having some trouble with the subjunctive, but I've done a whole lot of explicit study on that and I don't think I will get any sharper right now, it's gonna take a few years for that stuff to sink in deep enough to feel completely natural. Edited by numerodix on 28 May 2011 at 7:39pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| numerodix Trilingual Hexaglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 6785 days ago 856 posts - 1226 votes Speaks: EnglishC2*, Norwegian*, Polish*, Italian, Dutch, French Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin | Message 106 of 112 17 July 2011 at 6:44pm | IP Logged | ||
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Looks like I'm dipping my toes in the water, just started reading a book in French.
Wasn't really the plan but a trip to Paris can do that to you. What are ya gonna do. Haven't officially started, so I'm not doing anything fundamental like a course or grammar study. Just bought a book and thought I would try it out. It's going very slowly and I'm making lots of notes on the pages, but this way is fun and it's surprising how much I can understand. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Just a Dreamer Groupie Egypt Joined 5013 days ago 59 posts - 62 votes Studies: English, French | Message 107 of 112 18 July 2011 at 1:28pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hello numerodix!
I must confess that your study will be my reason to study Italian one day!, your experiment to learn Italian is very impressive!, and especially through that great book La lingua Italiana per stranieri I wish you the best of luck at your study Robert Edited by Just a Dreamer on 18 July 2011 at 1:28pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| numerodix Trilingual Hexaglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 6785 days ago 856 posts - 1226 votes Speaks: EnglishC2*, Norwegian*, Polish*, Italian, Dutch, French Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin | Message 108 of 112 18 July 2011 at 2:44pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hey Robert, I'm glad my log was useful to you.
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| numerodix Trilingual Hexaglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 6785 days ago 856 posts - 1226 votes Speaks: EnglishC2*, Norwegian*, Polish*, Italian, Dutch, French Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin | Message 109 of 112 31 July 2011 at 9:20am | IP Logged | ||
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[fr] Bon, cet la est la première fois que je tente d'écrire quelche chose en francais. Je
le fais sans controller aucune parole que j'écrit. J'ai appene finit la lecture de "Le nom de la rose" d'Umberto Eco, un œovre merveilleu, après avoir commencé de lire en francais deux semaines avant. Donc je suis très content de pouvoir le faire. Le francais est une langue magnifique et j'éspere (et je crois) d'avoir boucoup d'ésperiences comme ça. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Oasis88 Senior Member Australia Joined 5707 days ago 160 posts - 187 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Italian | Message 110 of 112 31 July 2011 at 12:33pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm surprised that I practically understood everything without studying a scrap of
French... <3 Italian. Are you counting your French hours? :) Edited by Oasis88 on 31 July 2011 at 12:34pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| numerodix Trilingual Hexaglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 6785 days ago 856 posts - 1226 votes Speaks: EnglishC2*, Norwegian*, Polish*, Italian, Dutch, French Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin | Message 111 of 112 31 July 2011 at 1:07pm | IP Logged | ||
That was actually the worst French ever and half-Italian (but who cares, it's supposed to be bad at the beginning). I am indeed, although I started studying it before I really had decided to so it's a bit unofficial at the moment. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| numerodix Trilingual Hexaglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 6785 days ago 856 posts - 1226 votes Speaks: EnglishC2*, Norwegian*, Polish*, Italian, Dutch, French Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin | Message 112 of 112 31 July 2011 at 2:41pm | IP Logged | ||
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Follow the mouth watering continuation
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