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El Mariachi: Spanish experiment 2 | ||
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| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5558 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 25 of 35 10 June 2010 at 7:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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"El Mariachi", Day 11/14
(palabras, la música, y mucho más) Typical...unfortunately some emergency contract support work came up today, and I've had to spend the whole day fixing software instead. I'm working hard to have it all done and dusted later this evening, and am keeping my fingers crossed for a "clear blue sky" day of study tomorrow now. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5558 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 26 of 35 11 June 2010 at 8:30pm | IP Logged | ||
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"El Mariachi", Day 12/14
(palabras, la música, y mucho más) SUMMARY Yabla "LoMásTv": 7.5 hours (music videos) Preparation for tutor: 2.5 hours (schedule, writing and discussion assignments) ———————————————————— Total time today actively studying Spanish: 10 hours Total time spent studying Spanish during this experiment: 56.5 hours Total time actively studying Spanish so far: 147.5 hours Additional light immersion with music and TV: 40.5 hours Grand total of Spanish study and immersion: 188 hours [26 days] NOTES I managed to clear my calendar for today and put in some half-decent hours of Spanish. And fitting in with the title of this experiment, I spent most of this time studying music videos and learning choruses off by heart. I even played some tunes on my old battered guitar and pretended I was a "real mariachi", serenading my grumpy neighbours and the surrounding 50 layers of emulsion and concrete wall that separate us (you'll know just what I'm talking about if you live in a flat in Germany) with Spanish songs of love and loss and everything in-between of course. The variety and quality of Spanish music out there is simply amazing too, and I think that Yabla is a great way to go about picking up new tunes (along with lyrics and translations) when you initially don't know where to start. And my hot salsa dip tip for today is...be careful not to pronounce the word "tomate" as "te mato" when out rummaging amongst a Spanish grocer's greens, it may well lead to a frightful misunderstanding... ;) Edited by Teango on 11 June 2010 at 8:41pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
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"El Mariachi", Day 13/14
(palabras, la música, y mucho más) Just a day of chilling out with friends and football frenzy later this evening. So no language study for me today, I'm afraid. USA put in a good solid performance, whereas England seemed a little bit sluggish and not very together on the whole. I'm also not so confident in the current line-up, and miss Beckham's reassuring presence to be honest. And what a performance from Green, I need that extra drink now! Edited by Teango on 12 June 2010 at 10:56pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
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"El Mariachi", Day 14/14
(palabras, la música, y mucho más) SUMMARY Yabla LoMásTv: 2 hours Translation: 0.5 hours TV: 0.5 hours ("El Internado") ———————————————————— Total time today actively studying Spanish: 2.5 hours Total time spent studying Spanish during this experiment: 59 hours Total time actively studying Spanish so far: 150 hours Additional light immersion with music and TV: 41 hours Grand total of Spanish study and immersion: 191 hours [28 days] NOTES Its already time for this little experiment to bid farewell and for our hopeful mariachi to start having real conversations with a native Spanish speaker next week. Please see my summary on my weekly TAC log. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5849 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 30 of 35 13 June 2010 at 8:54pm | IP Logged | ||
Thanks for reporting your impression of the match. I only shortly watched a bit of the first half on German TV and they showed a slow motion of the second goal (shot by USA), so reading a bit about this match is interesting. Fasulye Edited by Fasulye on 13 June 2010 at 9:02pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
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A great game for Germany this evening, although my heart does go out to the Socceroos. Germany look like strong contenders for the cup this year. Lots of celebrations and crazy horn blowing here in Darmstadt tonight. ;) Edited by Teango on 13 June 2010 at 10:32pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5849 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 32 of 35 13 June 2010 at 10:44pm | IP Logged | ||
Teango, tienes el nivél para escribir un resumen de un partido de fulbol de este tamaño en el español también? Hoy he mirado el partido de Serbia contra Ghana y la seconda parte de este match tuve elementos de tensión y a la fin un penalty para Ghana (después de un "Handspiel" de Serbia). Resultado: 0 - 1 !Todos los Africanos en el estadio eran muy, muy felices! Fasulye Edited by Fasulye on 13 June 2010 at 10:47pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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