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TAC 2011 (Team ÇÜ): The Continuing Saga | ||
Tags: Esperanto | Dutch | Translation | Total Annihilation Challenge (TAC) | Italian | Mandarin | German | French | ||
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| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5692 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes  Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 89 of 135 14 July 2011 at 3:48pm | IP Logged |
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*ENTRY 176* (29 June 2011)
FRENCH 30 minutes: read & copied sentences from "Inductive French Grammar" (IFG). French total: 30 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 30 minutes (0h30) --- *ENTRY 177* (30 June 2011) FRENCH 10 minutes: practiced speaking French. French total: 10 minutes GERMAN 10 minutes: practiced speaking German. German total: 10 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 20 minutes (0h20) --- *ENTRY 178* (1 July 2011) FRENCH 20 minutes: listened to French music (Joe Dassin). French total: 20 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 20 minutes (0h20) --- *ENTRY 179* (2 July 2011) FRENCH 20 minutes: practiced speaking French with my family. French total: 20 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 20 minutes (0h20) --- *ENTRY 180* (3 July 2011) FRENCH 15 minutes: wrote a practice journal entry in French. French total: 15 minutes GERMAN 40 minutes: listened to German music (Max Raabe & das Palast-Orchester). German total: 40 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 55 minutes (0h55) --- *ENTRY 181* (4 July 2011) FRENCH 15 minutes: practiced speaking French. French total: 15 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 15 minutes (0h15) --- *ENTRY 182* (5 July 2011) GERMAN 25 minutes: watched an interview in German and translated for my sister. German total: 25 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 25 minutes (0h25) --- *ENTRY 183* (6 July 2011) FRENCH 10 minutes: wrote a practice journal entry in French. French total: 10 minutes GERMAN 20 minutes: listened to music in German. German total: 20 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 30 minutes (0h30) --- *ENTRY 184* (7 July 2011) FRENCH 10 minutes: read random French online. French total: 10 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 10 minutes (0h10) --- *ENTRY 185* (8 July 2011) FRENCH 10 minutes: practiced speaking French. French total: 10 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 10 minutes (0h10) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5692 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 90 of 135 14 July 2011 at 4:03pm | IP Logged |
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Note to readers: I'm in Brittany for three weeks. I will be continuing to post my log of daily language study/practice here, but for more conversational reflections on my linguistic (and non-linguistic) experiences in this lovely part of France, please see my new log: Degemer mat en Bretagne!
(That means "welcome to Brittany," half in Breton and half in French!) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5692 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 91 of 135 14 July 2011 at 7:06pm | IP Logged |
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Milestone: I've decided to move French up to Basic Fluency.
Frankly, I could have done it quite a while ago, but I tend to underestimate my abilities in a language until I've had the "in-country" experience to test myself. In France, I'm finding that everyone speaks far more comprehensibly than I had expected, and that I am able to carry my end of the conversation quite well and make myself understood easily. I'm also not having much trouble with understanding what others say, as long as the conversation stays away from technical details. For example, I got a little lost when, while buying a SIM card for my phone, the woman in the post office started telling me about how I would start with a five-euro credit and then receive an additional ten-euro credit once I had registered my phone with France Télécom. I eventually figured it out once I opened the packet and saw that there was a form included, but at the time I found it difficult to understand what she was saying. The fact that she spoke very rapidly didn't help – I think she was a little nervous trying to make herself understood to foreigners. But besides that, everything's been going very well. Besides my own comfort with the language in this new situation, the other factor which made me decide to list it as "Basic Fluency" is the fact that I've gotten three completely out-of-the-blue compliments on my French in as many days. I hear that the Bretons are typically more generous with their compliments than the Parisians, but still I'm surprised and gratified to get this positive feedback in person. I just realized I'm posting this update on Bastille Day – how appropriate! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 6141 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian | Message 92 of 135 14 July 2011 at 7:50pm | IP Logged |
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Congratulations on reaching basic fluency in French! And what better time or place to have reached that milestone than on Bastille Day in France? Great work and I hope you enjoy the rest of your stay in Bretagne. :)
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| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5692 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 93 of 135 18 July 2011 at 11:26pm | IP Logged |
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@ellasevia: Thank you! I'll admit I was very pessimistic about my linguistic abilities going into this trip. But I guess being a pessimist has one good point: it means you're always getting pleasantly surprised. :)
--- *ENTRY 186* (9 July 2011) FRENCH 40 minutes: conversed with various French people in France. 30 minutes: spoke French with my family. French total: 70 minutes OTHER 30 minutes: read bilingual Icelandic/English texts and started figuring some out. TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 100 minutes (1h40) --- *ENTRY 187* (10 July 2011) FRENCH 10 minutes: conversing with the French. 20 minutes: speaking French with my family. French total: 30 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 30 minutes (0h30) --- *ENTRY 188* (11 July 2011) FRENCH 10 minutes: speaking French with the French. 20 minutes: speaking French with my family. French total: 30 minutes GERMAN 5 minutes: speaking German to my sister. German total: 5 minutes SPANISH 5 minutes: speaking Spanish with a Colombian guy I met. Spanish total: 5 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 40 minutes (0h40) --- *ENTRY 189* (12 July 2011) FRENCH 40 minutes: speaking French with the French. 20 minutes: speaking French with my family. French total: 60 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 60 minutes (1h00) --- *ENTRY 190* (13 July 2011) FRENCH 30 minutes: speaking French with the French. 25 minutes: speaking French with my family. French total: 55 minutes GERMAN 10 minutes: telling my sister a story in German (she only understands a bit, but she loves the sound of the language, as I do). German total: 10 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 65 minutes (1h05) --- *ENTRY 191* (14 July 2011) FRENCH 30 minutes: conversation with my landlord. French total: 30 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 30 minutes (0h30) --- *ENTRY 192* (15 July 2011) FRENCH 10 minutes: speaking French with the French & my family. French total: 10 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 10 minutes (0h10) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| LanguageSponge Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5765 days ago 1197 posts - 1487 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Welsh, Russian, Japanese, Slovenian, Greek, Italian | Message 94 of 135 02 September 2011 at 11:16am | IP Logged |
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Bonjour Jinx, comment ça va?
Tu n’as pas écrit depuis longtemps. Comment ça va avec tes langues ? Jack 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5692 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 95 of 135 10 September 2011 at 2:15pm | IP Logged |
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Hi everyone! I can't believe how long it's been since I've updated here. As always, I've been keeping track of my studies in my offline document, but I keep forgetting to upload my entries to my log. I promise I'll get back to posting soon.
Brief update: I got back from vacation in France, spent a couple weeks at home in the US, and then moved to Germany. I've been accepted to a master's program in translation here at the University of Leipzig, and so it looks like this will be my home for the foreseeable future! Those of you who know how much I love Germany and the German language will understand how excited I am about this. At this moment, I'm in a bookstore here in Leipzig, at an event designed to advertise a "brand new" method of language learning, called the "Birkenbihl Methode". I have to confess, I'm pretty disappointed by it. It's a complex computer software program which basically is an exact copy of L-R. But of course, people generally vastly prefer fancy software to a simple parallel text and audiobook. :) I promise I will answer all PMs and start posting again ASAP! I'm still settling into life here, but am finally beginning to catch up on my online life as well. Bis bald! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| LanguageSponge Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5765 days ago 1197 posts - 1487 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Welsh, Russian, Japanese, Slovenian, Greek, Italian | Message 96 of 135 10 September 2011 at 2:23pm | IP Logged |
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Wow Jinx, that sounds like barrels of fun! I am glad you seem to be enjoying Leipzig; I
will drop you a line if I am there in the future; how long are you staying there? I'm really thrilled for you - I can sort of imagine the thrill of being there, as I would have the same sort of feeling if I were there in your place! Schön, dich wieder online zu sehen. Lass was hören und bis bald! Jack Edited by LanguageSponge on 10 September 2011 at 2:24pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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