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| Mohave Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Mohave1 Joined 4005 days ago 291 posts - 444 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 321 of 331 02 June 2015 at 1:44pm | IP Logged |
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I always enjoy your updates! Kaamelot is on my to-tackle list this summer. Thanks for the heads-up that
some of the character's voices may be difficult to understand. I didn't know there was a transcript - I am going to try and find it. And I brought home some Fred Vargas books from my trip last fall to Belgium- so I think I will pull one out too. Great job - and thanks for the inspiration! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Anya Pentaglot Senior Member France Joined 5791 days ago 636 posts - 708 votes Speaks: Russian*, FrenchC1, English, Italian, Spanish Studies: German, Japanese, Hungarian, Sanskrit, Portuguese, Turkish, Mandarin Studies: Ancient Greek, Hindi | Message 322 of 331 02 June 2015 at 8:55pm | IP Logged |
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I hope you will enjoy the operas: "Tosca" and "Nabucco" are a good choice
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| kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4887 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 323 of 331 02 June 2015 at 9:02pm | IP Logged |
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There are free transcripts at
hypnoweb, though in the end I just ordered a used paperback off of Amazon. There is so much slang that English subtitles didn't help me much at all. Hypnoweb also has scripts for Engrenages, though Netflix stopped streaming all the seasons. Edited by kanewai on 03 June 2015 at 10:06pm 4 persons have voted this message useful | |
| kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4887 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 324 of 331 04 June 2015 at 2:38am | IP Logged |
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Revised June Goals:
Italian: Aim for 45" / day average Try and finish Living Language Finish Nabucco 30" reading a day 15" podcasts per weekday (al Dente, and possibly Arlecchino) French Aim for 30" / day average German Aim for 60" / week 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4887 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 325 of 331 05 June 2015 at 9:58pm | IP Logged |
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I've added a few more Italian things into the rotation this month.
Al dente (Italiano) - A fifteen minute general interest podcast per gli studenti d'Italiano a partire dal livello A2/B1. That's my level, on the dot. I've been listening to it on my commute, and can understand most of it, but I think I'll switch to listening while reading the transcript. I also finally found an iTunes Podcast Roku Channel that works. This means that it's a lot more convenient to watch Yabla videos. I see that Yabla also has an app for the ipad, but there aren't any reviews & I'm wary of free programs with "in app purchases." Other links: Nabucco libretto (Italian) Tosca libretto (Italian) Nabucco libretto (English) Tosca libretto(dual language) I've finished Act 1 of Nabucco. I can follow along with the arias, but am completely lost as soon as two or more start singing. It's beautiful to listen to, but I can't understand a single word even with the libretto in front of me. -------------------------------- I tried Radio Arlecchino (Italian grammar made easy!), but it wasn't really my style. I liked the short stories, but you have to listen to five to seven minutes of grammar explanation first. I never find this useful; I think teachers tend to over explain grammar & they just end up confusing everyone. I'm more partial to the style of Assimil, or Michel Thomas: give a quick explanation, but let the student discover the nuances on their own. And I had a major fail with Netflix. Their new original shows are dubbed in Spanish, French, and German. However, I tried the French dubs for Daredevil, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and Marco Polo, and the voice actors were atrocious on all of them. I also checked out the French captions, but they didn't match the speaking at all. It's frustrating; in theory this would have been an excellent resource. I might giver some of them another chance. Netflix should be releasing some French and Spanish original shows later this year (Club de Cuervos, Narcos, and Marseille) - I'm holding out hope for these. Edited by kanewai on 05 June 2015 at 9:59pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Anya Pentaglot Senior Member France Joined 5791 days ago 636 posts - 708 votes Speaks: Russian*, FrenchC1, English, Italian, Spanish Studies: German, Japanese, Hungarian, Sanskrit, Portuguese, Turkish, Mandarin Studies: Ancient Greek, Hindi | Message 326 of 331 06 June 2015 at 10:16pm | IP Logged |
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Thanks a lot for the link http://www.librettidopera.it!. It's very useful for me.
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| kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4887 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 327 of 331 12 June 2015 at 10:54pm | IP Logged |
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6WC Results - May 2015
This was the fifth time I did the 6WC, and maybe the quietest. I finished at number 11, which was a surprise - this round was a lot less competitive than the past ones. Usually I rank in the mid-20's. I started plotting my studies on an excel sheet. I should have started this years ago - it really helps to see where I'm at, and it serves as a major reality check (I thought I was spending a lot more time reading than I actually was, for example). 
Full results for the 6WC: Italian: 39 hours - 12 hours of podcasts. - 11 hours of reading - 6 hours with Assimil (almost finished) - 4 hours translating and listening to opera (listening with libretto) - 4 hours with Living Language (almost finished) - 1 hour Pimsleur (repeating Phase IV; just restarted a few days ago) French: 29 hours - 11 hours of Pimsleur (Phase V) - 6 hours of podcasts - 6 hours of reading (I thought it was more) - 4 hours with Lingvist - 2 hours with Kaamelott (watching with script) German: 7 hours - all Michel Thomas I definitely feel like I'm at a breakthrough level with Italian, and I hope to keep up this pace for the rest of the summer. Edited by kanewai on 12 June 2015 at 10:55pm 4 persons have voted this message useful | |
| kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4887 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 328 of 331 13 June 2015 at 5:26am | IP Logged |
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Math time.
I need to seriously pick up my reading pace. I just ordered four Italian books on Amazon: La storia - Elsa Morante. 600 pages Il deserto dei Tartari- Dino Buzzati. 202 pages Se questo e un uomo ; La tregua - Primo Levi. 362 pages. Le Cosmiccomiche - Italo Calvino. 160 pages. I still have Storia delle terre e dei luoghi leggendari (Umberto Eco, 477 pages) at home, and am 1/3 of the way through La solitudine dei numeri primi (Giordano Paolo, 304 pages). If I finish all these I'll be at 95 super-challenge books. I just need to read one of them a month, on average. It's theoretically possible. Edited by kanewai on 13 June 2015 at 5:26am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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