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appelduvide
Triglot
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United Kingdom
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Speaks: English*, French, Latin
Studies: Ancient Greek, Hungarian, German
Studies: Sámi

 
 Message 145 of 713
16 April 2012 at 9:26pm | IP Logged 
I think I will finally emerge from my silent lurking to take part in this challenge (in Hungarian.) The 100 films should be relatively easy for me as some of my favourite directors are Hungarian, and I know at least a few famous Hungarian authors so hopefully I can find some books. Luckily, I have another week off school now so I can use the time to brush up on my Hungarian! I may start a log, but I've never really been into blogging, although I suspect there are people on here who would take interest in reading about someone learning Hungarian...
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mashmusic11235
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Studies: Cantonese

 
 Message 146 of 713
16 April 2012 at 9:38pm | IP Logged 
Solfrid Cristin wrote:
mashmusic11235 wrote:
I realize I'm more than a month late,
but can I participate? I've been studying
German
for about a month, but I'm still at A1 level or so.


No, you are not:-) We do not start until May 1 st. And even if you were you would still
be able to join. As for
those who are between A2 and B2 they are still welcome to join. As long as you are not
a solid B2 you are
in.


I saw "May" and read it as "March." Just goes to show that one's native language isn't
always reliable, all the time -.-
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jeff_lindqvist
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Speaks: Swedish*, English
Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French
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 Message 147 of 713
16 April 2012 at 11:51pm | IP Logged 
I believe I have access to 100 films for Mandarin and Cantonese (in my own collection!), but think it's quite impossible to find 100 books that I can "read" (unless I'd limit myself to children's books in the vein of Cat in the Hat). For, say, Russian - it's quite the opposite. A lot of books at the library (for children and adults) and online, but where am I going to find 100 films (that I don't have to watch on the computer)? Or even ten (that I will watch ten times each?). It's still a very interesting challenge, though!

Edited by jeff_lindqvist on 17 April 2012 at 10:25am

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dandt
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Studies: Italian, French

 
 Message 148 of 713
17 April 2012 at 1:06am | IP Logged 
I was just thinking about the reading portion tonight and, while I knew I would struggle, I really started to realise
how difficult it will be.

Ahh! I don't read fiction much in my native language, although as a law student who is also studying English
literature I do a TON of reading, just without realising! It's not uncommon to be set 700 pages reading a week. IF
ONLY MY FRENCH WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO READ MY LAW TEXTBOOKS. although i doubt they'd be available in
french. Not only do I doubt it, I know it.

I've pretty much decided on taking the shakespeare subject if I do an English literature one next semester, so
perhaps I'll work through some parts of french versions.
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piksea
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Studies: Turkish

 
 Message 149 of 713
17 April 2012 at 1:06am | IP Logged 
I too have been inspired to emerge. I will be doing Turkish.

Like many others, I set up a blog. The link is on my profile.
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Yashinka
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 Message 150 of 713
17 April 2012 at 10:50am | IP Logged 
I'm also going to take part of this exciting challenge. I'm hoping that it will serve as that final determined push for me to break through that intermediate wall I'm facing in Japanese. I'm going to try to constantly have a book at hand to make use of the momentum in the best possible way! Thank you for suggesting this motivational challenge, you have my respect!
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Einarr
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 Message 151 of 713
17 April 2012 at 1:59pm | IP Logged 
I couldn't resist the challenge too, and picked up Danish after I spent some hard time wo(a)ndering if it should be it or Russian.
So like many of the fellow-members I also set up my own blog: http://einarrslanguagelog.wordpress.com/ (for some reason I cannot make i clickable -> there's the clickable version in my profile anyway) Hope it's fine, it's my first ever blog expirience whatsoever. :)
I really hope that book wise everything should be fine in the Nordic library, so I won't need to mark down to the smaller version of the challenge. :D

Edited by Einarr on 17 April 2012 at 2:01pm

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geoffw
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Speaks: English*, German, Yiddish
Studies: Modern Hebrew, French, Dutch, Italian, Russian

 
 Message 152 of 713
17 April 2012 at 2:03pm | IP Logged 
Einarr wrote:
I really hope that book wise everything should be fine in the Nordic library, so I won't need to mark down to the smaller version of the challenge. :D


While EBooks might not be ideal, remember that gutenberg.org has, for free, a decent number of non-english works, including 42(?) Danish books.


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