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| anarion21 Triglot Newbie France Joined 4556 days ago 9 posts - 9 votes Speaks: French*, Spanish, English | Message 89 of 141 01 July 2012 at 8:57pm | IP Logged |
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A little update after more or less one month. I have a good rythm in Spanish and maybe less in English but I'm reading an enormous book of 1400 pages. :-)
SPANISH MOVIES 1. Memorias del saqueo – Fernando Solanas – 2004 – 120min 2. El – Luis Bunuel – 1954 – 87min 3. La batalla de Chile, primera parte – Patricio Guzman – 1975 – 97min 4. La batalla de Chile, segunda parte – Patricio Guzman – 1977 – 86min 5. La batalla de Chile, tercera parte – Patricio Guzman – 1979 – 82min 6. El sur – Victor Erice – 1983 – 100min 7. Agarrando pueblo – Carlos Mayolo – 1977 – 28min (x2) BOOKS 1,9. Cuentos de amor, de locura y de muerte – Horacio Quiroga (193 pages) 3,5. El jardin devastado – Jorge Volpi (167 pages) 4,7. Un campeon desparejo – Adolfo Bioy Casares (121 pages) 7,7. El fondo del cielo – Rodrigo Fresan (301 pages) 10,2. El viajero de las cuatro estaciones – Miguel Littin (252 pages) ENGLISH MOVIES 1. The Conversation – Francis Ford Coppola – 1974 – 113min 2. Berlin Express – Jacques Tourneur – 1948 – 86min 3. The shadow man – Jack Arnold – 1957 – 80min 4. Dark Shadows – Tim Burton – 2012 – 108min BOOKS 2,5. The misfits – Arthur Miller (250 pages) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5332 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 90 of 141 03 July 2012 at 5:19pm | IP Logged |
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UPDATE FRENCH
FILMS 1- 12 Beverly Hills 90210 - Season one (Ep 1-24) (May 5th-15th) 13-23 Beverly Hills 90210 - Season two (Ep. 1-22) (May 16-th to 23rd) 24-28 Castle - Season one (ep 1-10)(May 20th-31st) 29-40 Castle - Season two (ep.1-24) (June 1st to 8th) NCIS 41 - NCIS season 1 ep. 1-2 42 - NCIS season 1 ep. 3-4 43 - NCIS season 1 ep. 5-6 44 - NCIS season 1 ep. 7-8 I had seen a few episodes of NCIS before, and I really enjoyed it, as I like crime stories, and I am at the age when I remember Mark Harmon as drop dead gorgeous. Unfortunately my oldest daughter was not all that fond of this, which is a shame, since I have bought three seasons of it... BOOKS 1 - 2.5 Agatha Christie "Temoin indesirable" (250 pages) 2.5 - 3.7 Agatha Christie:"Miss Marple au club du mardi (120 pages)" 3.7 - 4.2 Saint Exepery: "Le Petit Prince" (50 pages - or actually 70, but there were some drawings) NEW ITEMS I had planned to only enter material once I had finished the whole book, but I see that the fact that I am reading three different books at the same time makes that difficult. "Lonely Planet: Transsiberien - Russie - Mongolie - Chine (270 pages so far) This is a guidebook (I figured I needed to read a guidebook about the Transsiberian, so I might just as well read it in French so that I could count it for the Advanced Super Challenge (sneaky, right :-). I had originally planned to count less pages than there is, because of the pictures, but since the book has small print, and in effect takes three times as long to read as regular material, I am applying The Golden Rule, and count page for page. My French is really getting up to speed now, there is not much that I do not understand. "Gustave Flaubert: Mme. Bovary" (160 pages so far) It is 25 years since I last tried to read this book, and to my immense surprise, I am actually enjoying it (as I am 160 pages into it, I have passed the 50 page threshold, where I had stopped every time before). When I felt she was just being a bitch 25 years ago, I can now see that she had a depression, and I can relate so much more to her feelings, that although I still do not like her, I do understand where she is coming from. I am looking forward to seeing how it ends. "Guides VOR: St. Petersbourg" (10 pages so far) Another guidebook - this time in preparation for my trip to- your guessed it :-) St. Petersburg. Also filled to the brim with facts, and a useful vocabulary. 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 91 of 141 04 July 2012 at 3:52pm | IP Logged |
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Update: Italian
Books - 102 pages “La solitudine dei numeri primi” films – 391 minutes - “Farnace” (opera) 121 minutes - assimil (advanced) Unites 57-75 50 minutes - assimil(advanced) 79-85 25 minutes - “Don Giovanni” (opera) 30 minutes -“Puccini: Manon Lescaut” (opera) 105 minutes writing – 200 words assimil active phase 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Globe-trotter Triglot Newbie Netherlands Joined 4595 days ago 29 posts - 44 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, German Studies: Thai | Message 92 of 141 04 July 2012 at 11:14pm | IP Logged |
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I have switched my Super Challenge in German to being an Advanced Super Challenge.
Frankly, I feel I became a solid B2 in German, so an Advanced Super Challenge makes more sense. Also, with the 100 pages = 1 book, the book part is also more manageable :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Tamise Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom jllrr.wordpress.com/ Joined 5241 days ago 115 posts - 161 votes Speaks: English*, German, Dutch Studies: French, Japanese, Spanish | Message 93 of 141 05 July 2012 at 8:13am | IP Logged |
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So, yesterday on the way to work, I was doing some mental arithmetic about how much time I would need to read a day if I took on an Advanced Super Challenge in Dutch. Now, it may be that my arithmetic was all wrong, but it didn't sound unreasonable so I've signed up. I'm somewhere in the Bs with Dutch, but my reading and listening are both pretty solid and B2 at a guess. I've been really missing Dutch, and as I'm going to the Netherlands this month, figure I need to get some practise in before then anyway. (Yes, this is the same person who was worried about adding a French half last month - that's going really well now, so less worried!)
I started a book somewhere around May 1st, and finally finished it yesterday, so will log that as it's during the challenge period, even if it's mostly before I signed up for it. Hope that's okay. Edited by Tamise on 05 July 2012 at 8:14am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| PMartin Diglot Newbie United States Joined 4585 days ago 25 posts - 29 votes Speaks: English*, Russian | Message 94 of 141 06 July 2012 at 1:39am | IP Logged |
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UPDATE:
This week I was behind pace on writing and reading but ahead in speaking and watching (but I still have a day left in my week to get some pages in). Film: Modern Family, S1 E 16-21 (21min. each), 126 total Books: Danielle Steel, French Vacation (Russian title) Harry Potter, Prisoner of Azkaban 176 pages total (I will only update this on Twitter when I actually finish a book) Speaking: 225 min. this week. Includes weekend around Russian speakers and daily conversations Writing: 330 words on Lang-8 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 95 of 141 06 July 2012 at 5:05pm | IP Logged |
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6 july 2012
Update: French Books: 195 pages - “ l'epervier de maheu” 158 pages -“du greco a dali” 15 pages -“Dolly city” 22 pages Films: 879 minutes - euronews 10 minutes - “voyage” channel 125 minutes -other TV watching 201 minutes -conversations 123 minutes - “Massenet:Werther” (opera) 80 minutes “ lignes de vie “ (serial) 20 minutes “ inquisitio:1-2” (serial) 85 minutes -“Berlioz: Les troyens” (opera) 235 minutes writing: 717 words -mails Edited by Anya on 09 July 2012 at 4:09pm 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 96 of 141 10 July 2012 at 8:24pm | IP Logged |
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Update: English
Books: 261 pages -“ the book thief “240 pages - scientific journals 21 pages films: 512 minutes -“pride and prejudice “ 265 minutes - conversations 182 minutes - songs 5 minutes - meeting 60 minutes Writing: 898 words -comments 380 words - mails 238 words - manuscript 280 words 1 person has voted this message useful |
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