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Solfrid Cristin
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 Message 41 of 141
10 May 2012 at 9:26pm | IP Logged 
Fourth update:

FILMS
1. Beverly Hills 90210 ep. 1-2 ( May 5th)
2. Beverly Hills 90210 ep. 3-4 ( May 5th)
3. Beverly Hills 90210 ep. 5-6 ( May 6th)
4. Beverly Hills 90210 ep. 7-8 ( May 6th)
5. Beverly Hills 90210 ep. 9-10 (May 9th)
6. Beverly Hills 90210 ep. 11-12 (May 10th)
7. Beverly Hills 90210 ep. 13-14 (May 10th)

I am aware of this getting a tad - repetitive - but I depend on my daughter for this... As an oldtimer, I keep being surprised of seeing all the English words used in French though.

- C'est un black
- Je suis clean
- C'est cool.

No wonder the French are getting upset. Though I do not see why it should be any different for them than for the rest of us. Russian amuses me no end with all the English words they use.

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Solfrid Cristin
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 Message 42 of 141
12 May 2012 at 9:38am | IP Logged 

FILMS
1. Beverly Hills 90210 ep. 1-2 ( May 5th)
2. Beverly Hills 90210 ep. 3-4 ( May 5th)
3. Beverly Hills 90210 ep. 5-6 ( May 6th)
4. Beverly Hills 90210 ep. 7-8 ( May 6th)
5. Beverly Hills 90210 ep. 9-10 (May 9th)
6. Beverly Hills 90210 ep. 11-12 (May 10th)
7. Beverly Hills 90210 ep. 13-14 (May 10th)
8. Beverly Hills 90210 ep. 15-16 (May 11th)
9. Beverly Hills 90210 ep. 17-18 (May 11th)

What can I say - good for my French - bad for my intellectual growth, not to mention my sanity.
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PMartin
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 Message 43 of 141
14 May 2012 at 11:17pm | IP Logged 
Update (sorry, not keeping track of names and dates)

Films: 10
Writing: 7
Conversation: 3
Books: almost 1 :( (I'm at around 50pgs in one novel, 30 in another, and a bunch of random single-page articles).
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Solfrid Cristin
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Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian
Studies: Russian

 
 Message 44 of 141
14 May 2012 at 11:28pm | IP Logged 
UPDATE FRENCH

FILMS
1. Beverly Hills 90210 ep. 1-2 ( May 5th)
2. Beverly Hills 90210 ep. 3-4 ( May 5th)
3. Beverly Hills 90210 ep. 5-6 ( May 6th)
4. Beverly Hills 90210 ep. 7-8 ( May 6th)
5. Beverly Hills 90210 ep. 9-10 (May 9th)
6. Beverly Hills 90210 ep. 11-12 (May 10th)
7. Beverly Hills 90210 ep. 13-14 (May 10th)
8. Beverly Hills 90210 ep. 15-16 (May 11th)
9. Beverly Hills 90210 ep. 17-18 (May 11th)
10 Beverly Hills 90210 ep. 19-20 (May 13th)
11 Beverly Hills 90210 ep. 21-22 (May 13th)

The new vocabulary I am learning seems to be very age specific. "Abruti, flipper", but we had a nice job for the translator of the series yesterday. A girl was told that she would meet a guy with a six pack - which in French is called "une tablette de chocolat". Unfortunately when she met him, they started talking about drinking the six pack (because it turned out to be an actual six pack, and not a description of his stomach), which in French became "manger la tablette de chocolat" and it must have been quite demanding for the translator. Happy to see that he/she managed it beautifully though!

Edited by Solfrid Cristin on 15 May 2012 at 12:22am

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PMartin
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 Message 45 of 141
15 May 2012 at 1:41am | IP Logged 
Solfrid, are you watching with subtitles? I think watching an entire series (even if it's not the greatest) can be fun. The characters really grow on you--even when they do foolish and shallow things. Before the challenge started, I watched all 16 episodes of Кратий курс счастливой жизни ("Short Course for a Happy Life"), which I think is a little bit like "Sex in the City," though I've never seen that program. It's not the kind of show I would usually watch in English, but I found it gripping nonetheless.

Now, I'm watching (among other shows) Давай поженимся ("Let's Get Married")--which is great because it's a talk show in modern, unscripted language. However, I just found Russian versions of "Star Trek the Next Generation," so looking forward to that.
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Solfrid Cristin
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 Message 46 of 141
15 May 2012 at 8:58am | IP Logged 
PMartin wrote:
Solfrid, are you watching with subtitles? I think watching an entire series (even if it's not
the greatest) can be fun. The characters really grow on you--even when they do foolish and shallow things.
Before the challenge started, I watched all 16 episodes of Кратий курс счастливой жизни ("Short Course
for a Happy Life"), which I think is a little bit like "Sex in the City," though I've never seen that program. It's
not the kind of show I would usually watch in English, but I found it gripping nonetheless.

Now, I'm watching (among other shows) Давай поженимся ("Let's Get Married")--which is great because
it's a talk show in modern, unscripted language. However, I just found Russian versions of "Star Trek the
Next Generation," so looking forward to that.


Yes, I watch it with subtitles. When I took on the Advanced Super Challenge I realized that if I were to
succeed I needed to make it as part of a family activity. Since my daughters are interested in learning
French I have sweet talked them into watching French series. Since they do not speak French yet, they
need subtitles in English.
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Solfrid Cristin
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Winner TAC 2011 & 2012
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Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian
Studies: Russian

 
 Message 47 of 141
15 May 2012 at 8:31pm | IP Logged 
I cannot edit the first post anymore, so in order to include the new entrants I made a list of all of us in the PARTICIPANT LIST
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Solfrid Cristin
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Winner TAC 2011 & 2012
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4143 posts - 8864 votes 
Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian
Studies: Russian

 
 Message 48 of 141
16 May 2012 at 7:11am | IP Logged 
UPDATE FRENCH

FILMS
1. Beverly Hills 90210 ep. 1-2 ( May 5th)
2. Beverly Hills 90210 ep. 3-4 ( May 5th)
3. Beverly Hills 90210 ep. 5-6 ( May 6th)
4. Beverly Hills 90210 ep. 7-8 ( May 6th)
5. Beverly Hills 90210 ep. 9-10 (May 9th)
6. Beverly Hills 90210 ep. 11-12 (May 10th)
7. Beverly Hills 90210 ep. 13-14 (May 10th)
8. Beverly Hills 90210 ep. 15-16 (May 11th)
9. Beverly Hills 90210 ep. 17-18 (May 11th)
10 Beverly Hills 90210 ep. 19-20 (May 13th)
11 Beverly Hills 90210 ep. 21-22 (May 13th)
12 Beverly Hills 90210 ep. 23-24 (May 15th)

End of the first season, yeah!!

Edited by Solfrid Cristin on 16 May 2012 at 7:16am



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