Homogenik Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4822 days ago 314 posts - 407 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Polish, Mandarin
| Message 65 of 177 21 January 2013 at 3:15am | IP Logged |
I updated to Anki 2 and am now all confused! Oh no! I wish I could go back to Anki 1 but apparently I can't. At least
all my polish cards are intact. But it just feels less... intuitive. Did anyone else make the change?
I think it would be good if we did something, as was suggested, like writing a short text every two weeks — either a
short fiction or a comment on something, or just something very basic, all depending on every member's level in
polish — and posting it here for everyone to read and comment on. We would need to set a limit of words or lines
so that we don't flood each other with too much reading (my suggestion would be 10 lines maximum). I suggest
that we start as soon as possible.
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Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7154 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish
| Message 66 of 177 26 January 2013 at 7:46am | IP Logged |
Update for BCMS/SC, Polish, Slovak and Ukrainian
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Amerykanka Hexaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5169 days ago 657 posts - 890 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Polish, Latin, Ancient Greek, Russian
| Message 67 of 177 26 January 2013 at 3:48pm | IP Logged |
Homogenik wrote:
I updated to Anki 2 and am now all confused! Oh no! I wish I could go back to Anki 1
but apparently I can't. At least all my polish cards are intact. But it just feels less... intuitive. Did anyone else
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I did and I don't really like Anki 2 either. I was completely bewildered for a long time, despite reading virtually
the entire manual. Hopefully future upgrades will make it easier to navigate!
Homogenik wrote:
I think it would be good if we did something, as was suggested, like writing a short text
every two weeks — either a short fiction or a comment on something, or just something very basic, all
depending on every member's level in polish — and posting it here for everyone to read and comment on.
We would need to set a limit of words or lines so that we don't flood each other with too much reading (my
suggestion would be 10 lines maximum). |
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I agree with this! I think once every two weeks is better than once per week - less pressure for us and for
Marya. Team members who want to write more can always do so in their logs. I definitely think there ought to
be a word limit - say 100 words? 150 words?
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Mooby Senior Member Scotland Joined 6103 days ago 707 posts - 1220 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Polish
| Message 68 of 177 27 January 2013 at 12:23am | IP Logged |
I upgraded to Anki 2 and was totally confused. I couldn't even find my decks that were supposed to have been imported automatically. I read on the Ankiweb notepage that you can download an older version if you wish - which I did (and found my decks intact much to my relief). I think I'll stick with the old version and ignore updates for as long as I can (or is safe). I don't understand this sync-ing business either, I'm such a dimwit when it comes to computers.
I agree with the above posts.
Let's say 150 maximum words every 2 weeks from preferably all bisons
- although no-one is going to chastise those shy or timid
bisons (if that's not a contradiction) who don't manage to
write anything. Even a line or two would be welcome though.
It's nearly midnight and I can't muster a line in Polish even if you gave me
a year's supply of krówki. So my literary masterpiece will have to
wait a little longer!
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MerryCrassmas Bilingual Diglot Groupie United States languagewanderlust.c Joined 5061 days ago 62 posts - 68 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English* Studies: German, Russian, Czech, Polish
| Message 69 of 177 30 January 2013 at 6:59am | IP Logged |
Wow I have +1000 minutes of Polish studies since the challenge began. One of the things that I have always tried to
implement to my studies is music. I found that music is an excellent way to get listening comprehension practice
and because of the power of music itself, it helps aid in memorization, thus I have memorized a two minute Polish
song with a few lines of lyrics.
The song is called 'Odnawianie Restauracji' by a band called Kult. They play rock music and have been around sine
the 80s. They play some pretty interesting music. Now I have a question. Could someone explain the lyrics a little
bit to me? For some reason I have a feeling that they might be a little inappropriate? haha. I understand the gist of it,
particularly the first four lines, but line 5 and 6 seem a little weird to me. Something about loving cars and eating
them? There is clearly something I am misunderstanding :p. BTW I am having a great deal of fun learning "language
Polish". I wish there were some Polskis at my school with whom I could practice with :) Anyway, can anyone help?
1 Ty mówiłeś mi kiedyś, że kochasz dziewczyny
2 Myślałem, że śpisz razem z nimi
3 Ty mówiłeś mi kiedyś, że nie masz przyjaciela
4 Dlaczego wygnałeś ich tak wielu?
5 Ty mówiłeś mi kiedyś, że lubisz samochody
6 Myslałem, że jesz je na obiady
7 Ty mówiłeś mi kiedyś tak wiele, wiele rzeczy
8 Dlaczego nie patrzyłeś mi w oczy?
I memorized the entire song. I find myself singing it in the cold while walking to school. Gets me pumped up :)
Maybe it shouldn't, until I understand the meaning :)
Edited by MerryCrassmas on 30 January 2013 at 7:00am
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pesahson Diglot Senior Member Poland Joined 5726 days ago 448 posts - 840 votes Speaks: Polish*, English Studies: French, Portuguese, Norwegian
| Message 70 of 177 30 January 2013 at 9:32pm | IP Logged |
I don't know this particular song but Kult has a cult status in Poland. It is a really famous band. I don't know the whole song but I don't think there's anything inappropriate about it at all.
Lines 5 and 6 go: You told me once that you liked cars/I thought you had them for dinner.
I assume it's simply poetic license on the part of the author of the lyrics. It is a imaginative though but I don't think there's any cultural reference behind it. Not any I'm aware of anyway.
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Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7154 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish
| Message 71 of 177 04 February 2013 at 4:45am | IP Logged |
Update for BCMS/SC, Finnish, Polish, Slovak, and Ukrainian
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Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7154 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish
| Message 72 of 177 18 February 2013 at 6:21am | IP Logged |
Update for Polish
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