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| geoffw Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4686 days ago 1134 posts - 1865 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Yiddish Studies: Modern Hebrew, French, Dutch, Italian, Russian | Message 97 of 251 19 March 2013 at 4:31am | IP Logged | ||
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SUPER CHALLENGE UPDATE - Added French audio entry 47 and Dutch audio entries 33-37
Progress is very, very slow lately. Last week was my busiest work week ever, according to my timesheet, and I consider myself lucky to be making any progress at all. I'm finally somewhat caught up on sleep, at least. Most of my progress is "off the record," too, since I've been reading more Song of Ice and Fire in German, in an effort to stay ahead of the HBO series. I'm only a bit more than a third of the way through Book 3 (which comprises books 5-6 in the German edition), but since Book 3 is about 1500 pages in German, I guess that's nothing to be ashamed of. BOOKS (Italian): 3. ... FILMS, ETC. (Italian): 28. ... BOOKS (French): 18. ... FILMS, ETC. (French): 47. Ligue 1: PSG - Nancy BOOKS (Dutch): 28. ... FILMS, ETC. (Dutch): 33-37. De Lotgevallen van Tom Sawyer (audiobook) I am not entered in any Super Challenge for German, but I also am still reporting for my log: BOOKS (German): 12. ... FILMS, ETC. (German): 55-62. Das Schwert der Wahrheit (Terry Goodkind) (audiobook) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| geoffw Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4686 days ago 1134 posts - 1865 votes Speaks: English*, German, Yiddish Studies: Modern Hebrew, French, Dutch, Italian, Russian | Message 98 of 251 14 April 2013 at 4:25am | IP Logged | ||
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SUPER CHALLENGE UPDATE - Added Dutch audio entry 38
As mentioned in my last entry, I've been reading Song of Ice and Fire in German, and finished about 1000 pages of Storm of Swords. Strangely enough, this has taken up much of my reading time, but at least I have SOMETHING to add to my log for an actual challenge. BOOKS (Italian): 3. ... FILMS, ETC. (Italian): 28. ... BOOKS (French): 18. ... FILMS, ETC. (French): 47. ... BOOKS (Dutch): 28. ... FILMS, ETC. (Dutch): 38. Radio 1 (90 minutes) I am not entered in any Super Challenge for German, but I also am still reporting for my log: BOOKS (German): 13-19. Sturm der Schwerter (720 pages) FILMS, ETC. (German): 62. ... 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6595 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 99 of 251 14 April 2013 at 3:36pm | IP Logged | ||
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No new football matches? I do hope you didn't miss them completely:P
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| geoffw Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4686 days ago 1134 posts - 1865 votes Speaks: English*, German, Yiddish Studies: Modern Hebrew, French, Dutch, Italian, Russian | Message 100 of 251 14 April 2013 at 11:02pm | IP Logged | ||
I've been focussing more on French than Italian recently, but I've had technical difficulties with my recording of the French matches. Doh! Saw bits and pieces of some Serie A occasionally, but that's about it. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| geoffw Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4686 days ago 1134 posts - 1865 votes Speaks: English*, German, Yiddish Studies: Modern Hebrew, French, Dutch, Italian, Russian | Message 101 of 251 24 May 2013 at 2:48am | IP Logged | ||
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SUPER CHALLENGE UPDATE* - Added Dutch audio entry 39-41, French audio entry 48 (and endless amounts of
German) * -- Now with more football It's been a good bit of a layoff for me again, but I'm still plodding away slowly, at least. No new books to post for the SC, unfortunately. I had been focussing on German for a while in anticipation of taking the TestDaF, but I didn't register early enough and the test was sold out. Boo. The good news is, having come back to Dutch and French after some time away, I'm finding that I'm doing quite well again, so I don't have a huge mountain to climb to get back where I was, at least for passive skills. But the biggest news is going to be with Italian. When I started slowing down, Italian was the first thing to go. My trip to Italy was postponed, and I was unsure whether it would actually happen, so I had little motivation to worry about it. But as of today, I have plane tickets to go to Italy in 4 months! So I downloaded HP2 in Italian, fired up my Italian podcasts, and am contemplating how in the heck to shoehorn Assimil back into my routine again. The bottom line is that Italian is now the undisputed #1 priority for me (as far as language study goes, that is) and anything else should be de minimus for a while. So I think I should have no problem finishing the audio portions of all of my SC events, though books is looking like a stretch at the moment. We'll see. BOOKS (Italian): 3. ... FILMS, ETC. (Italian): 28. ... BOOKS (French): 18. ... FILMS, ETC. (French): 48. RFI (FR) (90 minutes) BOOKS (Dutch): 28. ... FILMS, ETC. (Dutch): 39. Bayern - Barcelona (UEFA-CL), broadcast on Radio 1 (NL) (90 minutes) 40. Radio 1 (NL) (90 minutes) 41. SBS Radio (NL) (90 minutes) I am not entered in any Super Challenge for German, but I also am still reporting for my log: BOOKS (German): 20-22. Star Trek New Frontier 1: Kartenhaus (310 pages) FILMS, ETC. (German): 63-70. Star Trek Titan: Eine Neue Ära (audiobook, 12 hr) 71. Dortmund - Real (UEFA-CL), Radio RBB (DE) (90 minutes) 72. Real - Dortmund (UEFA-CL), Radio RBB (DE) (90 minutes) 73. Barcelona - Bayern (UEFA-CL), Radio RBB (DE) (90 minutes) Edited by geoffw on 24 May 2013 at 2:52am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| geoffw Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4686 days ago 1134 posts - 1865 votes Speaks: English*, German, Yiddish Studies: Modern Hebrew, French, Dutch, Italian, Russian | Message 102 of 251 30 July 2013 at 3:59pm | IP Logged | ||
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SUPER CHALLENGE UPDATE - Added Dutch audio entries 42-45 and Italian audio entries 29-31
I'll finish a book someday. I keep starting new books and not finishing any. Not that that's a problem for learning, but it makes it hard to log them. Oh well. BOOKS (Italian): 3. ... FILMS, ETC. (Italian): 29-31. SBS Italian Radio, RAI Radio, and various RAI tv programming BOOKS (French): 18. ... FILMS, ETC. (French): 48. ... BOOKS (Dutch): 28. ... FILMS, ETC. (Dutch): 42-45. SBS Radio NL, Radio 1, BNR Nieuwsradio, VPRO Boeken podcast, etc. I am not entered in any Super Challenge for German, but I also am still reporting for my log: BOOKS (German): 23-25. Star Trek New Frontier 2: Kartenhaus (315 pages) FILMS, ETC. (German): 73. ... 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| geoffw Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4686 days ago 1134 posts - 1865 votes Speaks: English*, German, Yiddish Studies: Modern Hebrew, French, Dutch, Italian, Russian | Message 103 of 251 31 July 2013 at 10:35pm | IP Logged | ||
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SUPER CHALLENGE UPDATE - FRENCH AUDIO COMPLETE!
I suppose I should have done this a while back, but I finally got in gear and officially completed and logged the "last" of my "required" audio for French. Thus, I enter the ranks of those who have completed a task worthy of a star on the Super Challenge website. Yay! Dutch audio to follow shortly (famous last words), and we'll see what else I manage to get through. BOOKS (Italian): 3. ... FILMS, ETC. (Italian): 31. ... BOOKS (French): 18. ... FILMS, ETC. (French): 49-50. RFI BOOKS (Dutch): 28. ... FILMS, ETC. (Dutch): 45. ... I am not entered in any Super Challenge for German, but I also am still reporting for my log: BOOKS (German): 25. ... FILMS, ETC. (German): 73. ... 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| geoffw Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4686 days ago 1134 posts - 1865 votes Speaks: English*, German, Yiddish Studies: Modern Hebrew, French, Dutch, Italian, Russian | Message 104 of 251 07 August 2013 at 5:28pm | IP Logged | ||
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SUPER CHALLENGE UPDATE - DUTCH AUDIO COMPLETE!
So yes, I did finish the Dutch audio in a timely fashion, as well. Next up, I plan to finish at least one Dutch book imminently and start that count moving again. Meanwhile, arrangements for my trip to Italy next month are finally materializing, so I'll be thinking more about that, as well. BOOKS (Italian): 3. ... FILMS, ETC. (Italian): 31. ... BOOKS (French): 18. ... FILMS, ETC. (French): 50. COMPLETE BOOKS (Dutch): 28. ... FILMS, ETC. (Dutch): 46-50. Around the World in 80 Days (audiobook) I am not entered in any Super Challenge for German, but I also am still reporting for my log: BOOKS (German): 25. ... FILMS, ETC. (German): 74. Das Schloß 1 person has voted this message useful |
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