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| milesaway Triglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 4332 days ago 134 posts - 181 votes  Speaks: French, English*, Russian Studies: Finnish, Sign Language | Message 41 of 63 13 January 2014 at 9:50pm | IP Logged |
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I finished Кот, который разговаривал с привидениями today. Now I've started Ледяной
дракон. I went to the library yesterday. It turns out that I cannot take books out, as I am a foreigner. However my friend registered, so she took books out for me. That will save me some money. I'll update the page numbers later. I'm too lazy to do that right now. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| milesaway Triglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 4332 days ago 134 posts - 181 votes Speaks: French, English*, Russian Studies: Finnish, Sign Language | Message 42 of 63 14 January 2014 at 10:48am | IP Logged |
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Current page total for Russian:
996/20000 Up to page 67 in Ледяной дракон. I expect I'll finish it today. I'd like to be at 1200 by the weekend, but we'll see. I think 2000 pages is a good goal for the Tadoku challenge this month. As for Finnish, I watched part of a hockey game in Finnish, and understood maybe 10 words in 45 minutes. So, that's pretty pitiful. :( The only words I understood were numbers, and sisään, although I forget what that word means. Sigh. A2 is looking further and further away. I'm not certain about Icelandic. Learning a language for a short trip is seeming kind of pointless at the moment. I don't know if I'll continue it at all. I didn't have any real inclination to learn it, so my motivation has dropped considerably. I might try to learn some more words, like food and directions, but my interest has definitely waned. On the other hand, I've been thinking about adding either Esperanto or Spanish. I read a book about Esperanto a few years ago, and I thought it was neat. Spanish would be useful in my future travels, as I'd love to visit South America and Spain. I'll keep thinking about those, I might choose one for my birthday and start studying in the summer. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Chris13 Groupie FinlandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4052 days ago 53 posts - 64 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Swedish, Finnish | Message 43 of 63 14 January 2014 at 1:04pm | IP Logged |
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Ten words our of forty-five minutes worth of programme might be a lot better than you realise. I don't watch hockey for long but sometimes pass it when flicking through the channels. I remember doing so once only to be in shock by how fast the commentator actually spoke. So, yeah, depending on who was commentating that could have actually been a pretty big accomplishment! Keep up the good work :)
Also, sisään means "in/inside" from my understanding. I'm not sure if you're fine with numbers now or not, but it basically breaks down as this; 1-10 (yksi, kaksi, kolme, neljä, viisi, kuusi, etc.) 11 - 19 ( You add "toista" - yksitoista, kolmetoista, neljätoista, etc" 20 - 29 )You add kymmentä kaksikymmentäyksi. kaksikymmentäkaksi, kaksikymmentäkolme 30 kolmekymmentä (kolmekymmentäyksi, kolmekymmentäkaksi, etc.) 40 neljäkymmentä This was a bit rushed as I have to leave 10 minutes ago. I hope it helped a little. Onnea! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| milesaway Triglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 4332 days ago 134 posts - 181 votes Speaks: French, English*, Russian Studies: Finnish, Sign Language | Message 44 of 63 14 January 2014 at 7:22pm | IP Logged |
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Finished Ледяной дракон which brings me up to:
1120/20000 I have read 5 pages of Алмазная принцесса, which is a mystery, and according to the book cover, it should be a funny mystery. I know my numbers in Finnish, however I get lost when they are spoken at warp speed, as they were by the announcer. I got the kaksikymmentä part no problem, but my brain fizzled when trying to get the last part. So, that's a work in progress. Thanks for the encouragement. I had forgotten how demoralizing it could be to watch something at native speed. Edited by milesaway on 14 January 2014 at 7:25pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| milesaway Triglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 4332 days ago 134 posts - 181 votes Speaks: French, English*, Russian Studies: Finnish, Sign Language | Message 45 of 63 19 January 2014 at 7:51pm | IP Logged |
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Finished Алмазная принцесса.
1426/20000 I believe is the current total. I went to the store last week and got some study materials for Russian. They are as follows: Тесты, тесты, тесты... (Второй сертификационный уровень) Тесты, тесты, тесты... (Третий сертификационный уровень) Учебно-трнировочные тесты по русскому языку как иностранному B2-C1: Чтение Учебно-трнировочные тесты по русскому языку как иностранному B2-C1: Письмо Учебно-трнировочные тесты по русскому языку как иностранному B2-C1: Грамматика. Лексика Учебно-трнировочные тесты по русскому языку как иностранному B2-C1: Аудирование. Говорение Чистая Грамматика As you can tell, most of the books are aimed at exams, except for the last one, which should help me iron out the grammar kinks. This was a good week for me. I've noticed a difference in my reading speed and comprehension. I'm still aiming for 2000 pages for January, so I've still got a ways to go, but I think it's possible. I'm currently reading about 40 pages in an hour. I'd like to get that a little bit higher by the end of the year, although I do realize that there is a limit as to how much I can read in an hour. So, that's how mu January is going. Fairly well I'd say, although my Finnish hasn't really gotten off the ground yet. As soon as I finish the Tadoku challenge, I plan on starting at least 1 Assimil lesson a day. And I think I've given up on Icelandic. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| milesaway Triglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 4332 days ago 134 posts - 181 votes Speaks: French, English*, Russian Studies: Finnish, Sign Language | Message 46 of 63 26 January 2014 at 12:35pm | IP Logged |
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I finished Затаив дыхание.
(edited to add) I read about 50 pages of Город под вулканом before I realized that it was the second book in a trilogy, and not an overly interesting one at that, so I put it aside. I might come back to it later, but for now, it will stay on the shelf. Also read my Чебурашка book. Now reading through Карлсон, который живёт на крыше and Путешествия Гулливера. I took out 3 books from the library, a Dean Koontz, Ангелы- Хранители (Watchers), Голодные игры (The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins) and Гора дракона (Mount Dragon, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child). According to the Tadoku Bot, my book page total far (not including Gulliver's Travels and Karlson) is 1878. I've been focused much more on reading this month, and I have noticed a big difference in the amount of words that I understand in speech and on the page. There are many words that used to bug me, because I would see them, look them up, and then promptly forget them, but since I've been reading so much, a lot of them have solidified in my head. I'll write this down here, and hopefully that will help me follow it. -I'd like to dedicate at least 1 hour a day to reading in Russian, not including my commute. -5-15 minutes on Memrise every day, for Finnish and Russian. Likely in the morning. -20-40 minutes a day of Finnish. This can be in Assimil, Finnish for Foreigners, FSI, Suomen Mestari, whatever. The reading should not be a problem. I'm a bookworm by nature, I grew up reading books in English and in French, so doing Russian now hasn't been that big of a deal. I should be able to do Memrise without much difficulty. If I can get in even 20 minutes of Finnish a day, I think I'll be able to get past that initial block that I seem to have. Hopefully anyway. I have faith that 2014 will see me making progress and pushing my language skills even further. Edited by milesaway on 26 January 2014 at 12:38pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| renaissancemedi Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Greece Joined 4359 days ago 941 posts - 1309 votes Speaks: Greek*, Ancient Greek*, EnglishC2 Studies: French, Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew | Message 47 of 63 26 January 2014 at 1:49pm | IP Logged |
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Very impressive, good work!
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| milesaway Triglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 4332 days ago 134 posts - 181 votes Speaks: French, English*, Russian Studies: Finnish, Sign Language | Message 48 of 63 26 January 2014 at 7:14pm | IP Logged |
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Thanks! I'm always impressed reading your log. I have a hard time trying to manage 1
language, never mind additional ones. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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