zografialep Hexaglot Groupie GreeceRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4140 days ago 41 posts - 71 votes Speaks: Ancient Greek, Greek*, EnglishC2, GermanB2, Spanish, Latin Studies: Russian
| Message 49 of 102 01 December 2013 at 10:11pm | IP Logged |
Due to preparations and studying for school examinations that I will have to do in the
next two years, I doubt I'll have much time for languages- sadly.
However, in the examinations I'm going to have to take an English exam (which is
a joke, since the level is less than B2 and I'm fluent) and a Germanexam. I'm
going to prepare for both, of course, to be sure it's going to be ok. German scares me
the most, because I have not used i for a while, so I going to work on it more.
Also, I'd like to reach a B1 Russian- I'm about A1, I can write and say basic
stuff and a B1 French. I'm always abandoning French for some reason.
I hope I manage all of that- and mostly the Russian part!- but I will most likely get
bored, stop and say the same things in the 2015 thread... xD
Wish you the best of luck, I hope you reach your goals :)
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Baracuda Groupie United States Joined 5806 days ago 53 posts - 81 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, French, Russian, German
| Message 50 of 102 02 December 2013 at 5:43am | IP Logged |
My primary goal for 2014 is to achieve fluency in Spanish. I want to be confident telling
people that I speak Spanish by April. Once I've reached my goal in Spanish I will return
to French and work on achieving "basic fluency". I also want to get serious about
learning Russian and reach a low intermediate level by the end of the year.
A secondary goal for the year is to go through Duolingo for German. Other languages on my
mind to start are Arabic and Japanese, but first things first :)
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ennime Tetraglot Senior Member South Africa universityofbrokengl Joined 5905 days ago 397 posts - 507 votes Speaks: English, Dutch*, Esperanto, Afrikaans Studies: Xhosa, French, Korean, Portuguese, Zulu
| Message 51 of 102 03 December 2013 at 11:12am | IP Logged |
Well, I first thought I'd try and stop rolling around aimlessly in various languages, but I don't think I'll manage, really.
So instead, a few basic aims:
- Get my French to a B2 level
- Get to a basic fluency in Portuguese, which I started a few days ago.
- Win a bet with a friend from Iran (two bottles of decent South African Nederburg red wine if I can converse in basic Farsi); I might have an extension from this into 2015 if we don't manage to meet in 2014. Considering the alcohol involved, this has, naturally, utmost priority.
- Steadily improve isiZulu, in a "slow and steady wins the race" mentality (aka, I'll just kinda work a bit on it when I happen to be in the mood; usually, it happens about twice a month)
Then, if I get distracted (or rather "when", which is often) I'll indulge a bit in Sesotho, Kiswahili, Korean, etc.
Edited by ennime on 03 December 2013 at 11:13am
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corjine Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4021 days ago 55 posts - 74 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian
| Message 52 of 102 03 December 2013 at 12:45pm | IP Logged |
My primary goal is to get my Italian to a B2/"Be able to talk like a smart person" level.
After that, start either Arabic or Dutch.
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aspie.sharaf Tetraglot Newbie Denmark Joined 4369 days ago 21 posts - 39 votes Speaks: Danish*, English, Serbo-Croatian, Dutch Studies: Persian, German, Russian, Arabic (Written), Turkish, Thai, Polish, Bulgarian, Pashto, Urdu, French
| Message 53 of 102 03 December 2013 at 10:22pm | IP Logged |
My goal is to reach an A2 level in Thai
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PeteP Newbie United States Joined 5038 days ago 27 posts - 48 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Romanian
| Message 54 of 102 04 December 2013 at 12:17am | IP Logged |
Listen Read Pentru cine bat clopotele (For Whom the Bell Tolls in Romanian.
Also read Chronicles of Narnia in Romanian. I don't have the Romanian audio for that one
:-(
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anethara Diglot Newbie England Joined 4243 days ago 25 posts - 40 votes Speaks: English*, Sign Language
| Message 55 of 102 04 December 2013 at 2:54pm | IP Logged |
None in languages. I'd like to start learning Polish, but if it doesn't happen I won't
beat myself up over it. Languages are a hobby to de-stress, I don't want to add more
pressure.
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DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6152 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian
| Message 56 of 102 05 December 2013 at 1:34pm | IP Logged |
After a very prolonged bout of French, I’m going to enjoy a more varied language 2014. I think 2014 will be my year of wanderlusts. I’ve no idea what languages I’ll end up studying, but I’m looking forward to it.
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