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| Emme Triglot Senior Member Italy Joined 5345 days ago 980 posts - 1594 votes  Speaks: Italian*, English, German Studies: Russian, Swedish, French | Message 369 of 438 12 October 2014 at 7:15pm | IP Logged | ||
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October Challenge
The theme this month is “Architecture and Design”. I don’t know much about Nordic architecture, apart from recognizing a few iconic buildings in Scandinavia like these:  .  But even an ignoramus like me is aware of the reputation of Scandinavian design with its emphasis on simplicity, functionality and minimalism. Just like last month, anything goes for the challenge as long as what you report back has something to do with either architecture or design and the Nordic countries. What you write need not be long nor in your TL, though of course that’s encouraged. And for those who really hate this challenge (and I imagine several do, given the low turn-out for September), I offer you an alternative: let us know what you’ve been up to lately by writing a paragraph with at least 10 sentences in your TL. Edited by Emme on 12 October 2014 at 7:24pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| daegga Tetraglot Senior Member Austria lang-8.com/553301 Joined 4519 days ago 1076 posts - 1792 votes Speaks: German*, EnglishC2, Swedish, Norwegian Studies: Danish, French, Finnish, Icelandic | Message 370 of 438 17 October 2014 at 5:39pm | IP Logged | ||
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Another new Danish series: Bankerot
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| 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 371 of 438 17 October 2014 at 7:18pm | IP Logged | ||
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I don't hate the challenges! I just assumed it had to be in L2. I guess I'll read something in Swedish and summarize it in English.
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| Emme Triglot Senior Member Italy Joined 5345 days ago 980 posts - 1594 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, German Studies: Russian, Swedish, French | Message 372 of 438 18 October 2014 at 4:42pm | IP Logged | ||
Earlier this year someone (was it you, Serpent?) suggested that not all challenges require active production in the TL, as that might be too difficult/discouraging for some team members. So I aimed at mixing it up a little over the months: for the one-week-consistency challenge, for instance, everybody could choose their preferred activity, whether active or passive. With these latest “culturally-oriented” challenges, I think opting for the use of TL is better left to the single person, according to their proficiency, time available, inclination, etc. After all, as I think I’ve already written somewhere in this thread, I’m inclined to think of the monthly challenge more as a stimulus to keep in touch with the language and with the team throughout the year rather than a demonstration of one’s progress. Not that I don’t value the latter, but it’s not the whole point for me. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| AlOlaf Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5146 days ago 491 posts - 617 votes Speaks: English*, GermanC2 Studies: Danish | Message 373 of 438 18 October 2014 at 6:13pm | IP Logged | ||
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I don’t hate the challenges, either. I’m afraid I just don’t have enough interest in art, poetry and architecture to want to write about them. That’s not something I’m proud of and it certainly doesn’t mean that others wouldn’t find these subjects interesting. Emme, I’m grateful that you care enough about the team to take the trouble to organize these challenges. If you didn’t do it, nobody would. Here’s my TL paragraph:
Jeg prøver stadigvæk at lære dansk, men jeg synes ikke, at jeg gør store fremskridt. Det er måske fordi, at jeg ikke gør mig så meget umage som før. Forberedelse til vores rejse til Danmark og Norge gav mig en stor motivation til at lære sproget, men rejsen er forbi, og nu er det svært at blive ved med at arbejde koncentreret mod dette mål. For nylig overvejer jeg at lære norsk. Da vi var i Norge, var jeg meget skuffet over mig selv, fordi jeg ikke kunne forstå nordmændene i Stavanger. Hvis jeg kunne snakke med folk der, ville jeg gerne rejse tilbage en dag. Men selv om jeg lærer Bokmål grundigt, betyder det ikke at jeg skal forstå folk i Stavanger. Jeg har fundet ud af, at dialekten i Stavanger kaldes Stavangersk. Der er en film på Stavangersk, som hedder "Mannen som elsket Yngve", og der findes også et par korte lydoptagelser af dialekten på nettet, men jeg kan ikke finde ellers andet, som jeg kan lytte til. Jeg spekulerer på, om man nogensinde kan lære at forstå en norsk dialekt uden at bo i området, hvor den tales. Edited by AlOlaf on 18 October 2014 at 6:28pm 2 persons have 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 374 of 438 18 October 2014 at 7:58pm | IP Logged | ||
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Yes, it was me :-) I still think it's important, especially for observers. Individual learners tend to focus on reading and writing but there's a lot of variation.
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| daegga Tetraglot Senior Member Austria lang-8.com/553301 Joined 4519 days ago 1076 posts - 1792 votes Speaks: German*, EnglishC2, Swedish, Norwegian Studies: Danish, French, Finnish, Icelandic | Message 375 of 438 22 October 2014 at 2:23pm | IP Logged | ||
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Nice: some older TV series are available now on NRK
http://www.nrk.no/emne/fra-arkivet-1.11477315 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Ogrim Heptaglot Senior Member France Joined 4637 days ago 991 posts - 1896 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, French, Romansh, German, Italian Studies: Russian, Catalan, Latin, Greek, Romanian | Message 376 of 438 22 October 2014 at 2:50pm | IP Logged | ||
Hei AlOlaf, min erfaring med folk som har lært norsk er at de vil forstå dialekter når de har nådd et avansert nivå i bokmål eller nynorsk, men en betingelse er at de jevnlig hører dialekter. Jeg tror ikke det er nødvendig å bo i området hvor dialekten tales, men det er nok en stor fordel å bo lenge i Norge eller omgås mennesker med forskjellige dialekter og høre mye på radio- og TV-sendinger hvor det snakkes dialekt. På NRK kan du f.eks. se distriktsnyheter, hvor du kan høre dialekter fra hver landsdel av Norge. Noen dialekter er også enklere å forstå enn andre. Jeg kommer fra Oslo og snakker stort sett standard bokmål, og selv jeg kan ha vanskeligheter med visse dialekter på Vestlandet. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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