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| Yishay Diglot Newbie United States Joined 5952 days ago 27 posts - 27 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish | Message 9 of 16 09 December 2008 at 6:31pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hey samosamnina, thanks for the insider's view.
Why did you learn Croatian? if you don't mind me asking. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| samosamnina Diglot Newbie United States sadaznam.deviantart.Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5827 days ago 11 posts - 11 votes Speaks: English*, Croatian Studies: Turkish | Message 10 of 16 09 December 2008 at 7:07pm | IP Logged | ||
Nah, with a random language like this, that kind of question's always one of the first ones :P And to answer...In short, I'm a tad obsessed with former Yugoslavia ;) Back in high school I did a project on E. Europe from 1989 - now, and I had like two Bosnian friends, so I did former Yugoslavia and became fascinated with the region. In July 05 I spent a month in Sarajevo and LOVED it, and came back to find that University of Washington's Slavic Dept. hired a lecturer to teach Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian full time, so I took two years under him... that went towards my major (E. European Lang/Lit/Cult), but it's a beautiful language that I am completely in love with now, so, it was time well invested :) So now I hang around a lot of Yugos, there's a lot of Bosnians here, plus we have a good amount of Croatians if you know where to find 'em... it's fun. Some of my friends studying the language now have Croatian connections and have been back there, so I know the cool stuff you'll be seeing if Croatia works out! :D Do keep me updated. Puno pozdrava od mene (many greetings from me) ~ Nina 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Yishay Diglot Newbie United States Joined 5952 days ago 27 posts - 27 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish | Message 11 of 16 09 December 2008 at 7:29pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks, I'll let you know how things go.
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| Eduard Decaglot Senior Member Norway Joined 6023 days ago 166 posts - 170 votes  2 sounds Speaks: Dutch*, NorwegianC1, Swedish, Danish, English, German, ItalianB1, Spanish, Serbo-Croatian, French Studies: Portuguese | Message 12 of 16 13 December 2008 at 5:53pm | IP Logged | ||
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I also think BCS may be easier to grasp than Russian, seen from a Anglosaxon language point of view. However it still isn't easy. I just finished a semester's course at the Uni of Oslo, with the Teach Yourself Croatian book as course material. Well, I do understand a lot more than I used to, but still too little to be able to read newspaper articles well enough to my pleasing. If I were you, I'd get started quickly and maintain a high pace of learning, if it is your goal to be able to communicate fairly enough with people in Croatia.
I don't intend to put you off, you'll learn that even the exceptions in the language can be ruled :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Yishay Diglot Newbie United States Joined 5952 days ago 27 posts - 27 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish | Message 13 of 16 14 December 2008 at 3:08pm | IP Logged | ||
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Don't worry Eduard, I don't think anything could put me off of going on this exchange. And I was told that starting to learn before you leave helps the immersion process a lot more.
The only problem is that I don't find out what country I am going to until January. The odds are just in favor of Croatia, so I shouldn't really start just yet. : l 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Eduard Decaglot Senior Member Norway Joined 6023 days ago 166 posts - 170 votes 2 sounds Speaks: Dutch*, NorwegianC1, Swedish, Danish, English, German, ItalianB1, Spanish, Serbo-Croatian, French Studies: Portuguese | Message 14 of 16 14 December 2008 at 4:02pm | IP Logged | ||
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Well, if you will be going to Croatia in summer, you'll still have half a year for starting to learn the language, which is fair enough to get started properly. In case of using Teach Yourself Croatian (just mentioning it since it's the only course I have experience with), you could do that in let's say 3-4 months and then you could try more advanced stuff. Listen to podcasts as often as you can, even when doing the dishes or eating breakfast. Here is a link with Croatian podcasts from the state Croatian radio: http://rnz.hrt.hr
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| Yishay Diglot Newbie United States Joined 5952 days ago 27 posts - 27 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish | Message 15 of 16 15 December 2008 at 2:38pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks a ton for the resources.
I'll be sure to check out those podcasts! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Yishay Diglot Newbie United States Joined 5952 days ago 27 posts - 27 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish | Message 16 of 16 01 January 2009 at 9:42pm | IP Logged | ||
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Well, thanks a ton for all of your help, people.
As luck would have it, I just got accepted into Spain (which was my first choice) so I won't be learning Croatian This year. Thanks a bunch though, really 1 person has voted this message useful |
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