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| LanguageSponge Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5769 days ago 1197 posts - 1487 votes  Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Welsh, Russian, Japanese, Slovenian, Greek, Italian | Message 145 of 177 10 May 2011 at 2:32pm | IP Logged |
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Am currently reading through Astérix et Obélix in French. I'm not finding any of the stories at all difficult but am learning the odd word or two. I've never read the very first one, Astérix le Gaulois, and so I ordered it from France a few days ago. Fingers crossed it should be on my doorstep today when I come home from uni. For me, French is just about having fun for the moment. In Russian I am reading записки охотника - Sketches from a Hunter's Album, by Turgenev.
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 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5850 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 146 of 177 10 May 2011 at 8:13pm | IP Logged |
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In the cheap book sale of our mediothek I bought an astronomy book which was published in the German translation in 2000.
The English title is: "The whole Shebang A state-of-the-Universe(s) report" The German title is: "Chaos und Notwendigkeit Report zur Lage des Universums" This book deals with all important cosmological theories which were already developed in 1997 / 2000. The author of the book is Timothy Ferris. Fasulye Edited by Fasulye on 10 May 2011 at 8:14pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| iguanamon Pentaglot Senior Member Virgin Islands Speaks: Ladino Joined 5265 days ago 2241 posts - 6731 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Creole (French) | Message 148 of 177 13 May 2011 at 10:23pm | IP Logged |
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Just finished Mia Couto's A varanda do frangipani. Wow, what a great author! I thoroughly enjoyed reading my first complete book in Portuguese, and I look forward to reading many more!
Now, I am reading a short book in Spanish, Asesinato en el laboratorio de idiomas by Alma Pérez, before returning to Mia Couto in Portuguese. I thought that it would help me to keep the languages separate in my mind by alternating reading in Portuguese with reading in Spanish. The title was quite apropos for those of us who are interested in languages and like to read fiction- Murder in the Language Lab. Asesinato en el laboratorio de idiomas is available free from the publisher along with many other short stories and novelas in Spanish, Catalan, and English. You can download the books freely from the publisher in epub or lit format. I then convert them with Calibre to mobi for my kindle et voilà- free ebooks! Badosa.com ebooks. Edit: I have finished the short story/novela, a bit of fluff but it helps me to read in Spanish to keep the languages separate. I am now reading Terra sonâmbula by Mia Couto in Portuguese. The book is a reflection on the civil war in Mozambique. I have just learned a really cool word in Mozambican Portuguese- "naparama" which is akin to a Mozambican ninja! Edited by iguanamon on 20 May 2011 at 1:42pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
 newyorkeric Diglot Moderator Singapore Joined 6382 days ago 1598 posts - 2174 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Mandarin, Malay Personal Language Map | Message 149 of 177 20 May 2011 at 9:03am | IP Logged |
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I've read recently:
My Life in France (Julia Child's memoir) I Am Legend The Hobbit assorted Harry Potters The Constant Gardener The Time Traveler's Wife Trainspotting and the sequel Porno A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Edited by newyorkeric on 30 May 2011 at 2:32am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Lightning Groupie United Kingdom livelanguagelove.bloRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5341 days ago 58 posts - 70 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese | Message 150 of 177 30 May 2011 at 12:07am | IP Logged |
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I'm currently reading おくりびと (okuribito) in Japanese. The amount of unknown vocabulary related to funeral ceremonies is staggering, but it's really interesting and is excellent for my study. I'm learning a lot about traditions in Japanese culture related to the touchy subject of death and funerals. Sounds like a depressing topic but it's quite interesting! :-)
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| Mrs. Dalloway Triglot Groupie Italy Joined 4972 days ago 70 posts - 95 votes Speaks: Italian*, EnglishC2, Russian Studies: GermanA2, French, Danish | Message 151 of 177 14 June 2011 at 11:25am | IP Logged |
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L'étranger, Albert Camus. A great book for those who, as myself, can understand French and his structures quite well, but don't have a vast vocabulary yet.
Reading Animal Farm, George Orwell. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5696 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 152 of 177 14 June 2011 at 10:21pm | IP Logged |
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I just finished a fantastic German mystery novel called "Erst eins, dann zwei" by Erika Kroell. It was a real page-turner – I couldn't put it down, and ending up finishing it in four days (which, I just calculated, is 73 pages a day – that's got to be a personal record!). I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys "Krimis". Edited by Jinx on 14 June 2011 at 10:24pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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