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| polyglossia Senior Member FranceRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5397 days ago 205 posts - 255 votes  Speaks: French* | Message 25 of 61 05 February 2011 at 11:04am | IP Logged | |||||
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Thanks for the tip !!! Unfortunately, there seems to be no translations at all !!
A little bit hard to understand :)) At least, it's always some good audio material !! Edited by polyglossia on 05 February 2011 at 11:05am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| polyglossia Senior Member FranceRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5397 days ago 205 posts - 255 votes Speaks: French* | Message 26 of 61 09 February 2011 at 6:55pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Hi everyone !!
It's a long time since my last post ! Actually, I just happened to find a job as a french teacher in highschool.... and God knows it's a lot of work !!! All these kids... God!! So, since then, I couldnt find a single moment to post... though I'm trying to keep "alive" at least my Italian, German, Spanish and portuguese by watching at least 10 minutes a cartoon in each of this language (cf. first post). I must reckon my portuguese has really slow down, so did my romanian!!! Shame on me!! And I'm not talking about greek !!! Nothing since 10 days !! So, I put the radio on when I'm correcting the stuff of the kids ... At least, it's some good stuff in order to keep up with the "passive ability"... Now, I first thought about tackling CELI and WiDaF in July, but at that time I had no job... So, I really dont know if will be able to keep up with the target!! Let's see!!! ps :: thanks for correcting this post !!! I feel even my English has slow down ! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| polyglossia Senior Member FranceRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5397 days ago 205 posts - 255 votes Speaks: French* | Message 27 of 61 28 February 2011 at 5:49pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Today's work :
Nothing !! Well, dont worry! I blame me every day for my lazyness!!! I guess that being involved in a kind of "routine" work just doesnt fit me !!! But something else bothers me: I dont feel the need to add another language to my list (except arabic, of course:)) And this makes me think something is going wrong with me!! Whenever I study a language, I'm always disturbed by another one... (what if I delved a little bit into cornic languages, what about a little bit of xhosa, oh god! I wish I could speek nahuatl one of these days... and so on, and so on... I dont say it's the best way to keep up with a B2/C1 level in languages, but at least, motivation was there!!! But right now, I feel the motivation for something new "has disappeared in the haze" (or "vanished in the sky"?// "vanished in thin air"?-> which one is the best btw ?::)) So, right now, my ability in each of my languages is as follows : ENGLISH : - B2/C1? I know I should work on it !! well... at least, I read HTLAL everyday !! :) DEUTSCH: - the YouTube count I was watching some cartoons at has been shut... so... I ordered the whole set of DVD's... and here I go... a whole set of cartoons "auf Deutsch".. - comprehension is better than ever, as for speaking, well...I used to when I was a little kid... it takes some time to fresh it up! ITALIAN: - passive ability (oral comprehension) : 99,9% ... So I guess.. - active ability : W : some problems (lack of "active" vocabulary) : S: better than writing... SPANISH: - going back to it !!! It should be better by the end of March... BTW, watching "Zorro" audio latino on YouTube helped very much to "recover" from my "no-more existing Spanish" disease! ROMANIAN: - that's the problem !! Couldnt find any audio material that suits me.. BTW, I couldnt find any "dialog stuff" on internet.. Any clue, someone?? GREEK: - It's time to learn some basics... After 6 months of passive laziness! (I used to listen to sentences in French and Greek and repeat them until I know them by heart..) Now, I have a basic "audio knowledge"!! Time to use it !!! BTW I begin to understand what they are talking about on the radio though I dont understand the details! ARABIC: - I always wanted to, but I was afraid it would take me away from everything else!! I'm heading for a try!! (is this sentence correct?? not sure!!:) INDONESIAN: - I will definitely go for it !! The TYSLF method has been waited for me for too many months now!! CATALAN : - I do understand "provençal", and I can read catalan easily... I should be able to learn it! PORTUGUESE: - I read it... I do understand it...sometimes!!! I cant write a single word!! As for speaking, well, nothing!! I really do have a problem with the accent!! TURKISH: - Working on it !! with the "greek method" (see below) So, a lot of work during the coming months !! Edited by polyglossia on 28 February 2011 at 5:59pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| polyglossia Senior Member FranceRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5397 days ago 205 posts - 255 votes Speaks: French* | Message 28 of 61 05 March 2011 at 12:14am | IP Logged | |||||
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Still keeping up with "old" languages:
- watching YouTube cartoons in Spanish, portuguese, German, Italian and english - found a cartoon in romanian called "room 402" : since my level in romanian is still slow (nothing to compare with the brilliancy of ellasevia!) I really have hard times understanding what it's about there(well, it's about a classroom in a highschool but it's hard to follow!) - greek : still going on with my "sentences" (french/greek) and the radio Generally speaking, I used to listen to the radio a lot... Some links to radio broadcasts italian rai greek radio portuguese radio russian radio Edited by polyglossia on 05 March 2011 at 12:17am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| ReneeMona Diglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5328 days ago 864 posts - 1274 votes Speaks: Dutch*, EnglishC2 Studies: French | Message 29 of 61 05 March 2011 at 7:40am | IP Logged | |||||
Hi polyglossia, I found the paragraph you wrote in Dutch a while back and here are some corrections;
Did you say you got the sentences from an Assimil course? Because the use of "u" sounds a little weird, especially since the the letters opens with "lieve + first name" and also includes "je moeder". 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Tournesol Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 5354 days ago 119 posts - 132 votes Speaks: English*, FrenchC1 Studies: German | Message 30 of 61 05 March 2011 at 9:32am | IP Logged | |||||
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Hi Polyglossia.
Here are some corrections. Today's work : Nothing !! Well, don’t worry! I blame myself every day for my laziness. I guess that being involved in a kind of "routine" work just doesn’t suit me!!! But something else bothers me: I don’t feel the need to add another language to my list (except Arabic, of course:)) And this makes me think (that) something is wrong with me!! Whenever I study a language, I'm always disturbed by another one... what if I delved a little bit into Cornic languages, what about a little bit of Xhosa, oh God! I wish I could speak Nahuatl one day... and so on, and so on... I’m not saying it's the best way to keep up with a B2/C1 level in languages, but at least, the motivation is there!!! But right now, I feel the motivation for something new has vanished into thin air. So, right now, my ability in each of my languages is as follows: ENGLISH : - B2/C1? I know I should work on it !! well... at least, I read HTLAL everyday !! :) DEUTSCH: - the YouTube account on which I was watching some cartoons has been shut... so... I ordered the whole set of DVD's... and here I go... a whole set of cartoons "auf Deutsch".. - comprehension is better than ever, as for speaking, well...I used to when I was a little kid... it takes some time to freshen it up! ITALIAN: - passive ability (oral comprehension) : 99,9% ... So I estimate.. - active ability : W : some problems (lack of "active" vocabulary) : S: better than writing... SPANISH: - getting back to it !!! It should be better by the end of March... BTW, watching "Zorro" audio latino on YouTube helped me to "recover" from my "no-more existing Spanish" disease! ROMANIAN: - This is the problem !! Couldn’t find any audio material that suits me.. BTW, I couldn’t find any "dialog stuff" on internet.. Any clues, anyone?? GREEK: - It's time to learn some basics... After 6 months of passive laziness! (I used to listen to sentences in French and Greek and repeat them until I knew them by heart..) Now, I have a basic "audio knowledge"!! Time to use it !!! BTW I’m beginning to understand what they are talking about on the radio though I don’t understand the details! ARABIC: - I always wanted to, but I was afraid it would take me away from everything else!! I’m tempted to try it. INDONESIAN: - I will definitely go for it !! The TYSLF method has been on hold for too many months now!! CATALAN : - I do understand "provençal", and I can read Catalan easily... I should be able to learn it! PORTUGUESE: - I read it... I do understand it...sometimes!!! I can’t write a single word!! As for speaking, well, nothing!! I really do have a problem with the accent!! TURKISH: - Working on it !! with the "greek method" (see below) So, a lot of work during the coming months !! Edited by polyglossia on 28 February 2011 at 4:59pm Edited by Tournesol on 05 March 2011 at 9:34am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| mirab3lla Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom lang-8.com/220477Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5436 days ago 161 posts - 229 votes Speaks: Romanian*, EnglishC2, German Studies: Spanish, FrenchB1, Mandarin | Message 31 of 61 05 March 2011 at 1:07pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Hello polyglossia!
This is a link where you can find lots of cartoons dubbed in Romanian. If ”Copiii de la 402” speak too fast for you, try something for younger children such as ”Folclorul maghiar” (The Hungarian folklore) or ”Bob Constructorul” (Builder Bob). You can find both on the left side of the above-mentioned page, under ”Desene în română”. ”Room 402” is pretty funny, I remember it used to be my fav cartoon when I was a child, together with ”Viața cu Louie” (Life with Louie). I think I still remember all the episodes! Or you could listen to Radio România Actualități, which mostly broadcasts slow spoken news or audio documentaries: direct link to stream Would you prefer funny clips, series or movies in Romanian? So as to know what to recommend you :-) Good luck! Edited by mirab3lla on 05 March 2011 at 1:09pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| polyglossia Senior Member FranceRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5397 days ago 205 posts - 255 votes Speaks: French* | Message 32 of 61 05 March 2011 at 11:00pm | IP Logged | |||||
As a matter of fact, I found out the sentence and here you are: "Lieve Marjan, hoe gaat het met je? Sinds de brief over het ongeluk van je moeder heb ik geen nieuws meer van je." So, there is no "gehoord" !! :))) I do remember the sounds!! I just made a mistake withe the first part: "hoe gaat het met je" an not "hoe maakt u het"... So, you were right: there is no "u" in the text!! BTW this is an excerpt from "le néerlandais d'aujourd'hui en 90 leçons".... Since I do have some problems reading it with "the perfect accent", I memorized the texts by hearing them which explains why it takes me so long to master it and to finally being able to write in "nederlandse taal".... But it's worth it... we'll see!!! Thanks for passing by !! :)))))) 1 person has voted this message useful |
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