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jdmoncada
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 Message 41 of 131
04 January 2012 at 7:14am | IP Logged 
I'm really excited to see so many others who appear to be doing French for at least one of the challenges. I am doing that one for February, and I hope we can support each others' learning.
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birthdaysuit
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 Message 42 of 131
04 January 2012 at 3:34pm | IP Logged 
I missed the November one, so I'm pretty excited about getting here in time for the 2012
ones. I'll probably move my Swedish from passive to active for February, then finally
begin Russian in May. I haven't really decided any further past that, so I'll cross that
bridge when I come to it. Though I know French is after Russian, it's anyone's guess when
I'll be ready for it.
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Jeffers
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 Message 43 of 131
04 January 2012 at 5:13pm | IP Logged 
Aquiana wrote:
I was hoping to try out German, but I'm not sure how I'll be able to manage any more declensions. Declining and conjugating are definitely my weak points.


However, as an English speaker, you will have an easier time with German than you have had with Mandarin and Russian.
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lmo
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 Message 44 of 131
04 January 2012 at 6:09pm | IP Logged 
Erlier I thought of starting Spanish in May. But my French is coming up pretty well. So it may be sooner than later. I must admit I am working very hard on my French with Pimssleur.

Edited by lmo on 04 January 2012 at 6:10pm

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Ellsworth
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 Message 45 of 131
04 January 2012 at 10:40pm | IP Logged 
Aquiana wrote:
I was hoping to try out German, but I'm not sure how I'll be able to
manage any more declensions. Declining and conjugating are definitely my weak points.

If you can understand how Russian works, German should be extremely easy for you. The declensions in German are extremely simple and quite regular. IMO vocabulary is the
hardest part about German so you should be fine!
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 Message 46 of 131
04 January 2012 at 11:02pm | IP Logged 
I don't find using them spontaneously easy at all:( Like, without thinking "aha, this word is masculine, so the accusative is den..."
IDK, I totally consider the Finnish cases far more logical and easier<33333
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 Message 47 of 131
05 January 2012 at 11:17pm | IP Logged 
I could probably go in either in August or November. I'll be ready for a diversion by then :-)

Plus, I have an Afrikaans book that's been sitting neglected on my shelf since 2006. I could aim to get through it in the 6 weeks.

R.
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Chung
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 Message 48 of 131
11 March 2012 at 7:47am | IP Logged 
Serpent wrote:
Is anyone else crazy/sensible enough to be planning what to do for the 6 week challenges already? They will take place in February, May, August and November.


It's probable that I'll put short but focused study of Latvian and/or Ukrainian in the spring. However I'm unsure about making these part of a challenge since I sense that this is meant to focus one's motivation when lacking other reasons. Besides anything that I do with those languages would still be subordinate to my work in Finnish.

I'm still toying with diverting to Livonian, Mari or Turkish (or hell even Azeri or Uzbek thanks to the resources that I've gathered so far) in the fall but that's just talk right now.


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