Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5164 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian
| Message 393 of 758 01 September 2012 at 3:25am | IP Logged |
I've sent you a private message, shawns. I think the book will be very useful for reading it in parallel with the English text.
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zecchino1991 Senior Member United States facebook.com/amyybur Joined 5256 days ago 778 posts - 885 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Modern Hebrew, Russian, Arabic (Written), Romanian, Icelandic, Georgian
| Message 394 of 758 01 September 2012 at 4:56am | IP Logged |
Expugnator wrote:
Just read and listened to one nice dialogue at Nikolaishvili's. A
couple of friends goes to the theater, the guy proposes to her, but she says they should
wait until summer. Lots of vivid vocabulary. I could understand quite a bit and didn't
get bothered even though it was 3-page long. There were only a couple of words I had to
translate. Now I'm at the final part of this book. It's so great to study Georgian!
zecchino, I think you should really study from this book, you know Russian so you'll have
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I know Georgian better than Russian. o.O
But I think it would be useful anyway. I really should get more Georgian books! And plus
I'll get to practice my Russian too! :)
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Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5164 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian
| Message 395 of 758 01 September 2012 at 7:57pm | IP Logged |
Do you have the book? =D Send me a private message if you need help.
I just had a look at lib.ge, and it has always striked me how short the stories are, while I was expecting to find books. Anyway, the fact they're short is not that bad.
I'd like to have world classics/contemporary books translated into Georgian as a start, I find those easier to deal with. If you guys know where to find them, please tell me, I'd really appreciate that!
EDIT: This blog might be of use:
http://linguistuss.com/
I foresee the day when we'll be asking our questions about Georgian over there in Georgian =D
Edited by Expugnator on 01 September 2012 at 7:59pm
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onkel_xiaoma Diglot Newbie Germany Joined 4482 days ago 38 posts - 44 votes Speaks: German*, Mandarin Studies: Tatar, Turkish
| Message 396 of 758 02 September 2012 at 12:13pm | IP Logged |
Hello Expugnator,
I stumbled upon a nice song on Youtube, I think it's in Laz and not in Georgian though..
Are You able to understand some of the lyrics? How big is the difference between Georgian proper and Laz / Mingrelian / Svan?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdDDnyjubko
Edited by onkel_xiaoma on 02 September 2012 at 12:24pm
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zecchino1991 Senior Member United States facebook.com/amyybur Joined 5256 days ago 778 posts - 885 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Modern Hebrew, Russian, Arabic (Written), Romanian, Icelandic, Georgian
| Message 397 of 758 02 September 2012 at 5:55pm | IP Logged |
Nice song! I think the difference is very big, I've tried to read a wikipedia article in
Mingrelian and I couldn't understand anything.
Although in the song I understood "ბიჭი". :D
Edited by zecchino1991 on 02 September 2012 at 5:57pm
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onkel_xiaoma Diglot Newbie Germany Joined 4482 days ago 38 posts - 44 votes Speaks: German*, Mandarin Studies: Tatar, Turkish
| Message 398 of 758 02 September 2012 at 7:33pm | IP Logged |
Thanks :)
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zecchino1991 Senior Member United States facebook.com/amyybur Joined 5256 days ago 778 posts - 885 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Modern Hebrew, Russian, Arabic (Written), Romanian, Icelandic, Georgian
| Message 399 of 758 02 September 2012 at 8:02pm | IP Logged |
onkel_xiaoma wrote:
I always wanted to buy it, but learning caucasian languages without audio is impossible
for me (Maybe even with the audio in the case of Abkhaz).
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I was just wondering, does anyone know where one can listen to things in Abkhaz? I
really
want to hear what it sounds like. I tried to find news reports in Abkhaz and things
like
that but I'm not finding anything. I think I might just not be searching for it
correctly. Does anyone know where I can find any programs in this language (e.g. news,
TV, radio, etc)?
Edit: I found a commercial in Abkhaz!
But I still want something longer, you know? Like a news report or show or
podcast...
Edited by zecchino1991 on 02 September 2012 at 8:07pm
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onkel_xiaoma Diglot Newbie Germany Joined 4482 days ago 38 posts - 44 votes Speaks: German*, Mandarin Studies: Tatar, Turkish
| Message 400 of 758 02 September 2012 at 8:12pm | IP Logged |
Found only a few videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGNvvuv1Y_8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5FH4BYW4vs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcjCBDnrtWw
Edited by onkel_xiaoma on 02 September 2012 at 8:15pm
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