sctroyenne Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5389 days ago 739 posts - 1312 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Spanish, Irish
| Message 257 of 336 09 May 2014 at 11:00pm | IP Logged |
sctroyenne wrote:
In other news, the week long Irish immersion program was cancelled. I'm pretty
disappointed but now I'm seriously considering using my saved up PTO and money to go to
Guatemala for a couple weeks. I looked and October seems to be a good time for airfare.
I'll be deciding on that soon (if anyone has any input to offer that would be welcome).
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Hm, now also considering Nicaragua...
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James29 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5373 days ago 1265 posts - 2113 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French
| Message 258 of 336 10 May 2014 at 9:22pm | IP Logged |
Where are you thinking of going in Nicaragua? I think October would be a pretty wet time to go there. They get much more rain in that month than any other.
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sctroyenne Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5389 days ago 739 posts - 1312 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Spanish, Irish
| Message 259 of 336 12 May 2014 at 7:40am | IP Logged |
James29 wrote:
Where are you thinking of going in Nicaragua? I think October would be a pretty wet time to go there. They get much more rain in that month than any other. |
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Ah, that must be why airfare is cheaper. I saw October cited as the end of the rainy season but was hoping that would mean it's lighter. Are we talking downpours?
I'd be sticking to major tourist routes: Granada, Léon, Ometepe. In Guatemala I'd be going to Antigua, Lake Atitlan, and/or maybe Copán, Honduras. I keep hearing that Guatemala is fine along the major tourist routes yet others say it was the most dangerous place in the world that they've visited. So I'm still thinking that one over.
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sctroyenne Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5389 days ago 739 posts - 1312 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Spanish, Irish
| Message 260 of 336 13 May 2014 at 5:04pm | IP Logged |
So I'm finally making progress in GGS2. While driving home from the study group I let
the CD run past the first unit while stuck in traffic. I noticed that many little
"bits" get used quite a bit, such as Caithfidh méa rá (I'd have to say) and
réitím go maith leo (I get on well with him), and the verb aithne (to
know a person) is worked a lot. I went through the coneversations and took down all the
little "chunks" of essential bits which has helped a lot. I should be able to make
quick work of the 2nd unit next.
My approach seems to be working well. The ones "married" to the book and grammar seem
to have more trouble whereas for me, working a lot on the conversations and watching
Aifric makes what little bits I have flow easier.
Since the Irish immersion week is off, that's no longer a proficiency target for me.
But Benny (Irishpolyglot) will be swinging through on his book tour so I can make that
my target - try to have a half-decent conversation in Irish with him.
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irishpolyglot Nonaglot Senior Member Ireland fluentin3months Joined 5631 days ago 285 posts - 892 votes Speaks: Irish, English*, French, Esperanto, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Sign Language Studies: Mandarin
| Message 261 of 336 13 May 2014 at 8:36pm | IP Logged |
Looking forward to it ;)
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jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6907 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map
| Message 262 of 336 14 May 2014 at 1:01am | IP Logged |
<hijack alert>
I think I'll miss the formal book tour in Germany, but you'll participate in the Gathering, right, Benny? Tá mé ag súil go mór leis!
</hijack>
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sctroyenne Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5389 days ago 739 posts - 1312 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Spanish, Irish
| Message 263 of 336 14 May 2014 at 5:28pm | IP Logged |
jeff_lindqvist wrote:
<hijack alert>
I think I'll miss the formal book tour in Germany, but you'll participate in the
Gathering, right, Benny? Tá mé ag súil go mór leis!
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You may need to "summon" him - I doubt little 'ol me is important enough to follow on a
regular basis ;)
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sctroyenne Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5389 days ago 739 posts - 1312 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Spanish, Irish
| Message 264 of 336 15 May 2014 at 8:37pm | IP Logged |
I went ahead and bit the bullet and signed up for the Super Challenge. I've already been
reading and watching TV series so I might as well tally it. I'm pretty confident that I
can complete a full SC in French but I also signed up for Irish and Spanish as I ought to
be able to complete a half one in one or both of them. Even if I don't make it, if it
encourages me to make the choice to watch something in Irish/Spanish or pick up a book it
will serve its purpose.
Here's my participant page:
SC
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