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| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6595 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes  4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 497 of 656 09 August 2012 at 6:00pm | IP Logged | ||
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A classic half challenge - 50 movies, 50 books.
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| Anya Pentaglot Senior Member France Joined 5791 days ago 636 posts - 708 votes Speaks: Russian*, FrenchC1, English, Italian, Spanish Studies: German, Japanese, Hungarian, Sanskrit, Portuguese, Turkish, Mandarin Studies: Ancient Greek, Hindi | Message 498 of 656 09 August 2012 at 8:41pm | IP Logged | ||
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Update: German 8%
Read 3.9/100 books "Grammar" "German for 30 days" "Methode90:Units 12-20" "Ines meines Herzens" "Die schonheit des augenblicks"(exibition book) Watched 18.4/100 films TV: News "Galileo" "Literature im foyer" "Spiegelshow" +other tv watching Films: "Che" "Empire" "Ryans Tochter" "Karate kid" "Willkomen bei den Sch'tis" "Die Bruder Karamasow " "Vorleser" Serials "Csi" "Bigbentheory" "Dokumentationsreihe: der Inn" 1.6/100 pieces of writing "German for 30 days": copying, exercises 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4887 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 499 of 656 09 August 2012 at 9:51pm | IP Logged | ||
of street-talk in the movie. I can't follow crime movies or indie dramas at all, but comedies seem to be a lot easier. I can 'hear' the French even though I'm reading the English - it's almost like using Assimil. But it's been frustrating finding French movies with French subtitles; most only have English. I've only found a few so far, and would love to hear what others have found. French movies with French subtitles: Camille Claudel (Bruno Nuytten, 1988) - I just started this. Camille was a student of Rodin's. So far I really enjoy it. La cage aux folles (Edouard Molinaro, 1978) - Drag queens in the south of France. The leads actors are great; the supporting actors are dull. La grande séduction (Jean-François Pouliot, 2003) - Cute indie comedy from Quebec. Comedies with easier-to-follow French: Le dîner de cons (Francis Veber, 1998) 8 femmes (François Ozon, 2002) - A surreal candy-colored murder-mystery musical. I loved it, but not everyone will. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| wv girl Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5237 days ago 174 posts - 330 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Spanish | Message 500 of 656 10 August 2012 at 3:21pm | IP Logged | ||
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I share listening comprehension frustrations with many of you. While I can understand many podcasts &
intermediate level Veinte Mundos presentations pretty easily, some dialogues in movies kill me. I watched "Y tu mama tambien" this week ... the language the boys used, lots of cursing, mostly passed over my head. When the narrator spoke, I understood so much better. This movie has been available for several years, but I never rented it. I was pretty put off by what seemed to be its premise, mainly that of an older woman initiating teenage boys sexually. It seemed to have gotten good reviews, but I wasn't convinced. Well, having watched it, I'm still not convinced! I even stopped watching to look up exactly what good things critics had to say about the film before finishing it. Still think it's based more on male fantasy, even if it does reflect on differences between the rich and poor of Mexico. Haven't gotten much reading done ... mostly stuff in People en Espanol, which I don't officially count! So my update is: Peliculas: 6/50 5. Y tu mama tambien 6. Veinte Mundos & podcasts from Notes in Spanish (94 min) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6595 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 501 of 656 10 August 2012 at 5:54pm | IP Logged | ||
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Is anyone else informally doing a 100+50 challenge? I've already reached 40 Polish "movies" and I still have a great Sapkowski audiobook and some other resources I'd love to use. However, I'm definitely not going to read more than 50 books.
@surrealix would it be possible to keep track of what I continue to listen without it counting? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Kerrie Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Kerrie2 Joined 5393 days ago 1232 posts - 1740 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 502 of 656 11 August 2012 at 12:24am | IP Logged | ||
I was watching Disney's Peter Pan last night (in Italian), and had the same problem. Not swear words as much as pirate talk. I was really glad I had subtitles, or I would have been completely lost for most of the movie! Now I have to watch something else to boost my poor, battered self-esteem. :-) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6595 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 503 of 656 11 August 2012 at 1:36am | IP Logged | ||
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We can watch HP together tomorrow:) <3
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| Anya Pentaglot Senior Member France Joined 5791 days ago 636 posts - 708 votes Speaks: Russian*, FrenchC1, English, Italian, Spanish Studies: German, Japanese, Hungarian, Sanskrit, Portuguese, Turkish, Mandarin Studies: Ancient Greek, Hindi | Message 504 of 656 12 August 2012 at 12:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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Update:Japanese 6%
Read 1.6/50 books " grammar " "The sputnik sweet heart " Watched 4/50 films films: "Idiot " "Kozure okami" "Yukinojo henge" others: "Assimil:units 1-34" 1 person has voted this message useful |
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