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| maydayayday Pentaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5217 days ago 564 posts - 839 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Italian, SpanishB2, FrenchB2 Studies: Arabic (Egyptian), Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Polish, Persian, Vietnamese Studies: Urdu | Message 129 of 141 05 November 2012 at 5:09pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm just back from a business trip to Spain (should have been 4 days - turned into 4 weeks) 90% of the conversation was in Spanish. I didnt keep a detailed log of what or how long I used Spanish but ... I do know there was a Japanese conversation at one point....
How should I count 27days of immersion? I guess at 27 hours each of watching, conversation, reading. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| 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 130 of 141 26 November 2012 at 11:09pm | IP Logged | ||
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Update: French 12%
Read 12,1/200 books "L'epervier de maheu" "Du greco a dali" "Dolly city" "Guide vert" "Guide:petit futé " Amelie Nothombe:" Barbe blue" "Le cimetiere de Prague" "Solitude de la pitie" Thesis Watched42,7/200 films Tv : "euronews" "Voyage" "Humor show" Opera spectacles: "Massenet:Werther" "Berlioz: Les Troyens" "Dinorah" "Carmen" Serials: "Lignes de vie " "Inquisitio:1-8" "Secrets d'histoir" "Grey's anatomy" Films "Chez maupassant:Yvette, Boule de Ssuif " "Fantomas" "Crocodile Dandee" "lLegally blonde" "Auberge rouge" Radio 15.3/200 pieces of writing | 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| 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 131 of 141 13 December 2012 at 11:17pm | IP Logged | ||
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Update:English 9%
Read 9.3/200 books Scientific jouгrnals Fiction: "The book thief" Poe"Tales" "Orlando" " Through the looking glass" Exibition book: "The beauty of the moment" Guide: "Barcelona guide" Watched 23,4/200 films Films: "Pride and prejudice" "Dune" "Grey's anatomy" "Europa" "The house of dr edwards" "Mio in the land of faraway" "Shawshank redemption" TV : "BBC world news" Audiobook: "Fahrenheit451" "Through the looking glas" "Tess d'Ubervilles" "AssimilHumor" 23,4/200 pieces of writing comments mails manuscript project 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Sterogyl Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4365 days ago 152 posts - 263 votes Studies: German*, French, EnglishC2 Studies: Japanese, Norwegian | Message 132 of 141 14 December 2012 at 8:56pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hello, I have a question: can I still participate?
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| Tamise Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom jllrr.wordpress.com/ Joined 5241 days ago 115 posts - 161 votes Speaks: English*, German, Dutch Studies: French, Japanese, Spanish | Message 133 of 141 15 December 2012 at 8:15am | IP Logged | ||
Yes! There was some talk earlier [somewhere in the Super Challenge thread] of reducing the amount required for people who sign up late based on how much time was left, but I'm not sure if anything was actually decided. Seems like a good idea to me, but I guess you can just sign up and see how it goes. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Sterogyl Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4365 days ago 152 posts - 263 votes Studies: German*, French, EnglishC2 Studies: Japanese, Norwegian | Message 134 of 141 16 December 2012 at 11:39am | IP Logged | ||
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Okay, good to know! As I would like to take the challenge for two languages (French and English), will the amount be reduced to 100 books/films for each language?
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| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5332 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 135 of 141 29 December 2012 at 9:52am | IP Logged | ||
Not exactly :-) What I had in mind was that those who started late could do the percentage corresponding to when they started the challenge. The total challenge is for 20 months. If you start after 5 months, you just do 75% of what the others have to do, and if you start half way through ((March 1st 2013) you only do half. I do not know if the bot could follow that though, so you might have to look at the numbers for a regular amount, and then just know for yourself when you are through. I must apologize for my long absence by the way, but I am back now! I wondered whether I should start a new thread for 2013 and merge this thread with the regular Super Challenge thread? What do you think? Edited by Solfrid Cristin on 29 December 2012 at 10:39am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5332 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 136 of 141 29 December 2012 at 11:59am | IP Logged | ||
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UPDATE FRENCH
FILMS 1- 12 Beverly Hills 90210 - Season one (Ep 1-24) (May 5th-15th) 13-23 Beverly Hills 90210 - Season two (Ep. 1-22) (May 16-th to 23rd) 24-28 Castle - Season one (ep 1-10)(May 20th-31st) 29-40 Castle - Season two (ep.1-24) (June 1st to 8th) 41-44 NCIS season 1 ep. 1-8 (July) BOOKS 1 - 2.5 Agatha Christie "Temoin indesirable" (250 pages) 2.5 - 3.7 Agatha Christie:"Miss Marple au club du mardi (120 pages)" 3.7 - 4.2 Saint Exepery: "Le Petit Prince" (50 pages - or actually 70, but there were some drawings) 4.2-7.9 "Lonely Planet: Transsiberien - Russie - Mongolie - Chine (270 pages so far) 7.9- 9.5 "Gustave Flaubert: Mme. Bovary" (160 pages so far) 9.5-9.6 "Guides VOR: St. Petersbourg" (10 pages so far) NEW ITEMS How I met your mother - 16 episodes = 8 films Hawaii 5-0 6 episodes = 3 films How I met your mother was actually bought in order to watch it in Spanish with my daughters, because although I bought it in France, I saw that it could be set to Spanish as well. Unfortunately that only lasted for the first season, but then we have watched it in French afterwards, which comes in handy for the Super Challenge. It is a nice series, which I cannot help watching if one of my daughters put it on, but I do not actively seek it out. The fact that my youngest daughter has fallen in love with it and has seen three seasons since Christmas Eve, and I only get to see it now and then might explain my lack of interest. I need to get into the story to get hooked. Hawaii 5-0 I actually started to see in German with my oldest daughter, but when my youngest took over she insisted of French which is fine too. I liked it well enough to try to get the second season when I was in Paris, but they only had it in English, so I wanted to wait. Alex Mc'Loughlin, the male lead, has been one of my favorites since I saw him in Moonlight. Does it make me shallow? Probably, but it does wonders for my French :-) Books Abdelghani Merah:"Mon frère ce terroriste" 240 pages Unlike some of you who go for the cultural experience, and pick out good films and serious literature in your TL, I generally go for the easy catch, action series, crime stories, vampire literature - whatever catches my fancy. On my last visit to France I did however pick up a book which turned out to be a page turner of the unusual kind, and which stayed with me for a long time. The book was written by the brother of the Arab man who killed 7 people, among others 3 Jewish children who were brutally executed in Toulouse in the Spring. The book was almost chilling, in the way it described a family so dysfunctional that it is hard to even imagine. The thing that struck me the most was that if you stripped the story of its religious and ethnic elements, it was almost identical to the story about an American killer whose brother also wrote a book about their family life, which I read last year. Brutal beatings of children and wife, no love or affection, a life where the children were encouraged to become criminals from an early age. If anyone wants a recipe for how to make a killer, they have got it. If you can get hold of it, read it. It is worth it. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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