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Josquin’s Language Symphony (RU, IR, 東亜) | ||
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| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5334 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 345 of 646 15 March 2013 at 1:04pm | IP Logged | ||
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Great work, Josquin! And thank you for trying to keep the flock inspired and motivated. Congratulations on your 1000 post, and posts with good content too! I will be reading your log again to get inspiration from it.
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| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4844 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 346 of 646 15 March 2013 at 11:14pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks for dropping by, Cristina. Good to see you back! I'll post a new update of my learning activities tomorrow, although there won't be much to report. I have been busy with other things.
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| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5556 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 347 of 646 16 March 2013 at 2:54am | IP Logged | ||
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Russian salad for starters, followed by Scottish Gaelic stew and Japanese umeboshi for afters...not to mention all those other linguistic nibbles in-between meals...you get a big thumbs up from me! :) I hope you continue to make lots of progress, particularly with your core languages in the TAC, and here's that inspiring clip of Prof. Arguelles' linguistic daily workout once again to keep us both going over the next month. Edited by Teango on 16 March 2013 at 2:56am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4844 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 348 of 646 16 March 2013 at 7:53pm | IP Logged | ||
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SATURDAY, 16 MARCH 2013
Thanks, Teango, for dropping by! Yes, my linguistic smörgåsbord has become quite polyglot over the last few months, but thank God I don't have to submit myself to such a rigorous discipline as the Professor yet. In fact, I have been quite lazy for the last few days, because I have been busy with other activities. Fortunately, I managed to dedicate myself entirely to studying languages today. Русский I read the text about Novgorod in my Russian reader and I will enter the new words into Anki. I managed to do my daily vocabulary reviews, so this is going quite well. Additionally, I'm still working on podcasts from Radio Эхо Москвы. There is an interesting programme, called Lingua Franca, which examines the status of the Russian language in the post-Soviet states. So far, I have downloaded the episodes about Kazakhstan and Ukraine. Moreover, I've been listening to less advanced stuff from russianpodcast.eu, which is very good for getting more conversational vocabulary, and I've become interested in the Soviet novelist Mikhail Sholokhov, especially his novel Тихий Дон ("And Quiet Flows the Don"), which I found on the Internet. I tried to read the first chapter, but there were sentences where I had to look up every single word. I will nevertheless keep working on it it with the help of an English translation, but I'm far from reading it fluently. Unfortunately, the German edition is out of print, otherwise I would already have bought it, but maybe I can find a good second-hand copy. Gàidhlig I started working on unit 12 in Lehrbuch der schottisch-gälischen Sprache. It's all about numbers, counting up to 20, and telling the time. It also mentions the dual, which seems to have survived in Gaelic. So far, I have read the dialogue and listened to the recordings, but that's it. Furthermore, I have found the interesting podcast Litir Bheag from BBC Radio nan Gàidheal, which I will start listening to when my Gaelic is more advanced. Íslenska I have read chapter 6 of Hrafnkels Saga. The Nordic sagas are real masterpieces in depicting the tragic downfalls of their anti-heroes. All is about honour, pride, and vengeance and no deed remains unpunished. I really like it although I ought to work more intensively on it. At the moment, I'm just going for the gist ignoring the odd unknown words that come up now and then. Maybe, I'll go for a second, more thorough round when I have read the whole saga once and know the story. 日本語 I'm still busy with unit 1 in Colloquial Japanese. I have done all the exercises and I somehow managed not to forget the kanji and kana that I've learned so far. Nevertheless, studying Japanese requires very much time and I wonder if it is really suited for dabbling. The foreign writing system as well as the non-Indo-European vocabulary and grammar take their toll and I don't know if I really want to invest that much time and effort in it. Well, we'll see how things work out. Edited by Josquin on 16 March 2013 at 8:48pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5056 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian* | Message 349 of 646 16 March 2013 at 8:06pm | IP Logged | ||
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When I read Тихий Дон, I found many new words, most of them I could guess at least
approximately, but the meaning of some of them I couldn't guess. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4844 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 350 of 646 17 March 2013 at 7:22pm | IP Logged | ||
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SUNDAY, 17 MARCH 2013
I have been studying languages all day. I reread my text about Novgorod and entered the new words into Anki, then I listened to Russian Podcast. I started on unit 2 in Colloquial Japanese and repeated unit 12 in Lehrbuch der schottisch-gälischen Sprache. Finally, I finished reading Hrafnkels Saga. Now, the day is over and after having eaten I will watch Mad Men in English. Русский Сегодня я много занимался языками. На русском языке я ещё раз прочитал текст о Новгороде и потом ввёл новые слова в Анки. Их было очень много, поэтому мне нужно будет ими долго заниматься, чтобы их выучить. Я также послушал подкаст о русской семье на сайте russianpodcast.eu, но ничего не читал из "Тихого Дона" Шолохова. Мне кажется, это слышком рано, чтобы читать русскую литературу, особенно эту книгу, которую читать даже русскам трудно, если верить Марку. Gàidhlig Bha mi ag ionnsachadh Gàidhlig an-diugh. Bha mi a' leughadh an t-aonad a dhà dheug. Bha mi a' leughadh an còmhradh agus ag èisteachd ris a' mheanbh-chlàr. Tha mi ag innse na h-uarach a-nise. Íslenska Ég er búinn að lesa Hrafnkels sögu. Það var mjög spennandi saga og mér líkaði hún vel. Ég veit ennþá ekki ef ég mun lesa hana aftur til að skilja hana betur og að læra meira orð. Eða kannski mun ég bara lesa aðra sögu úr bókinni. 日本語 As I already said, I have also started on unit 2 in Colloquial Japanese. This unit will primarily deal with introducing oneself and telling where you are from. There are 15 new hiragana to learn and 5 more kanji: 日 国 人 語 英. I have already started to practise writing them. There are some more katakana as well, but I will learn them later. I'll try to write something in Japanese now: こんにちは。 私はクリスチアンです。 ド イツ人です。 今、日本語を習っています。 さよなら。 Konnichi wa. Watashi wa Kurisutian desu. Doitsujin desu. Ima, Nihongo o naratte imasu. Sayonara. Hello. I'm Christian. I'm German. Now, I'm learning Japanese. Goodbye. EDIT: It seems the forum software is having some problems with Japanese text... Edited by Josquin on 17 March 2013 at 8:24pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5056 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian* | Message 351 of 646 17 March 2013 at 8:38pm | IP Logged | ||
Мне кажется, что мне ещё слишком рано читать русскую литературу, особенно эту книгу, которую, если верить Марку, даже русским читать трудно. Русская классика вся трудная, надо, может, с детективов современных начинать. Хотя я не знаю. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4844 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 352 of 646 17 March 2013 at 10:36pm | IP Logged | ||
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Спасибо, это предложение беспокоило меня. Кстати, я слышал, что Агата Кристи читается легче, чем другая литература. Может быть, я когда-нибудь попробую её читать на русском языке. Сейчас мне хватает моих русско-немецких текстов. У меня три книги с ними.
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