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| prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4859 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes  Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish | Message 465 of 646 23 July 2013 at 10:20pm | IP Logged |
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I think you need a nice Icelandic native speaker :) Try interpals. Even if you don't learn, you'll be able to find a sympathetic person ;)
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| Evita Tetraglot Senior Member Latvia learnlatvian.info Joined 6552 days ago 734 posts - 1036 votes Speaks: Latvian*, English, German, Russian Studies: Korean, Finnish | Message 466 of 646 24 July 2013 at 9:35am | IP Logged |
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Congrats on your scholarship! It must be great indeed to spend time doing what you love and get paid for it as well. Hopefully you will also have some time for languages, like you say. And if your wanderlust takes you to Korean I'll be very interested in reading your thoughts about it.
And if I may make a small comment on your English, I've noticed that you tend to use the word "moreover" a lot. I'm not sure whether it's grammatically correct or not but it feels old-fashioned or something like that. I would instead say "also", "as well", "in addition to that" or something else similar. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5166 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 467 of 646 24 July 2013 at 5:44pm | IP Logged |
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I have a German friend who lives in Iceland, I meet him often in IRC. If you want, I can put you guys in contact.
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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 468 of 646 25 July 2013 at 8:47pm | IP Logged |
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Sorry, I don't have any interest in Icelandic right now and I rather use my languages for input than for output.
Thanks for your kind words, Evita. You're right about "moreover" being a rather formal word, but I tend to use quite formal language even in my native German. If you will, I enjoy being formal and using literary registers. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4859 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish | Message 469 of 646 25 July 2013 at 9:58pm | IP Logged |
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It's strange, but it's kinda sad to read that you're not interested in Icelandic anymore. You spend enormous amount of time with this language and so on...
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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 470 of 646 25 July 2013 at 10:34pm | IP Logged |
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Fluency was never my goal in Icelandic. My main goal is being able to understand a foreign language. Actually speaking it is not that important to me. So, I got out of Icelandic what I wanted and now I'm moving on.
By the way, I wouldn't call completing Collqouial Icelandic, watching Viltu læra íslensku?, and reading some sagas "an enormous amount of time". 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4859 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish | Message 471 of 646 25 July 2013 at 11:15pm | IP Logged |
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You underestimate yourself :)
Well... If I learned like you, I would never reach even B1 in any of my languages :P I looooooooooooooooooove talking live (of course when my level is at least decent and less than 50% people switch to English). Your approach is kinda interesting from my perspective. Edited by prz_ on 25 July 2013 at 11:18pm 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 472 of 646 27 July 2013 at 6:54pm | IP Logged |
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SATURDAY, 27 JULY 2013
It's freakin' hot in Germany today, about 35° C. Besides doing my groceries, I didn't dare to go outside, but I couldn't work on my dissertation either, so I decided to do some easy studying. I wrote a little text in my beginner-level target languages, in which I introduce myself and tell a little bit about me and my family. Corrections are welcome! Gaeilge Dia dhaoibh! Crísdean atá orm agus is Gearmánach mé. Tá mé i mo chónaí i dTübingen sa nGearmáin agus tá mé ocht mbliana is fiche d'aois. Tá mé mac léinn agus níl mé pósta. Tá mé singil agus níl páistí agam, ach tá deartháir amháin agus deirfiúr amháin agam. Is breá liom ceol, teangacha agus léamh. Tá mé ag foghlaim Gaeilge anois agus tá sé go hiontach. Slán agaibh! Gàidhlig Halò! 'S e Crìsdean a th' orm agus is mise Gearmailteach. Tha mi a' fuireach ann an Tübingen anns a' Ghearmailt agus tha mi ochd bliadhna air fhichead a dh'aois. 'S e oileanach a th' annam agus chan eil mi pòsta. Tha mi nam aonar agus chan eil clann agam, ach tha bràthair agus piuthar agam. Is toigh leam ceòl, cànain agus leughadh. Tha mi ag ionnsachadh Gàidhlig a-nise agus tha e uabhasach math. Slàn leibh! 日本語 今日は！ 私はクリスチャンで、 ドイツ人 です。 ドイツのチュービンゲンに住んでい て、 二十八歳です。 学生で、 結婚して いません。 独身で、 子供がありませんが 、 兄と姉があります。 音楽と言語と読書 が好きです。 今、 日本語を習っています 。 素晴らしいです。 さよなら。 English Hello! My name is Christian and I'm German. I live in Tübingen in Germany and I'm 28 years old. I'm a student and not married. I'm single and don't have children, but I have a brother and a sister. I like music, languages, and reading. Now, I'm learning [language] and it's wonderful. Goodbye! Edited by Josquin on 28 July 2013 at 1:04pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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