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| Vos Diglot Senior Member Australia Joined 5564 days ago 766 posts - 1020 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Dutch, Polish | Message 1 of 94 16 February 2013 at 7:31am | IP Logged |
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So I'm finally getting round to starting my new log. I've been terribly busy with uni and getting used to the daily
rhythms once more, but now on this peaceful weekend I've appreciatively been afforded some time. 2013 It seems I've come full circle with Dutch, it now being at the zenith of my language interests once more. After meeting many a wonderful Dutch person in the last few months it was always so lovely to be able to speak a few words with them, as it was to enjoy their sheer joy of life and gezelligheid, that it seems to have reinvigorated and inspired me to commit anew to working towards fluency. It was over 3 years ago that I began trying to improve my Dutch, but after 7 months or so of study my love for Spanish wrestled her out of the way, and I had no choice but to heed to that want to learn the language of Castile and the Americas. But now, after some 2 years of studying Castilian, I feel as though it's finally safe for me to shift my main focus onto a different language, as as long as I keep reading, listening and producing, I should be able to maintain my current level. Thus, this year I'll be focusing on my Dutch, putting emphasis on reading and vocab acquisition (native input), and writing and speaking as much as I can. Dutch: current level: I'd probably say I'm around an A2/B1, with my strengths being written and spoken comprehension, and am hoping that by the end of the year that I'll be up around a strong B2 in all areas. I'll be focusing a lot on grammar using Dutch: A Comprehensive Grammar by Bruce Donaldson and also Dutch Grammar, which is from my experience an excellent free resource. I'll also be listening to plenty of podcasts, doing an abundance of anki, writing when the impulse to do so hits me and speaking to mum during her weekly update/how is everything; trying to change our predominant language of Dutchlish to more or less solid Twents Dutch. Spanish: I will of course keep practising and using my Spanish. Whilst I was away I picked up a bunch of good books I'm keen to get into and also made a few Bolivian friends, so hopefully I'll be able to practice some speaking/writing with them. I'll also keep doing my anki, writing the occasional scribble/rant/thought and listening to podcasts. My goal this year is simply to maintain my level, and build upon the speaking confidence I gained whilst travelling in South America. Dus, voorwaarts en steeds vooruit! Edited by Vos on 17 February 2013 at 10:20am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5845 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 94 16 February 2013 at 9:32am | IP Logged |
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Volgens mij is "Van kleine beginnen" geen Nederlands, wat bedoel je ermee? Ik zou als titel van je log voorstellen: "Opnieuw beginnen". Which means "Starting a again after a longer pause". Ik zou je aanraden om de titel te verbeteren! :)
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| Vos Diglot Senior Member Australia Joined 5564 days ago 766 posts - 1020 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Dutch, Polish | Message 3 of 94 16 February 2013 at 10:06am | IP Logged |
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Hahaha nou, dank je wel Fasulye. Wat ik wilde zeggen was iets zoals 'from small beginnings', het leekt eenvoudig
genoeg, maar het is duidelijk niet goed uitgedrukt. Weet je (of iemand anders) van een betere manier om die uit te drukken? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4705 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 4 of 94 16 February 2013 at 10:23am | IP Logged |
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"Klein beginnen", maar dat dekt de lading niet helemaal.
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| Vos Diglot Senior Member Australia Joined 5564 days ago 766 posts - 1020 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Dutch, Polish | Message 5 of 94 16 February 2013 at 1:31pm | IP Logged |
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Hmm, mijn eerste uitdaging. Misschien zou ik moeten beginnen denken aan een nieuwe titel dan? Maar werkt het
niet in een grammaticale zin? En waarom 'klein' beginnen als het over het meervoud gaat? Best verwarrend. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4705 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 6 of 94 16 February 2013 at 5:09pm | IP Logged |
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Omdat beginnen hier het werkwoord is, en klein een bijwoord.
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| Vos Diglot Senior Member Australia Joined 5564 days ago 766 posts - 1020 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Dutch, Polish | Message 7 of 94 17 February 2013 at 12:22am | IP Logged |
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Maar is beginnen niet het meervoud van begin? Ik heb het werkwood niet bedoeld toen ik dat geschreven heb.
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| Mooby Senior Member Scotland Joined 6103 days ago 707 posts - 1220 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Polish | Message 8 of 94 17 February 2013 at 9:43am | IP Logged |
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Good luck with your languages this year Vos.
I hope the allure of Polish has remained and that the old bison will return! Powodzenia! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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