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| Othar Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6209 days ago 185 posts - 205 votes  Speaks: German*, English Studies: Norwegian, Turkish | Message 17 of 46 16 December 2013 at 1:48pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Listening to "The Archers" is like taking a table spoon of awful tasting medicine drop
by drop. I'm actually learning something while listening. I must lack every phrase that is connected to small talk because I'm not very interested in the problems of people. I wouldn't even be able to contribute to such discussions in German. After three episodes I'm torn between fascination and horror. It's like seeing an animal slowly eating another still living animal. Your stomach is revoling but you can't look away. I'll follow the show until the rest of the year. Then I'll look for another British podcast. Begining the next year without the Archers has the potential to be very motivating. It might not surprise anyone that I couldn't convice myself to actually work through any of the episodes. I don't mind working hard while learning a language but I don't do anything that I actually dislike. This would only discourage me from learning. Edited by Othar on 16 December 2013 at 4:23pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Othar Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6209 days ago 185 posts - 205 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: Norwegian, Turkish | Message 18 of 46 17 December 2013 at 1:53pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I går hørte jeg på veien hjem en podcast om en skatt av forfalskete mynter som ble
funnet i nærheten av Bergen i begynnelsen av det siste århundret. Det var ikke vanskelig å følge historien men jeg hørte noen nye fraser. Dessverre var det for mørkt for å skrive dem i notisboken min. Hjemme så jeg en film om naturen i Norge. For et fint land. Jeg skulle ønske å gå på tur der en gang. Edited by Othar on 17 December 2013 at 8:36pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| daegga Tetraglot Senior Member Austria lang-8.com/553301 Joined 4521 days ago 1076 posts - 1792 votes Speaks: German*, EnglishC2, Swedish, Norwegian Studies: Danish, French, Finnish, Icelandic | Message 19 of 46 17 December 2013 at 7:47pm | IP Logged | |||||
Probably just a typo, but it tells me that you are not using a spell checker. I find those quite helpful for getting instant feedback on the details of spelling and it's quite easy to load additional language support in any modern browser. And "hjem" is correct in your first sentence by the way. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Othar Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6209 days ago 185 posts - 205 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: Norwegian, Turkish | Message 20 of 46 17 December 2013 at 8:43pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Thanks for the corrections. I disabled all spell checkers at a time when none really
worked. And I didn't change any of my settings for years. Maybe it's time to see what the future brought :) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Othar Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6209 days ago 185 posts - 205 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: Norwegian, Turkish | Message 21 of 46 20 December 2013 at 7:01pm | IP Logged | |||||
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In the last days I've listened to two Norwegian podcasts about Edvard Munch. They were
quite interesting because I didn't know anything about him and my knowledge about Norwegian history is very limited too. Norwegian and German have many words and phrases in common. There may be some shifts in pronunciation, spelling and meaning but if you know the basics it is relatively easy to understand most of what is being said. I've started listening to podcasts after 20 lessons of Assimil. I've never felt the need for subs. The downside of this is that I often don't recognize that I've just heard a new word. Which means that I don't know that I know the word and I don't look up the gender and related prepositions or phrases. I'm not sure if I should worry about this. I hope my brain is smart enough to file the word under "Norwegian Vocabulary" so that I can use the word when I need it. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Othar Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6209 days ago 185 posts - 205 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: Norwegian, Turkish | Message 22 of 46 26 December 2013 at 5:09pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Review of 2013
The year isn't over yet but since I'm on holiday I decided to start the TAC for 2014 a bit earlier. So it's time for a review. Time Management When I started this thread I complained about not having time. That wasn't an exaggeration. But when I actually tried to squeeze languages in my daily schedule I found several activities that were time consuming and not really necessary. I stopped working more than what was agreed on in my contract of labour. And I made some arrangements with my family. Now I have at least one hour for languages free at every weekday and two at every day of the weekend, I can listen to podcasts or audio books while commuting and if I'm not too tired I can view an episode of some TV show in the evening. So in that regard the last months were very successful. I guess it's time to change the title of the log. Norwegian In the first three months I was very productive. My understanding of Norwegian grammar has clearly improved and I added a lot of words to my vocabulary. In December I lost a bit of my pace but I still did something language related at every day. I'm not sure if my listening comprehension improved while listening to podcasts and a very long audio book. I was comfortable listening to this kind of material before I started the log so I wouldn't know how I would measure an improvement anyway. I only wrote two or three little texts in Norwegian. That's clearly not enough. But overall I'm content with my progress. English I have a better understanding of the tenses now, learned some new words and I really enjoy viewing Doctor Who. I'd love to say I did much more but I didn't. I have to do better next year. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Sunja Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6085 days ago 2020 posts - 2295 votes 1 sounds Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Mandarin | Message 23 of 46 26 December 2013 at 8:43pm | IP Logged | |||||
Hi Othar, I'm also on holiday and came in to look at your log. I hope you don't mind if I add a small comment/correction?
You could say "what was agreed upon in my contract" or more colloquially, "I stopped going beyond the call of duty at work". "labour contract" sounds a bit too technical :)
English speakers get confused with this word "pace" since it's easy to mix up "my pace" (mein Tempo) and "my paces" (meine Schritte). It's best drop everything else and use the word by itself: "I lost pace (with something/someone)". The word "momentum" would fit and there'd be no confusion: I lost a bit of my momentum. By the way, I hope you aren't considering changing the title of your log. I enjoy reading about others' attempts to squeeze time out of their busy schedules for language learning. It's encouraging. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Othar Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6209 days ago 185 posts - 205 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: Norwegian, Turkish | Message 24 of 46 27 December 2013 at 12:18am | IP Logged | |||||
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Thanks for the corrections. I added them to my Anki deck.
Edit: I just found that my current title is to long if I want to add the TAC teams to it. Interesting problem... Edited by Othar on 27 December 2013 at 12:34am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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