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| AmyinBrooklyn Senior Member United States Joined 4051 days ago 87 posts - 122 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 281 of 319 02 May 2014 at 7:54pm | IP Logged | ||
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Stelle! Welcome back. I've been checking and checking to see if you were back. You are so inspiring to me and I've been dying to hear about your trip. Can't wait to read about it. (Obviously, you posting a link is not at all annoying to me!)
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| Stelle Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Canada tobefluent.com Joined 4144 days ago 949 posts - 1686 votes Speaks: French*, English*, Spanish Studies: Tagalog | Message 282 of 319 17 May 2014 at 1:22pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hola lobos!
Thanks Amy! I did post a trip recap on my log, but haven't gotten around to doing much more yet. my log The trip update is post 243. I've been spending most of my Spanish time reading these past few weeks. I'm about halfway through the second Percy Jackson book, and I've also been listening to the news in Spanish and reading along with the transcripts: Democracy Now Espanol - she talks *fast*, with an accent that I don't recognize, except that it isn't Castillian. I like the challenge of reading and listening at the same time, but I don't think I'd be able to understand without the transcripts. Updates Monday-Friday. Amnistia Internacional - slower speech with a Castillian accent. Full transcripts. Updates weekly. Thanks to iguanamon for recommending both of those resources! I'm hoping to carve out more time for watching TV soon. While I was planning on continuing with Buffy (dubbed in Spanish), I think that I want to try a "real" Spanish show first. I'm thinking about watching Fragiles on Drama Fever without subtitles. Fragiles It's not the kind of show that I generally watch, but for some strange reason I'm intrigued. I'd also like to watch Aguila Roja, except that I'm not sure if it's in "old" Spanish (like Isabel). If it is, then I'm not sure that it's the best show for me to watch at this point. Aguila Roja What are the rest of you reading/watching/learning? Edited by Stelle on 17 May 2014 at 1:24pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Kerrie Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Kerrie2 Joined 5395 days ago 1232 posts - 1740 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 283 of 319 17 May 2014 at 2:10pm | IP Logged | ||
I really enjoyed Frágiles and Águila Roja. Águila Roja was actually the first show I watched without subs, because DF didn't have season 5 subbed when I watched it. I couldn't tell you whether Águila Roja is "old" Spanish or not. I have a really hard time with accented Spanish. (My listening comprehension isn't at the same level as my reading ability. hehe) I followed Águila Roja without subs with little problems, though. I went back to watch season two of Isabel, and couldn't make heads or tales of it without subs though. I don't know if it was the Spanish or not. It had been a long time since I watched the first season, and it might have just been that I had forgotten who was who, who was on who's side, and trying without subtitles just didn't work. I think with shows like Isabel, it is more important to understand every word, since you are dealing with politics and a word or phrase could change the entire meaning of what you're saying, and there is often a lot of subtext involved. Edited by Kerrie on 17 May 2014 at 2:11pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5009 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 284 of 319 17 May 2014 at 6:24pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hi, team! I know I haven't been such a great teammember when it comes to following the log and so on but I've been trying to catch up on the individual logs and I've been continuing with Spanish as well!
So, my recommendations for series: I had watched dubbed Once upon a Time (Erase una Vez) and Pillares de la Tierra (Pillars of Earth) in past. Pillars are among the more difficult ones, Once is great for intermediates, in my opinion. Now, since the beginning of the SC, I have trie the Game of Thrones (Juego de Tronos) and the dubbing is awesome. Both European and Latin American Spanish. I prefered the voices in the European version though :-) Now, I am watching Demonios de Da Vinci (Da Vinci's Deamons) and it's really good. If I were to sort these from the easiest to the most difficult: Erase, GoT, Da Vinci, Pillares I plan to watch Aguila Roja when I am a bit more ready as it will be my first original Spanish series. You can watch it from anywhere online on the oficial site of the tv channel http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/aguila-roja/ What is Fragiles like? What genre? Do you know of a place where I could watch it, like Aguila Roja? Dramafever isn't available here as well :-( (I hate it, all these streaming services should be available from anywhere for the money. It's like "you are allowed to buy apples but not oranges, those are for americans only") and the pirate sources are much scarcer for the original series than the dubbed ones. Obviously, the Spaniars have good acces to the originals in their country (through sites like the rtve) but no netflix, just like us. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Emily96 Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4428 days ago 270 posts - 342 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Spanish, Finnish, Latin | Message 285 of 319 17 May 2014 at 8:01pm | IP Logged | ||
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Right now i'm doing a lot of french reading and Spanish watching for the super challenge. I'm trying to finish up
desaparecida, since i started it in the last 6wc but only got about halfway through. I just watched the episode where they find out who the murderer was :O that means only three to go! Then I'll probably turn to Isabel, and some movies. I'll be sure to post updates if they're any good! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Stelle Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Canada tobefluent.com Joined 4144 days ago 949 posts - 1686 votes Speaks: French*, English*, Spanish Studies: Tagalog | Message 286 of 319 17 May 2014 at 10:53pm | IP Logged | ||
Thanks for the recommendations! I watched the first episode of Fragiles today, and really enjoyed it. The main character is a physiotherapist who uses unconventional methods to get to the bottom of his patients' suffering. Interesting! Unfortunately, I'm not sure where you can watch it online... 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Kerrie Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Kerrie2 Joined 5395 days ago 1232 posts - 1740 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 287 of 319 17 May 2014 at 11:19pm | IP Logged | ||
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Try this site for Frágiles and maybe some other stuff. I bookmarked it when I was looking for the second season last year. I haven't really watched anything there, so I can't vouch for the site, but it appears to work (at least for me in the US). They have some other stuff, too. :D
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| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5009 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 288 of 319 17 May 2014 at 11:32pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks. It looks really interesting (sounds like senor House, physiotherapist :-D )
But the site doesn't let me watch from outside Spain :-( I'll need to get an alternative. But still great to get ideas for what to get elsewhere. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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