Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6709 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map
| Message 33 of 102 28 November 2013 at 2:12pm | IP Logged |
To speak about grammar in Berlin this summer without provoking a mass exodus. To reach the end of my Harry Potter I in Irish and being able to understand at least the last chapter without looking half the words up. To do a mostly monolingual trip to Greece and have at least a few friendly natives answer me in the local language. And maybe also to listen to some spoken Russian in among all the written stuff so that I later can pull the same stunt off there.
Edited by Iversen on 28 November 2013 at 2:12pm
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Kc2012 Diglot Groupie South Africa Joined 4479 days ago 44 posts - 65 votes Speaks: English*, Afrikaans Studies: Dutch, Mandarin, Russian
| Message 34 of 102 28 November 2013 at 4:19pm | IP Logged |
Learn some Mandarin is preparation for my trip to China :) I also want to improve and practice my Russian. That's all
I have for now.
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FireViN Diglot Senior Member Brazil missaoitaliano.wordpRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5235 days ago 196 posts - 292 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishC2 Studies: Italian
| Message 35 of 102 28 November 2013 at 5:11pm | IP Logged |
Score 100+ on TOEFL ibt :D and also... B2+ Italian, B1 German (I hope that's doable)
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maydayayday Pentaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5225 days ago 564 posts - 839 votes Speaks: English*, German, Italian, SpanishB2, FrenchB2 Studies: Arabic (Egyptian), Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Polish, Persian, Vietnamese Studies: Urdu
| Message 36 of 102 28 November 2013 at 5:34pm | IP Logged |
To talk easily in Polish;
Brush up French to B2+
Hit C1 Spanish
But most of all not laugh when the French guy working with us says: "I'm having an affair" every time his phone rings when he means; "I have other business"
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espejismo Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5057 days ago 498 posts - 905 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: Spanish, Greek, Azerbaijani
| Message 37 of 102 28 November 2013 at 5:47pm | IP Logged |
oOo, this is fun! I haven't really thought about this yet, so let me get out my crystal ball...
Spanish
My goal is to read as much as possible. Thanks to Serpent's Consistency Thread, I've already begun reading almost every day. I also need to start speaking with people! I am going to start looking for language exchange partners on italki sometime soon.
Other
That's where my clarvoyant powers end. Maybe I'll start German/Turkish/Dutch or resuscitate my French.
Edited by espejismo on 28 November 2013 at 6:06pm
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Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6603 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish
| Message 38 of 102 28 November 2013 at 9:05pm | IP Logged |
and what about Portuguese? :D really happy that you found my thread useful :)))
Edited by Serpent on 28 November 2013 at 9:06pm
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tlanguell Newbie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4045 days ago 24 posts - 54 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Vietnamese
| Message 39 of 102 29 November 2013 at 7:26am | IP Logged |
Improve my Vietnamese so I can speak with the locals and read the newspapers. Study
Japanese since I live in the "Little Tokyo" section of Ho Chi Minh City so I can talk to
pretty Japanese ladies :) Brush up on Khmer because I will visit Phnom Penh again and
deliver supplies to the Sunflower Orphanage there.
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Ninibo Diglot Groupie Germany Joined 4022 days ago 88 posts - 116 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: Mandarin
| Message 40 of 102 29 November 2013 at 5:30pm | IP Logged |
I have mainly goals for Mandarin in 2014:
1. read at leat five books that year
2. write at least four lang8 entries a week
3. watch more TV in Mandarin/ listen more
4. meet with a native speaker about once a week for a chat to get over my fear of speaking.
There are some more goals, but they are more like stretch goals, because those above should keep me busy. I'm also planning on reading three books in French, but that's pretty much all for that language.
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