Gam Newbie Australia Joined 5479 days ago 7 posts - 7 votes
| Message 17 of 194 20 December 2009 at 11:28pm | IP Logged |
Todah! You'll help me a lot.
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Stryozyk Newbie United States Joined 5472 days ago 39 posts - 44 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian
| Message 18 of 194 21 December 2009 at 12:45am | IP Logged |
I agree with you about the Spanish dubbing on everything. It almost feels like cheating, it makes learning so
easy...
By the way, I know you're just beginning, but the website lomastv.com is the main thing I credit to improving
my Spanish to near basic fluency within a few months, when I did Spanish immersion. As far as improving
aural comprehension and natural speech is concerned, it's amazing. I only wish they had it for more
languages - it's a great source for sentences.
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nogoodnik Senior Member United States Joined 5571 days ago 372 posts - 461 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Modern Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew, Russian, French
| Message 19 of 194 25 December 2009 at 4:44am | IP Logged |
Thanks Stryozyk, I'll check it out.
So I have no internet connection at home right now, and I'm moving in a week and it will probably take time to
get set up there too. This means that my logs may be slightly less frequent for the next few weeks.
I've been listening to the audiobook constantly, and it's just what I've needed. I understand much less of the
audiobook than what I comprehend from films, so this should be a great learning tool.
I'm still doing Pimsleur Spanish.
I'm watching a lot of Hebrew-language films.
Same old routine.
A couple of Hebrew sentences-phrases: (I'll do more later, but I just realized that I promised someone on here
that I'd post some so here are a few. Also I can't promise that there are not mistakes here, as I transcribe them
quickly and I'm not very detail-oriented.)
תראה, אני מכירה את עצמי קצת יותר טוב ממך
tireah, ani makira et etzme ketzat yoter tov memcha
look, I know myself a little better than you do. (female to male)
תעשי לי תובה
taasi li tova
do me a favor (Israelis say this all of the time)
שום דבר לו יכול לקרות
Shumdavar lo yechol lekrot
nothing could happen
מה, המצב עד כדי כך גרוע
ma, ha matzav ad kdei kol kach geruah?
What, the situation is that bad?
מה אתה כל כך מתפלא
ma ata kol kach mitpaleh?
What are you so surprised at? (woman to man)
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nogoodnik Senior Member United States Joined 5571 days ago 372 posts - 461 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Modern Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew, Russian, French
| Message 20 of 194 29 December 2009 at 1:17am | IP Logged |
I'm reading through this really interesting website about the Hebrew
language. I'm really really busy with all of my moving preparations, so I'm taking a break from language-learning
until the 2nd or 3rd of January. I'm still keeping my all Hebrew all of the time environment, but have stopped with
the pimsleur until I get settled.
I did get an opportunity to speak both Hebrew and Russian to complete strangers last night, and I can't express
how cool that was! Also another random stranger came up to me and immediately began speaking to me in
Hebrew today...how did she know? <insert joke about size of nose here>
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nogoodnik Senior Member United States Joined 5571 days ago 372 posts - 461 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Modern Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew, Russian, French
| Message 21 of 194 03 January 2010 at 12:17am | IP Logged |
I finished my relocation and should be able to resume Pimsleur. I also have a few more Hebrew disney movies and my book from Steimatzy finally arrived.
There are a lot of Spanish speakers here so I should have no problem getting exposure. There are also a few Spanish-language networks, which I'm hoping will make it easy for me to find enjoyable input.
I've decided that the most important aspect of language learning is finding enjoyable media. This has been a real challenge for Hebrew but I'm doing O.K.
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mgse Newbie United States Joined 6398 days ago 19 posts - 20 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish
| Message 22 of 194 03 January 2010 at 3:44am | IP Logged |
nogoodnik wrote:
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I'm with you on that one. Spent a few hours today on a combo of SRS, Assimil, and a book at www.childrenslibrary.com. The time spent on the book didn't feel like studying.
Hopefully you continue to find Hebrew materials that keep your interest.
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MichaelM204351 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5446 days ago 151 posts - 173 votes Speaks: English*, Biblical Hebrew Studies: Modern Hebrew, German, Spanish
| Message 23 of 194 04 January 2010 at 1:24am | IP Logged |
nogoodnik,
My language goals are pretty close to the same as yours... I hope to reach basic fluency in both Hebrew and Spanish.
As far as Spanish goes, I have a good program of study.
However, for Hebrew, I'm not totally sure what to do. I'm at a low intermediate level and I'm working through the Shelabim series by Behrman House pbl. I have the FSI program, but it's DENSE. Any suggestions?
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DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6153 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian
| Message 24 of 194 04 January 2010 at 2:51pm | IP Logged |
Glad to read your log, my fellow team mate.
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