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| LanguageSponge Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5766 days ago 1197 posts - 1487 votes  Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Welsh, Russian, Japanese, Slovenian, Greek, Italian | Message 97 of 128 04 October 2011 at 5:16pm | IP Logged | ||
Edit - I began replying to this ages ago and originally wrote a reply to the first bit. Crush, when you get to Germany, if you'd like to meet up then let me know :] Whether I am in Germany by that point or not, I'll see what I can do about flights. I've recently found that booking them a couple of weeks in advance instead of my usual habit of a few days, they're cheap as chips. Apparently being organised really can pay off. Nope, I can't think of any kids' films that were originally done in German - I will definitely have a look though. I used to watch some Disney films in German instead though. I can't watch Dornröschen (I think it's called Sleeping Beauty in English) in anything but German, for example. There were a couple of programmes I used to watch when I first started, but I don't remember the names of any of them, they'd be way above both mine and probably your level too by now. I'll ring my ex and ask her and her family if they remember what they used to put on for me if you want. We're on good terms now and I'll probably go out to see her again soon. I do vaguely remember something I used to really like (very childish though)... God it's driving me nuts now! What did you want these for, actually? I would imagine that kids' films would be way above your level by now, no? Are they for someone else? Sorry I can't be of much help yet... but I will find something - just tell me a bit more about why you want them exactly :] Have you tried German music, if it's for you? Today I've had a bit of a mixed day in term of what languages I've been concentrating on. After replying to something about learning Russian on here, I decided it was high time I watched my favourite animated cartoon in Russian - Трое из Простоквашино. It's about a six year old Russian kid who leaves home because his parents won't allow him to keep "Matroshkin", a cat that used to live in their attic. They leave together and along with a dog they meet along the way, they live in a village called "Buttermilk village". They have many adventures along the course of the three short films. I love it, and I think it's quite popular among Russians in general, or so my old lecturer used to say. I also read another Astérix volume. I am also rereading a book I got for Christmas last year - "Comment parler le belge". My girlfriend is using more and more words that I'm not familiar with (or perhaps I'm just noticing them more) and they all seem to be Belgian French words. So reading this will knock off a few of the more common ones. I rang my girlfriend this afternoon as well. She is presently in Austria teaching English at two of the Gymnasien in Waidenhofen an der Ybbs. She's on her year abroad at the moment and we communicate only in the languages of the country she's in while she's away. Her German seems to be improving very quickly, however her confidence is not. Until next time, Jack Edited by LanguageSponge on 04 October 2011 at 5:23pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Crush Tetraglot Senior Member ChinaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5865 days ago 1622 posts - 2299 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Mandarin, Esperanto Studies: Basque | Message 98 of 128 05 October 2011 at 12:09pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'd like to share the movies with a friend who is rather sensitive about movies (for example, violence really affects them). German is really hard for me and I still can't understand it very well when it's spoken (nor when it's written). I recently tried reading Momo, but gave up when pretty much every word I came across was new to me. German vocabulary is hard!
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| LanguageSponge Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5766 days ago 1197 posts - 1487 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Welsh, Russian, Japanese, Slovenian, Greek, Italian | Message 99 of 128 05 October 2011 at 1:51pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hi Crush,
Fair enough. After I've done some more studying of my own today I'll see what else I can come up with besides what I sent over via PM. I hope that will be useful in some way. Also this might help. Native speaker speaking about certain topics slowly and with transcripts as far as I can see. http://www.slowgerman.com/ I know you wanted films but perhaps this will also help? I won't consider my job done until I've got a few films for you to try :] --------- This morning I woke up with a really annoying tune in my head - I used to listen to a short story for children in French, read out by Henri Dès (the S is pronounced, perhaps because he's Swiss). The story was called La Princesse Parfaite - I haven't listened to it in a long time but I had to listen to it this morning to get the tune out of my head. After getting it out of my head, I rang a French friend of mine who is presently studying abroad in Granada, Spain, and spoke to him for about an hour or so about how he's getting on - in French; he knows speaking French is enough for me, he'd be pushing it to force Spanish on me just now. It was fine but as usual I learnt a few things from him. He is from Bordeaux; I find him to speak really clearly which helps although he seems to use a fair bit of slang. I then finished reading the Astérix volume I was reading last night - I fell asleep ontop of the book so I didn't sleep very comfortably :P I'm still paranoid about French grammar so I'm going to look at one or two bits there this afternoon. Guess my demons haven't been completely banished! I'll probably watch a German film this evening too - unfortunately not anything I can recommend to Crush though! Thanks for reading and Crush, please tell me how you get on with those links I've sent you so far. Jack Edited by LanguageSponge on 05 October 2011 at 1:51pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ummagumma Senior Member IrelandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5256 days ago 217 posts - 241 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 100 of 128 05 October 2011 at 2:35pm | IP Logged | ||
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Jack
I second your recommendation for slowgerman. I've recently been doing a little L-R and shadowing with it. It's very clear and simple German. The lady that does slow German is also, I believe, the lady who does 'Schlaflos in München' potcasts . www.schlaflosinmuenchen.com/ That's also good but a level or two higher and no transcript. I don't know any films for crush but the series 'Türkisch für Anfänger' on youtube is empfehlenswert! It is aimed at teenagers and young people ... but I liked it as a not- so-young-person! 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| LanguageSponge Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5766 days ago 1197 posts - 1487 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Welsh, Russian, Japanese, Slovenian, Greek, Italian | Message 101 of 128 05 October 2011 at 4:21pm | IP Logged | ||
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Ah yes, I remember Türkisch für Anfänger - we watched it a fair bit when I was doing my A
level German. For what it's worth, Crush, I recommend it as well, but I don't remember it all that well. I remember it not giving me any real trouble during my A levels though. I'll watch an episode or two now and see what I think you might get out of it :] It'll add a little while to my German study time, which really needs a boost right now Jack Edited by LanguageSponge on 06 October 2011 at 4:36pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Crush Tetraglot Senior Member ChinaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5865 days ago 1622 posts - 2299 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Mandarin, Esperanto Studies: Basque | Message 102 of 128 05 October 2011 at 10:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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The slow German site is probably perfect for my own studies :) I've never heard of Türkisch für Anfänger before, I'll check it out. Thanks, ummagumma. I need to finally crack down on my French/German. Also, I've got the list of fairy tales (did you send me another link?) that I'm going to work through, too. Today I tried to study a bit of Russian and started through my Assimil El Catalán sin esfuerzo book which has been lying around for ages. Now I've been playing around a little with the LWT (learning with texts) program for French and Russian.
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| LanguageSponge Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5766 days ago 1197 posts - 1487 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Welsh, Russian, Japanese, Slovenian, Greek, Italian | Message 103 of 128 06 October 2011 at 4:54pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hi Crush,
Bis jetzt habe ich dir nur zwei Links gegeben - einen zu "slowgerman" und einen weiteren per PM zur Webseite mit den deutschen Märchen, die du dir anhören kannst. Bald finde ich einige weitere, wenn ich die Zeit habe. I've not had any time for anything today, I've been completely ran off my feet doing bits and pieces which unfortunately have nothing to do with languages. The only thing I've done to do with languages today is read a letter that my girlfriend sent me over from Austria - it was about two pages long, her writing is tiny, and I needed to find my glasses to read some words. I'll probably spend the evening watching a film in French or German and writing a letter in reply. I'll also correct her letter and send the corrections over by email - she hates it when I correct her but it needs to be done. She'll never learn otherwise. Jack 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Crush Tetraglot Senior Member ChinaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5865 days ago 1622 posts - 2299 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Mandarin, Esperanto Studies: Basque | Message 104 of 128 07 October 2011 at 3:12pm | IP Logged | ||
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I started listening to one of the stories (Der faule Heinz) with the text that I found elsewhere, it's slow going but fun. I also did the same with the Slow German site, which is far easier and probably perfect for my vocabulary level. And don't worry, I have a feeling there's not a whole lot out there along those lines (in German, at least). I hope you enjoy your evening, I for one plan to make some ice cream :)
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