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| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4705 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes  Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 985 of 1511 29 November 2013 at 11:11am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Norway would work just fine, my problem here is I've stopped being a pure engineer and am now basically someone who talks about engineering to people who do not do engineering. So I fall in the middle of all job vacancies, which makes finding one hella annoying. I have a BSc in chemical engineering but an MSc in science communication! (I'll receive the diploma tonight). Gracías para la respuesta, Cristina, es muy gentil y estoy muy contento. Pero quizás voy a comenzar hablar español tambien, no sé cuando.
Это халява. Edited by tarvos on 29 November 2013 at 11:13am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4705 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 986 of 1511 02 December 2013 at 10:37am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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"Yes, I'm hearing voices too"
... so hard to study when you feel like you're inflicted with the stay at home and never leave your room bug... "But I'm more cut up than you..." ... but you try in your utmost resolve to do something about your situation, what you want, what you don't want... ...and still you get up at 9 am for an hour of French. "This is a hatesong, just meant for you..." Push yourself to the limit, wake up early so you must respond spontaneously even when you're not wide awake (eyes wide shut)... write something on a topic which you don't even know well but render it in intelligible French... (a small victory, but a victory nonetheless - Pyrrhus does not factor into my equations anymore) "These are the last rites, the line is dead..." 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4705 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 987 of 1511 02 December 2013 at 4:21pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Ok, another mini-language learning marathon completed (ok, 3 hours this time). My usual
languages, namely French, Romanian and Korean. French was surprisingly good - I wrote a text on the Earth's magnetic field, got it corrected, and my teacher was pleasantly surprised by the fact I can write well and clearly (not a surprise - I know I can) but also that I can render it decently well in French (although there is still loads to gain in automaticity and style errors in French, of which I would make far fewer in English and Dutch). My Korean is slowly improving but it's still at a nice A1-A2 level where I can say simple things but a complex sentence is still out of the question (though I practiced some more complex formulations today). My Romanian is very good in terms of my comprehension, my formulations can be a bit clumsy grammatically (but still very understandable for a conversation). Once or twice I have to search a bit but it's nothing serious. And I have an interview for Romania on Thursday. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4705 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 988 of 1511 03 December 2013 at 12:20pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Today I wrote some Breton for the first time in weeks! By the way, if all goes through,
there may be some interesting news regarding me and this language. Stay tuned until I find out more... 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4705 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 989 of 1511 06 December 2013 at 2:12pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Yes yes! I received my Sinterklaas presents yesterday (so don't bother looking in this
thread for Christmas presents because they are not what we usually do here). Language- related hauls include: - the latest Amélie Nothomb novel (La nostalgie heureuse), which reflects on her return to Japan, where she spent her childhood (speaking of polyglots... Nothomb mentions in one of her novels that she has studied English, Dutch, German and Italian next to French, Japanese of course, and also Latin and old Greek. I am not sure to what extent she still masters Dutch, German and Italian, although she definitely still speaks English and Japanese - however at the time Ni d'Éve, ni d'Adam was set, she spoke Dutch to the Belgian ambassadors I believe... so she at least used to speak Dutch somewhat fluently). - Jag är Zlatan (Swedish) - two discworld novels (in English) - and a Langenscheidt English-Korean/Korean-English pocket dictionary. I still need a Romanian dictionary to complete my collection. Dutch, English and French base allowed. Edited by tarvos on 06 December 2013 at 2:16pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Ogrim Heptaglot Senior Member France Joined 4637 days ago 991 posts - 1896 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, French, Romansh, German, Italian Studies: Russian, Catalan, Latin, Greek, Romanian | Message 990 of 1511 06 December 2013 at 2:32pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Hi tarvos, we actually have Sinterklaas here in Alsace as well (Saint Nicolas in French) but still most people here do Christmas presents. Normally on 6 December the kids just get a "männele" (a brioche in the form of a small man) and maybe a small present - like a "teaser" before the real thing on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. Anyway, enjoy your presents, I haven't read the latest of Nothomb, but she is one of the French writers (well to be precise, she is a francophone Belgian) I appreciate, so I'll put that one on my list to Father Christmas.
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| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4705 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 991 of 1511 06 December 2013 at 2:50pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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For us it is actually the evening of the 5th of December termed "pakjesavond" (package-
evening) when we get the presents. In Belgium it is sometimes celebrated on the morning of the 6th of December instead (which is the old saint's birthday), but for us that date doesn't mean anything. Sinterklaas is celebrated in some parts of Germany too I think. My German friend said she was going to get chocolate today, and I remember that it was certainly celebrated in Belgium. The Netherlands has particular traditions related to it though. For us it is on the same level as Christmas because most Dutch people never get presents for Christmas (although my parents used to have some personal traditions associated with Christmas, but these were only in our family). I also remember that when we were in Canada, my parents did not give presents with Sinterklaas but for Christmas (their way of integrating? @_@) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4842 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 992 of 1511 06 December 2013 at 3:26pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Yes, in Germany, there is "Nikolaustag" on December 6. Children put a boot in front of the door on the evening of December 5 and Saint Nicholas will fill it with nuts, tangerines, chocolate, and small presents during the night. I think this was originally a Catholic feast, but the Protestants adopted it eventually.
However, the real presents are delivered either by the "Christkind" (Catholic) or by the "Weihnachtsmann" (Protestant/Atheist) on December 24, which is known as "Heiligabend". This is the peak of the Christmas holidays, where the entire family sits together around the illuminated Christmas tree and a lot of people still go to church. December 25 isn't as important to us Germans as it is to other nations. Normally, the family gets together for a festive meal and distant relatives come for a visit. This is basically repeated on December 26. I heard there was some turmoil in the Netherlands connected with Sinterklaas's little helper, Zwarte Piet. Do you think this tradition is racist? In Germany, Nikolaus is accompanied by Knecht Ruprecht. He used to punish the children who had been naughty over the year with his rod, but I think this kind of "black pedagogy" is getting out of style. However, Knecht Ruprecht is only clothed all in black, while Zwarte Piet really has black skin. I don't really see the problem though, because Zwarte Piet seems to be positively connotated. Or is it just the cliched depiction of coloured people? Edited by Josquin on 06 December 2013 at 3:31pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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