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| Mani Diglot Senior Member Germany imsprachendickicht.b Joined 4906 days ago 258 posts - 323 votes  Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Swedish, Portuguese, Latin, Welsh, Luxembourgish | Message 105 of 129 06 September 2012 at 9:34am | IP Logged | ||
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Well, I'm in with Italian.
As I feel pretty neutral about this language, though it is on my language hit list but nowhere in the priority section, I think it is a good choice for the experiment because chances that I'll do too much (= more than required by Assimil instructions) aren't high. And there are enough people in Luxembourg with Italian roots. I regularly hear it spoken (not as much as I hear Luxembourgish/French/English/Portuguese, but still often enough) so chances are high that I can practise Italian with a native speaker after we're through with the experiment. I mean the Embassy of Italy is vis-à-vis my workplace... Though following this argument I'd also need to learn Danish and Greek (the Danish one is round the corner and the Greek one a little further down the street), but I think I'll stay with Italian. :-) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6598 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 106 of 129 06 September 2012 at 2:25pm | IP Logged | ||
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I don't like translating unless it's for the benefit of others, what could be the alternatives to translating for the active wave?
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| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6152 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 107 of 129 06 September 2012 at 3:15pm | IP Logged | ||
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I think I'll join this challenge as well. While French is the language for my Super Challenge, and I'm currently using Assimil French, my copy of the new Assimil Russian remains unused. This is the perfect excuse to get started with it.
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| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6598 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 108 of 129 06 September 2012 at 4:02pm | IP Logged | ||
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Haven't you been learning Russian for some years? :)
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| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6152 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 109 of 129 06 September 2012 at 4:28pm | IP Logged | ||
Yes, but not very successfully. :( Is this challenge meant for complete beginners ? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6598 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 110 of 129 06 September 2012 at 4:56pm | IP Logged | ||
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Not only, I think the agreement was about max 100 hours or low A2 level. My personal criterion is that I miserably failed the placement test at Dialang, where you have to tell real words from made up ones. My Norwegian score was zero although I can sometimes understand it... And I haven't yet had any extensive input, apart from music.
I'll also be doing a few others "informally", especially Polish and Romanian :) I'm intermediate in these and I won't be doing it the standard way. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5167 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 111 of 129 06 September 2012 at 7:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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Is it still open for anyone to join? I might be done with using French textbooks by that time, and I'd be glad to start an Assimil for a random language.
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| ZombieKing Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4528 days ago 247 posts - 324 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin* | Message 112 of 129 07 September 2012 at 4:32am | IP Logged | ||
I think so, it's not even close to starting yet anyways :) I'm pretty sure registrations begin in october. Edited by ZombieKing on 07 September 2012 at 4:35am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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