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| Iolanthe Diglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5642 days ago 410 posts - 482 votes  Speaks: English*, DutchC1 Studies: Turkish, French | Message 25 of 88 28 April 2014 at 5:52pm | IP Logged | ||
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Jeffers, you've persuaded me! I've signed up for the full challenge. There's no way I
can read extensively right now but at least I can get started on the films. Français Week 16: 347 minutes Week 17: 638 minutes Total: 9806 minutes or 163h 26m What a week. My operation went perfectly but unfortunately I'm using crutches to get around at the momenta and since the operation affected my ability to use my left arm, it meant I needed to be helped around the house for the past week. I was also incredibly tired for the first 4 days after the operation. But after I perked up a bit, I got a lot of French done. I watched the film Populaire on Netflix which was a nice romantic comedy and just what I needed. I'm also one lesson away from finishing the active wave of Assimil. If only I could transfer this diligence to other areas of my life... Nederlands I spoke Dutch immediately when I woke up from the anaesthetic. The first thing I said to the nurse 'Ik denk dat ik heb gedroomd'. What I dreamt, I have no idea. When I got back to the nursing ward, I had a chat with a guy who had just had knee surgery. So it was a good day for my Dutch! And all that while drugged up! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4910 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 26 of 88 28 April 2014 at 6:59pm | IP Logged | ||
I'm both pleased and worried! Don't blame me when you get snowed under with books and films... but you can thank me when you see how much your language has progressed! I'm glad to hear your operation was successful. I hope your recovery is equally successful. Also, thanks for mentioning Populaire. I've added it to my Netflix queue as well. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Suzie Diglot Senior Member Belgium Joined 4230 days ago 155 posts - 226 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Dutch | Message 27 of 88 01 May 2014 at 10:34am | IP Logged | ||
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Hi Iolanthe, Great to see that you registered for the Super Challenge! Wish you a great start and joyful reading experiences!
I absolutely understand why you quit Afrikaans. I have difficulties to cope with huge similarities between two languages as well. Did you enjoy Koningsdag? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Iolanthe Diglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5642 days ago 410 posts - 482 votes Speaks: English*, DutchC1 Studies: Turkish, French | Message 28 of 88 04 May 2014 at 1:55pm | IP Logged | ||
Hello Suzie, thanks for stopping by my log. I'm glad to see you're also taking part in the Super Challenge! On Koningsdag I still wasn't up to much after the surgery but I watched some of the tv coverage of Willem-Alexander greeting the public and had the obligatory orange pastry in the form of a soesje. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Iolanthe Diglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5642 days ago 410 posts - 482 votes Speaks: English*, DutchC1 Studies: Turkish, French | Message 29 of 88 06 May 2014 at 11:42pm | IP Logged | ||
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Week 18: 883 minutes
Total: 10689 minutes or 178h 9m My passive skills are progressing nicely. I've gone from looking up every word when I read a news article, to being able to slowly decifer the text while looking up the occasional word. It depends on the subject of the text but something is definitely happening in my brain. My current routine is as follows: Assimil NFWE active wave Assimil Using French "passive wave" Anki Listen/Read RFI Journal en Français facile Read one short article from Le Monde I also do some sort of listening for 30+ minutes And because of the Super Challenge I had picked up Persepolis again and I'm slowing working through it. I really need to finish up FSI Phonology too. I'm enjoying French at the moment. Every day I think about how glad I am that I chose to learn French. I love this language! NL: En om mij nog blijer te maken heeft Nederland ook nog de finale van het Eurovisie Songfestival gehaald! Er waren veel goede liedjes maar gelukkig hebben Ilse en Waylon verstandige keuzes gemaakt qua presentatie en is het weer een tweede jaar gelukt om de finale te halen. Ik ben echt superfan van Eurovisie dus de komende week ga je waarschijnlijk er de nog meer over horen! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Iolanthe Diglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5642 days ago 410 posts - 482 votes Speaks: English*, DutchC1 Studies: Turkish, French | Message 30 of 88 13 May 2014 at 12:16pm | IP Logged | ||
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Week 19: 711 minutes Total: 11400 minutes or 190h Slowly working through Persepolis. I finished tome 1. Of course, I'm not able to understand everything I read at this point but with the illustrations and a dictionary at hand I'm able to follow the story. I'm so glad French has so many amazing graphic novels. When I'm done with the Persepolis series, I get to choose a new series! Yay for fun! Nederlands I added Dutch to my Super Challenge! I actually have no intention of fulfilling the listening part. I hope that doesn't bother anyone but the thing is I hear Dutch pretty much the whole day through. However, I don't do enough reading so 100 books would be very beneficial to my Dutch. Ilse en Waylon eindigden als tweede, jaaaa! En de mooie Conchita heeft gewonnen. Had ik maar drie maanden geleden gewed op Oostenrijk, was ik een paar honderd euro rijker op dit moment! Volgende keer zal ik meer gaan opletten voor mijn magisch voorspelende Eurovisie intuïtie. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Vos Diglot Senior Member Australia Joined 5567 days ago 766 posts - 1020 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Dutch, Polish | Message 31 of 88 13 May 2014 at 2:17pm | IP Logged | ||
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Je gaat het super challenge ook meedoen, leuk! Heb je al een stapel boeken op het oog? Ik ga met De Hongerspelen
beginnen en dan wat Nederlandse kinderklassiekers zoals Kinderen van Moeder Aarde lezen denk ik. Heb je al wat mooie Nederlandse boeken gelezen? Veel succes met het Super Challenge! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Stelle Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Canada tobefluent.com Joined 4145 days ago 949 posts - 1686 votes Speaks: French*, English*, Spanish Studies: Tagalog | Message 32 of 88 14 May 2014 at 12:17pm | IP Logged | ||
What a lovely post to read! It's nice to see people taking joy in their language learning. Continue le beau travail! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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