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| Julie Heptaglot Senior Member PolandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6908 days ago 1251 posts - 1733 votes  5 sounds Speaks: Polish*, EnglishB2, GermanC2, SpanishB2, Dutch, Swedish, French | Message 9 of 66 30 December 2012 at 7:13pm | IP Logged |
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Hej Mick, we're in as many as two teams together! I'll be glad to follow your progress, especially in Swedish and Spanish. What have you been using for your Swedish so far?
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| mick33 Senior Member United States Joined 5929 days ago 1335 posts - 1632 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Finnish Studies: Thai, Polish, Afrikaans, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Swedish | Message 10 of 66 31 December 2012 at 11:47am | IP Logged |
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Hej Julie, welcome! I am following your log too. I am using the Teach Yourself Swedish and Colloquial Swedish courses, Sveriges Radio, Svenska Dagbladet, Dagens Nyheter and I also listen to, and sing along with, many Swedish songs on YouTube.
I have not done much language learning over Christmas because I've spent a lot of time with family and friends and just enjoying the holidays. New Year's Eve is never a good day for me to learn languages as I'd rather go dancing to celebrate the New Year. Maybe I will post something on New Year's Day, but I know I'll be sleeping late and then I will be spending most of the day at my brother's house. Most likely I'll really get into TAC 2013 on Wednesday. felice anno nuovo hyvää uutta vuotta gott nytt år gelukkige nuwe jaar नया साल मुबारक (nayaa saal mubaarak) feliz año nuevo szczęśliwego Nowego Roku Mick Edited by mick33 on 04 January 2013 at 9:17am 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| mick33 Senior Member United States Joined 5929 days ago 1335 posts - 1632 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Finnish Studies: Thai, Polish, Afrikaans, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Swedish | Message 11 of 66 04 January 2013 at 9:13am | IP Logged |
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I did start TAC on Wednesday. I have started the year focusing on Swedish, Finnish, Polish and Italian. I'm mostly listening to music or the news on online radio stations and right now don't much to write about though I am also reading a little bit too. Well, to be more honest I still can't really read Finnish yet(an embarrassing to admit) or Polish without looking up nearly every word in a dictionary, but I don't care, it's a start.
Yes, I am learning one language for 15 to 30 minutes at a time and switching to another language as I wrote about here. I have not been learning all 7 languages every day, though sometimes I think I should be doing that. Maybe I will try it next week, I don't know yet. I will have more detailed info next week after I've spent more time on Spanish, Afrikaans and Hindi. god natt buona notte Mick Edited by mick33 on 12 January 2013 at 1:21am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5339 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 12 of 66 04 January 2013 at 9:40am | IP Logged |
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Ja, du kan i hvert fall ikke beskyldes for å ha et kjedelig utvalg av språk! Lykke til med studiene, og si fra om det er noe jeg kan hjelpe deg med.
Well, you can in any event not be accused of having a boring selection of languages! Good luck with your studies, and let me know if there is anything I can help you with. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| mick33 Senior Member United States Joined 5929 days ago 1335 posts - 1632 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Finnish Studies: Thai, Polish, Afrikaans, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Swedish | Message 13 of 66 09 January 2013 at 2:30am | IP Logged |
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@Solfrid Cristin: Det är ganska intressant för mig att se några skillnader mellan norska och svenska, till exempel "i hvert fall" i stället för "i varje fall" eller "noe" i stället för "något".
It's really interesting for me to see some differences between Norwegian and Swedish; for example "i hvert fall" instead of "i varje fall" or "noe" which I assume is similar to "något". I really hadn't intended to post anything until I had something to write about for Spanish, Afrikaans, or Hindi. However, I have been on such a roll with Swedish lately that I couldn't wait for the other languages. I have been practicing my Swedish writing and I will definitely need to write even more Swedish.... along with other languages. Ha det så bra Mick Edited by mick33 on 09 January 2013 at 2:36am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| mick33 Senior Member United States Joined 5929 days ago 1335 posts - 1632 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Finnish Studies: Thai, Polish, Afrikaans, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Swedish | Message 14 of 66 13 January 2013 at 9:58am | IP Logged |
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Frustrated by Finnish once again. Maybe I won't call this frustration, it is actually a good thing and should happen to me more often. I guess I'll start from the beginning so this makes sense, I have had a bad cold since Wednesday evening and I haven't felt like doing anything but sleeping all the time. Saturday afternoon I decided I should take advantage of the opportunity to learn how to complain about being sick in various languages. I planned to start with Finnish and then move onto other languages. Since I have a cold I thought "Why don't I learn how to say 'I have a cold.'? Should be pretty simple, right?"
Unfortunately, Teach Yourself Finnish only covers the verb "vilustua" which it claims means "to catch a cold". Well, I already have one so I don't need that verb. I consulted google.fi and found "Minulla on nuha", "Minulla on nuha kuumeessa" and "Olen vilustunut". I have no idea which phrase is the most common or if any of these are even correct Finnish. Even worse news is that before I could get to other languages like Spanish, Polish (I was really looking forward to this one) and Hindi I was too tired. Maybe I'll feel like learning to say "I have a cold." in those languages in the morning or Monday. Näkemiin Mick 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| sans-serif Tetraglot Senior Member Finland Joined 4564 days ago 298 posts - 470 votes Speaks: Finnish*, English, German, Swedish Studies: Danish | Message 15 of 66 13 January 2013 at 11:03am | IP Logged |
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I'd translate "Minulla on nuha" as "I have a runny nose" in most cases. If you (also) have a fever, it's common to just say "Minulla on kuumetta" or sometimes "Olen kuumeessa". "I have a cold" would be "Olen vilustunut", which sounds a bit stiff to me, or "Minulla on flunssa", which is colloquial. Note that "flunssa" typically refers to the common cold despite its etymology.
Parane pian! Edited by sans-serif on 13 January 2013 at 11:06am 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Kez Diglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 4362 days ago 181 posts - 212 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English Studies: Swedish | Message 16 of 66 17 January 2013 at 9:17am | IP Logged |
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It's quite an interesting list of languages you're learning.
I'm learning Swedish as well so I'm curious about your Swedish progression. And I would love to read about you're Afrikaans progression, it's a fun comparing it to Dutch. Good luck with your studies! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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