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| sans-serif Tetraglot Senior Member Finland Joined 4560 days ago 298 posts - 470 votes  Speaks: Finnish*, English, German, Swedish Studies: Danish | Message 25 of 37 03 February 2013 at 9:48pm | IP Logged |
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@Cavesa:
That's not bad idea, actually. I've read around ten albums of Kalle Anka (Disney comics) in Swedish, and I just bought my first Lustiges Taschenbuch a couple weeks ago. I can't say I read those any faster--if anything, I'm a bit slower than usual, due to the sparse layout of the text. As I noted to daegga earlier, though these comics are meant for kids, they are often not that easy in terms of vocabulary. The language is simply quite different from what one typically encounters in literature, newspapers or even spoken sources. I'll have to swing by the bookstore and browse around, as I'm sure there are plenty of more straight-forward titles out there. I'm glad to hear that my scribblings have been of some use to you. It's still a bit weird to me that you guys really read my log, but it does bring a smile to my face to read all these comments. If I make any cool finds, I'll be sure to share them here! Edited by sans-serif on 03 February 2013 at 10:05pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5010 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 26 of 37 03 February 2013 at 10:52pm | IP Logged |
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Well, there are many kinds of comic books. Some are meant for adults and use everyday language. I am
lucky there are tons in French. Some may have been translated but i am sure even some original ones are "diggable" somewhere for most languages. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| sans-serif Tetraglot Senior Member Finland Joined 4560 days ago 298 posts - 470 votes Speaks: Finnish*, English, German, Swedish Studies: Danish | Message 27 of 37 18 August 2013 at 9:13pm | IP Logged |
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Sheesh, it's been no less than six months since my last entry! I think I owe everyone a status report--I actually have some interesting things to share for a change--but unfortunately it's getting late in my timezone, so that will have to wait until another time.
If any Norwegian learners are reading this, I recommend you go check out 20 spørsmål, which is a nice little word guessing game show on NRK. All eight seasons of the program can be viewed outside of Norway, all the episodes have subtitles, and there are no pesky time limits! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| sans-serif Tetraglot Senior Member Finland Joined 4560 days ago 298 posts - 470 votes Speaks: Finnish*, English, German, Swedish Studies: Danish | Message 28 of 37 27 August 2013 at 11:31am | IP Logged |
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Alright. In the interest of getting this out of the way, I'm just going to do an ugly infodump. Bear with me.
Books I've read since my last update: SWEDISH Jag är Zlatan: Zlatans egen berättelse Hungerspelen trilogin; Suzanne Collins ENGLISH Grave Peril; Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files, #3) Summer Knight; Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files, #4) Death Masks, Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files, #5) A Memory of Light; Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson (The Wheel of Time, #14) Daniel X: Watch the Skies; James Patterson and Ned Rust (Daniel X, #2) GERMAN Jenseits der Schatten; Brent Weeks (Die Nachtengel Trilogie, #3) Darth Maul—Der Schattenjäger; Michael Reaves Gebrauchsanweisung für Finnland; Roman Schatz In the works right now: 1Q84: Första boken — april-juni; Haruki Murakami Das Glasperlenspiel; Herman Hesse Next in line: Den döende dandyn; Mari Jungstedt (Anders Knutas, #4) [started reading this ages ago but only made it about halfway through] Warren Buffett: Das Leben ist wie ein Schneeball Edited by sans-serif on 27 August 2013 at 11:55am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| sans-serif Tetraglot Senior Member Finland Joined 4560 days ago 298 posts - 470 votes Speaks: Finnish*, English, German, Swedish Studies: Danish | Message 29 of 37 30 August 2013 at 7:36pm | IP Logged |
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DANISH
I just realized I didn't even mention Danish in my last post. I've kept up with my not very intensive media regimen of podcasts and TV shows, totaling about two or three hours of listening a week. I also L-R Harry Potter og Fønixordenen irregularly—I've been at it for a good half a year and I'm only about 2/3 of the way through. In short, other languages and life in general have taken precedence. All things considered, I'm quite happy with my progress. GERMAN Yesterday, I started reading Spür die Angst by Jens Lapidus, the German translation of Snabba cash. I actually meant to get part three, Lass sie bluten (= Livet deluxe), and read it accompanied by the Swedish audio book, but somehow I got the titles mixed up when placing my order on Adlibris, and I ended up with the wrong book. Luckily, it's been a while since I read Snabba cash, and I've already forgotten a lot of the details, so I really don't mind rereading it in German. Edited by sans-serif on 30 August 2013 at 7:39pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4829 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 30 of 37 31 August 2013 at 2:44am | IP Logged |
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I have a feeling I know the answer, but does your native Finnish "give" you anything for
"free", regarding Swedish, Norwegian, or Danish? Thanks. (And I guess I'm reading your log because of a common interest in Danish). :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6910 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 31 of 37 31 August 2013 at 5:56pm | IP Logged |
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Probably not. The languages aren't related at all. Maybe there's a loan word here and there, but not that it would give the average Finn a significant discount.
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| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4708 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 32 of 37 31 August 2013 at 9:25pm | IP Logged |
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I think the mandatory Swedish in schools would give a bigger discount ;)
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