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| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5155 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes  Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 73 of 145 18 January 2014 at 1:44pm | IP Logged | ||
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In my experience, it does become easier after the first foreign language, but you need to
get used to each language on its own. I became used to listening to French but not to Norwegian yet, even though I can already read Norwegian and get the gist of it. My vocabulary in French is much larger, though, I've read nearly 20 books in French and I'm at my 5th in Norwegian. French is a romance language, just like my native one, which did help in the beginning, but I really had to get used to its sound, it wasn't just like I took it for granted. There was also the issue of a lesser correspondence between spelling and sound, which isn't the case for Cebuano. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Stelle Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Canada tobefluent.com Joined 4133 days ago 949 posts - 1686 votes Speaks: French*, English*, Spanish Studies: Tagalog | Message 74 of 145 18 January 2014 at 2:53pm | IP Logged | ||
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Your log almost makes me wish I were learning Cebuano instead of Tagalog! Ha!
Very interesting log. I've been reading it for several months now - it's so nice to see your progress. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ElComadreja Senior Member Philippines bibletranslatio Joined 7227 days ago 683 posts - 757 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Portuguese, Latin, Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew, Cebuano, French, Tagalog | Message 75 of 145 18 January 2014 at 6:30pm | IP Logged | ||
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I've got Tagalog on the back burner still. I started a more thorough vocab study. Wow I
thought it would go a little faster. There's so much vocab that's different. A Cebuano speaker said they used a word from Cebuano when speaking Tagalog and somehow it turned into an insult :p Edited by ElComadreja on 18 January 2014 at 6:31pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ElComadreja Senior Member Philippines bibletranslatio Joined 7227 days ago 683 posts - 757 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Portuguese, Latin, Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew, Cebuano, French, Tagalog | Message 76 of 145 20 January 2014 at 6:23am | IP Logged | ||
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Well, the first few days, listening with no video was a great sleep aid :p
I remember falling asleep like that all the time when I was trying to listen to a Spanish Stephen King audiobook. The third day is not so bad, and I'm starting to get words, but it's still kind of hard to follow. I guess I've relied on visual cues allot. This really feels different just listening. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ElComadreja Senior Member Philippines bibletranslatio Joined 7227 days ago 683 posts - 757 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Portuguese, Latin, Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew, Cebuano, French, Tagalog | Message 77 of 145 22 January 2014 at 10:27am | IP Logged | ||
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This is the 5th day I've listened to the news with no visuals. This morning I listened
to the new one, and as is normal, I can't understand so I concentrate on the sound and picked out many words, but didn't have time to sort out the meanings. Now it's evening and I understand 90% of the same broadcast. Level up! I wonder if it will continue this way or if I'll have to keep giving the news a 1-2 punch. Edit: Comparing this to my Hungarian venture, the 5th day seems to be a break point. edit (end of day): Listening to people just talk to each other is easier tonight. I still don't get every word though. I've moved somewhere from 10% understanding to 90%. Something that got me again was that prefix that cuts of the first letter of a word. All this listening takes brain power, and I can feel the struggle. Is the the point were things will start fixing themselves "unintentionally" if I just keep going? Edited by ElComadreja on 22 January 2014 at 5:45pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ElComadreja Senior Member Philippines bibletranslatio Joined 7227 days ago 683 posts - 757 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Portuguese, Latin, Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew, Cebuano, French, Tagalog | Message 78 of 145 23 January 2014 at 2:36pm | IP Logged | ||
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Wow I think I overwhelmed myself today studying all the stuff I am right now. I think my
brain quit after it managed to read the first 2 verses of Jonah in Hebrew. Maybe I should rethink my schedule. The news wasn't quite as good today. And I noticed that to understand it I really have to PAY ATTENTION and so I can't do that for long periods of time. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ElComadreja Senior Member Philippines bibletranslatio Joined 7227 days ago 683 posts - 757 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Portuguese, Latin, Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew, Cebuano, French, Tagalog | Message 79 of 145 26 January 2014 at 5:43am | IP Logged | ||
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Well, I took a long trip to a wedding on the other side of the island. I thought I would
be able to use some Cebuano skills. Unfortunately missing 4 hours of sleep and being in a church with allot of echo doesn't really help in this regard. My Cebuano was pretty much useless. Fortunately everything ELSE went great :) I witnessed many traditions, the strangest of which (and some locals didn't know this one), they got a glass of water, wet a comb with it and made a stroke through the new wife's hair, dipped it again and made a stroke through the husband's. Dipped it again, and then the couple drank the water. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ElComadreja Senior Member Philippines bibletranslatio Joined 7227 days ago 683 posts - 757 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Portuguese, Latin, Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew, Cebuano, French, Tagalog | Message 80 of 145 26 January 2014 at 6:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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I thought it might be worthwhile to re-post my 2104 goals here because I'm feeling some
serious wanderlust.
Edited by ElComadreja on 26 January 2014 at 6:49pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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