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| Gemuse Senior Member Germany Joined 4085 days ago 818 posts - 1189 votes  Speaks: English Studies: German | Message 177 of 264 23 May 2014 at 12:50pm | IP Logged | ||
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http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2014/may/15/ca t-saves-boy-from-dog-attack-
video You can also search on youtube for "cat attacks dog" Edited by Gemuse on 23 May 2014 at 12:51pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6600 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 178 of 264 05 June 2014 at 3:03am | IP Logged | ||
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I didn't know where to ask so I thought I'd post here...
I'm watching football and at one point I found a stream in a beautiful language. At the half-time break I finally saw some written text that appears to be Arabic????? But this sounded completely different from Arabic :O The only specific thing I can point out is that Barcelona was pronounced with a sh. forvo and wiktionary confirm that it's indeed so in Arabic, although I can't figure out whether it's different in Urdu or Persian. I took a couple of screenshots: 1, 2. Can anyone confirm whether that's even Arabic, and are there any clues about a specific country? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6600 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 179 of 264 08 August 2014 at 1:58am | IP Logged | ||
Less than 4 months later Spanish: placement test 509, 534, 483 writing B2 listening, vocabulary, grammar, reading B1 I've also done a coursera class and written an essay for it (agonizingly close to finishing "with distinction", 83.5% vs 85%). I think I'm not that far from "basic fluency" and will probably reach it in Spanish sooner than in Italian. Edited by Serpent on 08 August 2014 at 2:14am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Stelle Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Canada tobefluent.com Joined 4147 days ago 949 posts - 1686 votes Speaks: French*, English*, Spanish Studies: Tagalog | Message 180 of 264 08 August 2014 at 2:26am | IP Logged | ||
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I tried the same coursera course - but I abandoned it about 20 minutes into the first round of videos. I really wanted
to love it, but I just didn't connect to it at all! Maybe I should have given it a bit more time... Did you end up enjoying the course? I really do plan on trying another coursera course in Spanish someday. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6600 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 181 of 264 08 August 2014 at 2:44am | IP Logged | ||
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Yes, I loved it! The materials are still available, btw. I think the final week was the best, really. Next summer they are planning to make it a 7-week course with more materials.
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| Stelle Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Canada tobefluent.com Joined 4147 days ago 949 posts - 1686 votes Speaks: French*, English*, Spanish Studies: Tagalog | Message 182 of 264 08 August 2014 at 3:08am | IP Logged | ||
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Maybe I'll have to take another look!
I have my eye on the Egyptology course starting in October: egiptologia 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6600 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 183 of 264 09 August 2014 at 1:46am | IP Logged | ||
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Yes, seen this one :-)))
I'm now doing the one about learning how to learn, and it seems like fun, though I don't expect to come across all that many new things. I'll be jotting them down here for now, and hopefully start a couple of threads when I have enough material. For now the most important point is the difference between diffuse and focused thinking. To some extent it corresponds to global and sequential learning, but this is an important reminder that a successful learner needs both kinds of thinking. It starts with the assumption that everyone is more used to focused thinking, but sometimes it can turn into banging your head against the wall. Some good ways to switch to diffuse thinking are taking a walk, having a shower, exercising. Or the thing with sitting in an armchair with something in your hand, so that eventually you dropped it. Salvador Dalí style. The male professor spoke of how the "reflective time" in the evening is great for diffuse thinking. Interesting how it's already the second time I've seen such a description by a male. For females the period is the time when it comes naturally, although of course it shouldn't be limited to that time of the month. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6600 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 184 of 264 09 August 2014 at 7:38pm | IP Logged | ||
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Just saving here my super challenge sentences
Language: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Grammar point: subjunctive and conditional Why: because before this challenge I didn't even realize that Italian has a conditional mood, although I've picked some of it naturally. And because in Russian we basically have a single particle for both How many sentences: at least 10 per language, possibly more in Italian Grammar explanation: I got some nice answers here, will see if I can write my own summary Language: Finnish Grammar point: descriptive two-verb structures Why: because I can't even come up with an example right now, and I never use them How many sentences: 10 Grammar explanation: the first verb stays in the infinitive, the second one is conjugated For now here are some Romance sentences. The Portuguese ones are all from "Idioma é música", the first two Italian sentences are from "Luna rossa" by Miranda Gray, the last one is from "Che storia!", a book about the history of Italy. 1. Meu professor da 6a série achava que eu não estava pronta para línguas estrangeiras e assinou um documento afirmando que não seria permitido que eu fizesse língua estrangeira na 7a série. (WTF?) 2. O guia fácil de Susanna Zaraysky para a aprendizagem de idiomas é indispensável para qualquer estudante sério que queira tornar-se fluente em outro idioma. 3. Isso permite que o cérebro extraia e aprenda os padrões típicos do idioma alvo, que são elementos constitutivos fundamentais para a rápida aquisição de novos vocábulos. 4. Ou seja, se em vez de ouvir o português de Açores eu tivesse ouvido o português falado com um sotaque forte dos Estados Unidos, com o "r" fraco e sem vogais nasais, eu falaria português com sotaque muito americano. 5.Pode ser que saibamos muito bem os nossos temas e que estejamos muito preparados, mas se o nosso sotaque não é visto com seriedade podemos perder o respeito dos nossos colegas. 6. Não tente entender as palavras, apenas ouça-as. 7. Dê-se o tempo para simplesmente ouvir e não fazer mais nada. 1. Nella fase dell'Incantatrice le energie creative che, se l'ovulo fosse stato fecondato, sarebbero state indirizzate nel formare un bambino, vengono rilasciate per creare nel mondo. 2. Potrete sentire il bisogno di cibi semplici, come verdura, cereali e frutta, piuttosto che cibi raffinati o elaborati. EDIT: that's just the future tense though. Arghhh it's so similar :( 3. Molti credono che il Medioevo sia un tempo buio, in cui i popoli europei erano poveri, ignoranti e male organizzati. Also, the book makes me want to practise the Portuguese and Polish nasal vowels. Does anyone who happens to read this know any tongue twisters? 1 person has voted this message useful |
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