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| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5013 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes  Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 10 of 60 06 May 2012 at 12:33pm | IP Logged | ||
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I think it depends on the particular fantasy novel. Sure, I wouldn't recommend for
exemple the Wheel of time, since it is full of strange and invented words and vocabulary you are not likely to ever use (I've always wondered what would happen if I tried calling someone a "woolheaded fool" in reality). But for exemple Hobit has only a few "fantasy" or medieaval things related words. Sword, elf, dwarf, dragon and that's quite it. On the other hand, there is a lot of vocabulary related to normal things like drinking tea with friends, comments on landscape and home items at Bilbo's return :-) . And Tolkien's descriptions of characters are very educative as well. Erik l'Homme is another example. Most of the language, both vocabulary and phrases, is perfectly suitable for everyday use. And secondly, there are many people who enjoy these books the most in their native languages so learning the related vocabulary and enjoying the stories while learning may be much more important to them than learning "useful" stuff. 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| dandt Senior Member Australia regarderetlire.wordp Joined 4628 days ago 134 posts - 174 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, French | Message 11 of 60 06 May 2012 at 1:46pm | IP Logged | ||
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For beginning french learners I definitely recommend 'Il fait beau' and such available on the kindle stores.
They are very basic and gradually build on what you know. Even better is that they are aimed at adults so it isn't too frustrating to read as an adult. The other basic french readers I have seen have been written for children, so this is a great change. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6601 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 12 of 60 06 May 2012 at 11:22pm | IP Logged | ||
I'm one of those people :) Also, this thread went quite unnoticed.. have a look if you're reading Harry Potter, it has lists of magical terms! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5338 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 13 of 60 06 May 2012 at 11:37pm | IP Logged | ||
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I am a big fan of Agatha Christie, which I read in every new language I do. It is easy enough to read books even in languages you do not speak, but just manage to read through your other languages.
Twilight is also a series with fairly easy language, and is of a much higher literary quality than people give it credit for. My youngest daughter went through it in Englsih when she was 10, and my oldest has read it in Spanish now after having had Spanish in school for three years. The Vampire Diaries are also easy to read. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| mountains Newbie Norway Joined 4597 days ago 12 posts - 43 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Norwegian | Message 14 of 60 07 May 2012 at 3:36am | IP Logged | ||
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A question for Solfrid Cristin or any other native or fluent Norwegian speakers. I am
looking for some Norwegian material apart from the usual suspects like Harry Potter etc.. Would particularly like to read Norwegian authors and not translations, so any recommendations would be much appreciated. Edited by mountains on 07 May 2012 at 3:37am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5338 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 15 of 60 07 May 2012 at 6:40am | IP Logged | ||
What sort of books are you looking for? Crime stories, classical literature, books for teenagers, what is your cup of tea? Edited for typos. Bad enough to be dyslexic, but when you write a post from an IPhone, the typos multiply. Edited by Solfrid Cristin on 07 May 2012 at 1:34pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4863 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish | Message 16 of 60 07 May 2012 at 1:28pm | IP Logged | ||
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If someone likes manga, I would definitely recommend D-Gray Man. It should be available in most of your target languages. I've already started reading in Russian :)
If you prefer watching films, there's also anime series. Edited by prz_ on 07 May 2012 at 1:39pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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