ancpem1 Groupie United States Joined 4386 days ago 56 posts - 60 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Russian, Greek, Latin, French
| Message 9 of 15 02 January 2013 at 2:56am | IP Logged |
Hi, riff! I'm on Team Mir, and I look forward to being your teammate!
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Kerrie Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Kerrie2 Joined 5393 days ago 1232 posts - 1740 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish
| Message 10 of 15 02 January 2013 at 4:39pm | IP Logged |
Hello, fellow teammate! I'm excited for 2013 and I'm looking forward to watching your progress! Good luck!
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Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5164 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian
| Message 11 of 15 02 January 2013 at 4:51pm | IP Logged |
Hey there riff! I'll be looking forward to seeing your progress, as I dream of the day
when I'll be able to read in Russian!
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fabriciocarraro Hexaglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Brazil russoparabrasileirosRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4713 days ago 989 posts - 1454 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishB2, Italian, Spanish, Russian, French Studies: Dutch, German, Japanese
| Message 12 of 15 02 January 2013 at 6:10pm | IP Logged |
Hey riff! We're together on Team MIR, so I'm just dropping by to wish you the best of luck! =)
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Rhadryn Triglot Groupie United States Joined 5381 days ago 53 posts - 60 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese, French Studies: Spanish, Russian, Arabic (Written), Mandarin, Latin, German
| Message 13 of 15 08 January 2013 at 7:20pm | IP Logged |
Hi Riff! You said on my log that you were going crazy just trying to learn one language. Considering that it's Russian I completely understand! I think it's really cool that you're going to memorize some poetry. I did that in French and it was one of the best things I ever did, though I hardly remember them any more. You might have inspired me to add that to my goals. I would love to know which poems you choose, when you do.
Good luck!
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riff Newbie United States Joined 5292 days ago 32 posts - 36 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian
| Message 14 of 15 20 February 2013 at 4:52am | IP Logged |
A long overdue update. I've been having a blast reading bilingual versions of Harry
Potter and so far I've made it through books 2 and 3 for a total word count of 180K
(178,821 to be exact). I think I mentioned before that I'm reading these on my kindle and
it's basically a paragraph of English followed by a paragraph of Russian. I can follow
things pretty well, but occasionally I'll get a long paragraph that throws me for a loop
(actually, I don't loop, I just plow straight through, understanding or not). I feel like
I'm making progress with the bilingual readers and it doesn't feel like a chore, so I am
prioritizing them above more intensive studies for now.
I don't have the time to be an active TAC2013 member, but I'm continuing my Russian
studies and expect to do so for the rest of the year and shall post infrequent updates.
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Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4842 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian
| Message 15 of 15 10 March 2013 at 2:11pm | IP Logged |
Hey, I know you don't have much time, but it would be great to read from you again soon, anyway. I hope your Russian is making progress.
Успехов!
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