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tarvos
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 Message 545 of 568
14 August 2014 at 10:57pm | IP Logged 
iTalki. We gebruiken het allebei. Maar het was wel grappig toen ik dat zei tijdens de
vragenronde, haha.

Edited by tarvos on 14 August 2014 at 10:57pm

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Hekje
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 Message 546 of 568
14 August 2014 at 10:59pm | IP Logged 
Ah ja, dat klinkt logisch. Grappig hoor.
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geoffw
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 Message 547 of 568
15 August 2014 at 2:27am | IP Logged 
Hekje wrote:

I'm definitely in for the next Polyglot Conference if I'm still here! Actually, I was
looking forward to it happening this year, but when it switched to Novi Sad... haha, no
way I can make that. x_x

Can we count you in for New York too then? Are you on the east coast? :-)


Barring a catastrophic calendar conflict, if it's in NYC I should be there.
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Hekje
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 Message 548 of 568
15 August 2014 at 9:57pm | IP Logged 
geoffw wrote:
Barring a catastrophic calendar conflict, if it's in NYC I should be there.

Thuper duper!
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 Message 549 of 568
17 August 2014 at 9:17pm | IP Logged 
Dutch

I had a long conversation in Dutch with my grandparents the other day. This was
probably the first time I've actually spoken Dutch since the beginning of the summer,
and, to my surprise, it went pretty well. I can still talk about pretty much whatever I
want at an intermediate level.

On the other hand, my understanding of Dutch was seriously affected by the bad
phone connection. :-( The connection was shaky enough that it'd have been a problem
even if we were speaking English, but it was still frustrating.

I guess it's also a little funny now because my grandma doesn't speak really any
English, while my grandpa speaks English fairly well. So if my grandma's on the line,
it's essential that I speak Dutch and she absolutely loves it. But when I'm speaking
with my grandpa, I get the sneaking suspicion that his English is at least as good as
my Dutch and that he's just humoring me.

Oh well, I guess he'd let me know if it were really a problem.

Maar goed. Ik zat net te denken: het is toch te gek, wat het Nederlands voor mij gedaan
heeft. Tijdens de lente had ik (bijvoorbeeld) de gelegenheid om iets meer te chillen
met Arnon Grunberg - toen ik weg van HTLAL was. Het bleek een heel grappig verhaal te
zijn en op een dag moet ik het hier opschrijven. Dat zou nooit hebben gebeurd als ik
nooit met Nederlands begon had.

Morgen ga ik naar Letland. De vlucht duurt 24 uur - ik vertrek maandagavond en ben
dinsdagavond in Riga.

Oh, I should also say that I've been writing a lot more in Dutch since I hopped back on
HTLAL. That's nice.
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 Message 550 of 568
17 August 2014 at 10:45pm | IP Logged 
Veel plezier in Letland! Het schijnt er ook supergoedkoop te zijn, dus bezat je niet aan
al dat goedkope bier dat je er kunt krijgen (naar westerse maatstaven dan, voor de Letten
is het wel duur, zo is mij tenminste verteld door een Let toen ik in Göteborg was).
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 Message 551 of 568
17 August 2014 at 10:48pm | IP Logged 
Good luck in your Dutch and Indonesian!
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 Message 552 of 568
17 August 2014 at 11:17pm | IP Logged 
Latvia? Sounds pretty random to me, but I'm sure there's more to it. Have fun!


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