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| Magdalene Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5028 days ago 119 posts - 220 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Mandarin, German, Modern Hebrew, French | Message 1 of 66 12 December 2011 at 7:16pm | IP Logged | ||
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Welcome to the thread for TAC 2012's Team 德, a team for students and speakers of both
a Sinitic and a Germanic language. Anyone interested in joining the team can sign up in this thread. The only requirement to be a member? Create an individual log and update it regularly. This thread will serve as a place for members to share their goals, milestones, roadblocks, and musings throughout the year. For more about the TAC, check out the official thread. As of 02 Feb. 2012, the team roster is: B_Hutt: Dutch Elsinore13: German & Mandarin Hidden: German jae: Mandarin & Portuguese JimmyJameskun: Mandarin & Indonesian Luna_Moonsilver: Mandarin, German, & Swahili Magdalene: Mandarin, German, Spanish, & Vietnamese Mepisevaerg: Spanish, German, & Mandarin (maybe French) NickJS: Mandarin & either Russian, Norwegian, or Cantonese. Serpent: German, Danish, & Dutch. Silverpolyglot: Mandarin & Swedish. WingSuet: Cantonese, Mandarin, & Spanish. One last thing, a note on the team's name: the character 德 dé, "ethics, morality, virtue," was chosen to represent both aspects of the team members' studied languages, 德 being the first half of the Mandarin word for the (written) German language, 德文, as well as an important concept in Chinese philosophy. To all members: good luck! May this be our best TAC yet! Edited by Magdalene on 03 February 2012 at 8:25am 6 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| NickJS Senior Member United Kingdom flickr.com/photos/sg Joined 4951 days ago 264 posts - 334 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cantonese | Message 2 of 66 13 December 2011 at 5:17am | IP Logged | ||
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Nice post Magdalene,
I was going to make a longer post today but I've been quite busy with some car problems. Nonetheless I'm glad we have our team name together and such! I should say now that my main focus for this challenge is definitely Mandarin and not Norwegian, however I know I will be doing some at some point in the upcoming year for fun - when I get the urge to, so I'll include it when I do. We have to create our own separate TAC log soon if I'm correct? As I'd prefer to use a new one rather than my older one - as my goals for the TAC are different (plus I actually thought I'd lost that one at one stage lol! We really need a "save favorite posts" function on here so I don't lose track. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| WingSuet Triglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 5343 days ago 169 posts - 211 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, German Studies: Cantonese | Message 3 of 66 13 December 2011 at 4:47pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hey there! I've never taken part of a TAC challenge before, but I'm thinking of joining this year. I've been studying Cantonese for quite some time now and I'll be studying both Cantonese and Mandarin in Hong Kong from January to May 2012, so that's why I wanted to find a Chinese group. Swedish is my L1 and I know some German, although I don't know if I'll be studying it this year. Do I have to actively study a Germanic language or am I qualified anyway? Thanks!
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| NickJS Senior Member United Kingdom flickr.com/photos/sg Joined 4951 days ago 264 posts - 334 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cantonese | Message 4 of 66 13 December 2011 at 6:44pm | IP Logged | ||
I think this team is open to both really, I'm not studying German myself either, but I'm studying Mandarin. It would be nice to see some Cantonese as well as Mandarin too, so its fine by me if you would like to join this team :P. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Magdalene Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5028 days ago 119 posts - 220 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Mandarin, German, Modern Hebrew, French | Message 5 of 66 14 December 2011 at 9:02am | IP Logged | ||
I'm fine with you being on our team and "just" studying Mandarin and Cantonese. I think Team 德 is shaping up to be more of a team focused on Sinitic languages (with a heaping scoop of Germanic ones on the side) anyway. :) Let us know if you decide to be a part of our team for next year's TAC and I can add you to the roster. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| WingSuet Triglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 5343 days ago 169 posts - 211 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, German Studies: Cantonese | Message 6 of 66 14 December 2011 at 10:38am | IP Logged | ||
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Oh, great! I'd be happy to join! To start with I'll be studying Cantonese and Mandarin, maybe later I'll add another language (thinking of Thai or Finnish). Thanks!
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| NickJS Senior Member United Kingdom flickr.com/photos/sg Joined 4951 days ago 264 posts - 334 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cantonese | Message 7 of 66 14 December 2011 at 5:39pm | IP Logged | ||
How do you find studying both Mandarin and Cantonese at the same time, do you find you get confused between them both? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| WingSuet Triglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 5343 days ago 169 posts - 211 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, German Studies: Cantonese | Message 8 of 66 14 December 2011 at 9:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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Actually, I haven't started Mandarin yet, I will start with it in Hong Kong, so we'll see how it goes :) I've already studied Cantonese for a long time, so hopefully I won't mix them :)
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