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| Delga Bilingual Diglot Newbie Spain delgaele.wordpress.cRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4453 days ago 34 posts - 38 votes Speaks: Spanish*, CatalanC1* Studies: EnglishB2, Swedish | Message 9 of 16 29 May 2012 at 11:14pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hello sfeint, let me help you. I'm going to translate all the text and then compare
with your text. If you have doubts, ask me:
Juan abrió sus ojos. Miró la alarma del despertador y los cerró. Llegaba tarde, otra vez. (Ya eran) Tres días seguidos. ¿Cuál era su problema? Desde que dejó (se marchó del) el hospital, no había podido levantarse antes del mediodía. Y (encima) no sabía por qué. Era una operación sencilla. Solamente era una operación "correctiva de ojo" (I'm not sure in this sfeint, I translate it literally). Pero ahora, no importaba a qué hora se fuese a dormir, se despertaba después del mediodía. Edited by Delga on 30 May 2012 at 8:21am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| sfeinst Newbie United States Joined 4443 days ago 21 posts - 26 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, French | Message 10 of 16 30 May 2012 at 3:29am | IP Logged | ||
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Thank you for taking the time to translate. It will be very helpful in my learning.
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| sfeinst Newbie United States Joined 4443 days ago 21 posts - 26 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, French | Message 11 of 16 01 June 2012 at 5:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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I finsihed my first book. It was called Cuatro Cuentos De Grimm. It's a child's fairy tale book, but I may have picked the wrong one. It seems geared for an adult to read to a child as opposed to an early reading book. Took me a while to get through. I got very comfy with my dictionary.
I attempted to read a paragraph and if I understood what happened, I moved on otherwise into the dictionary I went. I avoided Google Translate as I wanted to figure out the verb infinitive on my own. I did improve my vocabulary and I was able to understand all four stories. So that was good. For my next book, I downloaded a couple of freebies from Amazon for my Kindle which are beginner books and are not aimed at young children. So hopefully I can get through that book with less trips to the dictionary. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| sfeinst Newbie United States Joined 4443 days ago 21 posts - 26 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, French | Message 12 of 16 07 June 2012 at 7:40pm | IP Logged | ||
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I found an interesting web site. It is the site my kids go on to practice Spanish in their classes. There are some online items that give grammar and vocabulary lessons using a combination of flashcards, quizzes and videos. One thing I really like about the videos is you can turn on sub-titles to go along with them. They show books related to classes available at schools for a given area. The FAQs states international students can make use of it too.
www.classzone.com Anyway, just another tool for me to use. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| sfeinst Newbie United States Joined 4443 days ago 21 posts - 26 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, French | Message 13 of 16 12 June 2012 at 7:45pm | IP Logged | ||
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Well got some bad language related news. One of the websites I go to for language help - Lenguajero - is closing down. I used that site to write Spanish and have others correct the writing (as I helped those writing English).
Guess I'll have to find a new place for that type of practice. My Spanish practicing is continuing though. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Soffía Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4399 days ago 22 posts - 32 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Icelandic | Message 14 of 16 12 June 2012 at 7:59pm | IP Logged | ||
That's a really good idea! I love to write fiction in English but it had never quite occurred to me that it would be good to try to transfer the activity over to my target language. I particularly like the idea of making it a connected narrative, since it seems like it would motivate you to keep going with it. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| dbag Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4871 days ago 605 posts - 1046 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 15 of 16 12 June 2012 at 10:06pm | IP Logged | ||
What!! As man, I never got to use that Site properly cause my computer was to slow. Damn! That was going to be a big part of my strategy. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| sfeinst Newbie United States Joined 4443 days ago 21 posts - 26 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, French | Message 16 of 16 13 June 2012 at 2:21pm | IP Logged | ||
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Now I'm running into problems with language101. That was my main learning site and now it has become unusable for me because it is so slow. For those not using the site but have used Anki and every time you click one of the buttons to rate how you did you have to wait 1 - 2 minutes before seeing the next card. I can't work like that. I did write into the web site (they are very nice and friendly) and they said the service provider is having issues. So hopefully they will get it resolved soon. I'm just frustrated that I keep losing studying time.
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