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| dragonfly Triglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 6470 days ago 204 posts - 233 votes  Speaks: Russian*, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, Mandarin | Message 65 of 128 18 March 2010 at 9:14am | IP Logged |
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Update.
Spanish: - having got a bit tired of serious reading (I mean the Atlas book), I decided to take up "Chronicles of Narnia. Prince Caspian" in Spanish. However, I dropped it on page 50 as I made sure that I don't like fantasy and came to the conclusion that I don 't like that manner of Lewis's writing. Of coure, I understand that it's a chindren's book, but the style is so telegraphic as if it were an adopted vesrion but not a novel; - "Una Novia por Contrato" - la peli trata de un joven que sigue viviendo con sus padres aunque ya tiene mas que treinta anios y no tiene ninguna intencion de moverse. Todas u novias estan aterrorizadas cuando llegan a saber de esto. Sus padres contratan a una chica para que ella le persuada que tiene que lanzar una vida independe. Claro que se enamoraron. En nuestra pais no es etranio cuando hijos viven con sus padres incluendo cuando tienen su propia familia y hijos. No es solo porque habitacion es muy cara aqui pero tambien porque, al contrario a los EU, es costumbre aqui ayudar a los hijos cuidar de nietos. Mandarin: - Assimil - 3 more dialogues; - Pimsleur Mandarin II 19-22; - ChinesePod elementary: Going to the Doctor; - Anki 837 facts. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| dragonfly Triglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 6470 days ago 204 posts - 233 votes Speaks: Russian*, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, Mandarin | Message 66 of 128 18 March 2010 at 12:16pm | IP Logged |
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German (at last!):
I found it very very comfortable to work with the Assimil German course. Already covered 3 lessoons, began from lesson 53. A bit every day, it suits me fine. I'm going to continue with 3-4 lessons a week, I'll also listen to the dialogs from the first one (the second wave, you know). I haven't started with Top-Thema yet, but I'm sure, sooner or later I'll ger down to it. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| annette Senior Member United States Joined 5497 days ago 164 posts - 192 votes Speaks: English* | Message 67 of 128 21 March 2010 at 1:37am | IP Logged |
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I don't like fantasy very much either for some reason. I mean, there are some books that
you could categorize as fantasy that I do like, but in general when I walk into a bookstore and pass the "fantasy" section, I don't see anything that appeals to me. My brother just LOVES that genre, though. Anyway, 837 Anki facts!! That's a lot. Do you have a # of minutes that you try to spend on Anki every day? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| dragonfly Triglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 6470 days ago 204 posts - 233 votes Speaks: Russian*, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, Mandarin | Message 68 of 128 27 March 2010 at 8:07am | IP Logged |
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Hi,Annette!
I usually spend 20-30 minutes a day on Anki, divided into two or three sits. When I work at something else and get a bit bored with it, then I revise the Anki material a bit and then come back to work. Sometimes I'm in no mood for Anki at all (this week was the example: I hardly revised anything and added almost nothing). But then I catch up. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| dragonfly Triglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 6470 days ago 204 posts - 233 votes Speaks: Russian*, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, Mandarin | Message 69 of 128 27 March 2010 at 8:13am | IP Logged |
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Update:
Spanish: - "La Rebellion de Atlas" 520 pages covered. Mandarin: - Assimil - 4 dialogues studied (all very easy); - Pimsleur Mandarin II to the end; - ChinesePod elementary dialogues: "Medicine Doses" and "Going to the Pharmacy"; - Tale 3 from the reader - characters, scriptorium. German: - Assimil 56-58. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| dragonfly Triglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 6470 days ago 204 posts - 233 votes Speaks: Russian*, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, Mandarin | Message 70 of 128 02 April 2010 at 2:29pm | IP Logged |
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Last week I did very little study as my kids had flu. I was so tired that I didn't even want to update, but spring has come, the sun is warm, the weather is fine, so life doesn't seem terrible any more.
So, Mandarin: - listened to Chinesepod; - worked at tale 3. German: - Assimil 59. Also read "Eclipse" in English and began to listen to the audiobook in Spanish. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| dragonfly Triglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 6470 days ago 204 posts - 233 votes Speaks: Russian*, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, Mandarin | Message 71 of 128 09 April 2010 at 9:34am | IP Logged |
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Back into the rut, though a bit behind the schedule.
Spanish: - "Harry Potter y las Reliquas de Muerte" - listened up to chapter 20 - that's more than 10 hours! - that's how an interesting story can capture you; - "La Rebellion de Atlas" 580 paginas leidas. German: - Assimil 60,61. Mandarin: - listening to the old material; - Anki 897 facts; - Story 3 to the end. I must say I like Chinese fairy tales. They are rather simple, but wise. This one is about a crocodile that tried to decieve a monkey to capture it and feed its brain to his wife (吃脑补脑 - I liked the phrase), but the monkey turned out to be 聪明 and escaped saying that it left the brain in the woods (总是把脑蔵才树丛里，免得脑震荡）. It makes me feel content that I see that the number of words I don't know in the text is decreasing. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| dragonfly Triglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 6470 days ago 204 posts - 233 votes Speaks: Russian*, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, Mandarin | Message 72 of 128 15 April 2010 at 11:03am | IP Logged |
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Update:
Mandarin: - Anki 950 facts - studied 3 Assimil dialogues - revision (and writing) of some old hanzi German: - Assimil 62,63 Spanish: It was really a week along the lines of "all-Spanish-all-the-time". Sometimes I begin thinking in Spanish even without noticing it! So: - "Harry Potter y las Reliquias de Muerte" - listened up to chapter 20 - read "Amanecer" by S.Meyer 200 pages - watched "Ultimatum a la Tierra" - Una pelicula fantastica, me parecia un poco ingenua. Un dia en la superficie de la tierra aparezcan globos luminiscentes qienes cogen todas las formas de vida terrenales. Resulta que diferentes criaturas de la tierra estan salvados, porque los barbaros humanos van a ser eliminados. Pero el planeticola que tambien ha venido a la tierra ve que humanos pueden amar y sacrificar sus vida por otros y por eso ta tierra sigue viviendo. "Recuerda Me" - esta peli me ha causado sentimientos mezclados. Una cosa puedo decir seguramente: es triste, no hay "happy end". En un periodico se decia que es una peli sobre un perdedor, pero nu puedo dicir eso. Es sobre un muchacho que trata de arreglar la situacion en u familia, que sigue viviendo por el pasado, pero el amor cambia todo. Desgraciamente, amor no supiera a la muerte. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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