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| BAnna Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4624 days ago 409 posts - 616 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Turkish | Message 241 of 295 05 February 2015 at 10:03pm | IP Logged | ||
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Ich gratuliere dir! Sie sollten ein Kinderspiel sein ;)
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| patrickwilken Senior Member Germany radiant-flux.net Joined 4535 days ago 1546 posts - 3200 votes Studies: German | Message 242 of 295 06 February 2015 at 10:36am | IP Logged | ||
Danke! It certainly seems to be getting easier. Since the start of the year I have been reading extensively. How is your German going? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| BAnna Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4624 days ago 409 posts - 616 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Turkish | Message 243 of 295 06 February 2015 at 10:34pm | IP Logged | ||
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OK, still doing the usual: reading a lot, regular skyping, and watching mediocre German TV programs now and then. Went on a business trip to Switzerland and got in a bit of practice. Still not doing any writing, though...
Great to see your progress. Get in as much content as you can now before the baby comes. Cheers. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| patrickwilken Senior Member Germany radiant-flux.net Joined 4535 days ago 1546 posts - 3200 votes Studies: German | Message 244 of 295 09 February 2015 at 2:56pm | IP Logged | ||
Good to see you are getting regular speaking as well as reading/listening. Sorry that you can't get better programs. That really is one of the big big advantages of living in Germany. It's a shame that electronic copyright laws are so backward. How did you find Swiss German? My wife, when she was a student, worked in a call center, and would get callers from across the German speaking world. The Swiss were always very polite, but she had a lot of trouble understanding them, even after they switched to Hochdeutsch. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| patrickwilken Senior Member Germany radiant-flux.net Joined 4535 days ago 1546 posts - 3200 votes Studies: German | Message 245 of 295 09 February 2015 at 2:58pm | IP Logged | ||
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In a fit of madness I signed up for a 50-book challenge for 2015 on Goodreads: 50 book challenge.
I'll probably throw a few English language books into the mix, but the bulk should be in German. Fingers crossed. I really like the idea of burning through a book a week. Edited by patrickwilken on 09 February 2015 at 2:59pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| patrickwilken Senior Member Germany radiant-flux.net Joined 4535 days ago 1546 posts - 3200 votes Studies: German | Message 246 of 295 06 March 2015 at 1:16pm | IP Logged | ||
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February 2015
In February I read 1783 pages and watched 33 movies. A couple of big changes this month. I have fallen off the wagon with Anki. I was hoping to really use it to build up my passive vocabulary this year, but after a couple of months of enjoyable use, I developed a an increasing aversion to using it and after a week of missing training stopped altogether. On the positive side, I have started to read much more and find (at least for simpler books) that I can read quite comfortably without a dictionary. I am finding my spoken German somewhat frustrating at the moment. I understand what people are saying, but have difficulty expressing myself clearly. Hopefully this will gradually improve over the course of the year. 
Books 55. Die Flusswelt der Zeit. Philip José Farmer. 351 Seiten. Ebook. 7/10. 54. Tod einer roten Heldin. Qiu Xiaolong. 464 Seiten. Ebook. Fascinating portrait of Chinese society a year after the events of Tiananmen Square by way of a young police inspector who who likes to quote Tang Dynasty poetry. 8/10. 53. Driver. James Sallis. 158 Seiten. Ebook. Some vocabulary I didn't know, but still straightforward. Quite different from the Movie (Drive); I would say in general better. 8/10. 52. Der weisse Tiger. Aravind Adiga. 320 Seiten. Ebook. Good easy read - great critical look at the rich and poor of India (and the World?). 9/10. 51. Sputnik Sweetheart. Haruki Murakami. 215 Seiten. Pbook - read without dictionary. 6/10. 50. Der Spion, der aus der Kälte kam. John le Carré. 255 Seiten. Ebook. 8/10. Movies 815. Inherent Vice (2015). Kino. I had a lot of trouble understanding this, which was partly, but not fully due to the plot. 7/10. 814. Der Mann, der über Autos sprang (2010). Mubi. Nice vibe. 7/10. 808-813. Doctor Who - Season 8 - 12 Episodes (2014). Netflix. 5/10. 807. Pulp Fiction (1994). Netflix. 9/10. 806. Schwedisch für Fortgeschrittene (Heartbreak Hotel - 2006). Mubi. 3/10. 805. Liebe um jeden Preis (Hors de prix - 2006). Mubi. 6/10. 794-804. Arrow - Season 1 - 23 Episodes. Netflix. 8/10. 793. You Kill Me (2007). Mubi. 6/10. 792. Wuthering Heights (2011). Mubi. 6/10. 791. Mission Impossible 3 (2006). Netflix. 5/10. 790. Wrong (2012). Mubi. 6/10. 789. Der Riss (La Rupture - 1970). Mubi. 6/10. 785-788. Dracula (2013) - Season 1 - 10 Episodes. Netflix, 7/10. 784. The Congress (2013). Netflix. 4/10. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| patrickwilken Senior Member Germany radiant-flux.net Joined 4535 days ago 1546 posts - 3200 votes Studies: German | Message 247 of 295 01 April 2015 at 12:01pm | IP Logged | ||
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March 2015
In March I read 0 pages (!) and watched 26 films. March was a very quiet time for German learning for me. I am continuing to watch German TV/movies, but reading-wise I didn't open a German novel this month. I have been slowly reading my first English language book in ages, Naomi Klein's 'This Changes Everything', but even this relatively slowly as I am getting distracted by the upcoming birth of my daughter (any time now!!). Looking back over my progress over the last few years, Feburary/March always seems like the slowest period for me. There are probably various reasons for this, but the slow-down this time seems in part due to me wanting a bit of a break after a pretty intensive level of German immersion over the last eight months after I learnt of my wife's pregnancy. I need to get back into German reading soon, but I am not too worried if I take a bit of a break over the next month or two. I can recommend the new German film 'Als wir träumten', which chronicals the lives a group of boys in Leipzig immediately before and after the events of 1989. Gritty and depressing, and one of the best German films I have seen in last few years. 
Books None! Movies 841. Four Brothers (2005). Netflix. 7/10. 840. Star Trek Into Darkness (2013). 3€. Netflix. 7/10 839. Buffalo '66 (1998). Mubi. 8/10. 825-838. Fringe (2008) - Season 1 - 22 Episodes. 7/10. 824. Shooter (2007). Netflix. 6/10. 823. Als wir träumten (2015). 8€. Kino. 8/10 822. Trading Places (1983). Netflix. 7/10. 821. All Beauty Must Die (2010). Netflix. 5/10. 820. Deja Vu (2006). Netflix. 6/10. 819. Predestination (2014). 3€. Amazon Prime. 7/10. 818. Hansel and Gretel (2014). Netflix. 6/10. 817. Birdman (2014). 8€.Kino. 8/10. 816. Lucy (2014). 3€. Amazon Prime. 5/10. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Lundrum Diglot Newbie Ireland Joined 3531 days ago 20 posts - 21 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: German, Polish | Message 248 of 295 01 April 2015 at 9:01pm | IP Logged | ||
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Wow, your log is inspiring! How would you say your German is now? B2? C1? Higher? Would you
say you can understand most of what you read and listen to? 1 person has voted this message useful |
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