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| datsunking1 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5588 days ago 1014 posts - 1533 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Russian, Dutch, French | Message 1 of 8 02 March 2010 at 4:08am | IP Logged | |||||
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Welp here it is folks. I'm going to try and learn as much Italian as possible in 100 days (starting today, March 1st, 2010.)
My plan: Assimil: Italian With Ease Berlitz: Self Teacher Italian (40 lessons, one every 2 days) Reading the newspaper/speaking with kids at school 25 new words a day (out of my most common usage dictionary) This will give me working grammar of the basic tenses: Past, Present, Future, Imperfect, Past Perfect, Progressive etc. A vocabulary of around 3500 to 4000 words And an ability to talk and communicate with comfort with common topics, basic necessities, and basic literacy. I AM NOT GOING FOR NATIVE FLUENCY IN 3 MONTHS. Here are some examples of what I should be able to do -Describe things -Greet people (slang and formal) -Talk about hobbies, TV, music, etc -Read the paper (help of a dictionary :D) -Talk about what I did yesterday, what I will do tomorrow, etc. -Some slang, colloquialisms, idioms. -Count :D -Use reflexive verbs correctly. -Directions -Parts of a car, road signs, getting gas etc. -Ordering food :D (my favorite :D) -Household Items -Weather -Going places Questionables: Discuss politics? Do math (CALCULUS WOO :D) mathematical terms like squares and stuff Tell a story! Conversation on the fly! Translate (a little :D) Honestly, I'm really excited, it's currently 10:00pm, and I'm really happy with Day 1's progress. I put in a good hour of study so far, and still have a little to go. Should I study for my college biology test tomorrow or study Italian? hmmmmmmmm...... :D -Jordan Edited by datsunking1 on 02 March 2010 at 4:09am 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6473 days ago 2608 posts - 4866 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Esperanto, Greek, Mandarin, Latin, Dutch, Italian Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swahili, Indonesian, Japanese, Modern Hebrew, Portuguese | Message 2 of 8 02 March 2010 at 9:52am | IP Logged | |||||
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Go you! This sounds exciting, be sure to let us know how it goes!
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| datsunking1 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5588 days ago 1014 posts - 1533 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Russian, Dutch, French | Message 3 of 8 02 March 2010 at 5:50pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Welp, I'm currently sitting next to my new friend from Italy, Iolanda.
Nice girl :D She said I have a pretty good accent!! Not bad for day two huh? :) I should progress really quickly. I'm even more excited. :) -Jordan 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| dragonfly Triglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 6482 days ago 204 posts - 233 votes Speaks: Russian*, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, Mandarin | Message 4 of 8 02 March 2010 at 6:15pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Good luck! I'm sure you'll manage it. I hope to try the same challenge with Italian some day.
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| datsunking1 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5588 days ago 1014 posts - 1533 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Russian, Dutch, French | Message 5 of 8 04 March 2010 at 1:35am | IP Logged | |||||
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Day 3- I'm learning much more colloquial stuff, like how teens my age would speak.
Ultimately, it is becoming very easy and making sense to me. folte = Cool! :D Bultati in una strada. (Iolanda said this to me today :P) She has quite a personality! We laugh at everything together. She said she would be more than happy to help me and answer questions :) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5384 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 6 of 8 04 March 2010 at 1:50am | IP Logged | |||||
How will you reach 4000 words at a rate of 25 a day for 100 days? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| datsunking1 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5588 days ago 1014 posts - 1533 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Russian, Dutch, French | Message 7 of 8 04 March 2010 at 6:00pm | IP Logged | |||||
Random words that I will pick up from Assimil+Berlitz, and talking with Italian friends. So I will technically learn much more than 2500 words out of the dictionary 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| brian91 Senior Member Ireland Joined 5447 days ago 335 posts - 437 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 8 of 8 27 March 2010 at 3:14pm | IP Logged | |||||
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How is the Italian going? The month is almost over. I've learned to talk about the White Rose in German more
fluently this month and that's about it. :/ 1 person has voted this message useful |
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