FuroraCeltica Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6869 days ago 1187 posts - 1427 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French
| Message 25 of 54 24 September 2008 at 6:49am | IP Logged |
I have completed the Michel Thomas Dutch Foundation course, which is apparently 8 hours, bringing my total so far to 26.5 hours.
I went to Antwerp the other day and got plenty of chances to use it for real :)
Edited by FuroraCeltica on 24 September 2008 at 6:50am
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FuroraCeltica Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6869 days ago 1187 posts - 1427 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French
| Message 26 of 54 06 October 2008 at 11:35am | IP Logged |
Did about 45 minutes Assimil
New Words
* zoëven, aansluiting, prentkaarten, zo'n, centen, eraan denken, blik, achteruit, beschikt, hanteert, bereiken, nagedacht, beelden, doel, zodra, moed, aarzelig
Misheard
* "nagedacht" as "na gedacht", "doel" as "dul", "moed" as "moet", "staat" as "stad", "voelt" as "vuld", "eraan denken" as "er anndenken", "zoëven" as "zo even", "breng" as "bring"
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FuroraCeltica Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6869 days ago 1187 posts - 1427 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French
| Message 27 of 54 06 October 2008 at 11:45am | IP Logged |
Did 35 minutes on Assimil Dutch
New Words
* betekent, beginnenlingen, toen, gewaarshuwd, nutteloos, nutteloze, scheen
Misheard
* "staat" as "stijd", "die" as "de", "scheen" as "schijnt", electriciteit" as "actrice" (dont ask lol), ziet dus" as "situes", "kreeg" as "krigt"
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FuroraCeltica Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6869 days ago 1187 posts - 1427 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French
| Message 28 of 54 06 October 2008 at 11:49am | IP Logged |
Did about 45 minutes of Dutch Assimil
New Words
* lonen, klaagden, perron, haalt, verbaasd, voorkeur, verkeerde, gelijk, loon
Misheard
* "leven" as "lieven", "dezen" as "weezen", klaag as "klag", "waren" as "war en", "en" as "en"
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rolf Senior Member United Kingdom improvingmydutch.blo Joined 6011 days ago 107 posts - 134 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Dutch
| Message 29 of 54 10 October 2008 at 8:36pm | IP Logged |
Hi Furora, how do you find the Assimil? Have you tried Coloquioal Dutch?
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FuroraCeltica Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6869 days ago 1187 posts - 1427 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French
| Message 30 of 54 12 October 2008 at 2:14pm | IP Logged |
rolf wrote:
Hi Furora, how do you find the Assimil? Have you tried Coloquioal Dutch?
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Assimil is great, I have not tried CD, is it good?
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FuroraCeltica Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6869 days ago 1187 posts - 1427 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French
| Message 31 of 54 13 October 2008 at 6:15am | IP Logged |
Did 30 minutes on the opening chapter of Hugos Dutch in 3 Months. It was mostly pronounciation drills, which was a nice, easy referesher.
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FuroraCeltica Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6869 days ago 1187 posts - 1427 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French
| Message 32 of 54 13 October 2008 at 6:16am | IP Logged |
29 hours so far
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