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| ChiaBrain Bilingual Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5812 days ago 402 posts - 512 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish* Studies: Portuguese, Italian, French Studies: German | Message 33 of 75 12 March 2009 at 5:55am | IP Logged |
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Mar 11 (Wed)
Assimil Listened to the audio for the second CD at lunch and to the first half a few times passively while working. Completed lessons 30 and 31. Notes: The way I've been doing Assimil is: I listen to the audio several times usually while walking or at work. I try to understand as much as I can and note the words and phrases that I don't understand. Then I listen to the audio while reading the target language text. Sometimes I am able to understand more this way. Then I compare the translation, often both the Spanish and English ones (I have both books). Sometimes I highlight words/phrases that I want to call attention to. Then I go over the grammatical notes. Finally I play the audio while trying to shadow it while reading the text usually a couple times. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| ChiaBrain Bilingual Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5812 days ago 402 posts - 512 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish* Studies: Portuguese, Italian, French Studies: German | Message 34 of 75 15 March 2009 at 1:30am | IP Logged |
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Mar 12 (Thu)
Came down with a nasty cold or flu. Coughing all day and aching by evening. Went to bed feeling feverish Mar 13 (Fri) Called in sick to work and slept all day. Feeling better by evening. Assimil: Lesson 32 Notes: I've been using "Speak in a Week: Essential Verbs Italian" to look up the conjugations mentioned in Assimil. Its a simple book with the 100 most common verbs with just the present, past perfect, imperfect and future tenses. Its size makes it easier to find things and carry around. Edited by ChiaBrain on 15 March 2009 at 1:43am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| ChiaBrain Bilingual Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5812 days ago 402 posts - 512 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish* Studies: Portuguese, Italian, French Studies: German | Message 35 of 75 15 March 2009 at 5:49am | IP Logged |
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Mar 14 (Sat)
Assimil: Lesson 33 Came across the word "ne", of which apparently there isn't anything like in Spanish (or Portuguese). I've seen it before but I don't recall It has the following uses: adjective: any, some adverb: from there, from here pronoun: of it, of them, of him, of her, about it, about them example: Quante sorelle hai? - Ne ho tre (di sorelle) Here's a good thread on it: http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=202496&highl ight=ne+pronombre Essential Italian Grammar: I actually scanned through this whole book looking for mention of "ne" but did not find it. I will have to read it more in depth soon. It is only 100 pages or so. Teach Yourself Beginners Italian: I got a free copy of this so I figured I'd check it out. It's got plenty of dialogs with recordings. Even if it overlaps a lot with what I'm learning from Assimil it should make for good practice. Immersionplus Italian: Checked out the free audio on Audible. Seems like it has some good dialogs to follow and its just $15 Easy Italian Reader: Read the "Look Inside!" sample on Amazon. I could understand almost all of the text and enjoyed it. For $10 I'll get it. Edited by ChiaBrain on 17 March 2009 at 6:06am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| ChiaBrain Bilingual Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5812 days ago 402 posts - 512 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish* Studies: Portuguese, Italian, French Studies: German | Message 36 of 75 17 March 2009 at 6:04am | IP Logged |
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Mar 16 (Mon)
Assimil: Lesson 34. Listened to dialog on way to work and did the audio, text and notes waiting for and after dinner. It was nice to do it outside for a change and I'll have to do so more. Noticed the "ne" word. Edited by ChiaBrain on 18 March 2009 at 5:34am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| ChiaBrain Bilingual Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5812 days ago 402 posts - 512 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish* Studies: Portuguese, Italian, French Studies: German | Message 37 of 75 18 March 2009 at 5:41am | IP Logged |
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Mar 17 (Tue)
Assimil: Lesson 35: Review and Notes Radio: Radio 24 for some 30 min. Definitely recognizing more words. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| ChiaBrain Bilingual Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5812 days ago 402 posts - 512 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish* Studies: Portuguese, Italian, French Studies: German | Message 38 of 75 19 March 2009 at 6:14am | IP Logged |
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Mar 18 (Wed)
Pimsleur 2: Lessons 12, 13. Listened to them at work. Rather passively but still I think it helps. Assimil: Lessons 36, 37 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| ChiaBrain Bilingual Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5812 days ago 402 posts - 512 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish* Studies: Portuguese, Italian, French Studies: German | Message 39 of 75 20 March 2009 at 6:30am | IP Logged |
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Mar 19 (Thu)
Pimsleur 2: Lessons 12, 13. Re-listened to them at work. Assimil: Lessons 38, 39 Text Chat on IM: Chatted with friend on IM. I surprised myself. Edited by ChiaBrain on 20 March 2009 at 6:31am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Lizzern Diglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5913 days ago 791 posts - 1053 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English Studies: Japanese | Message 40 of 75 03 June 2009 at 5:27pm | IP Logged |
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How are things going mate? You haven't stopped have you? :-)
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