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| zenmonkey Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6556 days ago 803 posts - 1119 votes  1 sounds Speaks: EnglishC2*, Spanish*, French, German Studies: Italian, Modern Hebrew | Message 9 of 52 19 November 2009 at 12:37pm | IP Logged |
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Yes, I hope so!
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| ymapazagain Senior Member Australia myspace.com/amywiles Joined 6963 days ago 504 posts - 538 votes Speaks: English* Studies: SpanishB2 | Message 10 of 52 20 November 2009 at 1:12am | IP Logged |
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PORTUGUESE Day 6:
Pimsleur Level 1 Units 18 & 19 Possessive pronouns are feeling a lot better now. I found the last few minutes of unit 19 a bit mind bending, though I'm not sure if that's just because I had been doing pimsleur for an hour straight. I may go over that last little bit again later. Also hoping to do unit 20 today, though I have a lot of uni work to get through too so we'll see! SPANISH: No reading today. I just went over my vocab on FlashcardDB. It's amazing how easy it is to recognise a Spanish word and translate it to English, but how hard it is with the same words to look at the English word and come up with the Spanish. I guess that's the difference between passive and active vocabulary. So i'm trying to go through my vocab translating from English to Spanish. I guess it's pretty obvious but that's probably the best way to do it. Edited by ymapazagain on 20 November 2009 at 3:53am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| ymapazagain Senior Member Australia myspace.com/amywiles Joined 6963 days ago 504 posts - 538 votes Speaks: English* Studies: SpanishB2 | Message 11 of 52 21 November 2009 at 1:49pm | IP Logged |
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PORTUGUESE Day 7:
I didn't do any Pimsleur today, but I just watched City of God. This was the first time I had ever heard Brazilian Portuguese outside of Pimsleur. Wow it's a great accent. Very cool sounding. It was so much fun to pick out words and phrases that i've already learnt. I can't wait to watch this again when I've learnt more! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| ymapazagain Senior Member Australia myspace.com/amywiles Joined 6963 days ago 504 posts - 538 votes Speaks: English* Studies: SpanishB2 | Message 12 of 52 22 November 2009 at 1:29pm | IP Logged |
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PORTUGUESE Day 8:
I just tried to do unit 20 of Pimsleur but I have had a very long day of essay writing and interviewing new housemates. I'm just too tired to concentrate. It frustrates me that I haven't made progress these past two days, but unfortunately other things have to take priority sometimes. I will try unit 20 again tomorrow and hopefully have time to do a few more units as well. However this whole week will be quite difficult as I have a lot of university commitments. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| ymapazagain Senior Member Australia myspace.com/amywiles Joined 6963 days ago 504 posts - 538 votes Speaks: English* Studies: SpanishB2 | Message 13 of 52 23 November 2009 at 7:11am | IP Logged |
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PORTUGUESE Day 9:
Pimsleur Level 1 Unit 20 Okay, I finally got unit 20 done! I finished my uni work at 5 and thought I'd try and do a little Portuguese before I got too tired/distracted. I went through the unit once then repeated the second half because I was finding it a bit tricky. I would really like to do more, but I know that I am too tired and I would just get frustrated and disheartened. At least I've done a little! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| ymapazagain Senior Member Australia myspace.com/amywiles Joined 6963 days ago 504 posts - 538 votes Speaks: English* Studies: SpanishB2 | Message 14 of 52 24 November 2009 at 12:09am | IP Logged |
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PORTUGUESE Day 10:
Pimsleur Level 1 Units 21 & 22 These units were much easier to get through than unit 20. I'm guessing that mostly comes down to the fact that I am a lot less tired this morning. Pimsleur can be so hypnotic, when you're already tired it's pretty hard to focus! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| jondesousa Tetraglot Senior Member United States goo.gl/Zgg3nRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6268 days ago 227 posts - 297 votes Speaks: English*, Portuguese, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Mandarin, Spanish | Message 15 of 52 24 November 2009 at 1:51pm | IP Logged |
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ymapazagain,
Pimsleur in my opinion can be very hypnotic and it is easy to get lax when you are tired. I have sometimes had to repeat Pimsleur lessons because I just couldn't focus the first time through. Pimsleur is a tad boring, but if you focus through them you will have a great start on your way to learning Portuguese. It is a fun and beautiful language. Keep up the good work. Boa Sorte, Jon 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| ymapazagain Senior Member Australia myspace.com/amywiles Joined 6963 days ago 504 posts - 538 votes Speaks: English* Studies: SpanishB2 | Message 16 of 52 25 November 2009 at 2:46pm | IP Logged |
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Hi jondesousa,
Thanks so much for the encouragement! Yes, I know Pimsleur can be a bit boring and tiresome, but I know how much it helped me with my Spanish to get me used to talking aloud and to develop a decent accent. So I'm happy to stick with it, sleepiness and all, because I'm sure it will be worth it in the end! PORTUGUESE Day 11: Pimsleur Level 1 Unit 23 A weird mistake I keep making in my Portuguese is to say the Russian word (но) for but rather than the Protuguese word (mas). It's strange because I thought it would be Spanish words that would become mixed up in my Portuguese, however this hasn't happened, only Russian. I haven't done any Spanish in days. It's frustrating, but I just have too much uni work to be able to fit it in. My Spanish is at a level now where it will survive with a few days off. My Portuguese on the other hand I am determind to maintain even with this level of work. It's hard. I read a rather mind bending philosophical piece by Parfit today and my brain couldn't stop churning over it for hours (leaving no space for any other intellectual pursuits!). 1 person has voted this message useful |
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