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Tristano’s log 2015 [EN|FR|NL|RU|ES] | ||
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| tristano Tetraglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 4048 days ago 905 posts - 1262 votes  Speaks: Italian*, Spanish, French, English Studies: Dutch | Message 97 of 177 11 March 2015 at 10:16am | IP Logged |
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I received the book "Dutch for reading knowledge".
This book is THICK. It contains authentic documents about "things where the Netherlands has or had a leading or innovative role", like water management, architecture, postcolonialism etc. For every text there are vocabulary list, grammar explanations, translation tips, strategic reading exercises and so on. An authentic gem. I wonder if there is something similar for French or Spanish. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| tristano Tetraglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 4048 days ago 905 posts - 1262 votes Speaks: Italian*, Spanish, French, English Studies: Dutch | Message 98 of 177 12 March 2015 at 2:05pm | IP Logged |
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I need more hours during a day.
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| tristano Tetraglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 4048 days ago 905 posts - 1262 votes Speaks: Italian*, Spanish, French, English Studies: Dutch | Message 99 of 177 16 March 2015 at 6:34am | IP Logged |
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Today french exam! It will be my last exam at The
AF in any case so i'm not that motivated. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| tristano Tetraglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 4048 days ago 905 posts - 1262 votes Speaks: Italian*, Spanish, French, English Studies: Dutch | Message 100 of 177 17 March 2015 at 11:18am | IP Logged |
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The exam was difficult. The course was easy. The most difficult part? listening
comprehension, which we didn't exercise thoroughly as in lower courses. Definitely this course could be organized better. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5010 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 101 of 177 18 March 2015 at 10:48am | IP Logged |
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It's been some time since I haven't read your log so there was some catching up needed
:-) Congrats on the Italki challenge and your progress in Dutch, it sounds awesome! And I hope you and your girlfried are happy together, such news are always a great thing to hear. Could you share your experience with the DELF exam, please? I am quite curious as I barely passed the same B2 exam five years ago and would like to compare the complaints ;-) The C2 was, in my opinion, better thought out. The listening in general can be tricky for someone either not that familiar with the topic (I hate sports and economics subjects usually) or someone with not that much practice under their belt. I had been one of those when I tried the B2 exam as I hadn't been watching tv series yet. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| tristano Tetraglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 4048 days ago 905 posts - 1262 votes Speaks: Italian*, Spanish, French, English Studies: Dutch | Message 102 of 177 18 March 2015 at 11:25am | IP Logged |
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Hi! Thanks for your message.
My girlfriend is a gift given to me from my language studies :) My interest to languages brought me to know her (she's studying Italian). I'm now in a very intense moment where is happening everything and I can barely concentrate to study Dutch. In 10 days I will be in Spain where I will be able to use my Spanish. I'm in bed because of a neverending flu that doesn't give me a lot of energies to study Dutch. Plus other things. I have to keep in mind to continue to learn something new everyday, even if just 5 minutes a day. About French, the exam I did was for the B2.1 level at the Alliance Française. I would like to to the DELF B2 exam but I will prepare it on my own, maybe with an Italki teacher. (or maybe I will not do it). I don't plan to go further than B2 with French. If I will go to such places as C1/C2 proficiency level, it won't be with French, nor English. Spanish is a better candidate to me. I believe I can think about languages as about girls: there are the one-way loves, the short flirts, the lovers, the important stories, the impossible stories, and the one. One-way loves: Icelandic. Short flirts I had too many. Important stories: English, French, Spanish. Impossible stories: Dutch. The one? 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| garyb Triglot Senior Member ScotlandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5208 days ago 1468 posts - 2413 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, French Studies: Spanish | Message 103 of 177 18 March 2015 at 12:20pm | IP Logged |
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Sometimes I think that Italian is "the one", but then her Spanish cousin keeps tempting me. Perhaps not quite as beautiful, but we run into each other very often and I can't help but flirt a little. French is the one that I keep splitting up with then coming back to. Edited by garyb on 18 March 2015 at 12:21pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4708 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 104 of 177 18 March 2015 at 1:11pm | IP Logged |
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I approve of polyamory
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