TixhiiDon Tetraglot Senior Member Japan Joined 5465 days ago 772 posts - 1474 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese, German, Russian Studies: Georgian
| Message 489 of 758 31 October 2012 at 2:18pm | IP Logged |
Expugnator wrote:
Saw this today at ფეისბუკი:
"გთხოვთ ყველამ დაალაიქოთ წინასწარ მადლობა" =D |
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უიი, რა კარგი სიტყვაა. დაალაიქებს! I need to use that in my next Georgian
conversation
class, just to show off a bit.
By the way, Expug, I've just been reading through the thread you have going at Unilang.
It's full of great information. You and Honey Buzzard are having a great conversation.
I learned a lot.
Edited by TixhiiDon on 31 October 2012 at 2:22pm
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Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5167 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian
| Message 490 of 758 31 October 2012 at 5:52pm | IP Logged |
TixhiiDon wrote:
By the way, Expug, I've just been reading through the thread you have going at Unilang.
It's full of great information. You and Honey Buzzard are having a great conversation.
I learned a lot.
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Honey Buzzard is indeed helping me a lot. I only hope I can improve and help him out as well. Drop by for a coffee whenever you want! =D
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Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5167 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian
| Message 491 of 758 31 October 2012 at 6:08pm | IP Logged |
I'm noticing that the Newspaper Reader and the Dialogues at the Continuing Course are two different words, with unrelated vocabulary. I'm learning a little from each of them. Everything is likely to change again next week, when I'll have finished the Newspaper Reader and switch to a grammar, while also having finished the dialogues at the CC and moving on to original prose and poetry.
And I still need more grammar!
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Murdoc Triglot Senior Member Georgia Joined 5255 days ago 113 posts - 208 votes Speaks: Georgian*, English, Russian
| Message 492 of 758 01 November 2012 at 12:49am | IP Logged |
კომპიუტერის მაგიდასთან
ჩემს მახლობლად
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ხედავთ, რამდენი მუშაობა რომ აქ გვაქვს |
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ხედავთ, აქ რამდენი სამუშაო გვაქვს
მისი კომპიუტერის ეკრანს
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საქართველოს დროშა რომ აფრიალებდა |
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დროშას
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ვერასოდეს წარმოვიდგენდი, რომ ეს ფილმი საქართვლოს-რუსეთის ომის შესახებ იყოს. |
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საქართველო–რუსეთის ომის შესახებ იქნებოდა.
როგორ არ მითხარი?
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ყოველდღე მიხედავ, ქართულს რომ ვსწავლობ, და არ მითქვი, ეს ფილმი საქაერთველოს შესახებ იყოს? უნდა მითხრა! |
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ყოველდღე მხედავ, ქართულს რომ ვსწავლობ, და არ მითხარი ეს ფილმი რომ საქართველოს შესახებ იყო? უნდა გეთქვა
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ამ ფილმს ბოლოს მისი ჩვენებას აძლევენ |
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ამ ფილმის ბოლოს ჩვენებას აძლევენ
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რომელიც მისი ვერსიაში არ დუბლირებული იყო. |
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რომელიც მის ვერსიაში დუბლირებული არ იყო.
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სამწუზაროდ არაფერი ვერ გავიგო :/ |
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სამწუხაროდ, ვერაფერი ვერ გავიგე.
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Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5167 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian
| Message 493 of 758 01 November 2012 at 2:39pm | IP Logged |
Many thanks for the correction, Murdoc. It was much less worse than expected. I see I still have trouble with the various forms of the verb 'to say' in the aorist and perfect.
I don't know if others will agree, but this is the sort of topic that demands intense drilling, which is lacking at the material I've seen so far. Even at Aronson's, the exercises are many but all sentences are mixed regarding the topics.
Yesterday during the flight here to my hometown I read the introduction to the prose section at ACC. It was nice to do some free reading on Georgian. Besides, having read this introduction in "extra" study time, that means when I've finished the dialogues, I'll be able to start right from Georgian text with introductions.
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hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 5131 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe
| Message 494 of 758 05 November 2012 at 3:18am | IP Logged |
Expugnator wrote:
I've also used Goethe-Verlag's book2 for Georgian. |
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What did you think of this course? I'm thinking of going through it. My concern is that
it's basically taking English rules and imposing them on how the lessons are planned, if
other courses from the Book2 page are any indication.
R.
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Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5167 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian
| Message 495 of 758 05 November 2012 at 4:47pm | IP Logged |
Not all sentences are accurate due to the fact they picked some German (or was it English?) sentences and translated them into whichever language they offer. There were a couple of sentences that didn't sound idiomatic at all according to Murdoc, even though there wasn't a remarkable number of typos. Even so, it's a solid background on sentence patterns and thematic vocabulary. Considering the shortsge of resources for Georgian that go the opposite direction to dry grammar, I think it's worth go. It has audio, too.
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hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 5131 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe
| Message 496 of 758 05 November 2012 at 5:01pm | IP Logged |
Expugnator wrote:
Considering the shortsge of resources for Georgian that go the
opposite direction to dry grammar, I think it's worth go. It has audio, too. |
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That's what initially attracted me to the course - the audio. Anything I can stick into
my mp3 player and go about my day is preferable to sitting in front of that Aronson
grammar book :-).
Thanks for the feedback. I think I'll give the course a try.
R.
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