Crassyo Diglot Groupie United States Joined 6117 days ago 92 posts - 92 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Studies: Russian, French, German, Italian
| Message 81 of 91 22 November 2008 at 6:15pm | IP Logged |
Weekly Update:
Russian: + 18 hours 45 min
German: + 13 hours 30 min
Last Week Overall Totals
Russian:--173 Hours 05 min
German:--164 Hours 25 min
French:---121 Hours 40 min (On Hold)
Italian:-----33 Hours 00 min (On Hold)
Ukrainian:---5 Hours (Not actively studying)
Mandarin:---3 Hours (Not actively studying)
Spanish:----2 hours (Already fluent; brushing up on grammar, reading, and practicing writing)
Croatian:---1 Hour (Not actively studying)
Latin:-------1 Hour (Not actively studying)
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Updated Overall Totals
Russian:--191 Hours 55 min
German:--177 Hours 55 min
French:---121 Hours 40 min (On Hold)
Italian:-----33 Hours 00 min (On Hold)
Ukrainian:---5 Hours (Not actively studying)
Mandarin:---3 Hours (Not actively studying)
Spanish:----2 hours (Already fluent; brushing up on grammar, reading, and practicing writing)
Croatian:---1 Hour (Not actively studying)
Latin:-------1 Hour (Not actively studying)
I have a question for those who are studying German. Does anyone know of a good German grammar book out there. Preferably one with an answer key. I've been wanting one for a while because it has helped me a ton with Russian and I wish to improve my German grammar. Thanks :]
Edited by Crassyo on 22 November 2008 at 6:16pm
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Crassyo Diglot Groupie United States Joined 6117 days ago 92 posts - 92 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Studies: Russian, French, German, Italian
| Message 82 of 91 22 November 2008 at 9:24pm | IP Logged |
I need to practice typing in Russian so I will do a few exercises from this amazing Russian grammar book. I recommend it to anyone studying Russian. It has helped me a ton and I am not even half way through the book.
Unit 11: Working with the last of 6 Russian cases (in the singular). Finally!
1) Я пишу (жёлтый мел) жёлтым мелом.
I write with yellow chalk
2) Нина пишет (чёрный карандаш) чёрным карандашом.
Nina writes with a yellow pencil
3) Я не люблю писать (новое перо) новым пером.
I don't like to write with a new pen.
4) Борис показывает (толстый палец) толстым палецем на карте, где он жил.
Boris shows with his fat finger on the map, where he lived.
5) Как ты можешь писать (левая рука) левой рукой?
How do you want to write? With your left hand? (Not to sure if this is correct)
6) Я не могу работать (одна рука) одной рукой.
I can't work with one hand.
7) Мы довольны (новый словарь) новым словарем.
We are pleased with the new dictionary.
8) Анна довольна (синее платье) синим платьем.
Anna is pleased with her blue dress.
Please correct my mistakes if you spot any. I really appreciate the feedback :]
So far 2 hours or Russian studies for the day. Might continue: 2 hours (+ 1 hour from yesterday that I forgot to add): 3 hours
Total: 3 hours
Edited by Crassyo on 23 November 2008 at 12:51pm
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Crassyo Diglot Groupie United States Joined 6117 days ago 92 posts - 92 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Studies: Russian, French, German, Italian
| Message 83 of 91 23 November 2008 at 12:50pm | IP Logged |
German:
Last night I created vocabulary cards using this program on my iPod Touch. About 50 words to be exact. This is to get me prepared for tomorrow test: 20 min
Total: 20 min
Edited by Crassyo on 23 November 2008 at 12:50pm
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Siberiano Tetraglot Senior Member Russian Federation one-giant-leap.Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6495 days ago 465 posts - 696 votes Speaks: Russian*, English, ItalianC1, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, Serbian
| Message 84 of 91 24 November 2008 at 4:15am | IP Logged |
Crassyo, all your cases are correct.
Number 5 translates as "how can you write with the left had?"
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Crassyo Diglot Groupie United States Joined 6117 days ago 92 posts - 92 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Studies: Russian, French, German, Italian
| Message 85 of 91 24 November 2008 at 10:25pm | IP Logged |
Siberiano wrote:
Crassyo, all your cases are correct.
Number 5 translates as "how can you write with the left had?" |
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Thanks a lot for the clarification! :]
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Crassyo Diglot Groupie United States Joined 6117 days ago 92 posts - 92 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Studies: Russian, French, German, Italian
| Message 86 of 91 25 November 2008 at 12:05am | IP Logged |
Spanish:
Read an article in Spanish about what happened in Pripyat, Ukraine.
Total: 25 minutes
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Crassyo Diglot Groupie United States Joined 6117 days ago 92 posts - 92 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Studies: Russian, French, German, Italian
| Message 87 of 91 28 November 2008 at 2:55pm | IP Logged |
Update for the last few days
German class: 2 hours 30 min
Russian: Grammar book: 1 hour 30 min
that is all the time I had...its been a pretty hectic week.
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Crassyo Diglot Groupie United States Joined 6117 days ago 92 posts - 92 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Studies: Russian, French, German, Italian
| Message 88 of 91 09 December 2008 at 1:37am | IP Logged |
Long time no update. I've been busy this past week getting ready for finals.
I've done a pretty good deal of work done.
For German I've had about 3 class sessions since I last updated: 7 hours 30 min
I completed quite a few German Assimil lessons. Got all the way up to Lesson 32: 1 hour
German homework and studying: 6 hours
Total: 14 hours 30 min
Russian: with class and all the workbook exercises that I have done: 10 hours
French: I've started to pick it up again and I completed about 20 pages in my new French grammar book. It has been an excellent review for me up to this point: 4 hours
This is the total for two weeks that I didn't record. I will add these up this Friday.
Last week was probably one of the worst weeks I've had since I had started keeping track of my language studies. The whole week I was completely unmotivated and felt that when I tried to do a bit of studying I couldn't focus and, the information would completely leave my memory. It was useless. I suppose its normal to run into one of these every now and then?
Anyway.
The busy work schedule has been wearing me out as well as all the preparation needed for finals week. I can't wait for next week because I will begin my month vacation and, will actually have time to relax. Not only that but, I will have more time to dedicate to language learning :]
Edited by Crassyo on 09 December 2008 at 1:40am
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