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| ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 5953 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian | Message 17 of 30 18 March 2010 at 12:11am | IP Logged | ||
I have rewritten the text below and corrected the errors that I noticed... I may not have caught all, though. Sono uno studente universitario. Studio la chimica e lo spagnolo. Faccio il terzo anno dell'università. Non studio l'italiano a scuola, perché lo studio a casa. Ho cominciato di studiarlo perché voglio vivere in Italia. L'ho visitata nel 2006. Ho visto Venezia, Firenze e Pisa. Questa estate andrò in Islanda, Spagna, Francia e Andorra. Vorrei andare in Italia, ma non ci andrò questa volta. Ho visitato una gran parte del Canada e degli Stati Uniti. Mi piace molto viaggiare. Ecco dei altri fatti a proposito di me. Ho due animali alla mia casa: un cane e un pesce. Mi piace giocare a hockey e al football canadese. Sono cristiano battista. Mi piace il Country music, ma mi piacciono anche degli altri tipi. Edited by ellasevia on 18 March 2010 at 12:22am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| numerodix Trilingual Hexaglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 6594 days ago 856 posts - 1226 votes Speaks: EnglishC2*, Norwegian*, Polish*, Italian, Dutch, French Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin | Message 18 of 30 18 March 2010 at 12:20am | IP Logged | ||
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> A proposito di... io!
di me, I think. > il spagnolo lo spagnolo > È il mio anno terzo E' il mio terzo anno, sounds more natural > il Italiano l'italiano. languages names are not capitalized > Ho la visitato nel 2006. La ho visitato nel 2006. A compound verb sticks together, pronouns go on the outside. > Questa estate andrò a Islanda, Spagna, Francia e Andorra in Islanda, Spagna... with names of countries or regions we use in, with names of cities we use a. > Vorrei andare in Italia, ma non la andrò questo tempo. ma non ci andrò. your intuition is correct to use a pronoun here, but the pronoun for places is ci. > Ecco dei altri fatti a proposito di io. I would have said "su di me" > due animales due animali > Mi piace fare il hockey e il football canadese. mi piace giocare a hockey e a football canadese > Mi piace la musica della campagna, ma mi piace anche ad altri tipi. here you probably want to say "ma mi piacciono anche degli altri tipi", but to stay closer to what you wrote you could say "mi piace anche quella di altri tipi". for music you could also use genere in place of tipo 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| canada38 Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5306 days ago 304 posts - 417 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, Spanish, French Studies: Portuguese, Japanese | Message 19 of 30 18 March 2010 at 5:31pm | IP Logged | ||
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Ah, those corrections make a lot more sense! Thanks a lot, both of you, for taking the
time to help me! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| canada38 Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5306 days ago 304 posts - 417 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, Spanish, French Studies: Portuguese, Japanese | Message 20 of 30 08 April 2010 at 1:02am | IP Logged | ||
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I disappeared for 3 weeks or so because of school, but today was the last day of class!
I still have a few outstanding, but not overdue, assignments, but things have more or less slowed down for the semester. Theres a bit of a break before final exams, which started today! Progress has been kind of slow, but now I have until September for some solid language study!! Italian I haven't started Pimsleur II yet, but I think I will once exams have finished. Here is a short composition I wrote about the summer. Feel free to point out and correct any mistakes, but do not feel obligated! Questa estate Vi racconterò i miei progetti per l’estate. Prenderò un corso universitario questa estate. È la chimica organica, ma è solamente per i mesi di maggio e giugno. Non ho superato questo courso, allora lo farò ancora. È sconforante perche la chimica è la mia specializzazione. Farò anche della chimica altra questa estate. Sarà la ricerca della chimica analitica per un profesore della mia università. Questo lavoro mi pagherà molto bene! Andrò certamente in Islanda, Spagna, Francia e Andorra, però vorrei fare altri viaggi. Se ho abbastanza soldi e tempo, forse andrò per gli Stati Uniti o la Quebec. Credo che l’estate è il tempo perfetto per viaggiare. Lo svantaggio è que sono canadese e le regioni altre del mondo sono molto più caldo che la mia patria! Spanish Like usual, I feel I don't have much to say even though progress has been great. On the last test I received a mark of 88%. I was really impressed by this result! Outside of class I watched the movie "Vantage Point" dubbed into Spanish. I didn't understand it as well as "James Bond - Casino Royal" but I suspect this is because the dialog was spoken much faster. I still was able to enjoy the movie and understand a good amount of the lines nonetheless. My mom got me a Spanish phrase book for my trip. (Lonely Planet's Spanish: Essential Language for Short Trips - Fast Talk) I intend to memorize the whole thing so I don't need to flip through the book while I'm there! Also, as part of our mark in school, we had to do an oral examination. It consisted of a short skit with a partner, followed by ten questions asked individually. The professor said our skit was pretty good, and that I received a perfect score on the questions. Here's my skit: Parter: Hola, ¿como estas? Me: Estoy bien… yo volví de la tienda de comestibles. Parter: ¿Qué compraste por la fiesta pasado mañana? Me: Compré… pues… las piñas, los perros calientes y un coco. Parter: ¿Por qué compraste un coco? Me: ¡Como poco coco como, poco como compro! Parter: ¿Compraste algo más? Me: También el vino… Parter: ¡Y se fue! Me: Estas muy hilarante. Parter: Pero, deseo llamar por teléfono a mi novia. Me: Sí, necesitas llamarla. Le dices a traer unas amigas muy bonitas. Parter: Bueno, voy a decirle. Parter: Le voy a dar tu dirección a ella porque ella nos conduce. Me: ¿Qué vais a hacer hoy? Parter: Nosotros vamos a ir al parque zoológico. Se gusta, pero ella tiene miedo por los murciélagos. Me: No me gustan. Parter: Sí, yo también. ¿Qué vas a hacer esta noche? Me: Voy a ir al bar con mis amigos. Hablaba con ellos todos las noches. Parter: ¡No me jodas! ¡Tú hablas con tus amigos siempre! Me: Sí, pero yo voy a estudiar. Debo estudiar antes de dejar. Parter: ¿Por qué? Me: Yo tuve una prueba anoche, pero tengo la tarea de química esta noche. Me aburro. Parter: Pues… ¡chau! Me: Adiós. Catalan No he fet cap progrés aquesta setmana. (It's kinda embarrassing, so if I write it in Catalan, less people will find out ;) But tomorrow I might write a short composition and do some Catalan lessons. Even though I'm in the early stages, I feel with a dictionary and googling some grammar rules I might suffer though. I could even translate some Italian or Spanish to Catalan, allowing me to see the differences and similarities firsthand. Some other exciting news (I guess not really exciting and certainly not news...), but I've signed up for Introductory German for this September. I have room for two more electives besides my Chemistry and Spanish courses, so I might as well take something worthwhile! Edit: formatting Edited by canada38 on 08 April 2010 at 3:25pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| canada38 Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5306 days ago 304 posts - 417 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, Spanish, French Studies: Portuguese, Japanese | Message 21 of 30 08 April 2010 at 3:21pm | IP Logged | ||
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Here's my short Catalan composition that I promised yesterday. I wish I had something
interesting to write about. :p En Català Jo escric una composició curta avui. Visc a Canadà. Sóc un estudiant universitari de química i espanyol. Parlo l’anglès i el francès. Puc parlar un mica d’italià, espanyol i llatina perquè les estudio. Visitaré catalunya aquest estiu. Seré una bona oportunitat per mi a exercir el català i l’espanyol. Visitaré a Barcelona, el sud de França, l’Andorra i a València. Llogaré un cotxe per visitar aquests llocs. Passaré també algun temps a Islàndia. Jo no parlo islandès, la crec que és una llengua difícil però interessant. I admit that I had to rely on a dictionary to write this. To be frank, I find the parla.cat course to be boring, and I feel I might be better off learning through composition in addition to grammar and vocabulary study, instead of doing formal lessons. I could mimic what I have studied in Spanish. Edited by canada38 on 08 April 2010 at 3:24pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| canada38 Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5306 days ago 304 posts - 417 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, Spanish, French Studies: Portuguese, Japanese | Message 22 of 30 01 May 2010 at 1:13am | IP Logged | ||
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Short update tonight,
I had been very busy with university exams, but I am glad to say they are now finished. Preparing for them kept me pretty busy. That meant that I worked hard on Spanish, but let the other languages fall behind a bit. That also explains my lack of TAC updates this month. Spanish I've got the mark back for the course: A-. Not too bad, considering it was a full year course, and during the first semester I wasn't very interested in the language. This summer I plan to finish the textbook used in the course; we only covered 2/3 of the book. I suppose this might make the intermediate courses next year a little easier too. I've been doing a lot of passive study lately: just watching movies dubbed into Spanish. I find it so annoying that the subtitles don't match exactly the words being spoken. Italian To be honest I don't really want to move on to the next Pimsleur series yet. Right now I'm reading the book Il compagno don Camillo. I can speak and write decently, but I don't have much reading practice yet. Catalan I haven't made any progress since my short composition. I'm tempted to buy the Teach Yourself Catalan programme; I find studying on the computer too easily allows for me to become distracted. (Wikipedia, HTLAL, Facebook...) German My friend, who is a German major, recently gave me his introductory German text book since I'll be taking the course in September. It looks interesting and I bet it'll be a challenge! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| canada38 Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5306 days ago 304 posts - 417 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, Spanish, French Studies: Portuguese, Japanese | Message 23 of 30 10 May 2010 at 2:28am | IP Logged | ||
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No formal progress since my last update. I have been conversing whenever possible; however. Italian I'm still reading Il compagno don Camillo. I find it takes me a few minutes to get into Italian mode, but reading aloud expediates the process. Flipping through the dictionary got annoying, so now I just Google Translate when I don't know a word. I think it's a great tool since you don't even have to press Submit, it just translates the word instantaneously. Catalan Well, Catalan sure took the cake this week. It took me a couple evenings, but I'm now fully confident with the present, perfect, periphrastic, imperfect, passé composé, and future tenses for ar, re/er, and ir verbs + anar (all in the indicative mood). I've also made myself several hundred flash cards to build up vocabulary. I think this week I'll try out some compositions in all three languages, work on Catalan vocabulary, read Italian, and perhaps do some Italian verbs (which I've let fall behind). I need to do some Spanish too. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| canada38 Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5306 days ago 304 posts - 417 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, Spanish, French Studies: Portuguese, Japanese | Message 24 of 30 11 May 2010 at 2:35am | IP Logged | ||
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Here are two short compositions about my dog. They are written in Spanish and Catalan.
I had planned to write in Italian too, but I've run out of time, so I'll hopefully post it tomorrow. Mi perro… ¡en castellano! Te digo hoy de mi perro. Se llama Patches y es mitad shih-tzu y mitad caniche. Su pelaje es de color blanco, con marrón y negro. Tiene siete años, pero a veces es como un cachorro. Le gusta comer muchísimo el pollo y tambíen come algo de la tabla. Cree que es una persona; te digo esto desde duerme en su espalda y otros perros no les gustan. Su cama es en realidad ésa de mis padres. Su juego favorito es de recuperar su bala naranja. Mi perro sabe bien desenvolver los regalos de la Navidad. Como todos los perros le gusta caminar fuera. Credo que él es verdaderamente un miembro de mi familia. El meu gos… en català! Et dic avui del meu gos. Es diu Patches i és meitat shih-tzu u meitat caniche. La seva pell és de color blanc, amb marró i negre. Ell té siete anys, però de vegadas és com un cadell. Li engrada manjar moltíssim el pollastre i també manja quelsevol cosa de la taula. Pensa que és una persona; et dic aquest des de dorm a l’esquena i altres gossos no li agraden. Seu llit és realment aquest dels meus pares. Seu joc favorit és de recuperar la seva bola taronja. El meu gos sap bé desenvolupar els regals del Nadal. Com tots els gossos li agrada caminar fora. Crec que ell és veritablement un membre de la meva família. Edited by canada38 on 11 May 2010 at 2:35am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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