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Mae Trilingual Octoglot Pro Member Germany Joined 4988 days ago 299 posts - 499 votes Speaks: German, Spanish^C2, Swiss-German*, French^C2, English^C2, Italian^B2, Dutch, Portuguese Studies: Russian, Swedish Personal Language Map	Message 1 of 143 21 April 2012 at 5:08pm \| IP Logged
	A polyglot's language learning log - about goals and progress, achievements and difficulties Read about learning experiences, resources, links, tips and stories ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here in this log I want to share some personal experiences. Feel free to post and to interact with me! Questions, suggestions, compliments + constructive criticism are more than welcome. I attach particular importance to a polite interaction with each other: "C'est le ton qui fait la musique" - I'm not beyond making mistakes neither, so please let me know if you see something that bothers you or makes you feel uneasy. I am sure that there cannot be other than a misunderstanding behind it, due to the fact that English is not my mother tongue. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yes, I've been absent for about 2 years, as my language learning journey started stagnating. I had to overcome some difficulties, and now I'm thinking about coming back to a decent level of interaction with language learning :-D Have fun reading and thanks for dropping by! Edited by Mae on 02 February 2015 at 11:56pm 1 person has voted this message useful
Mae Trilingual Octoglot Pro Member Germany Joined 4988 days ago 299 posts - 499 votes Speaks: German, Spanish^C2, Swiss-German*, French^C2, English^C2, Italian^B2, Dutch, Portuguese Studies: Russian, Swedish Personal Language Map	Message 2 of 143 21 April 2012 at 5:37pm \| IP Logged
	Swiss-German, Berne style: Bärndütsch Unfortunately some people do not actually believe that Swiss-German is a variation of German with many differences, that make it hard to understand sometimes. Depending on where you come from, you will find it more or less easy to understand. Dutch speaking persons may have an advantage because of the word positions in the spoken language. Southern Germans (Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bavaria) may also have this advantage. But I must confess, even being able to speak Swiss-German fluently, I have some trouble to understand Bavarian, Saxon and some Austrian dialects. To give you an idea of how Swiss-German looks, I will present a short text: Grüässeuch mitenang! I de Sproche-Übersicht hani gseh, dass es e paar Lüt het i dem Forum wo ou Schwyzerdütsch rede. Leider hani ned würkli oft d'Möglechkeit Mundart z'rede. Vellech hets hie öper wo ab und zue mau öpis icheschriebt oder öper wo "üses" Dütsch ou gärn lere wett? Mäudet eu. Ä Gruäss! So this is an example of how people would write in Swiss-German (Berne style), since there are no conventions of spelling/writing. Translation: Hello everybody! In the language overview I have seen that there are some people in this forum who also speak Swiss-German. Unfortunately I don't have the possibility to speak my mother tongue quite often. Maybe there is someone willing to post something here, every now and then, or who wants to learn "our" German? Get in touch! Greetings! Here is a small book for all German speakers, a little "dictionary" German_Swiss- German/Swiss-German_German: Link to Amazon Edited by Mae on 28 April 2012 at 7:17pm 3 persons have voted this message useful
Mae Trilingual Octoglot Pro Member Germany Joined 4988 days ago 299 posts - 499 votes Speaks: German, Spanish^C2, Swiss-German*, French^C2, English^C2, Italian^B2, Dutch, Portuguese Studies: Russian, Swedish Personal Language Map	Message 3 of 143 21 April 2012 at 6:34pm \| IP Logged
	My "Fluent in 3 months"-challenge The first day I started learning Dutch from scratch was the 3rd April this year. Since then I could not put in as much time as I wanted. I just did the first two lessons of the book I bought for that purpose (Langenscheidt audio + book). Nevertheless, I have had some good help from Fasulye! Today we had our second chat in Dutch via Skype. Even if I can barely speak proper Dutch yet, I was able to understand most of what she said. As the lack of time is an issue, I recently bought a new iPod (the old one died) to carry some podcasts with me, to passively learn the language. I am regularly listening to the episodes of "Laura speaks Dutch" by Brenno de Winter. Sometimes I add some episodes from DutchPod101, from which I only use the free episodes offered via iTunes. I must say that listening to the language has helped a lot to get some kind of understanding of how the language works. Of course, I have an advantage, because I speak Swiss-German: word position is quite similar, pronunciation too, etc. In spite of that, I still have a lot of work to do. The best thing is, though, that I start feeling comfortable with the language! Fasulye's conclusion after our chat today: "Je maakt vorderingen in het Nederlands!" Thank you very much! Take home message? Use free podcasts to train your brain to "accept" your target language! This will have a great influence on your progress, even if you have little time. Edited by Mae on 28 April 2012 at 7:17pm 3 persons have voted this message useful
Michael K. Senior Member United States Joined 5726 days ago 568 posts - 886 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Esperanto	Message 4 of 143 21 April 2012 at 9:02pm \| IP Logged
	I've seen your posts around the forum and wanted to wish you well. Good luck with Dutch. 1 person has voted this message useful
Mae Trilingual Octoglot Pro Member Germany Joined 4988 days ago 299 posts - 499 votes Speaks: German, Spanish^C2, Swiss-German*, French^C2, English^C2, Italian^B2, Dutch, Portuguese Studies: Russian, Swedish Personal Language Map	Message 5 of 143 21 April 2012 at 10:05pm \| IP Logged
	Thank you Michael, that's very kind of you. Good luck with your studies too! 1 person has voted this message useful
Mae Trilingual Octoglot Pro Member Germany Joined 4988 days ago 299 posts - 499 votes Speaks: German, Spanish^C2, Swiss-German*, French^C2, English^C2, Italian^B2, Dutch, Portuguese Studies: Russian, Swedish Personal Language Map	Message 6 of 143 21 April 2012 at 10:45pm \| IP Logged
	Français: Ma préparation pour le DALF C2 Quand j'ai commencé à me préparer pour prendre un examen international, je n'aurais jamais imaginé que j'allais réussir. D'abord il faut dire, que j'avais eu des leçons de Français qu'à l'école cantonale, avec un prof qui n'était pas très sympa. Apres avoir changé d'école, j'ai eu une prof de langue Française genevoise, qui appréciait vraiment tous les efforts que l'on faisait. Elle m'a motivé et a réussi que je retrouve l'amour pour cette langue. Apres une année d'échange, ou je suis allée à la Romandie - la Suisse francophone - pour y étudier, je parlais une autre type de langue, car celle de l'école ne servait pas trop. En travaillant là-bas j'ai appris beaucoup sur la langue et la culture francophone. En quittant la Suisse j'ai dû chercher des occasions pour parler la langue. Il y a quatre ans j'ai pris ma première leçon de Français dans une école de langues, ou je suis été encouragée pour essayer l'examen du niveau C2 (au lieu du C1, comme j'aurais voulu). Pour me préparer je n'ai eu que 12 leçons en quatre ans. Mais cela n'a pas été parce que j'étais superbe, ma prof était la superbe! Elle m'a guide en me laissant lire des journaux en Français et en me faisant écouter des émissions radio et de la musique en Français. Et voilà, cela a fonctionné! J'ai reçu le Diplôme Approfondi de Langue Française DALF C2 du CIEP l'année passée. Même si j'ai réussi cet examen, je fais toujours des erreurs. Alors si quelqu'un a une correction à faire, n'hésitez pas à me contacter. Message clef: Lisez des journaux, écoutez des émissions radio et de la musique en Français. Essayez de penser dans la langue. Trouvez quelqu'un qui parle la langue, qui veuille vous aider à améliorer vos connaissances de la langue Française! Edited by Mae on 17 August 2012 at 11:20pm 7 persons have voted this message useful
Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5844 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, Dutch^C1, English^B2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map	Message 7 of 143 22 April 2012 at 6:24am \| IP Logged
	NL: Veel succes met jouw eerste log hier en met jouw studie van het Nederlands! Fasulye 1 person has voted this message useful
Mae Trilingual Octoglot Pro Member Germany Joined 4988 days ago 299 posts - 499 votes Speaks: German, Spanish^C2, Swiss-German*, French^C2, English^C2, Italian^B2, Dutch, Portuguese Studies: Russian, Swedish Personal Language Map	Message 8 of 143 22 April 2012 at 11:54am \| IP Logged
	Dankjewel, Fasulye! 1 person has voted this message useful

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Mae Trilingual Octoglot Pro Member Germany Joined 4988 days ago 299 posts - 499 votes Speaks: German, Spanish^C2, Swiss-German*, French^C2, English^C2, Italian^B2, Dutch, Portuguese Studies: Russian, Swedish Personal Language Map	Message 1 of 143 21 April 2012 at 5:08pm \| IP Logged
	A polyglot's language learning log - about goals and progress, achievements and difficulties Read about learning experiences, resources, links, tips and stories ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here in this log I want to share some personal experiences. Feel free to post and to interact with me! Questions, suggestions, compliments + constructive criticism are more than welcome. I attach particular importance to a polite interaction with each other: "C'est le ton qui fait la musique" - I'm not beyond making mistakes neither, so please let me know if you see something that bothers you or makes you feel uneasy. I am sure that there cannot be other than a misunderstanding behind it, due to the fact that English is not my mother tongue. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yes, I've been absent for about 2 years, as my language learning journey started stagnating. I had to overcome some difficulties, and now I'm thinking about coming back to a decent level of interaction with language learning :-D Have fun reading and thanks for dropping by! Edited by Mae on 02 February 2015 at 11:56pm 1 person has voted this message useful
Mae Trilingual Octoglot Pro Member Germany Joined 4988 days ago 299 posts - 499 votes Speaks: German, Spanish^C2, Swiss-German*, French^C2, English^C2, Italian^B2, Dutch, Portuguese Studies: Russian, Swedish Personal Language Map	Message 2 of 143 21 April 2012 at 5:37pm \| IP Logged
	Swiss-German, Berne style: Bärndütsch Unfortunately some people do not actually believe that Swiss-German is a variation of German with many differences, that make it hard to understand sometimes. Depending on where you come from, you will find it more or less easy to understand. Dutch speaking persons may have an advantage because of the word positions in the spoken language. Southern Germans (Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bavaria) may also have this advantage. But I must confess, even being able to speak Swiss-German fluently, I have some trouble to understand Bavarian, Saxon and some Austrian dialects. To give you an idea of how Swiss-German looks, I will present a short text: Grüässeuch mitenang! I de Sproche-Übersicht hani gseh, dass es e paar Lüt het i dem Forum wo ou Schwyzerdütsch rede. Leider hani ned würkli oft d'Möglechkeit Mundart z'rede. Vellech hets hie öper wo ab und zue mau öpis icheschriebt oder öper wo "üses" Dütsch ou gärn lere wett? Mäudet eu. Ä Gruäss! So this is an example of how people would write in Swiss-German (Berne style), since there are no conventions of spelling/writing. Translation: Hello everybody! In the language overview I have seen that there are some people in this forum who also speak Swiss-German. Unfortunately I don't have the possibility to speak my mother tongue quite often. Maybe there is someone willing to post something here, every now and then, or who wants to learn "our" German? Get in touch! Greetings! Here is a small book for all German speakers, a little "dictionary" German_Swiss- German/Swiss-German_German: Link to Amazon Edited by Mae on 28 April 2012 at 7:17pm 3 persons have voted this message useful
Mae Trilingual Octoglot Pro Member Germany Joined 4988 days ago 299 posts - 499 votes Speaks: German, Spanish^C2, Swiss-German*, French^C2, English^C2, Italian^B2, Dutch, Portuguese Studies: Russian, Swedish Personal Language Map	Message 3 of 143 21 April 2012 at 6:34pm \| IP Logged
	My "Fluent in 3 months"-challenge The first day I started learning Dutch from scratch was the 3rd April this year. Since then I could not put in as much time as I wanted. I just did the first two lessons of the book I bought for that purpose (Langenscheidt audio + book). Nevertheless, I have had some good help from Fasulye! Today we had our second chat in Dutch via Skype. Even if I can barely speak proper Dutch yet, I was able to understand most of what she said. As the lack of time is an issue, I recently bought a new iPod (the old one died) to carry some podcasts with me, to passively learn the language. I am regularly listening to the episodes of "Laura speaks Dutch" by Brenno de Winter. Sometimes I add some episodes from DutchPod101, from which I only use the free episodes offered via iTunes. I must say that listening to the language has helped a lot to get some kind of understanding of how the language works. Of course, I have an advantage, because I speak Swiss-German: word position is quite similar, pronunciation too, etc. In spite of that, I still have a lot of work to do. The best thing is, though, that I start feeling comfortable with the language! Fasulye's conclusion after our chat today: "Je maakt vorderingen in het Nederlands!" Thank you very much! Take home message? Use free podcasts to train your brain to "accept" your target language! This will have a great influence on your progress, even if you have little time. Edited by Mae on 28 April 2012 at 7:17pm 3 persons have voted this message useful
Michael K. Senior Member United States Joined 5726 days ago 568 posts - 886 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Esperanto	Message 4 of 143 21 April 2012 at 9:02pm \| IP Logged
	I've seen your posts around the forum and wanted to wish you well. Good luck with Dutch. 1 person has voted this message useful
Mae Trilingual Octoglot Pro Member Germany Joined 4988 days ago 299 posts - 499 votes Speaks: German, Spanish^C2, Swiss-German*, French^C2, English^C2, Italian^B2, Dutch, Portuguese Studies: Russian, Swedish Personal Language Map	Message 5 of 143 21 April 2012 at 10:05pm \| IP Logged
	Thank you Michael, that's very kind of you. Good luck with your studies too! 1 person has voted this message useful
Mae Trilingual Octoglot Pro Member Germany Joined 4988 days ago 299 posts - 499 votes Speaks: German, Spanish^C2, Swiss-German*, French^C2, English^C2, Italian^B2, Dutch, Portuguese Studies: Russian, Swedish Personal Language Map	Message 6 of 143 21 April 2012 at 10:45pm \| IP Logged
	Français: Ma préparation pour le DALF C2 Quand j'ai commencé à me préparer pour prendre un examen international, je n'aurais jamais imaginé que j'allais réussir. D'abord il faut dire, que j'avais eu des leçons de Français qu'à l'école cantonale, avec un prof qui n'était pas très sympa. Apres avoir changé d'école, j'ai eu une prof de langue Française genevoise, qui appréciait vraiment tous les efforts que l'on faisait. Elle m'a motivé et a réussi que je retrouve l'amour pour cette langue. Apres une année d'échange, ou je suis allée à la Romandie - la Suisse francophone - pour y étudier, je parlais une autre type de langue, car celle de l'école ne servait pas trop. En travaillant là-bas j'ai appris beaucoup sur la langue et la culture francophone. En quittant la Suisse j'ai dû chercher des occasions pour parler la langue. Il y a quatre ans j'ai pris ma première leçon de Français dans une école de langues, ou je suis été encouragée pour essayer l'examen du niveau C2 (au lieu du C1, comme j'aurais voulu). Pour me préparer je n'ai eu que 12 leçons en quatre ans. Mais cela n'a pas été parce que j'étais superbe, ma prof était la superbe! Elle m'a guide en me laissant lire des journaux en Français et en me faisant écouter des émissions radio et de la musique en Français. Et voilà, cela a fonctionné! J'ai reçu le Diplôme Approfondi de Langue Française DALF C2 du CIEP l'année passée. Même si j'ai réussi cet examen, je fais toujours des erreurs. Alors si quelqu'un a une correction à faire, n'hésitez pas à me contacter. Message clef: Lisez des journaux, écoutez des émissions radio et de la musique en Français. Essayez de penser dans la langue. Trouvez quelqu'un qui parle la langue, qui veuille vous aider à améliorer vos connaissances de la langue Française! Edited by Mae on 17 August 2012 at 11:20pm 7 persons have voted this message useful
Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5844 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, Dutch^C1, English^B2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map	Message 7 of 143 22 April 2012 at 6:24am \| IP Logged
	NL: Veel succes met jouw eerste log hier en met jouw studie van het Nederlands! Fasulye 1 person has voted this message useful
Mae Trilingual Octoglot Pro Member Germany Joined 4988 days ago 299 posts - 499 votes Speaks: German, Spanish^C2, Swiss-German*, French^C2, English^C2, Italian^B2, Dutch, Portuguese Studies: Russian, Swedish Personal Language Map	Message 8 of 143 22 April 2012 at 11:54am \| IP Logged
	Dankjewel, Fasulye! 1 person has voted this message useful