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| prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4653 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes  Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish | Message 257 of 656 14 May 2012 at 11:45pm | IP Logged |
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Oh, I don't watch them, I just listen to Radiožurnál. Edited by prz_ on 14 May 2012 at 11:46pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4703 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 258 of 656 15 May 2012 at 12:17am | IP Logged |
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UPDATE #7
Added two French film: 2 hours of cartoons on TV5, and another 3 episodes of French in Action. My oldest son watches FIA with me, and all my kids enjoy watching the cartoons with me. I can compete in two challenges, and spend quality time with my family! FRENCH FILMS 1. French in Action Lessons 2-4. 2. TV5 shows (1 hour 40 mins total). 3. On choisit pas ses parents. 4. French in Action lessons 5-7. 5. Cartoons on TV5 (about 2 hours in total). 6. French in Action lessons 8-10. FRENCH BOOKS 1. Assimil New French with Ease. 2. Max et Mathilde en vacances. HINDI FILMS 1. Dhobhi Ghat (Mumbai Diaries). HINDI BOOKS Haven't read anything yet (focusing on French for the 6wc) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| microsnout TAC 2010 Winner Senior Member Canada microsnout.wordpress Joined 5265 days ago 277 posts - 553 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 259 of 656 15 May 2012 at 5:59am | IP Logged |
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Update #6
30/100 Films "Toute la vérité", Season 3 Vol 1 (10 episodes of 45 min each) "30 Vies", Season 1 Episodes 1-20 (20 episodes of 22 min each) "Toute la vérité", Season 2 (20 episodes of 45 min each) "Toute la vérité", Season 1 (20 episodes of 45 min each) **** I interrupted my viewing of '30 Vies' to watch the most recent 10 episodes of 'Toute la vérité' (which I found online) before I forget the plot themes left hanging at the end of season 2. I believe there will be no more of this series until the fall. Neither of these series contains any subtitles which is ok because I find them too distracting and end up reading instead of listening attentively. I estimate that I understood about 80% of all dialog this time compared to perhaps 60% the first time I watched it. Hopefully next time will be 90%. When I re-watch something in English, sometimes I get more out of it the second time but this effect is much more dramatic in a second language and I like the fact that I can count on enjoying it even more at some point in the future. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5128 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 260 of 656 15 May 2012 at 7:18am | IP Logged |
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Some of you have pointed out that it is getting difficult to follow where people have posted their updates, and have asked for an aggregated list. In order to create that, I must ask you all to fill in your information in this new thread:
SUPER CHALLENGE - WHERE ARE MY UPDATES An angel has come forward to offer his help in compiling a list based on that information, so that it will be easy to follow everyone. Edited by Solfrid Cristin on 15 May 2012 at 8:15pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5128 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 261 of 656 15 May 2012 at 8:24pm | IP Logged |
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I have made un updated version of the PARTICIPANT'S LIST. Please forgive me if I have not included you, and let me know by PM or here in the thread.Since the time limit for editing has now also expired on the Advanced Challenge thread, I made a new entry in the participant's list so it was possible to include the entrants of the Advanced Challenge.
I have also updated THE PERIODICAL SUMMARY, to see who is doing particularly well right now. Edited by Solfrid Cristin on 15 May 2012 at 8:28pm 4 persons have voted this message useful | |
| habgglieb Diglot Newbie Germany Joined 4392 days ago 8 posts - 8 votes Speaks: Mandarin*, English Studies: German, Korean | Message 262 of 656 17 May 2012 at 12:36am | IP Logged |
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Update:
#book 1. [3096 Tage] by Natascha Kampusch (276 pages) #films 1. Miss Undercover (Miss Congeniality) 2. Die Schwester der Koenigin (The Other Boleyn Girl) 3. Elizabeth - das goldene Koenigreich (Elizabeth - The Golden Age) 4. Ab durch die Hecke (Over the Hedge) 5. Sherlock Holmes 6. Aktenzeichen XY ... ungeloest 7. Hoerbuch: Kaltes Blut (spur 001~023) 8. Fernsehsendung: Germany's Next Topmodel 9. Knowing #writing Haven't written anything yet. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| RMM Diglot Groupie United States Joined 5021 days ago 91 posts - 215 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Italian, Spanish, Ancient Greek, French, Swedish, Japanese | Message 263 of 656 17 May 2012 at 2:16am | IP Logged |
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Since my last update, I watched my first Spanish language film for the challenge, as well as a couple more documentaries. I saw a Spanish dubbed version of the classic British film set in the Sudan during the Mahdi uprising, The Four Feathers (IMDB: 7.7), starring John Clements and the legendary British theatrical actor, Sir Ralph Richardson. This may not have been the most appropriate thing to start with on Spanish, but I just felt like watching the movie again and I thought I’d try to make the most of it language-wise. The documentaries I watched in German both had to do with the First World War: Der Untergang des alten Europa (on YouTube) and Erster Weltkrieg: Der moderne Krieg (also on YouTube). Both were well made I thought and really serve to illustrate how WWI was a war of change and transition.
I also read my second complete book, which was another Narnia book in German, Der Ritt nach Narnia (The Horse and His Boy). To my surprise, I found the vocabulary in this one to be noticeably more difficult than in the other Narnia book I read. This in part (though not entirely) had to do with all the horse and riding related words in the book that I did not know. Overall, though, it still made for relatively easy and fun reading. (In regard to the new rules, I’ll leave it to the Twitter bot to keep track of my total page numbers and “official” book count.) I’m trying especially to focus on German this month, since toward the end of the month I’ll be seeing a German-speaking relative, with whom I naturally hope to speak in German. Next month I intend to get more serious about my Italian and Spanish. RUNNING TOTAL: German (Half) Books: 1. Die Chroniken von Narnia: Das Wunder von Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew) – C.S. Lewis [172 pp] 2. Die Chroniken von Narnia: Der Ritt nach Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Horse and His Boy) – C.S. Lewis [172 pp] Films: 1. Die Feuerzangenbowle (1944) 2. Nazi-Diplomatie Intern: Das Auswärtige Amt in der Ära Ribbentrop / Hitlers Helfer: Joseph Goebbels - Der Brandstifter 3. Herr Lehmann (2003) 4. Der Amerikanische Freund (1977) (+ trailer and deleted scenes) 5. The Sound of Music (1965) (dubbed in German) 6. Der Untergang des alten Europa / Erster Weltkrieg: Der moderne Krieg Italian (Half) Books: Partial book Films: 1. Correva l’anno: Processo di Norimberga - Joachim von Ribbentrop / Correva l'anno: La Seconda Guerra Mondiale - I medici del Reich Spanish (Half) Books: Partial book Films: 1. Las Quatro Plumas (1939) (The Four Feathers dubbed in Spanish) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5128 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 264 of 656 17 May 2012 at 1:44pm | IP Logged |
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RUSSIAN UPDATE
FILMS 1. Robin Hood (May 1st)(Russian, no subs) 2. The Jungle Book (May 1st)(Russian, no subs) 3. The Jungle Book 3 (May 5th)(Russian, no subs) 4. Love and other impossible pursuits (May 10th) 5. Letters to Juliet (May 10th)(with Russian subtitles). 6. Water for Elephants (May 12th) (Russian, no subs) 7. The Lincoln Advocate (May 13th) Russian - no subs CONVERSATION 1. Conversation (May 1st) 2. Conversation (May 1st). READING 1. Appointment with death (AC) May 8th) (280 pages) NEWEST ITEM - FILM 8. When in Rome (May 17th) (Russian, no subs) It has Kristin Bell, who is one of my favourite actresses in the leading role, so I had high hopes for it. I have two words for this film though: Stay. Away. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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