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| Sarnek Diglot Senior Member Italy Joined 4003 days ago 308 posts - 414 votes  Speaks: Italian*, English Studies: German, Swedish | Message 65 of 176 31 July 2014 at 2:01pm | IP Logged |
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New update:
As stated before, I'll continue to prioritise Swedish over German in the course of this Summer, although, I must say, it's going quite well with both languages. I've begun using native materials (media, in particular), especially for Swedish. About the book I'm reading, it's going incredibly slowly, but hey, I'm enjoying it overall. So far I've watched 3 Swedish films (with ENG subtitles): I rymden finns inga känslor, Himlen är oskyldigt blå and Patrik 1,5 and the first episode of the TV series Solsidan, for which I haven't been able to find any good ENG/ITA subs, and since it's comedy and quite light, I've decided to watch it without subtitles altogether. I've made it my policy to read stuff in my TLs whenever the occasion presents itself. For example, I wanted to know more about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and I'm now reading it in Swedish. Perhaps not the best of topics at this stage, but whatever. I'm also following the series "Peter Apelgrens semesteräventyr" on SVT, which not only is fun, but I also get to listen to a variety of accents from all around Sweden. Last but not least, I've finished watching the series "Welcome to Sweden". Not much Swedish there, but I deem it useful to listen to Swedes speaking English to catch patterns of their prosody. I'm trying to speak as much as possible, too, even on my own. I do this not only to become more fluent but also to get my vowels right as much as possible since there are only 5 vowels (a, ɛ, i, ɔ and u) in my regional variant whereas Swedish has 20+. I generally use Sharedtalk.com, but it's really hard to find Swedes there, so I mostly use it to speak with Germans. Suggestions on websites to chat with Swedes are welcome. Edit: Typo. Edited by Sarnek on 31 July 2014 at 2:02pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Sarnek Diglot Senior Member Italy Joined 4003 days ago 308 posts - 414 votes Speaks: Italian*, English Studies: German, Swedish | Message 66 of 176 15 August 2014 at 6:43pm | IP Logged |
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Mid-August update.
August has turned out to be quite a poor month language-learning-wise so far, and I don't see it getting any better. I should have expected it though: with an heavy exam to get ready for in September, there's little to no time (unfortunately) to dedicate to languages. And that little time I prefer to spend it on something else (unfortunately) *rant mode on* BECAUSE IT'S TOO DAMN HOT!!!*rant mode off*. Anyway, when I do have time, I just watch something on SVT or listen to klartext. I have to admit though, that I'm completely neglecting German, which can't be good. Edited by Sarnek on 15 August 2014 at 6:43pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Sarnek Diglot Senior Member Italy Joined 4003 days ago 308 posts - 414 votes Speaks: Italian*, English Studies: German, Swedish | Message 67 of 176 05 September 2014 at 8:42am | IP Logged |
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This summer has been a (half) complete disaster for my languages. Half because I
still got to practice somehow, but not so much as I wished I could. A new year is about to begin, I need to focus. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Emme Triglot Senior Member Italy Joined 5135 days ago 980 posts - 1594 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, German Studies: Russian, Swedish, French | Message 68 of 176 12 October 2014 at 5:40pm | IP Logged |
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Hej! Hur har du det?
How's Swedish coming along? And what about the new (university) year? Hör av dig! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Sarnek Diglot Senior Member Italy Joined 4003 days ago 308 posts - 414 votes Speaks: Italian*, English Studies: German, Swedish | Message 69 of 176 12 October 2014 at 9:35pm | IP Logged |
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Hej!
It's crazy but I haven't been able to find a good half an hour spare to write a full update. For the moment I can say that I'm satisfied overall with my languages, but I want to set much higher goals for this year. It's going to be tough, but challenging and fun as well. In my Swedish class we're going to read a book (yay!) which is called "Det är så logiskt alla fattar utom du". In German class we have a new teacher, who seems to be better than last year's. Anyway, that's all for the moment, I hope to find the time to write a more exhaustive post as soon as possible. Ha det bra! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Sarnek Diglot Senior Member Italy Joined 4003 days ago 308 posts - 414 votes Speaks: Italian*, English Studies: German, Swedish | Message 70 of 176 16 October 2014 at 8:47pm | IP Logged |
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Hallo.
This is a little something I've written to better stick into my head a few German idioms and words. Some may seem a little "forced", especially the last sentence, I guess, but I hope you'll be able to understand what I tried to mean. As usual, corrections and suggestions are more than welcome. Hänsel und Gretel Ein Tag sind Hänsel und Gretel in der Wald spazierengegangen. Zunächest haben sie ein sehr verlockendes, Marzipan Haus gesehen. Gretel wollte in das Haus gehen, aber Hänsel sagte "die Legende lautet, dass in diesem Haus, eine Hexe lebt". Gretel antwortete "Das ist nur eine alte Legende, man kann davon ausgehen, dass das Haus frei ist. Komm, gehen wir!". Als sie das Haus angekommen hatten, prüfte Gretel das Haus, und versuchte sie, eine Stück des Hauses zu essen. Dann sagte Hänsel "Achtung Gretel, unsere Leben stehen auf dem Spiel!". Da kommte aus das Haus eine alte, wütende Frau, die ihnen fragte, "Schmeckt das Haus gut? Sie müssen jetzt aber aufhören!" Die Kinder antworteten "Bitte schöne Frau, können wir bitte fortsetzen?" Die alte Frau hat darüber für einen kurzen Augenblick nachgedacht, und dann sagte sie "Das kommt darauf an. Also, machen wir eine Vereinbarung: wenn ihr heute Aben mit mir das Abenbrot esst, könnt ihr morgen fortetzen, mein Haus zu essen". Zum Abendessen haben sie viel gegessen, und Hansel sagte "Ich kann nicht mehr, das ist über meinen Umfang hinaus!" 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Sarnek Diglot Senior Member Italy Joined 4003 days ago 308 posts - 414 votes Speaks: Italian*, English Studies: German, Swedish | Message 71 of 176 11 November 2014 at 8:14pm | IP Logged |
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Little update.
I'm not posting as often anymore as I haven't really changed my routine that much, besides having finished Assimil. What I'm trying to accomplish at the end of each day right now looks somewhat like this: - Wake up early and go for a walk whilst listening to some swedish podcasts. - Read as much as I can, from every possible source (Wikipedia, Books, Comics, Ikea Instructions...) - Watch as much television as possible: I didn't think it was so important, but getting to know a country's culture really boosts the language-learning process up. Now, this "list", especially applies for Swedish, and I've successfully (so far) been able to stick to it every day. As far as German is conncerned, well, I haven't been able to find A2-B1.level podcasts, nor German streaming websites for television, they are mostly banned in Italy and if they aren't, they have no subs or stream some really old programs (suggestions are extremely welcome). Speaking is not at the top of my prorities right now (even though it should be), because it's really hard and time consuming to find both native speakers willing to speak with a non- fluent learner and a common, interesting subject to talk about. Books that I'm reading: Right now I'm reading "Det är så logiskt alla fattar utom du", and I've got a few chapters into it. It's going a lot smoother than "Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann", which may be either because I've made some actual progress or because it has a much easier topic. I like to think it's the former :P, but the latter is more plausible. Either way, I'm enjoying it, which is the most important thing. Books I'm planning to read: I've found one of the books my father used to learn German himself: "Die Kameliendame". I need to find/make the time to actually pick it up and get started with it, despite the outdated ortography and its complexity. Television: These are the programs I watch on a regular basis: - Vem Vet Mest? A very fun and educational Quiz-show. - Portkod 1525. A jättebra TV-series. 100% recommended. Plus I might happen to stumble upon a few others from time to time. Apart from this, which is what I do "on my own", there's a lot of homework I do for classes. I'm feeling like I've made some good progress overall, I just wish I had more opportunities to speak. Edited by Sarnek on 11 November 2014 at 8:17pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Sarnek Diglot Senior Member Italy Joined 4003 days ago 308 posts - 414 votes Speaks: Italian*, English Studies: German, Swedish | Message 72 of 176 13 November 2014 at 1:04pm | IP Logged |
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Another German story I wrote:
Eines Tages spielte im Haus ein Kind mit einen Ball. Der Ball ist durch ein Fester geflogen und hat es zerbrochen. Sein Vater ärgert sich darüber und hat seinen Sohn aus dem Haus getreten. Dann machte sich der Vater viele Sorgen: Er war sehr unruhig denn er wusste nicht, wo sein Sohn war. Danach entschied er sich, nach seinem Sohn zu suchen. Er ist in einen Wald gegangen und hat viel gerufen, und hat gehofft, seinen Sohn zu finden. Unglücklicherweise hat er seinen Sohn nicht gefunden, und ist nach Hause zurückgegangen. Als er in den Nähe von dem Fenster stand, hat ihn ein Ball getroffen, der das andere Fenster zerbrochen hat. Aber diesmal hat sich der Vater nicht über seinen Sohn geärgert, sondern er hat ihn umarmt. Das Ende. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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