Mista's new perpetual log (currently: Russian and Japanese))

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Mista
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Posts: 608
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Location: Norway
Languages: Norwegian (N), English (QN). Studied Ancient Greek (MA), Linguistics (MA), Latin (BA), German (BA). Italian at A2/B1 level. Learning: French, Japanese, Russian (focus) and various others, like Polish, Spanish, Vietnamese, and anything that comes my way. Also know some Sanskrit (but not the script) and Coptic. Really want to learn Arabic and Amharic.
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Re: Mista's new perpetual log (currently Ukrainian, Russian and German))

Postby Mista » Sun Jul 31, 2022 10:56 pm

July Super Challenge update (total numbers)
English
Books: 2290 pages = 45 books
Films: 757 minutes = 8 films

Finished reading:
The Lonely Londoners (Selvon)

In progress:
A History of English Literature (Alexander)
The Turn of the Screw (James)
The Secret History (Tartt) (audio)

French
Books:
Films:

German
Books:
Films: 91 minutes = 1 film
Watched an “Anti-Schmertz Routine” YouTube video (and did the exercises)

Italian
Books:
Films:

Spanish
Books:
Films:

Portuguese
Books:
Films:

Dutch
Books:
Films:

Latin
Books: 18 pages
Started reading the first book of Ab urbe condita again

Greek (ancient)
Books:

Russian
Books:
Films: 1224 minutes = 13 films
Listened to Шинель 8 times

Icelandic
Books: 892 pages = 17 books
Films:
Finished Krúnuleikar

Swedish
Books: 369 pages = 7 books
Films:
Finished the book on Finnish history

Danish
Books:
Films:

Arabic
Books:
Films:

Japanese
Books:
Films:

Northern Sami
Books:
Films: 15 minutes

Finnish
Books: 138 pages = 2 books
Films: 101 minutes = 1 film
Finished the Donald Duck book

Average per day (92 days/610)
Books: 40/64 pages
Films: 24/126 minutes

Unofficial:
Bokmål
Books: 1990 = 39 books
Films:

Finished:
Stalins kyr (Oksanen)
Finsk språklære (grammar book)
En opritsjniks dag (Sorokin)

Nynorsk
Books: 7 pages
Films:
7 x

Cavesa
Black Belt - 4th Dan
Posts: 4957
Joined: Mon Jul 20, 2015 9:46 am
Languages: Czech (N), French (C2) English (C1), Italian (C1), Spanish, German (C1)
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Re: Mista's new perpetual log (currently Ukrainian, Russian and German))

Postby Cavesa » Wed Aug 10, 2022 8:47 pm

Hey, just wanted to say it's great you are out of the health issues, and you are doing marvellously in the 6wc! You're an inspiration!
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Mista
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Posts: 608
Joined: Wed May 11, 2016 11:03 pm
Location: Norway
Languages: Norwegian (N), English (QN). Studied Ancient Greek (MA), Linguistics (MA), Latin (BA), German (BA). Italian at A2/B1 level. Learning: French, Japanese, Russian (focus) and various others, like Polish, Spanish, Vietnamese, and anything that comes my way. Also know some Sanskrit (but not the script) and Coptic. Really want to learn Arabic and Amharic.
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Re: Mista's new perpetual log (currently Ukrainian, Russian and German))

Postby Mista » Thu Oct 06, 2022 8:51 pm

August Super Challenge update (total numbers)
English
Books: 2604 pages = 52 books
Films: 1407 minutes = 15 films
I have read :
The Turn of the Screw (James)
Going to Meet the Man (Baldwin)

I have watched :
Something in the Dirt
Palm Trees and Power Lines
(both these American movies were shown at the recent film festival here in Oslo)

In progress:
A History of English Literature (Alexander)
Cambridge Introduction to Russian Literature (Emerson)
The Anglo-Saxon World (Higham)
Reading Old English (Hasenfratz)
Discourse Analysis (Paltridge)
Register, Genre, and Style (Biber)
The Secret History (Tartt) (audio)

French
Books:
Films:

German
Books: 7 pages
Films: 91 minutes = 1 film
Read Glück haben (Langgässer)

Italian
Books:
Films:

Spanish
Books:
Films:

Portuguese
Books:
Films: 67 minutes
Fogo-Fátuo, anslo featured at the film festival

Dutch
Books:
Films:

Latin
Books: 18 pages

Greek (ancient)
Books:

Russian
Books: 563 pages = 11 books
Films: 2024 minutes = 22 films
Read:
HP 2: Тайная комната
Шинель (Гоголь)
Медный всадник (Пушкин)

Listened to more Шинель, and now also got Медный всадник on audio (I’m reading both of these for a Russian literature course at the university)

Icelandic
Books: 892 pages = 17 books
Films:

Swedish
Books: 369 pages = 7 books
Films:

Danish
Books:
Films:

Arabic
Books:
Films:

Japanese
Books:
Films:

Northern Sami
Books:
Films: 15 minutes

Finnish
Books: 138 pages = 2 books
Films: 101 minutes = 1 film

Average per day (123 days/610)
Books: 37/64 pages
Films: 30/126 minutes

Unofficial:
Bokmål
Books: 2597 = 51 books
Films:
Finished:
Fargeløse Tsukuru Tazaki og hans pilegrimsår (Murakami)
Landet som lovet alt (Wold)

Nynorsk
Books: 7 pages
Films:
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Mista
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Posts: 608
Joined: Wed May 11, 2016 11:03 pm
Location: Norway
Languages: Norwegian (N), English (QN). Studied Ancient Greek (MA), Linguistics (MA), Latin (BA), German (BA). Italian at A2/B1 level. Learning: French, Japanese, Russian (focus) and various others, like Polish, Spanish, Vietnamese, and anything that comes my way. Also know some Sanskrit (but not the script) and Coptic. Really want to learn Arabic and Amharic.
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Re: Mista's new perpetual log (currently Ukrainian, Russian and German))

Postby Mista » Thu Oct 06, 2022 9:15 pm

September Super Challenge update (total numbers)
English
Books: 3400 pages = 68 books
Films: 1481 minutes = 16 films

I have read :
Quicksand (Larsen)
The Fire Next Time (Baldwin)
The Magician (Somerset Maugham)

In progress (not making an awful lot of progress with all of these…):
A History of English Literature (Alexander)
Cambridge Introduction to Russian Literature (Emerson)
The Anglo-Saxon World (Higham)
Reading Old English (Hasenfratz)
Discourse Analysis (Paltridge)
Register, Genre, and Style (Biber)
The Secret History (Tartt) (audio)

French
Books:
Films: 88 minutes = 1 film

Saw the Belgian movie Tori et Lokita

German
Books: 7 pages
Films: 91 minutes = 1 film
No change

Italian
Books:
Films: 120 minutes = 1 film

Saw the movie Futura

Spanish
Books:
Films:

Portuguese
Books:
Films: 67 minutes
No change

Dutch
Books:
Films:

Latin
Books: 18 pages
No change

Greek (ancient)
Books:

Russian
Books: 573 pages = 11 books
Films: 2184 minutes = 24 films
More of the same

Icelandic
Books: 892 pages = 17 books
Films: 142 minutes = 1 film
Listened to Bróðir minn Ljónshjarta (the first few chapters twice)


Swedish
Books: 369 pages = 7 books
Films:

Danish
Books:
Films:

Arabic
Books:
Films:

Japanese
Books:
Films:

Northern Sami
Books: 5 pages
Films: 15 minutes
Started reading Speaisko-Sáhpan ja eara eallit bihce-báhce vuovddis (Thorbjørn Egner)

Finnish
Books: 138 pages = 2 books
Films: 201 minutes = 2 films
Saw a film called The Mission, which was about young Mormons on mission in Finland. It was honestly more in English than in Finnish, but I chose to count it anyway as it was set in Finland and included a lot of language learning efforts (as well as cultural reflections), which were pretty much at my own level and therefore quite easy to understand.

Average per day (153 days/610)
Books: 35/64 pages
Films: 29/126 minutes

Unofficial:
Bokmål
Books: 2597 = 51 books
Films:
No change

Nynorsk
Books: 7 pages
Films:
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Mista
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Posts: 608
Joined: Wed May 11, 2016 11:03 pm
Location: Norway
Languages: Norwegian (N), English (QN). Studied Ancient Greek (MA), Linguistics (MA), Latin (BA), German (BA). Italian at A2/B1 level. Learning: French, Japanese, Russian (focus) and various others, like Polish, Spanish, Vietnamese, and anything that comes my way. Also know some Sanskrit (but not the script) and Coptic. Really want to learn Arabic and Amharic.
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Re: Mista's new perpetual log (currently Ukrainian, Russian and German))

Postby Mista » Fri Nov 04, 2022 9:44 pm

October Super Challenge update (total numbers)
English
Books: 4420 pages = 88 books
Films: 1527 minutes = 17 films

I’ve read:
Kindred (Butler)
The River Capture (Costello)

In progress (still not making an awful lot of progress with all of these…):
A History of English Literature (Alexander)
Cambridge Introduction to Russian Literature (Emerson)
The Anglo-Saxon World (Higham)
Reading Old English (Hasenfratz)
Discourse Analysis (Paltridge)
Register, Genre, and Style (Biber)
Black Skin, White Masks (Fanon)
Ukraine. What everyone needs to know (Yekelchyk)
The Secret History (Tartt) (audio)

French
Books:
Films: 88 minutes = 1 film

Picked up L’anomalie by Hervé Le Tellier from the library today. There’s a waiting list on it, so I’ll have to finish it this month

German
Books: 98 pages = 2 books
Films: 91 minutes = 1 film
Reading Der Vorleser by Bernhard Schlink

Italian
Books:
Films: 120 minutes = 1 film
No change

Spanish
Books:
Films:

Portuguese
Books:
Films: 67 minutes
No change

Dutch
Books:
Films:

Latin
Books: 18 pages
No change

Greek (ancient)
Books:

Russian
Books: 573 pages = 11 books
Films: 2184 minutes = 24 films
No change

Icelandic
Books: 892 pages = 17 books
Films: 142 minutes = 1 film
No change

Swedish
Books: 369 pages = 7 books
Films:

Danish
Books:
Films:

Arabic
Books:
Films:

Japanese
Books:
Films:

Northern Sami
Books: 48 pages
Films: 15 minutes
Continued reading Speaisko-Sáhpan ja eara eallit bihce-báhce vuovddis (Thorbjørn Egner), but then I had to deliver it at the library with three chapters read

Finnish
Books: 138 pages = 2 books
Films: 201 minutes = 2 films
No change

Average per day (184 days/610)
Books: 36/64 pages
Films: 24/126 minutes

Unofficial:
Bokmål
Books: 2597 = 51 books
Films:
No change

Nynorsk
Books: 19 pages
Films:
Read the introduction in Norrøn filologi (for a course that was cancelled)
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Mista
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Posts: 608
Joined: Wed May 11, 2016 11:03 pm
Location: Norway
Languages: Norwegian (N), English (QN). Studied Ancient Greek (MA), Linguistics (MA), Latin (BA), German (BA). Italian at A2/B1 level. Learning: French, Japanese, Russian (focus) and various others, like Polish, Spanish, Vietnamese, and anything that comes my way. Also know some Sanskrit (but not the script) and Coptic. Really want to learn Arabic and Amharic.
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Re: Mista's new perpetual log (currently Ukrainian, Russian and German))

Postby Mista » Tue Dec 13, 2022 9:01 pm

November Super Challenge update (total numbers)
English
Books: 5265 pages = 105 books
Films: 1690 minutes = 18 films

I’ve read:
Notes from the Field (Smith)
The Bluest Eye (Morrison)
Reading Old English (Hasenfratz)
Ukraine. What everyone needs to know (Yekelchyk)

In progress:
A History of English Literature (Alexander)
Cambridge Introduction to Russian Literature (Emerson)
The Anglo-Saxon World (Higham)
Discourse Analysis (Paltridge)
Register, Genre, and Style (Biber)
Black Skin, White Masks (Fanon)
Neo-slave Narratives (Rushdy)
The Secret History (Tartt) (audio)

French
Books: 317 = 6 books
Films: 632 minutes = 7 films

Read L’anomalie by Hervé Le Tellier
Listened to the first few chapters of Le café de la jeunesse perdue three times
Got in a few actual films at the recent film festival: Saloum (set in Senegal), Azor (Argentina, both Spanish and French speech), Mali Twist.

German
Books: 109 pages = 2 books
Films: 91 minutes = 1 film
Reading Der Vorleser by Bernhard Schlink

Italian
Books:
Films: 120 minutes = 1 film
No change

Spanish
Books:
Films: 225 minutes = 2 films

Two actual films at the film festival: 1976 (Chile), Argentina 1985

Portuguese
Books:
Films: 170 minutes = 1 film
Executive Order at the film festival

Dutch
Books:
Films:

Latin
Books: 18 pages
No change

Greek (ancient)
Books:

Russian
Books: 585 pages = 11 books
Films: 2184 minutes = 24 films
Read Двенадцать by Александр Блок

Icelandic
Books: 892 pages = 17 books
Films: 142 minutes = 1 film
No change


Swedish
Books: 369 pages = 7 books
Films:

Danish
Books:
Films:

Arabic
Books:
Films: 131 minutes
Boy from Heaven at the film festival (Egypt)

Japanese
Books:
Films: 295 minutes = 3 films
Battle Royale, Perfect Blue, The House of the Lost on the Cape at the film festival

Northern Sami
Books: 48 pages
Films: 15 minutes
No change

Finnish
Books: 138 pages = 2 books
Films: 201 minutes = 2 films
No change

Average per day (214 days/610)
Books: 35/64 pages
Films: 28/126 minutes

Unofficial:
Bokmål
Books: 2597 = 51 books
Films:
No change

Nynorsk
Books: 19 pages
Films:
No change
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Mista
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Posts: 608
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Languages: Norwegian (N), English (QN). Studied Ancient Greek (MA), Linguistics (MA), Latin (BA), German (BA). Italian at A2/B1 level. Learning: French, Japanese, Russian (focus) and various others, like Polish, Spanish, Vietnamese, and anything that comes my way. Also know some Sanskrit (but not the script) and Coptic. Really want to learn Arabic and Amharic.
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Re: Mista's new perpetual log (Christmas interlude: German)

Postby Mista » Thu Dec 15, 2022 12:33 am

Exams are over, just in time to join Cavesa's new AI6WC challenge. I've joined with German, and, as I have already posted over on the other thread, I have a specific project in mind: I'll be writing a term paper in German Literature.

I generally struggle with writing, mostly on an emotional level, although, ironically, I also write very well (and, as you can tell, I'm perfectly aware of this). Sometimes, however, I think it's not that ironic but perfectly logical: it's the high expectations that get in the way, both those of others and my own. Anyway, this last year has been exceptionally bad for writing, as I've had some health issues that have reduced my concentration, something that has badly affected my ability to write academic texts. And now that I have just finished another exam season, I can say that I'm doing much better than in the spring, but also that those bad experiences from spring are still with me, and I've spent the last month trying to get my term papers done while continuously worrying that I won't be able to do it. So what I really need now is a very calm and relaxed writing experience, so I can lean on that emtally when things start to get stressful again.

So, the paper I'm going to write now, is one that I started to think about last spring, and was going to write and deliver last spring, but I never got properly started on the writing - which feels like a good thing right now, because I have no negative connotations to it. The new semester doen't even start until mid-January, and the new deadline for this is in June. In other words, I have PLENTY of time, and can just focus on putting in a couple of hours of work every day, and see where that takes me by the end of this challenge.

Wednesday, December 14:
Started the day with two 15-minutes lessons on Drops (passing 1000 words today). Then had a look around to find the books I've been using for intensive reading the last year, and also had a look in my old notebooks to see if there was any vocabulary there that I hadn't transferred into my Gold List books yet. I did find some, so I worked my way through that, and then found out how far I've come in Der Goldene Kompass, where I have read the whole thing with a pen, underlining the words I want to look up, but I've only looked up the words up to chapter 4.

Then I had a look at where I am with my paper. I've had a pile of books from the library lying around for half a year, so I've had a quick look at some of them to find out what I actually need to read. I think I'll go and take some copies of those parts of the texts and then deliver the books. I also have a 19th century copy of Ovid's Metamorphoses (the only German translation I could find at the library), which uses a Gothic font, so I had started transcribing that, to have it in a more readable format. Today, I finished that work (not the whole thing, obviously - just the part about Orpheus and Eurydice), so the next step will be to close read that text, and then start working on an analysis of it. I'm also reading Rilke's poem on the same topic, and will be comparing the two poems.

Today's stats:
SRS: 79 minutes
Writing: 99 minutes

Total: 178 minutes = 2h58
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Mista
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Re: Mista's new perpetual log (Christmas interlude: German)

Postby Mista » Fri Dec 16, 2022 1:29 am

Thursday, December 15:

Drops as usual. Then went to the university to deliver books at the library, get some printouts and take some copies, and go to the bookstore and have the employees running around the whole place trying to figure out where they have next semester's books. Got a printout of my Ovid text, which I have worked my way through this evening, looking up words and in some cases correcting the text (where I have misread the Gothic font).

Now that the weekend is coming up and I won't be staying at home, I've decided to leave Ovid for next week, and take one of the secondary texts with me, part of a book called Leid und Verwandlung. I'll be reading the introduction and the first part, which is about Rilke, a total of 88 pages. I'll try to read one chapter at a time and write a summary of each.

Today's stats:
SRS: 32 minutes
Reading: 174 minutes

Total: 384 minutes = 6h24

The little weather icon in the bottom left corner of my screen informs me that the temperature outside is now -18 degrees! :shock:
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Mista
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Re: Mista's new perpetual log (Christmas interlude: German)

Postby Mista » Sun Dec 18, 2022 11:24 pm

Weekend update (Dec 16-18)
As planned, I have been doing my two daily lessons of Drops and working on my secondary literature. I first read through the first section, of 5 pages, underlining all the words I wanted to look up, then I worked through the text again looking up all the words and making sure I understood them in their context, and finally, I read through the text again and wrote a short summary of it. After that, I started on the second section, which is 11 pages long. As of now, I've read through it the first time, and am currently working through the looking-up-words phase. I have very little experience with reading academic German, and I can already tell that this procedure is going to help me a lot with the writing, as I pay much more attention to the structural words I need to write a good text.

Fri, Dec 16:
SRS: 32 min
Reading: 116 min

Sat, Dec 17:
SRS: 32 min
Writing: 42 min
Reading: 41 min

Sun, Dec 18:
SRS: 32 min
Reading: 43 min

Total: 722 min = 12h02
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Languages: English (N). Read (only) French and Spanish. Studying Ancient Greek. Studying a bit of Latin. Once studied Old Norse. Dabbled in Catalan, Provençal and Italian.
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Re: Mista's new perpetual log (Christmas interlude: German)

Postby MorkTheFiddle » Mon Dec 19, 2022 6:06 pm

I like the idea of writing a short summary of the text you read. I should try that.
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