日本語 + Русский + norsk (part 1, CLOSED)

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Re: brilliantyears' language log: 日本語 + Русский focus

Postby tarvos » Tue May 29, 2018 11:41 am

Oh I hadn't planned which bus exactly, I was just gonna show up as it's so close so I would see. But 9:50 sounds about right. Do these buses sell out because I haven't got a ticket :D

Wow, did I ever get lucky and buy that ticket :P
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Postby brilliantyears » Tue May 29, 2018 1:35 pm

I honestly have no idea if they sell out or not :| I just wanted a cheap fare :lol:
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Postby tarvos » Tue May 29, 2018 1:36 pm

If they're cheap, then they probably do - but I managed to snag one of the last three tickets. So see you on the bus then. :D
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Postby brilliantyears » Tue May 29, 2018 1:40 pm

Awesome! See you tomorrow :D
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Postby tarvos » Tue May 29, 2018 2:02 pm

BTW: if you need to recognize me, I am stupidly tall for a girl and my hair tips are dyed very, very red.
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Re: brilliantyears' language log: 日本語 + Русский focus

Postby brilliantyears » Tue May 29, 2018 2:15 pm

You mentioned your iTalki profile a while ago so I'm sure I've seen your photo :) I'll send you a pm with mine, just so it's not creepy one-sided recognition :lol:
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Postby tarvos » Tue May 29, 2018 3:03 pm

Yeah my face just got even rounder and softer in the meanwhile :p
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Postby brilliantyears » Tue May 29, 2018 3:10 pm

So did mine, but for different reasons :lol: (running has been surprisingly bad for my general shape :roll: )
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Re: brilliantyears' language log: 日本語 + Русский focus

Postby brilliantyears » Sun Jun 03, 2018 9:08 am

Soooo I'm back from Bratislava. I had a really good time at the Polyglot Gathering and really regret not staying longer. I wasn't sure what to expect, but the experience was pretty amazing and I definitely plan to go again next year!

It was so easy to talk to people (those badges are brilliant), and I met a lot of awesome new people. I even found a language partner for Russian (score!). As for language practice during the gathering:
- I spoke a little (shitty) Russian.
- I spoke a lot of German. I don't have any romance languages so German was the language I had in common with most people. My German pronunciation is (exactly like I expected) completely scheisse though. Classic steenkolenduits.
- Everyone was so goddamn happy to speak Japanese that I ended up speaking it a lot more than I had expected (including at least half a day with a native speaker) :D
- Considering there weren't that many native speakers, everyone was also super happy to speak Dutch with me.
- My English went downhill fast :lol: (I swear I'm fluent, I swear)

I'll write a little more about the rest of the gathering and the ideas/strategies I picked up later.
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Re: brilliantyears' language log: 日本語 + Русский focus

Postby tarvos » Mon Jun 04, 2018 6:23 am

You're fluent in English. I don't know why you speak it with me, though... :P
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