WEEKLY UPDATE
Hebrew - Assimil lesson 32. I will need to check how the preposition "et" אֶת is used in Hebrew. It's supposed to introduce a direct object in a sentence but it seems it's not used after each verb that presumably requires a direct object. Or even in some sentences it's there but in other sentences it's not there, even though these sentences are built around the same verb! for example the verb "to see" לִרְאוֹת
Russian - Assimil lesson 48. I started reading "
Petersburg. Miasto snu" by Joanna Czeczott. It's in Polish but I think I can mention it here because it's a non-fiction book about Saint Petersburg, its history and inhabitants. The first chapter was about the Finno-Ugric nations that had lived in the area before the Swedes and Russians took it over. So the land was home to the smallest of the Finno-Ugric nations, namely
Votes, and the author describes the fight they are leading right now to preserve their culture and language.
English - I read p.65 from Time and I watched only one YT video (by Lindie Botes) but I finished reading "White Teeth" by Zadie Smith. Hmm, it was not the most pleasurable reads of my life. I considered putting it away in the middle but still managed somehow to read it till the end. Honestly, I'm not sure if it was worth my time and maybe next time, if a book is not to my liking after 100 pages or 20% of the volume, I should simply give up? There are so many books to be read and spending my time on "ok-ish" books may be too much of a sacrifice. On the other hand, I don't like to leave things unfinished/undone, but I think I'll need to adapt and be more flexible.
French - read p.73 from Le Point, listened to 1 hour of France Info
Italian - read p.80-83 from L'Espresso, listened to "Caffe Europa" from Radio Rai 1
German - read p.57-60 from Der Spiegel, watched 2 videos by MrWissen2go, listened to 1 "Zeit Verbrechen" episode, 1 "Weltempfanger", 1 "Einhundert" and 1 "Echo der Welt" (plus listening to NDR Info in the background while working)
Romanian - read 3 articles from Deutche Welle Romanian Service, watched 1 video by "Atentie cad mere", 1 episode of "Romania te iubesc", 1 "Punctul pe azi" (again an interview with Maia Sandu, I like her accent) and 2 "Telejurnal"
And here is a pic of my new arrivals I talked about last time, all the books have finally been delivered this week (sorry for the low resolution):
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