Serpent's cyclic log

[Serpent]

Thanks! I feel like I'm still recovering. Been a week since my mum got her negative test (I haven't actually been tested, меня не посчитали )

BCMS question, how do you perceive the difference between sjetan and tužan?
I'm still reading Luka's biography and when describing what he felt when his first coach passed away a few years ago, he says "Bio sam više sjetan nego tužan". I have some intuitive understanding of these words but this made me wonder about the nuances.

[Radioclare]

I don't know for sure but I'd think of tužan as being really upset and sad, and sjetan as being a bit downcast; more in a nostalgic kind of way, like thinking back to the good times you had together and regretting that you won't be able to share them again.

[Serpent]

RIP Lev Rubinstein.
I used to work with his daughter btw, she's a polyglot. Turkish, a couple Romance languages (definitely Spanish, probably French as well), now also Hebrew.

[Serpent]

On a more light-hearted note, check out Страна Оз, a Russian Christmas movie
also featuring cool music in Romance languages

[Serpent]

https://virology.ws/2018/11/20/paul-has-measles/ A free e-book about measles in multiple languages, also available as video and paperback in a couple langs.

My current main "fandom" is adult vaccination tbh. I'm glad I got the measles vaccine shortly before the current epidemic. I was vaccinated as a kid but I didn't know I likely never got the second one.

I had 11 different shots in 2023 (including covid) and a similar number in 2022.

It's fascinating how many similarities there are between healthcare and language teaching We also talk about having to look for information on your own and using a doctor as a tool (sorry to those who do provide accurate and timely information without unnecessary delays).

Free multilingual resources are welcome obviously. Please no debating on my log.

[rdearman]

Why can't Paul get measles in Korean! Paul needs to work harder! Lol

[jeffers]

This is a great resource, thanks for sharing Serpent!

I was pleased to see my target languages were all represented (Hindi, German, French). I suspect that availability for "non-core-european languages" was based on needs, and as South Korea has a very high vaccination rate there was no need for the booklet in Korean.

[Serpent]

Another attempt to get back into reading.

: 8 / 10 : 8 / 10 Luka Modrić - Moja igra (chapters)
: 24 / 166 : 24 / 148 Machado de Assis - Dom Casmurro (chapters)
: 8 / 15 : 8 / 15 John Foot - Calcio: storia dello sport che ha fatto l'Italia (chapters)
: 95 / 216 Pier Vittorio Tondelli - Camere separate
: 63 / 267 Stephen Clarke - How the French Won Waterloo (Or Think They Did)
: 22 / 203 Marko Annala - Värityskirja
: 51 / 181 Antti Tervasmaa - The Life and Times of an Ordinary Captain: Forty Years of Flying
: 207 / 302 Christiane F - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo
: 183 / 226 Zinaida Lindén - U očekivanju potresa

(copied from the previous progress post so the numbers might change)

also yay my ereader still works, I'm not sure I had switched it on since 2020 The DRM-protected books also work (knock on wood)
Some page numbers for personal reference, I'll make progress bars as necessary:
Europa civiltà chapter 8/p 53
Trans Europa Express p 22 (fascinating book about a trip that is literally impossible nowadays)
Eurolandia 60
Danubio p 66
Napoli 86
La gatta di Varsavia 75

because of the super challenge I've read the first 50 pages in many books but then never finished them