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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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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