snoopy's 2022 log (French, Modern Greek)

[snoopy]

I've been learning French on and off for years and been meddling with Greek for the last two years.

My current goal for French is to start working with a B2 textbook to increase my vocabulary and refresh my grammar a bit. For Greek, I want to finish the A1 textbook and start the A2. All that along with some Youtube for both languages and maybe podcasts for French.

[MorkTheFiddle]

Welcome to the Forum, Snoopy. Have fun with your language learning.

[snoopy]

Welcome to the Forum, Snoopy. Have fun with your language learning.

Thanks! I like the idea of logging in a public space, wish there were similar forums for programming and other skills

The latest log:

Greek. +1.5h (1.5). The homework for the next class. Trying to learn irregular verbs is the most challenging thing at the moment. Making a Memrise course to learn the verbs from the textbook would make the most sense, but the last time I checked adding audio to the cards was a pain.
Here are a couple of examples of verbs changing between present simple, past simple, and future simple. At the moment, I'm happy if I can remember the present form even though I should already be learning past and future ones.

• to see: βλέπω - είδα - θα δω
• to say: λέω - είπα - θα πω
• to eat: τρώω - έφαγα - θα φάω

French. + 1h (1). A lesson with a new tutor. He convinced me to start the B2 textbook which feels a bit intimidating, but I've been a bit bored with things like Inner French, so it probably makes sense.

[snoopy]

Greek. An hour with a tutor, we talked about my vacations in Greece and practised giving directions along with the future tense. +1 (2.5)
It's interesting that the word for 'a brother' in Greek is ένας αδελφός, and for 'a colleague' - ένας συνάδελφος, which basically means "with a brother". I wonder what it says about the typical Greek work culture

French. 30 minutes of reading about the rejuvenation of an industrial town in Belgium. +0.5 (1.5)

[jeffers]

Thanks! I like the idea of logging in a public space, wish there were similar forums for programming and other skills

Feel free to include anything else you want in your logs. You would not be the first person here to write about their progress learning programming languages!

[snoopy]

Greek. A bit of the Language transfer +0.5 (3)

French. A bit of grammar exercises +0.5 (2)

[Cavesa]

Welcome to the forum! A good log! Which textbooks are you using?

[snoopy]

Welcome to the forum! A good log! Which textbooks are you using?

Thanks! Défi 4 for French and Ελληνικά για σας Α1 for Greek, do know any of them?

[snoopy]

Greek. Homework. The listening exercises this time were tricky, I had to slow down one of the tracks to get everything +0.5 (3.5)

French. An hour with a tutor. It's interesting how the textbook talks about a city that has been improved in multiple ways including building a big shopping mall - I wonder how it's going after the online shopping boom and Covid. If you've been to Charleroi, is Rive Gauche there still busy? +1 (3)

[snoopy]

Greek. A lesson with a tutor. We practised the future tense and talked about an imaginary flight (as flying was a topic of the textbook chapter). + 1 (4.5)

Finally got the paper version of my French textbook, the topics look interesting, but so far I've had too much going on to check it further.