Spanish66% of GdUdE B done! So, today I did some more subjunctive exercises and I got into other tenses vs subjunctive territory. Well, I get the subjunctives right in the exercises, but then suddenly fail at deciding between present tense and simple future again when I'm paying attention to the subjunctives
I guess, whenever I don't pay attention I fall back into my old mistake patterns which I haven't managed to change properly yet. How annoying! Stupid fossilised mistakes! I guess the only way to change it is to drill more
Russian68% of my second book done, and I'm down to 11min per page. Not bad, not bad at all. And there is finally also some movement in the known vs unknown ration - I'm now at 50% rather than 47%. Not a huge improvement, but it's going in the right direction. My Russian journey definitely hasn't been easy, but well, it's a difficult language and I'm now definitely approaching that area where reading in Russian at least isn't a drag anymore. Not exactly fun yet, but not too much torture either.
My husband was joking that I'd be reading this fantasy series until 2020 at my current rate, but that's actually not true. if I'd continue at 1h a day I would be finished in 2019 at the latest even without additional improvement in reading speed
That said, I will try to continue at 4h+ a day so that I'll finish this year for sure. One thing is true though: When I decided to learn Russian for my PhD a couple years back I really had no idea how hard it would be. I've already advanced a great deal, but it's been a huge struggle too. At least it's now only a matter of time rather than this unpredictable mess that generally is "learning Russian". 400h done. Some 400h more and I'll be almost there I suppose.
FrenchI finished
La proie by Irène Némirovsky. I really appreciate her writing skills and her story telling techniques are first rate. She has a tendency to come up with the most disgusting people as her main characters who usually get what they deserve, so these aren't exactly happy books, but so far I haven't encountered even one mediocre book of hers. Kind of amazing! Doesn't mean that they're all "enjoyable", but they are definitely good. The next one I'll be reading is
Deux. 10,488 pages in French read so far. At this rate I might actually hit 15,000 pages before the end of the year, especially if I get more time for French reading after getting all my Russian reading out of the way.
ItalianMore Star Trek TNG in Italian.