idk what, but probably Czech again (back after a long hiatus)

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Re: idk what, but probably Czech again (back after a long hiatus)

Postby Via Diva » Fri Sep 22, 2017 8:24 am

I figured that nothing's better than trying to write about all that happened to me in my target language.

Ich bin vor einem Jahr nach Moskau ausgezogen. Na ja, nicht gerade Moskau, sondern ein Dorf 40 km vor Moskau entfernt. Ich arbeite auch - ich verkaufe Handys und mache Zahlungen. Und ich habe einen schönen Kätzchen. Er ist weiß, also wir haben ihm White genannt (das ist ja sehr einzigartig xD).

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Re: idk what, but probably Czech again (back after a long hiatus)

Postby tarvos » Fri Sep 22, 2017 10:25 am

It's fine, the only thing is "von etwas entfernt" and "ein schönes Kätzchen" (Das Kätzchen because it's a diminutive).
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Re: idk what, but probably Czech again (back after a long hiatus)

Postby Josquin » Fri Sep 22, 2017 2:51 pm

Sorry, but that's not all... I'm not sure if you wanted corrections, but tarvos started it. ;)
Via Diva wrote:Ich bin vor einem Jahr nach Moskau umgezogen. Na ja, nicht gerade Moskau, sondern ein Dorf 40 km von Moskau entfernt. Ich arbeite auch - ich verkaufe Handys und mache Zahlungen. Und ich habe ein schönes Kätzchen. Es ist weiß, also haben wir es White genannt (das ist ja wirklich einzigartig xD).

Welcome back, by the way! :D
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Re: idk what, but probably Czech again (back after a long hiatus)

Postby tarvos » Fri Sep 22, 2017 3:21 pm

Ah yes, because you should also refer back to it in the neuter. (In Dutch that would be totally weird, because I would refer to the cat as male if it was a male cat, even though "het katje" or "het poesje" would be neuter.)
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Re: idk what, but probably Czech again (back after a long hiatus)

Postby Via Diva » Fri Sep 22, 2017 3:24 pm

C'mon, I might have been away for a long while and a lot has changed, but not my attitude towards corrections, so thanks :3 also lol, I knew it would be that bad, which is why I wrote so little. I mean, much more stuff happened, as I wrote in Cavesa's log, but honestly, in the end, only the moving out bit, my job and my little cutie pie matter ^^
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Recent language activities include: music in Czech, watching Dr Strange, reading Game of Thrones. As one may see, no German and honestly not much Czech either. Aaaaand today is my day off and I promptly waste it doing nothing useful. I don't know why I am back if I have so little strength. Maybe y'all can share some with me? xD
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Fitting lines from songs time (FLFS from now on): XIII Stoleti → Černé slzy

Pod závojem absolutna dřímá nový věk
hříšná města, časy her a náruč nevěstek.
Vítej v dobách utopie, gotiky a snů
přežijem či zahynem až v konci našich dnů...?

(Under the veil of absoluteness catnaps new era
Sinful cities, times of games and arms of brides
Welcome to the era of utopia, gothic and dreams
Will I survive of will I die even in the end of our days...?)
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Re: idk what, but probably Czech again (back after a long hiatus)

Postby Via Diva » Sat Sep 23, 2017 7:12 pm

Both my laptops have died - not completely, but for now my learning materials are mostly gone. It's not like I can't download them again or that I was gonna use them, but this situation can either help me or do just the opposite.

unfortunately I seem to have gotten over XIII Stoleti, at least for now, so I don't know if I should try to read HP in Czech or try Er ist wieder da again.
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Re: idk what, but probably Czech again (back after a long hiatus)

Postby Via Diva » Tue Sep 26, 2017 7:41 pm

You know you win at life when you finally get a microwave and a fridge, and when having watched a really good movie you turn on your favourite Czech lullaby (Hvězdy chtějí patřit tobě) and your kitten crawls to sleep on your belly without any additional commands.

FLFS: XIII Stoleti - Hvězdy chtějí patřit tobě

Podívej, noc jde k nám, den už končí.
Každý stín odchází za dne spát.
Málo sil v obětí ještě zbývá,
démonům prodej svůj amulet víl.

look, night is coming to us, the day's ending
every shadow goes to sleep
little power is left in the victim
demons sell their amulets

(very rough translation)
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Re: idk what, but probably Czech again (back after a long hiatus)

Postby DaveBee » Tue Sep 26, 2017 9:13 pm

Via Diva wrote:You know you win at life when you finally get a microwave and a fridge, and when having watched a really good movie you turn on your favourite Czech lullaby (Hvězdy chtějí patřit tobě) and your kitten crawls to sleep on your belly without any additional commands.
I think I've seen this film.

You may be about to fall into the clutches of an evil stepmother. Beware!
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Re: idk what, but probably Czech again (back after a long hiatus)

Postby Via Diva » Wed Sep 27, 2017 3:39 am

DaveBee wrote:I think I've seen this film.

You may be about to fall into the clutches of an evil stepmother. Beware!

What film do you have in mind? :?
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forgot to mention, my laptop isn't quite dead, but using it is literally painful. Still better than nothing xD
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Re: idk what, but probably Czech again (back after a long hiatus)

Postby Via Diva » Fri Sep 29, 2017 9:03 pm

What was my biggest inspiration to learn German? A shitload of philosophic songs. Here you go then:

ich bin einsam, also denke ich oft an dem Tod. Als Nächte kommen, bin ich fast immer allein, noch wenn in der Tat ist es nicht wahr. Als der Schlaf geht nah' fühle ich als ich gerade sterbe - ich meine, man kann doch nicht genau sicher sein, ob er erwachen wird. Ich denke nachdem natürlich nicht jeden Abend, aber die Schlaflosigkeit ist ja eine grausame Herrin. Sie geht gleichzeitig laut und leise an: laut weil du nicht schlafen kannst, leise weil du schlafen so willst. Schwarze und dunkle Gedanken bringt sie mit, als du noch denken kannst.
Nein, ich fürchte den Tod nicht. Mein Name wird mit mir sterben, egal was ich tue. Ich bin fast ganz bereit, jeden Tag zu sterben. Ich bin auch viel müde von meiner Arbeit, meiner Einsamkeit, meinem Leben. Ich will doch nicht sterben... aber den Tod kann mich nicht überraschen. Die dunkle Gedanken kann manchmal auch sehr romantisch sein, weil ich die Stockholm Syndrom fast liebe. Es ist so seltsam und so schön in dieser Seltsamkeit. Manchmal bin ich bei der Arbeit wie eine Opfer von der Syndrom. Na ja... manchmal bin ich beim meine ganze Leben wie diese Opfer.
Ich weiß genau, was mein Problem ist - ich brauche mehr Sehnsucht nach Leben. Aber es gibt fast keine Quelle dafür. Ich bin wichtig für meine Mutter und mein Kätzchen. Da endet alles. Meine beste Freundin ist viel zu entfernt von mir, aber sie ist wahrscheinlich die dritte Quelle. Noch manche Leute können die vierte Quelle sein, aber das weiß ich nicht. Alle diese Quellen sind oft leer oder noch schlechter.
Ich träume von der stärksten Quelle der Sehnsucht, aber ich weiß nicht genau, was kann die sein. Ein Mann? Kann sein, aber das Leben ist nie genug romantisch dafür.
Ich kann aber träumen.

FLFS: Dornenreich - Nächtlich liebend
Draußen ist's unmöglich, für uns ist es wahr
dem Tod zu entrinnen, zu entfliehen von... Da - auf immerdar.
Wir blicken uns in die Augen
- Augen wie Diebe -
nein, nie genug können wir kriegen von des anderen Liebe.
Zeiten planen wir, und hier gilt Sprung, draußen muß man gehen
und wir bleiben jung.

It was ridiculously easy to write actually. I know just the vocabulary for this, and I went full "fuck grammar" here. Don't worry about me, do worry about my grammar though... xD
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