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

[Via Diva]

Yesterday I cried. Wanna know why? Here you go:

Especially because of that:

I did have money to buy it. But it's crisis, my own laptop is broken, and the uni comes back soon with its demands. So... so I stood there whining for, like, 10-15 minutes and then walked away to buy the notebooks I came there for.
On the bright side, I got Zmizela by Gillian Flynn - Flynnová :) - and now I can read it instead of Harry Potter. Or I can read both. Who knows.
LR-ing HP is the sole thing I got to do with Czech yesterday, and I haven't finished a chapter because my eyes were closing every second. I managed to deprive myself of sleep for three more hours, and, unfortunately, reading doesn't help me in such actions (yes, I played, yes, in English, oh my poor, poor 6WC, shame on me).
I wish I could do more today - and I have written a sheet of text in German already - but I feel too sleepy to read and too lazy to write. Memrise? I've had enough of Memrise.

[Josquin]

Nice, I read Klaus Mann's Mephisto for German class in 11th grade! It's a good book! Narziss und Goldmund is even better though.

[Via Diva]

Nice, I read Klaus Mann's Mephisto for German class in 11th grade! It's a good book! Narziss und Goldmund is even better though.

I've only seen the movie and it's... great is too weak a word for it. It's Klaus Maria Brandauer and after that I really have to shut up and let everyone think for themselves. It's not the kind of the movie you'd gladly rewatch... but I rewatched it and will do that later just to look at the real actor.
Hopefully the book - if I can get one from certain sources, haha - is just as good as the movie (although it has to be even better, so I am impatient). And thanks for the recommendation... wrong word. For approval, hehe.
Damn. I actually want to rewatch Mephisto right now -_-

[Via Diva]

It would be better if that had happened EARLIER. But, well... I present to you my first legitimate take on writing in Czech:
Prvních sto slov
Připadá mi, že já nic nechápu. Jak jsem začala jazyky učit? Proč jsem vybrala ty jazyky? Ačkoli vím já to. Ale nevím, jak to se dělat muset. Nevím, co možná s těmi jazyky dělat. Vím tak málo, že myslím, já nic nevím.
Proč jsem vybrala češtinu? Odpověď je jednoduchá, a tomu neuvěříte. Má odpověď je Jaromír Nohavica. Upřímně řečeno, je to jeho Kometa. Přiletěla ta kometa přímo v mém hlavu, a tak tam i zůstala. A toho mně dostačovalo.
Tak učím Česky skoro měsíc. Učím pomalý, a to není lehce, ale to je v pořádku. Má ruština mně velmi pomáhá.
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Great that I stayed away from Mephisto, huh?

[Via Diva]

Wow. Already corrected. And, well... I feel like I am a native English speaker when I look at this:

Připadá mi, že (já) nic nechápu. Jak jsem se začala učit jazyky? Proč jsem si ty jazyky vybrala? Ale nevím, jak se je učit. Nevím, co je možné s těmi jazyky dělat. Vím tak málo, že myslím, že nic nevím.
Proč jsem vybrala češtinu? Odpověď je jednoduchá, a tomu neuvěříte. Má odpověď je Jaromír Nohavica. Upřímně řečeno, je to jeho Kometa. Přiletěla ta kometa přímo do mojí hlavy, a tam i zůstala. A to mně stačilo.
Tak se učím česky skoro měsíc. Učím se pomalu, a není to lehké, ale to je v pořádku. Má ruština mi / mně velmi pomáhá.

P.S. I need the [s][/s] BBCode...

[Via Diva]

You probably know I adore Daphne du Maurier's books. Rebecca isn't her best, as I think, but it is quite popular, and Susan Rigvava-Dumas is just... majestic:
English

German

And today I bumped into a... Korean version:

I won't learn Korean, this kinda language won't hook me up that easily, but let me just say that I am impressed...

[Via Diva]

German: sleep mode
Swedish: words in Semper which I forget instantly
Czech: LR, Nohavica and this:

Těžko uvěřit, že učím se češtiny jenom pro Jaromíra (?) Nohavice (?). To je jistě složitější, než se zdá. Dříve téměř nic nevěděla jsem o Českou republikou, jí historií a kulturou.
Opravdu řečeno, a teď trochu vím. Ale já už okouzlená (?) tím, co se jsem uviděla, a tím, co budu uvidět. Vidím, co česká kultura se silně vyznamená (?) od ruské, a vždy od libovolné kultury, o kterou já vím.
A má společný: některá česká slova jsou ne proste souzvucná se ruských, ale se zastaralých ruských slovech, a to je někdy spodivem, a někdy krásné.
Mám strach, co mezi ruských a českých má všechno ještě nepřátelství, a co to může mně v budoucnu vyrušit. Ale doufám, co všechno není tak špatně.

Or in Russian - after all, I wrote in Russian and only then in Czech:

Трудно поверить, что я учу чешский только из-за Яромира Ногавицы. Это, конечно, сложнее, чем кажется. Раньше я почти ничего не знала о Чехии, её истории и культуре.
Честно говоря, я и сейчас знаю немного. Но я уже очарована тем, что увидела, и тем, что мне предстоит увидеть. Я вижу, что чешская культура сильно отличается от русской, да и вообще от любой другой культуры, о которой я знаю.
Есть и общее: некоторые чешские слова не просто созвучны с ручками, но с устаревшими русскими словами, и это иногда удивительно, а иногда красиво.
Я боюсь, что между русскими и чехами всё ещё есть вражда, и что это может мне в дальнейшем помешать. Но я надеюсь, что всё не так плохо.

Yeah, not impressive. But uni comes soon, and this year is going to be tough, so I guess it's only fair to be la-hazy.

[Via Diva]

Since the 17th of July I've been totally obsessed with Jaromír Nohavica, and just look where it has led me! At the moment his songs have 2436 plays, according to last.fm (the link in my signature), and his Kometa has been played 689 times, which puts the song on the third place in my all time top (which counts songs correctly from somewhere around 2012).
There are of course some other factors - after all, living people have recommended me everything I've listened to, seen or tried to read - but all these people speak good English. Nope, the desire to grasp the lyrics, to be able to understand them, feel them... nothing motivates me better. I've improved my English for this, I've reached pretty solid intermediate in German because of this, and now... now I'm studying Czech thanks to this.
I keep finding/ following amazing stuff, like Jan Werich's fairy tale written in one-syllable words, or Tři veteráni, also based on Werich's work, or Kytice... But it all began with Kometa, a přiletěla ta kometa přímo do mojí hlavy, a tam i zůstala.
And what do you know about obsession?

[Kazumi]

Since the 17th of July I've been totally obsessed with Jaromír Nohavica

I was about to recommend you Kometa, but you have already written that it is one of your all time favorite songs.

Nope, the desire to grasp the lyrics, to be able to understand them, feel them... nothing motivates me better. I've improved my English for this, I've reached pretty solid intermediate in German because of this, and now... now I'm studying Czech thanks to this.

I completely agree with you. My desire to grasp the lyrics in Russian and understand everything motivates me to keep learning and improving my Russian. I am tempted to learn Czech for the same reason as yous, but I'd like to reach a solid level in Russian first.

Actually I'd like to grasp and understand the lyrics not only in Czech, but also in Bulgarian, Ukrainian, BCMS, Slovene, Slovak, Polish...I was simply born in the wrong place!

[Via Diva]

I was about to recommend you Kometa, but you have already written that it is one of your all time favorite songs.

ach, Kometo, co ty jsi s námi udělala?
I do feel like I was born in the wrong place too sometimes, hehe.
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Oh, and if any of you thinks I've listened to his whole discography... You underestimate me.