日本語 + Русский + norsk (part 1, CLOSED)

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Re: 日本語 + Русский focus

Postby tarvos » Fri Aug 31, 2018 11:11 am

Shyness can be overcome. Some of the big polyglots are actually quite reclusive, they just appear to be less so when speaking foreign languages (i.e. me) :D
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Re: 日本語 + Русский focus

Postby eido » Fri Aug 31, 2018 2:01 pm

You can do this! It seems you've got a good plan in place and are determined. Good job :)
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Re: 日本語 + Русский focus

Postby brilliantyears » Mon Sep 03, 2018 2:11 pm

tarvos wrote:Shyness can be overcome. Some of the big polyglots are actually quite reclusive, they just appear to be less so when speaking foreign languages (i.e. me) :D

I don't think I'm shy necessarily (I'm a social introvert, I love being social but being around people costs me a lot of energy :lol: ), just shy when speaking a foreign language that I'm not confident in. Especially when there is an alternative (i.e. English) available :)

I think my best language exchange right now is with a Russian guy who only just started learning Dutch. Not only are we non-stop bombarding each other with questions during the day (which is nice!), speaking also isn't so embarrassing for either of us :lol: It's actually amazingly helpful! Whereas my other exchange was with someone who speaks Dutch quite well and I just end up feeling incompetent. I'm just being silly, I know...
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Re: 日本語 + Русский focus

Postby brilliantyears » Mon Sep 03, 2018 2:12 pm

eido wrote:You can do this! It seems you've got a good plan in place and are determined. Good job :)

Thank you for your faith in me! I'm also feeling quite confident about my plan :D I've been speaking at least a bit every day, and noticing some improvement already.
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Re: 日本語 + Русский focus

Postby brilliantyears » Mon Sep 03, 2018 2:24 pm

SC update:

Japanese (half challenge)
Reading: 7 books, 349 pages (total)

Watching: 38.8 films, 3,489 minutes (total)
31 Aug 2018 そして父になる 121 minutes
02 Sep 2018 タンポポ 114 minutes

I've seen both of these movies before and love both of them. Like Father Like Son (そして父になる) has an absolutely amazing performance by my favourite 長崎人 Masaharu Fukuyama (I'll never get tired of looking at this man, I swear). Actually, everyone is pretty brilliant in it.

And Tampopo (タンポポ) is currently playing at my local cinema (digitally remastered!) so I just couldn't pass up the opportunity to see it again. What a gem.

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Russian (half challenge)
Reading: 1.6 books, 81 pages (total)
27 Aug 2018 tprs russian podcast 2 pages
29 Aug 2018 Жадная старуха 1 pages

Watching: 42.2 films, 3,794 minutes (total)
27 Aug 2018 tprs russian podcast 20 minutes
28 Aug 2018 slow russian (podcast) 20 minutes
28 Aug 2018 tprs russian podcast 11 minutes
29 Aug 2018 slow russian (podcast) 18 minutes
29 Aug 2018 tprs russian podcast 8 minutes
29 Aug 2018 Китайский сервиз 98 minutes
30 Aug 2018 Вернешься-Поговорим s1e1 40 minutes
30 Aug 2018 Вернешься-Поговорим s1e2 40 minutes
31 Aug 2018 Вернешься-Поговорим s1e3 40 minutes
31 Aug 2018 Вернешься-Поговорим s1e4 40 minutes
01 Sep 2018 slow russian (podcast) 19 minutes
01 Sep 2018 Хождение по мукам s1e1 52 minutes
01 Sep 2018 Хождение по мукам s1e2 52 minutes
01 Sep 2018 tprs russian podcast 11 minutes
02 Sep 2018 Хождение по мукам s1e3 52 minutes
02 Sep 2018 tprs russian podcast 11 minutes

Hahahaha ok, this looks more impressive than it is. Lots of short podcasts, both Slow Russian and TPRS Russian. I'm trying to do a little TPRS every day to practice pronunciation for the 6 Week Challenge. By the way, apparently the creator has announced she's quitting Slow Russian :( Pity because I really like it. At least I've got plenty of episodes left to go before I get to the end...

I also started (and finished) watching We'll Talk When You Get Back (Вернешься-Поговорим), a Star Media series. It looks super cheap (especially the opening :lol: ) but it ended up being pretty interesting and the acting actually isn't that bad. Even though I couldn't help but think... damn, they killed the wrong one :roll:

Aaaand The Road to Calvary (Хождение по мукам) is on Netflix so I started watching that! Apparently Russian YouTubers hate it but I am really enjoying it :roll: Then again, I haven't read the source material...
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Re: 日本語 + Русский focus

Postby brilliantyears » Sat Sep 08, 2018 8:05 pm

Just a few more days left of the 6 Week Challenge. I'm still going strong, but I'm also starting to feel a little exhausted. My Russian classes start again on the 18th, so between the end of the challenge and the start of classes I think I'll take a nice week long break from Russian :)

I'm quite happy with the way my pronunciation/speaking practice is progressing. It's far from perfect but I'm slowly breaking down the mental barrier and that's nice. The end goal is Russian good enough for travel purposes (anything more is a bonus). Who cares about perfect? :lol: #setthebarlow

Things are also working out nicely with my current language exchange partner. I hope we can keep this up! We're having the second Skype session tomorrow, and in between we send each other a ton of questions. It's nice. It works.

Non-Russian: I really miss my carefree dabbling in Ainu! Another reason I'm perfectly ok with the 6WC ending soon :lol:
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Re: 日本語 + Русский focus

Postby brilliantyears » Tue Sep 11, 2018 7:24 am

SC update:

Japanese (half challenge)
Reading: 7 books, 349 pages (total)

Watching: 38.8 films, 3,489 minutes (total)

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Russian (half challenge)
Reading: 1.8 books, 92 pages (total)
05 Sep 2018 Книга для первого чтения 8 pages
07 Sep 2018 Книга для первого чтения 2 pages
07 Sep 2018 tprs russian podcast 1 pages

Watching: 47 films, 4.246 minutes (total)
02 Sep 2018 Хождение по мукам s1e3 52 minutes
02 Sep 2018 tprs russian podcast 11 minutes
03 Sep 2018 slow russian (podcast) 16 minutes
03 Sep 2018 tprs russian podcast 7 minutes
03 Sep 2018 Хождение по мукам s1e4 52 minutes
03 Sep 2018 Хождение по мукам s1e5 52 minutes
04 Sep 2018 slow russian (podcast) 17 minutes
04 Sep 2018 Хождение по мукам s1e6 50 minutes
05 Sep 2018 Хождение по мукам s1e7 50 minutes
06 Sep 2018 slow russian (podcast) 24 minutes
07 Sep 2018 slow russian (podcast) 18 minutes
08 Sep 2018 Хождение по мукам s1e8 52 minutes
08 Sep 2018 Хождение по мукам s1e9 52 minutes
09 Sep 2018 slow russian (podcast) 10 minutes
09 Sep 2018 Хождение по мукам s1e10 52 minutes

Just podcasts and The Road to Calvary. I spent a lot more time preparing for the Skype session with my language exchange partner.
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Re: 日本語 + Русский focus

Postby brilliantyears » Mon Sep 17, 2018 12:05 pm

SC update:

Japanese (half challenge)
Reading: 7 books, 349 pages (total)

Watching: 40.1 films, 3,611 minutes (total)
11 Sep 2018 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン s1e14 24 minutes
16 Sep 2018 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン s1e15 24 minutes
16 Sep 2018 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン s1e16 24 minutes
16 Sep 2018 tokidoki 50 minutes

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Russian (half challenge)
Reading: 2 books, 100 pages (total)
10 Sep 2018 Книга для первого чтения 8 pages

Watching: 49.5 films, 4,456 minutes (total)
10 Sep 2018 Хождение по мукам s1e11 52 minutes
11 Sep 2018 slow russian (podcast) 26 minutes
11 Sep 2018 slow russian (podcast) 23 minutes
11 Sep 2018 slow russian (podcast) 17 minutes
15 Sep 2018 de rode ziel 92 minutes

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Well, it's very clear the 6 Week Challenge has ended :lol: I never wrote a review post about the 6WC and still intent to do so. I am a little burnt out to be honest - something I only realised now that I've taken a small break :roll: I really pushed hard, learned a lot, and now my brain says no.

My Russian classes start again tomorrow and they will be my priority language-wise for the next few months. I'm quite busy this month so it might be a case of minimum effort, just enough to do well in my classes. And hopefully I'll continue the language exchange.

I'm eager to start working on Ainu again though, but at least this month while I'm busy I'll probably stick to only reviewing what I learned so far.
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Re: 日本語 + Русский focus

Postby brilliantyears » Wed Sep 19, 2018 11:20 am

I just finished The Road to Calvary and with that my 50 movies for the ½ Super Challenge :shock:

As for The Road to Calvary... oh man, that ending :?

(spoiler: you cannot just go and give them a happy ending and then conclude with "oh and they all lived and died miserably afterwards anyway!" )
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Re: 日本語 + Русский focus

Postby tarvos » Wed Sep 19, 2018 12:01 pm

Vraagje: hoe lang heb jij over de kana gedaan? Volgens mij ben ik heel moeilijk aan het doen over iets dat ook ontzettend makkelijk kan (en volgens mij moet je dit in het begin gewoon even vaak doen...) Soms is het stom, want dan is er een kanji-woord dat ik herken omdat het kanji is maar ik kan de kana nog niet lezen :? :? :?

En wees maar niet bevreesd, ik haal je niet snel in hoor.
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