|
 |
Project Germania | ||
Share with:
| ||
 Language Learning Forum : Language Learning Log |  | |
| Henkkles Triglot Senior Member Finland Joined 4044 days ago 544 posts - 1141 votes  Speaks: Finnish*, English, Swedish Studies: Russian | Message 17 of 29 02 November 2013 at 11:27am | IP Logged | ||
I actually saw a dictionary at a bookshop that had Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German and English if I remember right. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Henkkles Triglot Senior Member Finland Joined 4044 days ago 544 posts - 1141 votes Speaks: Finnish*, English, Swedish Studies: Russian | Message 18 of 29 04 November 2013 at 6:29pm | IP Logged | ||
|
Alright so the plan is this:
Icelandic: I will work through Teach Yourself Icelandic (33%~ done), Colloquial Icelandic (50%~ done) and A Course in Modern Icelandic (10%~ done) and tomorrow I will go pick up a few books in Icelandic from the library. Solid progress, not much groundbreaking to report as of now. German: All of my problems can be answered with loads and loads of vocabulary training, so I will start LR with Agatha Christie (Der Tod auf dem Nil) and extensive reading with Jo Nesbø (Hodejegerne - German-Norwegian cross training). After some while I will order Hodejegerne in Icelandic (both pocketbook and audiobook) and work through the copies in German and Icelandic both together. If anyone knows of any place where I could get cheap books (and audiobooks) in Icelandic (in German too but I can find them easy enough) then I would be forever grateful. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Henkkles Triglot Senior Member Finland Joined 4044 days ago 544 posts - 1141 votes Speaks: Finnish*, English, Swedish Studies: Russian | Message 19 of 29 06 November 2013 at 9:42pm | IP Logged | ||
|
Extra info:
Okay so I picked up yet another course in Icelandic, which is "Allt í lagi - Islannin oppikirja" which is in Finnish and is very comprehensive. They employ a no bullshit approach, there's just grammar, twenty chapters that all span two pages and glossaries for each. A good addition to my other courses. I also found a parallel book from the library; ÍSLANDSKLUKKAN - Islands klocka" by Nobel laureate Halldór Laxness in Icelandic and Swedish, which is perfect for me as I love a contrastive approach and I get to read some Swedish too. I also figured I'd try to get through the Duolingo German course. Until next time something interesting happens. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4619 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 20 of 29 07 November 2013 at 2:01am | IP Logged | ||
|
I'm interested in your "Hodejegerne - German-Norwegian cross training".
Do you mean you are reading it in both Norwegian and German? I can't remember if you've said how much Norwegian you know. Have you studied it, or do you get a lot "for free" via Swedish? (BTW: I guess I'm also "cross-training" between Danish and German by reading Jussi Adler Olsen in both (though I also have the English)). 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Henkkles Triglot Senior Member Finland Joined 4044 days ago 544 posts - 1141 votes Speaks: Finnish*, English, Swedish Studies: Russian | Message 21 of 29 07 November 2013 at 7:22am | IP Logged | ||
Yes, and yes to both. Most of it is skill transfer but I've went out of my way to actually learn more Norwegian. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Henkkles Triglot Senior Member Finland Joined 4044 days ago 544 posts - 1141 votes Speaks: Finnish*, English, Swedish Studies: Russian | Message 22 of 29 11 November 2013 at 9:40pm | IP Logged | ||
|
Monday update time!
Almost done with first chapter of Íslandsklukkan - it's pretty slow and tarry as is to be expected. Working with my plethora of workbooks and everything is going as planned. I also started doing Learning with Texts and added some Icelandic news articles to help me understand written vocabulary. German is going dandy; reading practice and took Duolingo back to my routine, I guess it's of some help. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Henkkles Triglot Senior Member Finland Joined 4044 days ago 544 posts - 1141 votes Speaks: Finnish*, English, Swedish Studies: Russian | Message 23 of 29 18 November 2013 at 5:39pm | IP Logged | ||
|
Wee, completed Teach Yourself Icelandic! Next a few others things waiting for completion.
I started German for Reading, not too far into it yet though. Could use recommendations for both. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Henkkles Triglot Senior Member Finland Joined 4044 days ago 544 posts - 1141 votes Speaks: Finnish*, English, Swedish Studies: Russian | Message 24 of 29 25 November 2013 at 6:06pm | IP Logged | ||
|
I can sense the onset of a sinusitis, so fatigue, headache and difficult of concentration are hindering my progress.
1 person has voted this message useful |
|  | 
Printable version
|
| Copyright 2024 FX Micheloud - All rights reserved No part of this website may be copied by any means without my written authorization. |
