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21-Nov-2009 20:33
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Johan30 »
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23-Nov-2009 10:33
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I might start learning Russian in a few months (self study) and would like to hear your experiences about the best/most adequate course package, such as Assimil, Teach Yourself Russian, Rosetta Stone, any online course ...
Any feedback is more than welcome !
Best regards,
Johan
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20-Nov-2009 09:47
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jufmayo »
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21-Nov-2009 02:33
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jufmayo »
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Hi,
I have a friend who's looking for a translation of two words into Aramaic. Can anyone help???
The two words are:
Perfect Imperfection.
Thanks A LOT in advance if anyone can help.
Pieter
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20-Nov-2009 03:20
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annayulievna »
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22-Nov-2009 08:17
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tonieja »
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At the Institute of Russian Studies in Budapest, we are collecting lists of people's favourite Russian words. Visit one of these links to tell us your favourites:
English page
Russian page
Hungarian page
There are prizes for people who take part!
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18-Nov-2009 23:51
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goodlittlegypsy »
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21-Nov-2009 20:09
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ralphnhatrang »
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Evening. I'm having some difficulty with learning Chinese characters (who doesn't, right?) and I was wondering if someone could recommend a learning style or method that has worked for them.
Here's some background. I'm an American living in Korea. I started taking a Mandarin Chinese course about a month ago. Prior to this, I had done some self-study of characters, but it was mostly limited to 2-7 stroke characters. Anyhow, now I'm in this class with a bunch of Koreans (its also taught in Korean, surprise surprise).
I'm hardly new to learning languages- I'm a language teacher and I am literate in several languages with non-Roman script (Korean, Hebrew, etc.). But I have to admit that I'm really struggling with Chinese. The first problem is that the other students in my class learned several hundred Chinese characters at part of their schooling. I, of course, did not . . . I am pi...
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17-Nov-2009 22:39
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Soksabai »
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19-Nov-2009 00:37
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Soksabai »
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A while ago, well maybe a couple of years ago I followed a link from here and viewed some great short videos in Khmer language that were produced by a western guy. I think he was probably American but could have been Canadian, had longish black hair and I think might have been connected to a university. I foolishly did not book mark them and have been searching ever since. Not much to go on but does anyone have any clues?
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17-Nov-2009 02:47
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bjd »
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19-Nov-2009 14:31
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nutraxfornerves »
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Obviously, people here on SiT are interested in languages and learning them, but I couldn't think of a better place to post this: Languages
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16-Nov-2009 07:38
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JeremyintheCzec... »
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23-Nov-2009 01:50
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I have exchanged a few e.mails with an American woman who has been looking at my e.book of Spanish jokes for people learning Spanish. (Let me know if you'd like to see it). In the book I give some vocabulary to help the learners. She suggests that I should use American English as I am more likely to have American customers. I would rather keep my British English. She then said "only Americans who have traveled to England would even know what a lorry is".
I am sure the smart Americans on SiT know what a lorry is, but I would be very surprised if Mr and Ms Average American didn't know what a lorry was. Is she right?
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15-Nov-2009 14:19
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orangutan »
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23-Nov-2009 15:28
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sneaker_fish »
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Would you agree with the statement above?
When speaking English, is it possible that anyone have no accents at all, in this case, the West coast Canadians, as claimed by a TTer? I find it laughable, but the person who thought it seriously stood behind the statement.
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15-Nov-2009 07:40
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Shona »
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21-Nov-2009 04:49
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tonya001 »
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I have received a little gift from a friend who has just returned from Wales. I would be grateful if someone could translate the words in the Welsh gift card. It really does look an impossible language! What are its origins?
Mae'r arferiad o roi llwy garu fel arwydd o gariad a hoffter yn gyffredin yng Nghymru ers yr 17eg ganrif. Mae crefft y naddwr yn cael ei harddangos yn yn y ffaith bod hyd yn oed y llwy fwyaf cywrain a chymhleth yn cael ei naddu o un darn o bren. Mae'r nifer o wahanol addurniadau posib yn fodd i'r naddwar fynegi ei hun yn artistig a rhoi ystyr personol i'r dyluniad.
The spellcheck went mad over this!
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13-Nov-2009 22:42
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VinnyD »
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14-Nov-2009 05:36
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stormboy »
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On a piece in the 30 October TLS about the German expat comic Steffen Moeller, Jane Yagur mentions his difficulties learning Polish "with its five gender categories and seven noun cases." Five genders seems like a lot. Is she (or he if she's getting it from him) right?
Or does "gender category" mean something different from "gender"?
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13-Nov-2009 18:08
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JeremyintheCzec... »
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20-Nov-2009 00:11
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quelian »
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Michael Swan is a well respected grammar expert and many English teachers have a copy of his Practical English Usage on their shelves. I was reading his golden rules today and he has highlighted many common errors made by foreigners. However, here is golden rule number 2:
2. Use 'or rather' to correct yourself.
She’s German – or rather, Austrian. (NOT She’s German – or better, Austrian.)
I’ll see you on Friday – or rather, Saturday.
Personally, I would say "She's German. No, sorry, she's Austrian.
I have heard Mr Swan's version but I think my version is a lot more common. Any thoughts?
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11-Nov-2009 16:50
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nicegaijin »
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19-Nov-2009 06:28
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nicegaijin »
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Hi all,
this is part of a larger itinerary I put up here ; my plan is to come to China via Japan and study Mandarin for 2-3 months or so before traveling around China for up to another month, and moving on towards India. Timing is flexible but I hear the longer you stay the better the price.
I have a friend that went to this school: http://www.uir-cie.com and she said that it was pretty decent, especially for the price. I believe the pricing on their site is just for tuition, but the housing gets cheaper the longer you stay. I don't mind that it's in Beijing, although I don't know if that's where I want to spend a majority of my time. The goal is to be comfortable conversationally and be able to get myself around without looking too foolish, but really I want to immerse myself in the country and...
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11-Nov-2009 15:05
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browneeprincess »
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14-Nov-2009 09:57
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browneeprincess »
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Hi all,
My boyfriend and I want to go to a language school this summer (June-August) for 8 weeks. We would prefer a place that offered apartments (private or shared) or a residence at the school itself. We're looking for a good school with great teachers, a good reputation and social activities....also something affordable. If anyone can give any recommendations that would be great!
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11-Nov-2009 03:05
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PJMccartney »
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16-Nov-2009 09:21
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alan1972 »
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Hello,
A little more Spanish grammar help please. I was talking to a waitress in a restaurant the other day and she said i spoke good Spanish. I disagreed and said whilst it wasn´t bad it also wasn´t brilliant and then said ´after ten weeks in a Spanish school.....´ and then i was stuck because i wanted to say ´i should be able to speak better Spanish´ but i didn´t know how to conjugate three verbs in a row with one being conditional so covered it up with ´the majority of people would be able to to speak better Spanish´.
How could i have conjugated the original sentence?
Cheers
Patrick
P.s. Yes i am going to take some more Spanish lessons when i get to the coast.
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10-Nov-2009 22:55
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fatabuna »
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13-Nov-2009 06:00
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TonyK »
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