Saim wrote:pl. Nie znam się na + LOCATIVE
sr. Ne razumem se u + ACCUSATIVE
"I'm not good at, I don't know much about..."
Ne znam (se) ...
Ne znam (ja) to
Ne znam se u tome snaći
Ne znam mnogo o tome
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Saim wrote:pl. Nie znam się na + LOCATIVE
sr. Ne razumem se u + ACCUSATIVE
"I'm not good at, I don't know much about..."
Saim wrote:German: I printed out several pages of Wikipedia articles on languages and linguistics (using Wikipedia's "create a book" feature). I think intensive reading works better if you use texts on similar topics for a while, because a lot of the vocabulary is bound to repeat itself; I might do the same thing with Hebrew and Hungarian (I'd do it for Urdu as well but I'm not sure how to get Nastaleeq onto the print shop's computer, dunno if even my PDF reader supports it...).
eskandar wrote:Cool idea. I totally agree about reading texts on similar topics. For Urdu, you can google the free font Jameel Noori Nastaleeq and install that, or just convert your text to Naskh which should be easily printable.
eskandar wrote:I actually have a lot of Urdu books printed in naskh
Saim wrote:I've been going to Finnish class as a wolny słuhacz.
I'm pleasantly surprised by how fluent my Hungarian still is, it hasn't gotten rusty really at all (we talk a lot in this class and I haven't noticed myself stalling or having major trouble expressing myself).
I've been trying to follow the news in Polish but a lot of the time they've been talking about Catalonia and then I just have to switch over to Catalan media.
I'm up to 2615 reps after a couple of days; I'm going to try and get to 2500
The local language bookstore sells a couple of cheap magazines by Colorfulmedia for learners of these languages (as well as Italian and Spanish). They have articles with glossaries in Polish and free mp3s available on their site. So far I've gone through one issue of French; Russian and German are proving to be tougher nuts to crack!
vijayjohn wrote:Could that be partly because Hungarian is so different and thus not easy to confuse with other languages the way, say, Romance languages are?
Incidentally, what Catalan media do you follow? I happened to look at Google News one day, saw something about Catalonia (obviously), then thought, "I wonder what Catalan media is saying right now!" then looked at what the Wikipedia article on Catalonia said about what Catalan media exists, then saw La Vanguardia and thought, "Oh shit, I forgot all about La Vanguardia!" Then I googled it, clicked on their website, and went half crazy trying to find the Catalan version and read one of their articles.
OHMIGOD I HAVE THIS PROBLEM TOO!!! Except with everything in every language, even if I don't actually know the language yet. This is part most of the reason why it's so hard for me to keep up with the news!
Saim wrote:The Vanguardia is a right-wing moderate unionist paper.
Vilaweb (staunchly pro-independence)
l'Ara (centre-Left, mildly pro-independence)
el Racó Català (forums, quite active)
3/24 (24 hour news)
l'Està passant (political satire based on news articles)
el Polònia (political sketch comedy; you can find some individual sketches on Youtube)
Preguntes freqüents (political debate show)
There's also r/Catalunya and r/Barcelona.
Saim wrote:I've started using Readlang's Google Chrome app for languages that I can already more or less read.
Saim wrote:I've started using Readlang's Google Chrome app for languages that I can already more or less read.
Luís wrote:Also, I kinda suck at extensive reading. I feel the urge to look up every word I don't know and then add them to Anki...
Luís wrote:I feel the urge to look up every word I don't know and then add them to Anki...
voron wrote:Luís wrote:I feel the urge to look up every word I don't know and then add them to Anki...
That's solved easily: get a paper book and put your phone outside of your immediate reach.
voron wrote:Luís wrote:I feel the urge to look up every word I don't know and then add them to Anki...
That's solved easily: get a paper book and put your phone outside of your immediate reach.
vijayjohn wrote:Alternative solution: Stop using Anki! Hehehehhhh!
Luís wrote:Saim wrote:I've started using Readlang's Google Chrome app for languages that I can already more or less read.
Seems like an interesting app. Too bad they don't have a web version that runs on Safari...
Also, I kinda suck at extensive reading. I feel the urge to look up every word I don't know and then add them to Anki...
vijayjohn wrote:Alternative solution: Stop using Anki! Hehehehhhh!
dEhiN wrote:vijayjohn wrote:Alternative solution: Stop using Anki! Hehehehhhh!
But, but....how will I remember without an electronic device to help me? How will I learn and study? How will I do anything without my precious electronics?
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