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Irusia wrote:I will take part in it for the first time. During tThis year I will learn Estonian and English.
[flag=]et[/flag] ESTONIAN
My current level: can hold a basic conversation with native speakers; can understand 25%-40% of lyrics (mostly Christian songs and worship); can read veeery simple texts.
My goal: ability to read a book in original.
My plan:
1. continue the course of Estonian in my university.
My current level: can read almost everything I'm interested in, but still often come across new words, especially if it is the style is too complicated; can understand people if they don't speak not very fast; very hard to understand when people speak with strange accent which I'm not used to. (I can only understand well only a Ukrainian accent well )
My goal: expand my vocabulary.
My plan:
1. study it in the university.
2. to read books in original.
3. to watch films in original.
What do you think about my goals and my plan?
Please write something!
Irusia wrote:I've learned a lot during over the last few months, but I haven't had(?) time to post anything here. But I think it's better to learn, than to (just) talk about learning.
[flag=]en[/flag] I've read (almost) the entire/whole book in English, called "A whisper of peace". And I read something in English in on the internet every day about things I'm interested in. Unfortunately, I haven't watched any English films yet.
[flag=]et[/flag] But I think that I achieved more progress in Estonian,; at least it is more visible and obvious for me. I finished the second semester of Estonian in my university. Apart from lessons, I watched a lot of videos on Youtube and tried to read everything I found on the internet. I realised that now I understand Estonian much better.
The last video I watched in the language I understood almost completely, so I'm proud of myself. I (better: I've) watched that video several times before, but then I understood almost nothing or very few sentences, and now I understand it rather well. Some days ago, I also borrowed an Estonian magazine from my teacher. It is very difficult to read without a dictionary, but I can understand at least what the article is generally about.
[flag=]es[/flag] I (better: I've) also started learning Spanish. It's my second foreign language in university. I'm not very good at it yet,; I know only really basic things. My friend shared with me some websites for learning Spanish, so I will use them during the summer to continue learning Spanish.
(If you see any mistakes in English, please correct them)
vijayjohn wrote:Sorry this is so late, Irusia, but welcome to the TAC section of UniLang, and good luck!
vijayjohn wrote:Sorry. How soon are you aiming to be able to read a book in Estonian? That sounds like a pretty ambitious goal by the end of the year! But maybe I misunderstood.
vijayjohn wrote:Also, your goal for English is to "expand your vocabulary"; how will you know if you've accomplished that or not by a certain point? To what extent are you aiming to expand your vocabulary?
Unfortunately, I haven't watched any English films yet.
Irusia wrote:Thank you very much for the reply! I thought nobody would read this
And thank you for your corrections, they will help me (to) improve my grammar.
Irusia wrote:Now I do not write anything in Estonian, because I revise everything I learned during last few months.
Also, I received an Estonian language test a couple of days ago,. yYesterday(,) I did the first two tasks from it, and today(,) I plan to finish three next the next three. I have time till the 1st of July (today is 26.06,. I have 4 days, so I do not need to hurry )
[flag=]es[/flag] Texts, I wrote some time ago:
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Now I do not practise my Spanish very much, except Duolingo.
księżycowy wrote:I guess it just sounds odd to me to have "now" just hanging there, alone at the beginning of the sentence.
ceid donn wrote:The reason people might use a comma (I am guilty of this myself) is because there is one exception: when an adverb of time that expresses frequency of an action is placed at the start of a sentence, a comma is commonly used. This is due to the aspect of time the adverb expresses in relation to the verb (i.e. complicated syntax stuff). However, using a comma with adverbs of time that express only a specific or limited time would be a hypercorrection.
Usually, I go to the park. (expresses this action happens several times without a specific start or end)
Yesterday I went to the park. (a specific time that has ended)
Irusia wrote:[flag=]en[/flag] I've finally read the book "A whisper of peace". Now I'm looking for good Christian movies to watch and maybe some TV programs about traveling. If you know any, please recommend some.
[flag=]et[/flag] A couple of days ago I finished the Estonian language test that I had to write. Today I watched the first 30 minutes of this video. I only understood part of it, but it was enough in my opinion. I understood more than I expected.
[flag=]es[/flag] I'm looking for a good website with grammar explanations. My textbook is written entirely in Spanish, so I cannot use it. I'd also like to find some good Christian movies and books that are available for free on the internet.
księżycowy wrote:Irusia wrote:[flag=]en[/flag] I've finally read the book "A whisper of peace". Now I'm looking for good Christian movies to watch and maybe some TV programs about traveling. If you know any, please recommend some.
[flag=]et[/flag] A couple of days ago I finished the Estonian language test that I had to write. Today I watched the first 30 minutes of this video. I only understood part of it, but it was enough in my opinion. I understood more than I expected.
[flag=]es[/flag] I'm looking for a good website with grammar explanations. My textbook is written entirely in Spanish, so I cannot use it. I'd also like to find some good Christian movies and books that are available for free on the internet.
"The book" is optional in the first sentence.
I also omitted some things to make it flow better and sound more natural.
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