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TAC 2021 - Vijay

Postby vijayjohn » 2021-06-05, 22:31

I was holding off on creating one of these because I didn't want to fall into the same trap I was in over the past few years where I start a TAC and then get stuck on fucking Portuguese because that forum is so goddamn active compared to all the other language-specific forums. :lol: (And then I join like twenty study groups on top of it all...). But I've been reviewing vocabulary in all of my languages and making surprising progress, probably for the most part because I don't really have anything else to do. Also, today, I had a huge lunch, so I'm feeling a little too tired to feel motivated enough for an actual review and decided to just post here instead. :P

So I guess I'll finally start trying a TAC again and seeing how far I get with it! Here's my usual list of languages:
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Postby dEhiN » 2021-06-06, 23:34

Are you starting at the top of the list, or are you currently partway through already?
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Inactive: (de)(ja)(yue)(oj)(id)(hu)(pl)(tr)(hi)(zh)(sv)(ko)(no)(it)(haw)(fy)(nl)(nah)(gl)(ro)(cy)(oc)(an)(sr)(en_old)(got)(sux)(grc)(la)(sgn-us)

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Re: TAC 2021 - Vijay

Postby Antea » 2021-06-07, 17:45

No Farsi? :hmm:

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Postby dEhiN » 2021-06-11, 2:36

Antea wrote:No Farsi? :hmm:

Il déjà sait le perse, j'en pense.
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Postby vijayjohn » 2021-06-12, 2:46

dEhiN wrote:Are you starting at the top of the list, or are you currently partway through already?

I'm starting at the top. I just started this TAC thread for a reason!
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Antea wrote:No Farsi? :hmm:

Il déjà sait le parle déjà perse, j'en pense je crois.

Eh bien, je parle anglais aussi, mais ça, c'est dans ma liste aussi... :P

So no, that's not why. I've never, ever had Farsi on my TAC list, and all I ever did for it was participate in the Persian Study Group, post songs, and occasionally post in The Person After Me in Persian. Now, though, eskandar hasn't posted in months EDIT: more than half a year, so the Persian Study Group is dead.

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Re: TAC 2021 - Vijay

Postby vijayjohn » 2021-06-21, 18:01

I've just been posting a lot of Vietnamese, albeit with Chinese characters.

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Postby vijayjohn » 2021-07-03, 21:11

And now I've done all the Vietnamese and have been reading Teach Yourself Ancient Greek...

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Postby księżycowy » 2021-07-03, 23:41

I'd report your post, if I thought it'd get anywhere.

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Re: TAC 2021 - Vijay

Postby vijayjohn » 2021-08-10, 19:36

What, for "provoking users"? :P

So this TAC has gone nowhere. Instead, I've been trying to find languages I'm not familiar with and learn phrases in them. I'm also trying to get an idea for how many languages I haven't even heard of, let alone how many I know (or what "know" even means).

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Re: TAC 2021 - Vijay

Postby kevin » 2021-08-12, 12:44

vijayjohn wrote:Instead, I've been trying to find languages I'm not familiar with

I would be disappointed if you could find any. :silly:

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Re: TAC 2021 - Vijay

Postby vijayjohn » 2021-08-12, 15:00

kevin wrote:
vijayjohn wrote:Instead, I've been trying to find languages I'm not familiar with

I would be disappointed if you could find any. :silly:

All too easily! Some parts of the world just have so many.

In fact, I wonder whether I can find one right now...

Ah, yes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulni%C3%B4_language. I think you'd be astonished at how little I know about Brazil in general.

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Re: TAC 2021 - Vijay

Postby Linguaphile » 2021-08-12, 19:16

vijayjohn wrote:
kevin wrote:
vijayjohn wrote:Instead, I've been trying to find languages I'm not familiar with

I would be disappointed if you could find any. :silly:

All too easily! Some parts of the world just have so many.

In fact, I wonder whether I can find one right now...

Ah, yes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulni%C3%B4_language. I think you'd be astonished at how little I know about Brazil in general.


Here ya go: Fulniô (Yahthe) Syntax Structure
Sono di continuo a caccia di parole. Descriverei il processo così: Ogni giorno entro in un bosco con un cestino in mano. Trovo le parole tutt'attorno: sugli alberi, nei cespugli, per terra (in realtà: per la strada, durante la conversazioni, mentre leggo). Ne raccolgo quante più possibile. -Jhumpa Lahiri

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Re: TAC 2021 - Vijay

Postby vijayjohn » 2021-08-12, 20:53

Thanks!

I still (think I) know almost nothing about Brazil.

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Re: TAC 2021 - Vijay

Postby Osias » 2021-08-14, 0:15

Nem eu sabia desse trem aí... E é do estado que eu nasci! :shock:
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Postby vijayjohn » 2021-08-14, 16:26

Well, to be fair, most people don't know about what languages are indigenous to the areas where they were born or (used to) live.

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Postby Osias » 2021-08-14, 23:16

I think I know a lot more about Navajos and Apaches than about Brazilian índios. There are much more movies, documentaries, etc.
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Postby vijayjohn » 2021-08-15, 2:56

I don't think I know that much about any of them, nor do I think I know much about any of the people indigenous to any area where either my parents or I have ever lived. :(

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Re: TAC 2021 - Vijay

Postby vijayjohn » 2021-08-18, 4:19

In theory, I'm trying to start my own business.

In practice, I'm just sharing a bunch of songs in all kinds of languages with an online friend who happens to be curious. :lol:

EDIT: Oh, also, fun update! I think I've ended up leaving the Zompist Bulletin Board.

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Postby vijayjohn » 2021-08-18, 17:07

David is trying to help me get business! :shock:

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Re: TAC 2021 - Vijay

Postby Dormouse559 » 2021-08-18, 19:46

vijayjohn wrote:EDIT: Oh, also, fun update! I think I've ended up leaving the Zompist Bulletin Board.

Oh, is that a good thing or a bad thing? I’m not on the ZBB (just the CBB), so I don’t have direct knowledge of how things are on there.

I didn’t know you were involved with the conlanging community. Do you partake in the secret vice?
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