Foreign Languages

ekzemplaro · Post by **ekzemplaro** » May 2nd, 2012, 4:19 am

Hello Anita san & April san,
I've started my new project.
Among 25 stories several are written using only Kana.

Examples are
Saru to Samurai http://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000121/files/43398_16104.html
Nagareboshi http://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000121/files/43404_16106.html
Michiko san http://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000121/files/43408_16107.html

Some expressions are a bit old. Actually Kata Kana was widely used 70 years ago.

I hope you will do proof listening for my project.

Cheers,
Masa

JohanLiebert · Post by **JohanLiebert** » May 2nd, 2012, 4:31 am

ekzemplaro wrote:Actually Kata Kana was widely used 70 years ago.

yay! Katakana! I'd sure welcome those for a change!

I'll look forward to the Shooting star!

Nephitejnf · Post by **Nephitejnf** » May 13th, 2012, 11:04 pm

English in my native language, I took German and Spanish at the same time in 7th grade. I ended up dropping Spanish after that year and went all through the rest of school in german. I took a bit over half a year of Japanese, online course that utilized videos in the first quarter, so sound were exposed at first, took off on my own for a bit and still not quite got all the kana memorized. And have also recently added a little Klingon to the mix.

AnitaGuida · Post by **AnitaGuida** » May 14th, 2012, 2:55 am

ekzemplaro wrote:Hello Anita san & April san,
I've started my new project.
Among 25 stories several are written using only Kana.

I don't think I ever saw so much Japanese characters together!

Even though I can’t understand the katakana part. ^.^’
Do I have to post my name in the project if you and April still want my help (only with the hiragana part)?

JohanLiebert · Post by **JohanLiebert** » May 14th, 2012, 4:00 am

AnitaGuida wrote:
ekzemplaro wrote:Hello Anita san & April san,
I've started my new project.
Among 25 stories several are written using only Kana.

I don't think I ever saw so much Japanese characters together!
Even though I can’t understand the katakana part. ^.^’
Do I have to post my name in the project if you and April still want my help (only with the hiragana part)?

You are most welcome to come aboard Anita! I can't PL anything right now.. so your help would be lovely!
I don't know if it's possible but I'll try and ask Ava if you could be my co-DPL

AnitaGuida · Post by **AnitaGuida** » May 14th, 2012, 4:18 am

JohanLiebert wrote:You are most welcome to come aboard Anita! I can't PL anything right now.. so your help would be lovely!
I don't know if it's possible but I'll try and ask Ava if you could be my co-DPL

Oh, that would be good, I have never done this, but I've already seen the texts and audios, and I think I can do it.
Please let me know if that is possible and what do I have to do.

carolb · Post by **carolb** » May 14th, 2012, 8:06 am

Hi Anita.

Just ignore me if you've already seen this: Proof Listening but if you haven't it's a really helpful guide...
and then of course Phil has produced Some Really Useful Videos, which include proof-listening guides!

You can enjoy and learn while you're waiting for a reply!

Carol

AnitaGuida · Post by **AnitaGuida** » May 14th, 2012, 8:49 am

carolb wrote:Hi Anita.

Just ignore me if you've already seen this: Proof Listening but if you haven't it's a really helpful guide...
and then of course Phil has produced Some Really Useful Videos, which include proof-listening guides!

You can enjoy and learn while you're waiting for a reply!

Carol

Hi

I have seen the first one, not the second, I'm sure I'll find it very useful. Thank you so much.

ekzemplaro · Post by **ekzemplaro** » May 15th, 2012, 2:55 am

Hello Nephitejnf san,
Welcome to LibriVox.
>> I took a bit over half a year of Japanese
I suppose you can join our Japanese PL team.

sjmarky san write in his signature.

It will seem difficult at first, but everything seems difficult at first. ~ Miyamoto Musashi

Miyamoto Musashi is a famous samurai.

Hello Anita san,
Please proof listen my recordings. You are very welcome. Please volunteer at this thread.

Hello Carol san,
Thank you for your advice.
As I haven't done proof listening yet, your advice is adequate.

Cheers,
Masa

J_N · Post by **J_N** » May 27th, 2012, 12:14 pm

Mother tongue: German (Austrian variation)

Fluent: English (9 yrs in school [11 if you count elementary school], 1 yr at university and I did my Master [Professional Translating for European Languages] in Newcastle (UK))

OK:
French (5 yrs in school, I can read and - if spoken slowly without swallowing half of the letters - understand it and I used to be able to write quite decently, but my grammar and vocab is kinda rusty [it has been 10 yrs]... talking is a no-no

)

Japanese (bachelor in Japanese studies, which means 2 yrs of serious language learning - I get by but I am far from fluent, i can read easier texts like Sakura Momoko or children books and once upon a time I had to know all 1945 Joyo Kanji but now I am probably only left with 500 I really know and another 500 that in a text I might understand)

Little: Korean & Chinese (I took one semester of each at university)

And than there are several languages where I know "Hello" "Thank you" and stuff like that - picked up on holidays

Julia

PS: I am very fond of languages :lol

Edit: Forgot to mention Austrian Sign Language... but only very basic stuff like introduction, colours, days, vacations...

Piotrek81 · Post by **Piotrek81** » May 27th, 2012, 12:41 pm

J_N wrote:I did my Master [Professional Translating for European Languages] in Newcastle (UK))

I studied translation, too. I understand that your primary language combination was German to English?

French (...) I can read and - if spoken slowly without swallowing half of the letters - understand it and I used to be able to write quite decently, but my grammar and vocab is kinda rusty [it has been 10 yrs]... talking is a no-no )

I can sooo relate to that, especially the speaking part

Except, my writing has always been awful. We were primarily taught to translate French texts into Polish. Of course, as soon as I passed my final exam, I ditched French, so it has deteriorated greatly. Not that it has ever been good...

J_N · Post by **J_N** » May 27th, 2012, 12:53 pm

Piotrek81 wrote: I studied translation, too. I understand that your primary language combination was German to English?

At university the focus was on English into German... it's always easier to translate into your mother tongue - you have more control, more words to use

but I have been translating German into English at my work and for a while during university I translated Japanese manga [=comics] into English and German in my spare time

I can sooo relate to that, especially the speaking part Except, my writing has always been awful. We were primarily taught to translate French texts into Polish. Of course, as soon as I passed my final exam, I ditched French, so it has deteriorated greatly. Not that it has ever been good...

I hated my teacher... she was always going on about how I pretended not to be able to speak in French (because my written texts were always really good, but speaking has never been easy for me - my brain's wired for written language

) like I enjoyed getting bad marks for oral exams...

so when school was over I stopped learning French, but now I wish I had continued... I could be as fluent as English if I had

neckertb · Post by **neckertb** » May 28th, 2012, 11:42 pm

Piotrek81 wrote: I can sooo relate to that, especially the speaking part Except, my writing has always been awful. We were primarily taught to translate French texts into Polish. Of course, as soon as I passed my final exam, I ditched French, so it has deteriorated greatly. Not that it has ever been good...

Tsk, tsk, tsk, French is so easy

Piotrek81 · Post by **Piotrek81** » May 29th, 2012, 12:05 am

Yeah, especially:
- numerals
- listening comprehension (at the uni, our "beloved" instruction was "write down the phone number"

)
- spelling

Yesterday, I visited the local language school asking what holiday language courses they offer in Italian. It turned out that the most advanced one they have covers the grammar material, which I've already covered when studying on my own. The question I now keep asking myself is: "Should I subscribe anyway for the sake of conversation (that's the part I'm missing most, as I don't have many opportuities to speak) and listening comprehension exercises"?

ekzemplaro · Post by **ekzemplaro** » May 29th, 2012, 3:47 am

Grüss Gott Julia san,

J_N wrote:I translated Japanese manga [=comics] into English and German in my spare time

I wonder if you voluntter to proof listen my recording.
I've recorded 'Trokko' by Akutagawa Ryunosuke. Please visit Multilingual Short Works Collection 002 - Poetry & Prose.

Piotrek81 wrote:- numerals
- listening comprehension (at the uni, our "beloved" instruction was "write down the phone number" )
- spelling

I read number plates to blush up numerals.

Cheers,
Masa