Write a diary

[Skomakar'n]

@Sko: I kinda do that. However, for me it's much harder to find contacts, hence, I have less of a motivation to get out there and study. But I intend on starting by myself soon enough.

Also, how far along are you in Portuguese? I suppose you could teach me Norwegian if I helped you out with it?

I managed to have a conversation over a dinner and a walk with a Brazilian lady (we weren't the only two attending that dinner; don't worry ) a while ago, but I don't practice it very often. I did have the entire inflectional tables for regular verbs in my head for a while, though. Not sure if I remember them completely anymore. I'll test myself right away.

Anyway, I'd be happy to! I will try to refuse to teach you Bokmål unless you also learn Nynorsk, though. Speaking of this kind of stuff, I just got in touch with a Danish guy from some other fora, to whom I'm now writing in Danish. Lots of fun.

I started learning Hungarian a while back but I abandoned it for Georgian, which I abandoned for Vietnamese, which I'm actually working on. The diary thing is a good idea, maybe I could do that with Vietnamese; I have an empty notebook under my bed I believe. I'm worried that I might write these things and forget what they say though D:

All the more motivation to keep it alive.

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I've pretty much mastered the grammar, but it's the word forms that are so confusing to me. They're all mono-syllabic and can have up to three different diacritics per word! It creates a lot of very similar vocabulary that I stumble over frequently. I'm getting better at it though.

[Taernsietr]

I managed to have a conversation over a dinner and a walk with a Brazilian lady (we weren't the only two attending that dinner; don't worry ) a while ago, but I don't practice it very often. I did have the entire inflectional tables for regular verbs in my head for a while, though. Not sure if I remember them completely anymore. I'll test myself right away.

You still walked with her
Also, memorizing those tables is kinda complicated, since some constructions are replacing a few inflections (and becoming somewhat like English). I'm not sure how far this change has come in European Portuguese though.

Anyway, I'd be happy to! I will try to refuse to teach you Bokmål unless you also learn Nynorsk, though. Speaking of this kind of stuff, I just got in touch with a Danish guy from some other fora, to whom I'm now writing in Danish. Lots of fun.

I don't even remember the main practical differences between the two I guess I'd be happy to learn a few things from either. There's a Danish guy in my college, but I hardly ever get the chance to talk to him. I wouldn't be able to talk to him in Danish though.

[Skomakar'n]

I've pretty much mastered the grammar, but it's the word forms that are so confusing to me. They're all mono-syllabic and can have up to three different diacritics per word! It creates a lot of very similar vocabulary that I stumble over frequently. I'm getting better at it though.

Yeah. I don't know any Vietnamese myself, but at least right now, its written form does look terrifying.

I managed to have a conversation over a dinner and a walk with a Brazilian lady (we weren't the only two attending that dinner; don't worry ) a while ago, but I don't practice it very often. I did have the entire inflectional tables for regular verbs in my head for a while, though. Not sure if I remember them completely anymore. I'll test myself right away.

You still walked with her
Also, memorizing those tables is kinda complicated, since some constructions are replacing a few inflections (and becoming somewhat like English). I'm not sure how far this change has come in European Portuguese though.

Anyway, I'd be happy to! I will try to refuse to teach you Bokmål unless you also learn Nynorsk, though. Speaking of this kind of stuff, I just got in touch with a Danish guy from some other fora, to whom I'm now writing in Danish. Lots of fun.

I don't even remember the main practical differences between the two I guess I'd be happy to learn a few things from either. There's a Danish guy in my college, but I hardly ever get the chance to talk to him. I wouldn't be able to talk to him in Danish though.

Aw. Well, learn any Scandinavian language, and you've got very little to learn in order to master another one (I personally don't consider Swedish and Norwegian separate languages, and Danish is just so marginal, so I can't decide where to place it, really – I understand it, after all, but it's phonology is more different).

So how would you like to get in touch with me in a more convenient manner? On MSN, or Skype, or IRC or something?

[Taernsietr]

Aw. Well, learn any Scandinavian language, and you've got very little to learn in order to master another one (I personally don't consider Swedish and Norwegian separate languages, and Danish is just so marginal, so I can't decide where to place it, really – I understand it, after all, but it's phonology is more different).

I kinda think that of some romance languages, from my non-linguistics-expert viewpoint. As for Scandinavian languages, I've been seeing more Swedish than the other two, because of, mostly, Vintersorg but I always liked Norwegian better.

I'll PM you my contact stuff

[Qwynegold]

I'll do it, but I'm not guaranteeing English translations. I hate making the translations so I might just write strictly in my target language.

I'm not gonna translate into English. There should be some kind of special symbol one could use for marking that it's a diary entry so people don't start bitching. But what should we use? ✍ maybe?

oh right, i was wondering what that was. Can't you just keep it in this thread instead?

I'd prefer that, but Sko doesn't want us to for some reason.

[Skomakar'n]

I'll do it, but I'm not guaranteeing English translations. I hate making the translations so I might just write strictly in my target language.

I'm not gonna translate into English. There should be some kind of special symbol one could use for marking that it's a diary entry so people don't start bitching. But what should we use? ✍ maybe?

oh right, i was wondering what that was. Can't you just keep it in this thread instead?

I'd prefer that, but Sko doesn't want us to for some reason.

If you're not going to translate it (which I still think is a bad idea), then sure, but if you are, then confusion and annoyance could be avoided by keeping "foreign language practice and assistance" in the same thread as for the past year. People are well aware by now that they can get and give corrections in that thread. Jumping between these two seems like unnecessary confusion to me. If you're not going to translate, though, posting it there will probably just be annoying.

[Astraios]

I think we definitely should translate it... Translation is good for you.

[Qwynegold]

If you're not going to translate it (which I still think is a bad idea), then sure, but if you are, then confusion and annoyance could be avoided by keeping "foreign language practice and assistance" in the same thread as for the past year. People are well aware by now that they can get and give corrections in that thread. Jumping between these two seems like unnecessary confusion to me. If you're not going to translate, though, posting it there will probably just be annoying.

@_@ Are you saying that untranslated diary entries can be put here?

[Astraios]

No! Don't say it!

Some people (i.e. me) might want to read your posts, but not want to Wiktionary every single word you've written.

[Skomakar'n]

If you're not going to translate it (which I still think is a bad idea), then sure, but if you are, then confusion and annoyance could be avoided by keeping "foreign language practice and assistance" in the same thread as for the past year. People are well aware by now that they can get and give corrections in that thread. Jumping between these two seems like unnecessary confusion to me. If you're not going to translate, though, posting it there will probably just be annoying.

@_@ Are you saying that untranslated diary entries can be put here?

I'm saying that they're better off here, but I don't encourage them in either place.

[Qwynegold]

I'm saying that they're better off here, but I don't encourage them in either place.

Oh, OK.

No! Don't say it!

Some people (i.e. me) might want to read your posts, but not want to Wiktionary every single word you've written.

You find my diary entries interesting??

[Astraios]

You find my diary entries interesting??

I'll never know until you translate them