Multilingual and Polyglot Wannabe Thread MK II

Original post by super_kawaii

I am so confused right now!

That's urban slang 4 ya :mmm:

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Hello peoples! I'm back in the UK :biggrin:

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Original post by TheTechN1304

Hello peoples! I'm back in the UK :biggrin:

Techny! How was your time there? Has your speaking ability improved now? =P

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Original post by thatitootoo

Techny! How was your time there? Has your speaking ability improved now? =P

It was really good. Definitely confirms that it is the right degree choice for me!

I hope my speaking ability has improved lol. I was probably the only one who actually spoke Japanese the whole time :P

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Original post by TheTechN1304

It was really good. Definitely confirms that it is the right degree choice for me!

I hope my speaking ability has improved lol. I was probably the only one who actually spoke Japanese the whole time :P

Good on you! :biggrin:

Now you just need to smash those exams
in the summer :tongue:

What UMS % are you currently sitting on for Japanese? :smile:

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Original post by thatitootoo

Good on you! :biggrin:

Now you just need to smash those exams
in the summer :tongue:

What UMS % are you currently sitting on for Japanese? :smile:

Ahh it was quite poor...86 :/

In my defence, I only had two 45-min lessons each week (German I had 6) and I had only been doing it for just over a year and a half, so...

Really want an A* this year though! Spent about 4 hours of the flight today doing Japanese work xD

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Original post by TheTechN1304

Ahh it was quite poor...86 :/

In my defence, I only had two 45-min lessons each week (German I had 6) and I had only been doing it for just over a year and a half, so...

Really want an A* this year though! Spent about 4 hours of the flight today doing Japanese work xD

That's pretty damn impressive.

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Original post by TheTechN1304

Ahh it was quite poor...86 :/

In my defence, I only had two 45-min lessons each week (German I had 6) and I had only been doing it for just over a year and a half, so...

Really want an A* this year though! Spent about 4 hours of the flight today doing Japanese work xD

Original post by L'Evil Fish

That's pretty damn impressive.

THIS!

That score would still be impressive even if you had more time to study for it tbh! Not many people could pull that off - especially when it's in a seemingly very intimidating language! :wink:

So have you thought about the pieces of work you'll submit to Oxford? :smile:

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Original post by thatitootoo

THIS!

That score would still be impressive even if you had more time to study for it tbh! Not many people could pull that off - especially when it's in a seemingly very intimidating language! :wink:

So have you thought about the pieces of work you'll submit to Oxford? :smile:

Yep. Got that all sorted before I left :wink:

First piece of work I had to write specifically for the application (because of a level subjects) and was on Japanese politics, the second was an essay we were given in Poliics on the U.S. constitution. When we go back to school the week after next I'll send it off. Deadline is the 10th November, so I don't really have that much time...

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Original post by TheTechN1304

Yep. Got that all sorted before I left :wink:

First piece of work I had to write specifically for the application (because of a level subjects) and was on Japanese politics, the second was an essay we were given in Poliics on the U.S. constitution. When we go back to school the week after next I'll send it off. Deadline is the 10th November, so I don't really have that much time...

Well thank **** your quite well read on politics then! :tongue:

We definitely have different half-terms! (Mine has just started today and it's just 1 week), regional differences perhaps? Funnily enough I always thought that these School/College half-terms were a national thing :redface:

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Original post by thatitootoo

Well thank **** your quite well read on politics then! :tongue:

We definitely have different half-terms! (Mine has just started today and it's just 1 week), regional differences perhaps? Funnily enough I always thought that these School/College half-terms were a national thing :redface:

I think half terms are national things? Mine is two weeks (the week just gone and next week). Some schools set their own dates, others have it set by the government. I think it depends on the type of school.

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Original post by TheTechN1304

I think half terms are national things? Mine is two weeks (the week just gone and next week). Some schools set their own dates, others have it set by the government. I think it depends on the type of school.

Me too

I think private schools just have the week before off as well

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Original post by TheTechN1304

I think half terms are national things? Mine is two weeks (the week just gone and next week). Some schools set their own dates, others have it set by the government. I think it depends on the type of school.

I was at college (on two different days!) earlier this week! So yeah the students at my college will only have next week off :redface:

But then I remember most of TSR reportedly having an earlier start to the term than the students at my college! So yh I guess it equals out one way or another! :}

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*you're

Hmmm

your vs you're
das vs dass

I've noticed that when I don't put any thought into what I'm writing, I seem to just go for the 'shorter' one of the 2... :mmm:

Original post by thatitootoo

Well thank **** your quite well read on politics then! :tongue:

We definitely have different half-terms! (Mine has just started today and it's just 1 week), regional differences perhaps? Funnily enough I always thought that these School/College half-terms were a national thing :redface:

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Oost Berlijn, Unter Den Linden
Er wandelen mensen langs vlaggen en vaandels
Waar Lenin en Marx nog steeds op een voetstuk staan

En iedereen werkt, hamers en sikkels
Terwijl in paradepas de wacht wordt gewisseld
Veertig jaar socialisme, er is in die tijd veel bereikt

Maar wat is nou die heilstaat als er muren omheen staan
Als je bang en voorzichtig met je mening moet omgaan
Ach wat is nou die heilstaat, zeg mij wat is hij waard
Wanneer iemand die afwijkt voor gek wordt verklaard

En alleen de vogels vliegen van Oost naar West Berlijn
Worden niet teruggefloten, ook niet neergeschoten
Over de muur, over het ijzeren gordijn
Omdat ze soms in het westen, soms ook in het oosten willen zijn
Omdat ze soms in het westen, soms ook in het oosten willen zijn

West Berlijn, de Kurfurstendam
Er wandelen mensen langs porno- en peepshow
Waar Mercedes en Cola nog steeds op een voetstuk staan

En de neonreclames die glitterend lokken
Kom dansen, kom eten, kom zuipen, kom gokken
Dat is nou veertig jaar vrijheid, er is in die tijd veel bereikt

Maar wat is nou die vrijheid zonder huis zonder baan
Zoveel Turken in Kreuzberg die amper kunnen bestaan
Goed, je mag demonstreren, maar met je rug tegen de muur
En alleen als je geld hebt, dan is de vrijheid niet duur

En de vogels vliegen van West naar Oost Berlijn
Worden niet teruggefloten, ook niet neergeschoten
Over de muur, over het ijzeren gordijn
Omdat ze soms in het oosten, soms ook in het westen willen zijn
Omdat er brood ligt soms bij de Gedächtniskirche
Soms op het Alexanderplein

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Original post by TheTechN1304

I think half terms are national things? Mine is two weeks (the week just gone and next week). Some schools set their own dates, others have it set by the government. I think it depends on the type of school.

Abbiamo bisogno di parlare in italiano perché non voglio dimenticare tutto che so...

Sai Any 'websites' che posso utilizzare per imparare le nuove parole?

:frown:

even that was terrible

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Original post by L'Evil Fish

Abbiamo bisogno di parlare in italiano perché non voglio dimenticare tutto che so...

Sai Any 'websites' che posso utilizzare per imparare le nuove parole?

:frown:

even that was terrible

non lo so

È male, ma recentemente non ho praticato mio italiano :O

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Original post by TheTechN1304

non lo so

È male, ma recentemente non ho praticato mio italiano :O

Ah bene

Perché non è 'il mio italiano', ho dimenticato i pronomi :eek:

Como fu Japan? Vuoi tornare?

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Original post by L'Evil Fish

Ah bene

Perché non è 'il mio italiano', ho dimenticato i pronomi :eek:

Come fu Japan? Vuoi tornare?

è stato un incidente. Non l'ho visto!

E voglio!! Il Giappone è stato fantastico. Ho parlato molto con i nativi. Sono triste di essere in Inghilterra :frown:

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