Multilingual and Polyglot Wannabee Thread! MK I

Original post by L'Evil Fish

One of those 15 is a C :colonhash:

If I got an A in Welsh... Then I'd have 15 A*/A and ONE C! :mad:

Oh woe is you! :tongue:

Just scratch that off and ignore it. :wink:

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Original post by L'Evil Fish

Thanks

Why is Madre 'le'?

Because I did a typo... ;P sorry :smile:

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AquisM

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Original post by L'Evil Fish

Preguntó "¿por qué no estás en casa?"

¡Muy bien!

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Original post by yarshad

I will teach? or do you mean to say your teacher will teach?

My teacher will teach me... I'm a bit rusty on the future tense, but it's é, ás, á, emos, éis, án isn't it? I knew what I meant :wink:

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Original post by AquisM

De nada.

8. He asked "Why aren't you at home?"
Su pregunta fue (re arranged it

OK fine - what would it be though if you were to literally translate he asked) "Por qué no estás en tu casa?" - we use estar for location, and en casais pretty much a set phrase

I don't get this?

Would you not say

Él preguntó 'Por que no estás en hogar?'

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L'Evil Fish

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Original post by aasvogel

Oh woe is you! :tongue:

Just scratch that off and ignore it. :wink:

I might, seeing as it's in its own on the certificate :biggrin:

Original post by tess_rach

Because I did a typo... ;P sorry :smile:

Np

Original post by AquisM

¡Muy bien!

good news! They (I think) have January exams for WJEC A Levels in Wales! :biggrin:

So, I can have a nice workload and I WILL do AS Spanish if that's the case :awesome:

Any thoughts on Spanish A2?

If I do the AS in year 12, drop Geography after AS and ask for Spanish classes...? :redface:

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Octopus_Garden

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Original post by L'Evil Fish

One of those 15 is a C :colonhash:

If I got an A in Welsh... Then I'd have 15 A*/A and ONE C! :mad:

Je viens de chercher le plus petit violon du mond!

Percentage of pupils in all English
schools gaining five or more GCSE grades A* - C
Year All pupils Boys Girls
% % %
2012 81.1 77.6 84.8
2011 79.6 75.9 83.5
2010 75.4 71.4 79.7
2009 70.0 65.8 74.4
2008 65.3 60.9 69.9
2007 60.3 55.8 65.0
2006 58.5 53.8 63.5
2005 56.3 51.4 61.4
2004 53.7 48.4 58.4
2003 52.9 47.9 58.2
2002 51.6 46.4 57.0
2001 50.0 44.8 55.4
2000 49.2 44.0 54.6
1999 47.9 42.8 53.4
1998 46.3 41.3 51.5
1997 45.1 40.5 50.0
1996 44.5 39.9 49.4
1995 43.5 39.0 48.1
1994 43.3 39.1 47.8
1993 41.2 36.8 45.8
1992 38.3 34.1 42.7
1991 36.8 33.3 40.3
1990 34.5 30.8 38.4

http://www.bstubbs.co.uk/5a-c.htm

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Original post by tess_rach

My teacher will teach me... I'm a bit rusty on the future tense, but it's é, ás, á, emos, éis, án isn't it? I knew what I meant :wink:

Oh, in that case is it not 'me enseñará'? - He will teach me.

Yeah those are the endings I think haha :smile:

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AquisM

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Original post by yarshad

I don't get this?

Would you not say

Él preguntó 'Por que no estás en hogar?'

I dunno. I know that hogar can mean home, but I've never heard of en hogar used for at home. I can't confirm it with a Google Search either. Have you heard of en hogar before, Yarshad?

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Original post by AquisM

¿Tu profesor va a aprender el español? (Btw decidido is correct :smile:

) ¡Qué bien! ¿Tú vas a enseñárselo? :tongue:

¿Estudias la historia? ¿Te parece difícil? Me interesa pero no la estudio porque me es demasiado difícil recordar las fechas de los acontecimientos históricos. :biggrin:

No, no voy a enseñarlo :P Y sí, he estudiado la historia desde hace el año siete, para mis GCSEs y ahora voy a estudiarlo para mi bachillerato también :smile:

Además, me parece bastante fácil a recordar (is that remember?) las fechas como *'The 1938 laws on the economic life of Jews' (I did Nazi Germany for GCSE :smile:

And it's not too hard to remember dates, I made flash cards with dates and events on and looked over them in snatched moments :smile:

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L'Evil Fish

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Original post by Octopus_Garden

Je viens de chercher le plus petit violon du mond!

You just looked for the smallest violin of the? Monde? World? :tongue:

it's a sad tale

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Original post by aasvogel

Oh woe is you! :tongue:

Just scratch that off and ignore it. :wink:

If all goes according to plan I'll have 12 A/A* and one U :P :wink:

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AquisM

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Original post by tess_rach

No, no voy a enseñarlo :P Y sí, he estudiado la historia desde hace el año siete, para mis GCSEs y ahora voy a estudiarlo para mi bachillerato también :smile:

Además, me parece bastante fácil a recordar (is that remember?) las fechas como *'The 1938 laws on the economic life of Jews' (I did Nazi Germany for GCSE :smile:

And it's not too hard to remember dates, I made flash cards with dates and events on and looked over them in snatched moments :smile:

Yeah, that's remember.

I just couldn't. I kept getting stuff mixed up. Take WWII for example, remembering that this battle happened in Jan 1941 and that operation occurred in Jan 1942 and this conquest in Jan 1943 was waaaaaaay too much to handle. :p:

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Original post by tess_rach

If all goes according to plan I'll have 12 A/A* and one U :P :wink:

What's the U in? :tongue:

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Octopus_Garden

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Original post by L'Evil Fish

You just looked for the smallest violin of the? Monde? World? :tongue:

it's a sad tale

It's supposed to be fetched. :tongue:

It's not sad at all! Put it in perspective. Until August, I will have more (decent) AS-levels than I have (any) GCSEs!

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What do people think is the best approach to learning a new language?

I'm going to try learning Italian in the following order:
Sentence structures, articles and key phrases (such as 'it is' 'I am' 'you are' etc...)
Basic vocab (numbers, colours, places)
Most common verbs (these shouldn't be difficult, a lot seem to be similar to Spanish and French)
4 main tenses (simple past, present, future, imperfect)
More vocab, for everyday items and objects
More advanced grammar and tenses (if I get that far!)

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L'Evil Fish

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Original post by Octopus_Garden

It's supposed to be fetched. :tongue:

It's not sad at all! Put it in perspective. Until August, I will have more (decent) AS-levels than I have (any) GCSEs!

Aah, same difference :wink:

In perspective? I think it shows I'm human :mmm:

But I'm not doing A Levels... :tongue:

if I did Spanish AS in January... I'd have a clash between Chemistry Unit 1 and Spanisg Unit 2 :emo:

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Original post by aasvogel

What's the U in? :tongue:

Additional maths :tongue:

I simply haven't answered enough questions to get 35 marks, which is what's needed for an E

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Original post by tess_rach

Additional maths :tongue:

I simply haven't answered enough questions to get 35 marks, which is what's needed for an E

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Did you just not bother?

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