tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822647988376386021.post538813407930706703..comments2024-02-05T18:55:01.932+01:00Comments on In My Book: Language Freak Summer Challenge: My Sign-upArenelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08646965847129179304noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822647988376386021.post-41049107410755367072013-06-24T21:48:58.568+02:002013-06-24T21:48:58.568+02:00Well, actually I haven't decided which book to...Well, actually I haven't decided which book to read in German, so I'd appreciate it if you could recommend something really easy and short, but gripping in German :) Maybe some detective story with a good plot to keep me reading?<br /><br />And of course it is never late to join :)Arenelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08646965847129179304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822647988376386021.post-88600416520830282122013-06-24T21:26:05.109+02:002013-06-24T21:26:05.109+02:00So sorry to read you don't like German. I can ...So sorry to read you don't like German. I can help you out if you have bigtime troubles to read that one German book you pledged to read. I can also recommend something - there are so many brilliant German/Austrian/Swiss writers :) <br /><br />by the way it only occured to me now: I hope I'm not intruding. School only ends with June, 30th for me, so to me naturally summer starts with July 1st. It took me some time to realise I might be too late for this one. Is it okay to join only now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822647988376386021.post-29030253759103392822013-05-11T17:23:18.723+02:002013-05-11T17:23:18.723+02:00Hi Ekaterina,
I have just signed up for the chall...Hi Ekaterina,<br /><br />I have just signed up for the challenge - sorry it took me so long! <br /><br />Your reading plans sound very interesting. I look forward to reading your updates and those of the other participants.<br /><br />Happy reading!The Library Filehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16527116517016583815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822647988376386021.post-47369287069805201552013-04-12T05:37:43.524+02:002013-04-12T05:37:43.524+02:00That sounds fun! And since there is no way I can ...That sounds fun! And since there is no way I can get them in print, if you can figure out where to download a couple, I would be very grateful. My email is on my profile...Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822647988376386021.post-57730361041195498042013-04-10T22:57:57.987+02:002013-04-10T22:57:57.987+02:00It was some time ago in some discussion in the com...It was some time ago in some discussion in the comments on your blog :) I can't remember more precisely...<br /><br />Well, if you enjoyed the film, you might pick up some of the books about her! They are for children of different ages, and if you chose the ones in which she is still 6 years old, you'll get a very easy book! <br /><br />And I'm pretty sure you can download them somewhere, or I can do it for you! There is some mess with authorship rights in Russia, so it's not really forbidden. And I expect it'll be difficult for you to get it in print anyway.Arenelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08646965847129179304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822647988376386021.post-34027853320179224932013-04-10T22:50:34.701+02:002013-04-10T22:50:34.701+02:00Sigh, I had not remembered that I said that before...Sigh, I had not remembered that I said that before. :o <br /><br />They would have to be VERY easy Russian books! I can't remember that much. I watched "Alisa" a while back and while I enjoyed it a lot, I didn't understand much of the dialogue.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822647988376386021.post-73807489806704613792013-04-10T08:58:23.848+02:002013-04-10T08:58:23.848+02:00Yes, I remember how you wrote about questioning hi...Yes, I remember how you wrote about questioning him on the pronunciation :) It is difficult even to the Czechs themselves, as half of them go to speech therapists in the childhood to correct their /rZ/ sound. And there are some problems with pronouncing so many consonants together. But it was rather easy lexically, as it is a Slavic language too, (Russian is my mother-tongue) and I could guess what the words mean without really knowing them :)<br /><br />Well, you might try to revive your German and Russian! I can suggest some easy Russian books, if you wish! :)Arenelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08646965847129179304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822647988376386021.post-75401564169833316982013-04-10T06:41:25.991+02:002013-04-10T06:41:25.991+02:00I'm pretty sure I should be really impressed a...I'm pretty sure I should be really impressed about your Czech skills. My kids' violin teacher is Czech and when I was reading The Good Soldier Švejk I asked him a bunch of questions about pronunciation. He said that Czech is considered to be quite a difficult language that takes a really long time to learn.<br /><br />(I wanted to learn Czech as a teenager; I was taken on a day trip across the border and thought it was fantastic. But practicality prevailed when I got to college and I studied German and Russian instead, since there weren't a lot of classes in Czech. Those two are mostly gone now anyway, though being able to read the Russian alphabet and understand the names in books is quite helpful.)Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.com