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dani_meows) wrote2017-08-07 07:09 am
dani_meows) wrote2017-08-07 07:09 am
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On German, Harry Potter, and daily babble, oh and movie recs?
I'm reading Harry Potter in German to practice my German because I've been irritated by how much I've forgotten and by duolingo. And I wanted to get it years ago when I was still in German classes but back then it was only in print mode and they wanted 60.00 for one book... so now I have the kindle edition.
I remembered because someone on Tumblr mentioned a while ago that they practice their Russian by reading novels they've also read in English and what better than breaking apart Harry Potter page by page to practice my vocabulary.
Especially since as far as phrases go all I remember how to say is that I have x number of cats, I like to play video games, all is clear, thank you and a copy, Most of Silent Night... And two of those I only remember because my German teacher had a very sing song voice so they were practically sung. And silent Night because we did Disney's Candlelight in high school so for four years we rehearsed the songs year round and Silent Night was in German, there was a folk song in French...
It's funny to me that I'm not okay with forgetting German but I'm perfectly okay with having forgotten all my Spanish and I took years of that, especially since Spanish would be more useful since Tampa has a very large Hispanic population. I don't know if it's because I was forced to take Spanish in high school and it's colored my resentment of the language since (our school had French, Spanish and German (when they could get 10 people signed up for it which never happened, and I wanted to learn French because my Mother can speak it but my stepmother wouldn't have it because only Spanish is a useful language...) or if it's because it makes me think of how happy my Father In Law was before he died that Ian and I were learning it.He spoke German fluently because his Grandparents on all sides were German immigrants but yet he flunked it in high school in Wisconsin because he spoke "Farm" German not proper German with proper grammar.
Sadly, my kindle gives me the definition in more German rather than giving me the English word when I highlight a word I don't know, so my first pass through is highlighting words I don't know in orange, words I think I know but I'm not certain of in blue. Then after I've looked up all those words in the giant German-English dictionary of doom, rereading again. Then rereading the same section in my English edition. So it's going to take me a while but it'll be fun.
I forgot Ian was going to work early and staying during lunch so he doesn't have to work too late today. So I'm sort of bummed that I may be all by myself during lunch. But he shouldn't have to work too late after work so it hopefully balances out.
Whether or not I'm alone depends on if my roomate crashes right away when she get's home from working the overnight shift or decides to stay up for some of the day. She's starting her six off of her eight on six off cycle and thankfully didn't have to deal with her fellow coworker that causes me to remind her that there is no Netflix in prison.
Speaking of Netflix, I signed up for the dvd plan free trial, because it turned out it was HBO not Amazon prime that was getting fantastic beasts and where to find them. Anyone got any movie recs?immortalje recommended Fantastic Beasts and reijamira recommended Sully so both of those are on my queue and Little Woman because I've been wanting to see that movie again but what else should I put on the queue.
I remembered because someone on Tumblr mentioned a while ago that they practice their Russian by reading novels they've also read in English and what better than breaking apart Harry Potter page by page to practice my vocabulary.
Especially since as far as phrases go all I remember how to say is that I have x number of cats, I like to play video games, all is clear, thank you and a copy, Most of Silent Night... And two of those I only remember because my German teacher had a very sing song voice so they were practically sung. And silent Night because we did Disney's Candlelight in high school so for four years we rehearsed the songs year round and Silent Night was in German, there was a folk song in French...
It's funny to me that I'm not okay with forgetting German but I'm perfectly okay with having forgotten all my Spanish and I took years of that, especially since Spanish would be more useful since Tampa has a very large Hispanic population. I don't know if it's because I was forced to take Spanish in high school and it's colored my resentment of the language since (our school had French, Spanish and German (when they could get 10 people signed up for it which never happened, and I wanted to learn French because my Mother can speak it but my stepmother wouldn't have it because only Spanish is a useful language...) or if it's because it makes me think of how happy my Father In Law was before he died that Ian and I were learning it.He spoke German fluently because his Grandparents on all sides were German immigrants but yet he flunked it in high school in Wisconsin because he spoke "Farm" German not proper German with proper grammar.
Sadly, my kindle gives me the definition in more German rather than giving me the English word when I highlight a word I don't know, so my first pass through is highlighting words I don't know in orange, words I think I know but I'm not certain of in blue. Then after I've looked up all those words in the giant German-English dictionary of doom, rereading again. Then rereading the same section in my English edition. So it's going to take me a while but it'll be fun.
I forgot Ian was going to work early and staying during lunch so he doesn't have to work too late today. So I'm sort of bummed that I may be all by myself during lunch. But he shouldn't have to work too late after work so it hopefully balances out.
Whether or not I'm alone depends on if my roomate crashes right away when she get's home from working the overnight shift or decides to stay up for some of the day. She's starting her six off of her eight on six off cycle and thankfully didn't have to deal with her fellow coworker that causes me to remind her that there is no Netflix in prison.
Speaking of Netflix, I signed up for the dvd plan free trial, because it turned out it was HBO not Amazon prime that was getting fantastic beasts and where to find them. Anyone got any movie recs?
immortalje recommended Fantastic Beasts and reijamira recommended Sully so both of those are on my queue and Little Woman because I've been wanting to see that movie again but what else should I put on the queue.
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But then, one day, I got into fanfics. Lots and lots of fanfics, and all of them were written in English. So I sat myself down, installed QuickDic the dictionary, and started to read my way through. Painfully slow at first, translating every single word I didn't know (and there were many). And slowly but surely I got the hang of it. I came to LOVE English. I realized it's actually a pretty vivid language. Next thing I knew I bought all the Harry Potter books in English and read them with gusto, repeatedly. Now I mostly buy books in English, and I watch shows and movies in English, too. I just love that I'm able to understand the original. Often it's much better than the translation.
So, if you need some help with some of the English to German/German to English translations I'm here. Just shout. :)
I also took Spanish at school. But I forgot almost everything. Same goes for French and Italian, and the bit of Greek I had. I just don't have the time to stay fluent in all of these languages. Preventing my English from getting rusty is enough for me. lol
As for movies, The Accountant and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story are also good. I also second Fantastic Beasts. It was really fantastic. Not sure if you're into health and documentaries but What The Health on Netflix is pretty amazing and eye-opening.
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^_^ I remember being frustrated in Spanish class when we'd watch movies in Spanish without English subtitles even though we had only a beginning grasp on the language... but our teacher wouldn't let us see the English version and then we'd have a quiz on it.
Language is fun. ^_^
*Adds the Accountant.* I'm working on a long Star Wars watch that involves the cartoons, rouge one as well as a rewatch of the films I've seen.
Oooh a health documentary. I'll check that out. ^_^
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As for what to watch. Hmm. Whenever I have time for netflix (which hasn't been a lot lately thanks to youtube) I watch a lot of kids movies and documentaries (food, health, history). I think I've also been trying some of their marvel shows. And some fun (animated) kid's movies.
I've been meaning to whatch Ms Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children as the preview was interesintg, but so far I haven't gotten around to it yet.
Otherwise, I really loved all of the Minion/Despicable Me movies. I love those minions. And as I write it, I've just given myself a bunny. The minions as Voldemort's little helpers.
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I liked the first season of Daredevil but didn't care for the second season or Jessica Jones...
I know my roomate watched Ms. Pergrine's but I don't know if she hated it or just thought it was okay....
I loved the first one, I'll try the second one... but I'm not that fond of the minions it was the little girls and the grumpy man that didn't want to adopt them that made the movie for me.
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I'm not sure if I watched the entire first season or not, but while the beginning was interesting, at one point I lost interest. And I think I first started getting behind on youtube when the other shows came out and never started them.
That was cute as well, but I think I first watched when the minion movie came out and then checked out "the beginning". I found it so funny how they can ruin any and all plans :)
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