[bksvol-discuss] Re: Learning a reading knowledge of another language
- From: "Amy Goldring Tajalli" <agoldringtajalli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:13:47 -0400
Congratulations. The French was easy for me which came as a surprise but the
knowledge lasted in my memory only long enough to pass the exam. What little I
retained was from French cinema. Those exams are not usually easy so it shows
how hard you worked. Good luck with school.
Latin has much more connection with all the romance languages so I am sure you
will get more out of it but French should be a lot easier just remember that a
word in French may look like one is Spanish but it won't necessarily mean the
same. The cognates are not necessarily true. But you can usually guess by the
context so you should not have much of a problem.
Enjoy Grad school. Not too many courses you don't want and a lot you will love
so it can be great fun.
Amy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 8:30 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Learning a reading knowledge of another language
> Way to go. Good luck, on the exam and getting into the
> program.
>
> Cindy
>
> --- Bobbie Hughes <hughebo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> > I found that Italian was really easy for me. I
>> grew up speaking and
>> > reading
>> > spanish. I worked on singing Italian music in high
>> school, and the words
>> > came naturally to me. I found only a few minor
>> differences and picked it
>> > up
>> > really fast. Quite a few words in Italian are
>> similar to spanish. I can't
>> > say anything in regards to french, as I've never
>> studied it, but but
>> > that's
>> > just my take.
>> > Rosie
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 8:04 PM
>> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Learning a reading
>> knowledge of another language
>> >
>> >
>> >> Hi, Bobbie.
>> >>
>> >> Latin may not be the best choice. Nouns are
>> declined,
>> >> and if I remember correctly, verbs come at the
>> ends of
>> >> sentences. It's more like German in that regard.
>> >>
>> >> When I was about to attend library school, I also
>> had
>> >> to show I had a reading knowledge of a second
>> >> language. (This was many years ago; apparently
>> it's no
>> >> longer required). Because I had taken a couple of
>> >> years of Latin in high school I thought I could
>> teach
>> >> myself to read German, abnd started in Sept, but
>> by
>> >> December I wasns't making much progress. It was a
>> >> whole new vocabulary and script. I'd taken
>> French,
>> >> too, so in January I started to teach myself
>> Spanish
>> >> and easily translated a page of an encyclopedia
>> >> article in June.
>> >>
>> >> My recommendation would be that you work on
>> French,
>> >> which is so much closer to Spanish in syntax. But
>> >> Latin certainly is fun.
>> >>
>> >> Cindy
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --- Bobbie Hughes <hughebo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> I can't even begin to say how happy this makes
>> me.
>> >>> I'm in the process of
>> >>> applying for Ph.D. programs (in Spanish) and
>> really
>> >>> need to acquire a
>> >>> reading knowledge of (at least) one more
>> language.
>> >>> Obviously, Latin would
>> >>> be perfect! Thanks to everyone who is (or will
>> be)
>> >>> working on these!
>> >>> Peace,
>> >>> Bobbie
>> >>>
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>> Rosie and Grandma Cindy,
>> Sorry for the *very* delayed reaction. I've been
>> playinng what seems like
>> a never-ending game of email catch-up. I actually
>> have to work on two
>> more languages. Am leaning toward Italian and
>> Portuguese. My roommate in
>> Spain was French and, though I love her to death,
>> it's just not my thing.
>> Thanks for the suggestions!
>> B
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