Journaling Challenge - introduce myself in different languages

Italiano

  Ciao. Il mio nome è Heather. Vivo in Australia. Sono un insegnante. Vivo con mio marito mio figlio e il mio cane. Il suo nome è Billy. È grande e nero. Mi piace camminare e remare. Mi piace leggere. Mi piace provare cibi nuovi.

Français

 Bonjour. Mon nom est Heather. Je vis en Australie. Je suis enseignant. Je vis avec mon mari, mon fils et mon chien. Il s'appelle Billy. Il est grand et noir. J'aime marcher et ramer. J'adore lire. J'aime essayer de nouveaux aliments.

Deutsch

Hallo. Ich heißt Heather. Ich wohne in Australien. Ich bin ein Lehrer. Ich lebe mit meinem Mann, meinem Sohn und meinem Hund. Sein Name ist Billy.  Er ist groß und schwarz. Ich gehe und rudere gerne. Ich liebe es zu lesen. Ich probiere gerne neue Lebensmittel aus.

Espanol

Hola. Mi nombre es Heather. Vivo en Australia. Yo soy un profesor. Vivo con mi marido, mi hijo y mi perro. Su nombre es Billy. Es grande y negro. Me gusta caminar y remar. Amo leer. Me gusta probar nuevos alimentos.

Esperanto

Saluton, My nomo estas Heather. Mi loĝas en Aŭstralio. Mi estas instruisto. Mi loĝas kun mia edzo, mia filo kaj mia hundo. Lia nomo estas Billy.  Li estas granda kaj nigra. Mi ŝatas promeni kaj remi. Mi amas legi. Mi ŝatas provi novajn manĝaĵojn.

Latina

Salve. Nomen mihi est Heather. In Australia habito. Ego magistra. Vivo cum viro, filio et cane meo. Billy nomen est. Poodle est. Magnus est et niger. Mihi placet ambulare et remigare. legere amo. Mihi placet ry novos cibos.

Haitian Creole

Bonjou. Non mwen se Heather. Mwen ap viv nan Ostrali. Mwen se yon pwofesè. M ap viv ak mari m, pitit gason m ak chen m. Li rele Billy. Li se yon poodle. Li gwo e nwa. Mwen renmen mache ak rame. Mwen renmen li. Mwen renmen sere nouvo manje.

Romana

Buna ziua. Numele meu este Heather. Locuiesc in Australia. Eu sunt profesor. Locuiesc cu soțul meu, fiul meu și câinele meu. Numele lui este Billy. El este un pudel. El este mare și negru. Îmi place să merg și să vâslesc. Iubesc să citesc. Îmi place să încerc alimente noi.

Norsk

Hallo. Jeg heter Heather. Jeg bor i Australia. Jeg er en lærer. Jeg bor sammen med mannen min, sønnen min og hunden min. Han heter Billy. Han er en puddel. Han er stor og svart. Jeg liker å gå og ro. Jeg elsker å lese. Jeg liker å rye ny mat.

Nederlands

Hallo. Mijn naam is Heather. Ik woon in Australië. Ik ben een leraar. Ik woon samen met mijn man, mijn zoon en mijn hond. Zijn naam is Billy. Hij is een poedel. Hij is groot en zwart. Ik wandel en roei graag. Ik hou van lezen. Ik vind het leuk om nieuwe gerechten te proberen.

Dansk

Hej. Mit navn er Heather. Jeg bor i Australien. Jeg er lærer. Jeg bor sammen med min mand, min søn og min hund. Han hedder Billy. Han er en puddel. Han er stor og sort. Jeg kan godt lide at gå og ro. Jeg elsker at læse. Jeg kan godt lide at ryge nye fødevarer.

Suomi

Hei. Nimeni on Heather. Asun Australiassa. Olen opettaja. Asun mieheni, poikani ja koirani kanssa. Hänen nimensä on Billy. Hän on villakoira. Hän on iso ja musta. Tykkään kävellä ja soutaa. Rakastan lukemista. Tykkään maistella uusia ruokia.

Cymru

Helo. Fy enw i yw Heather. Dw i'n byw yn Awstralia. Athro ydw i. Rwy'n byw gyda fy ngŵr, fy mab a fy nghi. Ei enw yw Billy. Mae e'n bwdl. Mae e'n fawr ac yn ddu. Rwy'n hoffi cerdded a rhwyfo. Rwyf wrth fy modd yn darllen. Rwy'n hoffi rhygnu bwydydd newydd.

Irish

Dia dhuit. Heather is ainm dom. Tá mé i mo chónaí san Astráil. Is múinteoir mé. Cónaím le m’fhear céile, mo mhac agus mo mhadra. Billy is ainm dó. Is poodle é. Tá sé mór agus dubh. Is maith liom siúl agus rámhaíocht. Is breá liom a léamh. Is maith liom bianna nua a rying.

Scottish Gaelic

Halò. 'S e Heather an t-ainm a th' orm. Tha mi a fuireach ann an Astràilia. 'S e tidsear a th' annam. Tha mi a’ fuireach còmhla ris an duine agam, mo mhac agus mo chù. ’S e Billy an t-ainm a th’ air. 'S e poodle a th' ann. Tha e mòr agus dubh. Is toil leam a bhith a’ coiseachd agus ag iomradh. Is toil leam a bhith a’ leughadh. Is toil leam a bhith a’ ruith biadhan ùra.

Bahasa Indonesia

Halo. Nama saya Heather. Saya tinggal di Australia. Saya seorang guru. Saya tinggal bersama suami saya, putra saya dan anjing saya. Namanya Billy. Dia adalah pudel. Dia besar dan hitam. Saya suka berjalan dan mendayung. Saya suka membaca. Saya suka mencoba makanan baru.

Vietnamese

Xin chào. Tôi tên là Heather. Tôi sông ở Uc. Tôi là một giáo viên. Tôi sống với chồng, con trai và con chó của tôi. Tên anh ấy là Billy. Anh ấy là một con chó xù. Anh ấy to và đen. Tôi thích đi bộ và chèo thuyền. Tôi thích đọc. Tôi thích thử những món ăn mới.

Hawaiian

Aloha. ʻO Heather koʻu inoa. Noho au ma Australia. He kumu au. Noho au me kaʻu kāne, kaʻu keiki a me kaʻu ʻīlio. ʻO Billy kona inoa. He poodle ʻo ia. Nui a ʻeleʻele. Makemake au i ka hele wāwae a me ka hoe. Aloha au i ka heluhelu. Makemake au e ʻai i nā meaʻai hou.

Zulu

Sawubona. Igama lami nginguHeather. Ngihlala e-Australia. Nginguthisha. Ngihlala nomyeni wami, indodana yami kanye nenja yami. Igama lakhe nguBilly. Uyi-poodle. Mkhulu futhi omnyama. Ngithanda ukuhamba nokugwedla. Ngiyakuthanda ukufunda. Ngithanda ukudla ukudla okusha.

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Duolingo Progress with spotlight on Norwegian

  I am making progress with Ukrainian, Norwegian, and Finnish with a higher accuracy in Korean

Can you recognise any words that I learned?

Can you translate any of these words to English or your target language?

 My grandmother's grandfather was Norwegian and he migrated to Australia.  I first tried to learn when my cousins came over from Norway, but found Duolingo as an adult much more accessible to go step by step.  My kind relative tried to show me the alphabet which was really interesting as a ten year old.  But there was no other resources available for self-learning once she left.

Norwegian -	Katten spiser musen,

Part of speech	Translation
	English - The cat ate the mouse.

 Reflection: Katten and musen both show how both the noun and the definite article are combined into one word. In my experience verbs in Norwegian are not conjugated.  But I also wonder if they show tense and if not how is it indicated to the listener or reader.

   Vocabulary comparison across languages: 

English - mouse German - Maus Danish - mus Dutch - muis Swedish- mus Norwegian - mus Yiddish -מויז moyz Italiano - topo  Francais - Souris Romanian-mouse Haitian Creole - sourit Esperanto - muso Latin-mus Welsh - llygoden Irish - luchóg Scottish Gaelic - luchag Zulu - igundane Hawaiian - iole Swahili-panya Czech - myš Hungarian-egér Polish-mysz Ukranian-миша mysha Turkidh Turk-fare Indonesian - mouse Japanese-ねずみ Nezumi Korean -생쥐 saengjwi Hindi -चूहा chooha Vietnamese- con chuột Greek- ποντίκι pontíki Russian мышь mysh'

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Finnish Writing Challenge

In a writing challenge, I take a sentence from a recent Duolingo lesson.

Then, I challenge myself to see what I can actively learn by creating some new sentences of my own.

Finnish:  Kissat tanssivat tangoa.

English: The

 

cats

 dance 

the

 

tango

.

Reflection: Notice each underlines section is two words in English, but only one in Finnish.   Cats has an articulated noun (the+cats as one word). So, the suffix, is the -t ending on the end of kissa.

Verb (by pronouns)

tense: present active

minä	tanssin             I dance
sinä	tanssit             you dance
hän	tanssii             he dances
me	tanssimme     we dance
te	tanssitte         you all dance
he	tanssivat         they dance

Noun (by number singular vs plural)

Finnish kissa (singular)

English the cat 

Finnish  kissat (plural)

English the cats

Finnish koira (singular)

English the dog 

Finnish koirat (plural)

English the dogs 

Vocabulary (other topical vocab)

Finnish tangoa

English the tango

Finnish salsaa

English the salsa

Challenge created 10 sentences

Underlined = extension vocab

Kissat tanssivat tangoa.

PLUS

Kissa tanssii tangoa.

Koirat tanssivat tangoa.

Koira tanssii salsaa.

Minä tanssin tangoa.

Sinä tanssit tangoa.

Hän tansii tangoa.

Me tanssimme salsa.

Te tanssitte salsa.

He tanssivat salsa.

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Duolingo Progress - spotlight on Finnish

Making progress with Zulu, Irish, Russian, Esperanto, Romanian, Czech, Danish, Hebrew, Italian, Vietnamese,  Spanish.

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I am interested to learn Finnish. So far, the first Finnish word that I have come across in English is sauna.  It seems the Finns invented the sauna.

Finnish -	Minulla on ystävä, jolla on kolme kissaa

Part of speech	Translation
	English - I have a friend who has three cats

 Reflection: Most Finnish words don't remind me of English or another language that I am learning.  But I like kissaa for cats.  It makes me think of kitty.

   Vocabulary comparison across languages: 

English - cat German - Katze Danish - kat Dutch - kat Swedish- katt Norwegian - katt Yiddish - קאַץ kats Italiano - gatto  Francais - chat Romanian-pisică Haitian Creole - chat Esperanto - kato Latin-cattus Welsh - cath Irish - cat Scottish Gaelic - cat Zulu - ikati Hawaiian - popoki Swahili-paka Czech - kočka Hungarian-kočka Polish-kot Ukranian-кіт kit Turk-kedi Indonesian - kucing Japanese-猫 Neko Korean -고양이goyang-i Hindi - बिल्ली billee  Vietnamese- con mèo Greek- Γάτα Gáta Russian кошка

koshka

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Duolingo September Progress includes Zulu, Haitian Creole, Irish, Swedish and Czech

Learning Focus in September: trying to level up in Duolingo (jump each language to the next increasing Duolingo level)

I am trying different ways to keep me on track around work and family and keep my motivation up.

My September Challenge

This month, I am working through languages I haven't had a chance to revisit for a while.  I am dabbling in them until I level up.  Each subsequent language level is harder to obtain because each level is a much higher number of XP.  Level 25 is the highest level.

Trying out the new Duolingo update

I have enjoyed revisiting languages once again and getting into their mode or head space.  I am also enjoying this in combination with the new interface in Duolingo.   I have been a Duolingo member since begin on their waitlist 10 years ago.  I love the new path way and how it organises a set path of mini steps to try in bite size pieces as well as revision sets of mistakes, listening and speaking that can be forgotten about if like me you often play Duolingo in waiting rooms and near others so you never want to to turn the volume up in case it annoys other people.  The speaking and listening exercises remind me to concentrate on these skills when I am away from others.

So far, I have levelled up in 9 Languages across Turkish, Polish, Russian, Irish, Danish, Swedish, Czech, Finnish as well as the newest language Zulu.  I have worked hard and am enjoying every minute of Level 11 Zulu.

I wonder how many more level ups I can work towards by the end of September? I don't want to set a goal, because my family and work come first, but I celebrate every achievement along the way. 

Dabbling across more than 30 languages in my long term goal at my own pace. 5 languages I have already reached Level 25: Italian, French, German, Spanish, Welsh, however as Duolingo evolves and updates more lessons and units are being added to more courses. So, 38 - 9 levelled up recently - 5 at level 25 = 24 languages to work my way though.  At the moment, I am cycling through 3 langauges daily, usually a Romance language, a Germanic language (as the two language families I have the most experience/background in) and one from another family.

Next in line: 

•  Romanian, Latin,
• Norwegian*, Finnish, 
• Indonesian, Chinese, Korean
• Hawaiian, Navajo, Swahili
• Arabic, Greek, Yiddish

*Norwegian is a huge course

Level 6 vs Level 23 comparison

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Hence, I have currently completed 10 trophies but Spanish and French as 2 of the largest courses with the most learners have been significantly updated and grown.

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Edit

Next 10 level ups completed: Esperanto,  Scottish Gaelic, Swedish, Japanese,  Hungarian, Hindi, Dutch, Haitian Creole, Hebrew and Vietnamese this week.

Now 19 levels up in September :-)