Stop being Lazy !

Ah, yeah, this is a confession that lately I haven't been writing posts on this blog as frequently as I should because whenever I write on the blog it most accurately reflects whether I have studied something useful that day or not.

CHINESE

At the moment, I am learning Chinese via Anki set named Spoonfed Chinese and Believe me, this set is just so amazing;P

You practically get to learn the most practical, everyday vocabulary which is essentially the key to language learning.

And I constantly keep listening to all the wonderful podcasts I came across on iTunes, this is an absolute lifesaver when it comes to being in touch with the language or even getting used to the a language is being used in everyday life, amongst friends mostly but sometimes podcasters invite famous personalities so this way we get to consider that various social aspects of the language as well.

JAPANESE

Man, I should really be studying Japanese more often, though I have podcasts in Japanese too but for some reason they don't spark my interest as much as I would like. I love the language and especially the culture, mind you, but I think I am gonna experiment with the content that apple as to me, things like Goban and Zen Buddhism.

And of course, Anime. I remember watching various Japanese anime during my childhood, shows like - Inu Yasha, Pokemon, Captain Tsubasa, Hungry Heart, Ghost Detective, Dragon Ball Z and a couple more. So, as I initially did with the European languages, which was, starting out with content that I was already quite familiar with, like Harry Potter books, Disney and other such animated movies, and then slowly move deeper into the culture of the country.

So, I am gonna watch these things, Yeah like a kid again, and then move in to new content like Detective Conan, Zen, Goban and then to the Real things like Japanese history and literature.

There is is gap between the Eastern world and the Western, which is of course by no means the same as it was a couple of centuries ago; but still getting myself used to the characters takes a while. I am using Anki again for this as well.

Btw I have added Dutch to the list of my to do languages;P

Wondering why ?

At this point, well I don't really know nor do I really care. It's quite similar to German and I just live the "harsh" sound of the language plus Dutch is another Germanic language and I just love anything that's Up North, you know. Germanic languages are my thing;P

And due to the similarity within these languages, it should take long for me to get used to the different quirks and similarities that Dutch offers.

HEBREW

Apart from listening to the podcasts in Hebrew, I have improved quite a lot with the Hebrew character but it has these different character for the same sound, which gets quite confusing at times. But hey, being able yo read from right to left is something quite cool, no !!

PERSIAN

Ah, haven't made any real progress in the language though I am getting used to the beautiful script of the language. Of course, I don't write it down just that, I use technology and focus upon the Google Keyboards to figure out various characters and what form they are supposed to take in different positions in a word.

Farsi is another Indo-European language, being somewhat tougher than Dutch wrt familiarity that it offers but the fact that j come from Hindi background with a huge appreciation for the Urdu words, many words are already quite familiar to me. So, once I get past the script hurdle, the language wouldn't really present anymore speeding brakes.

Then, I can of course enjoy the brilliant poetry of the Farsi language in the original.

POLISH

Podcasts only at the moment but I am making out quite a lot of sense in what is being said in the podcasts and I feel that it is only improving with time as the Polish language is my second Slavic language, the other being Russian so I am somewhat familiar with the various forms a word takes as per the context and function within the sentence.

TURKISH

Well, to be honest I haven't made any progress in Turkish what so ever, unless you would count the brief skimming I did on the YouTube for popular Turkish sings. But apart from that, I haven't made any real progress in the language.

Maybe, I will take Turkish up after my vacations get over, which essentially means that it would be
about a couple of months more when I really get into Turkish.

Actually, the language has a perfectly phonetic script, such a blessing it is you know, but the grammar is completely alien to me and anything that comes close to the nature of Turkish grammar is Esperanto;P

Who knew that investing such small time should pay off this much. Esperanto rocks !!

I will update in my progress more frequently now, I just need the peer pressure a lot if I am to make any meaningful progress in my languages.

Stay Tuned=)