(this was first published on www.draugiem.lv)
Quite funny, isn’t it?
Time flies…
July 2007: I had but half a dozen friends in draugiem.
July/August 2007: my first visit to Latvija in about 10 years
September 2007: after “reviving” my draugiem page… few hundred friends
September 2008: started to prepare the blog
February 2009: started writing both the blog and here almost on a daily basis
June 2009: another language officially added (Dutch)
July 2009: shared some of the new knowledge with my fellow Italians
tomorrow, as promised to some friends and planned, I will resume studying Russian, while I will keep going on my Dutch, and refresh my grammar knowledge of other languages
target? Move my A2 in Dutch to B1/B2and try to get A1/A2 in Russian by December
I know, I know- I am almost one year late- wasted too much time in unexpected activities over the last 12 months
now, just a question: which accent should I pick? I mean, in English? I am tired of adapting my accent to the people I meet, and my original Italian accent is now mixed with other languages- beyond repair
and the other languages? well, I was thinking to have a go at a Dutch accent in Dutch, St Petersburg in Russian, and… resume my Canadian accent in French (that’s how the called me some customers when I was working in Paris and living in London, 10 years ago )
Spanish? Well, first those listed above, then I will think about the others and, anyway, I can read and understand Spanish newspapers, books, movies
As for German and Latvian… sorry, but I will keep understanding what I do understand for the time being, before resuming and improving both (probably in 2010)
so… I might become a good tourist guide
the only certainty? that I was a… lazy student while in school (but I liked Latin
have a nice week-end
R
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