I am doing Living Language Ultimate Spanish and writing my own phrases and dialogs with Google Translate. I’m on Lesson 30 (Lección Trienta) and it’s going well. I’d say at this point I know between 800 to 1000+ words. I forget them and remember them randomly. I need to learn much more about grammar and such, but hopefully I will get better at that. I’m more into vocabulary anyway. Espero ser buena en español en cuatro meses, más o menos — which means I hope to be good in Spanish in four months, more or less. (I wrote the Spanish phrase with a tiny bit of help from Google Translate, but I got it 97% correct the first time, on my own! LOL! Hey, it’s a start!)
I’m also going to start French and will be using either Assimil French with Ease or Living Language Ultimate French for my first course (and using Google Translate). I haven’t decided between Assimil or Living Language for my first course yet. I’ll only do about a chapter per week, because I focus mainly on Spanish. Also, about twice a week, I will be going over the little bit of Hebrew I already know. I don’t want to forget the Hebrew I’ve already learned.
Pues, Asta luego! :
I think I wrote the Spanish title correctly! LOL. I have been studying Spanish a lot this month. Maybe 50 hours or so for the month of July 2010. I’ve learned a lot, but I have a ways to go.
I also study a little bit of Hebrew. I plan to start studying Hebrew a couple of hours a day or more (like I currently do with Spanish) when I am done learning Spanish and French to an intermediate or advanced level. So maybe within 12 months to 18 months hopefully.
I also want to learn Portuguese. Since Portuguese is so similar to Spanish, it should be fairly easy to learn once I can distinguish between “false friends” and the like – and get the rhythm, etc of Portuguese. I will also most likely study Italian to as it is a romance language and might be fairly easy to learn after learning the other romance languages.
I’d like to be at an intermediate to advanced level in Spanish, French, Hebrew, Portuguese and Italian within 18 months to 24 months. Of course, I would still love to be fluent in English! (My native language) 
After learning Spanish, French, Hebrew, Portuguese and Italian, I’d like to maybe start with German or Chinese (Mandarin). Maybe I’ll do both at the same time, but focus on Mandarin.
There are other languages I’d love to learn too, like Japanese, Arabic (Modern Standard Arabic/Fusha, Levantine and Egyptian), Hindi/Urdu,Swahili,Swedish, etc. Many more. So, we’ll see if I can get around to all of them!
Well, bye for now!
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Well, I’m still busy with everything, but I am studying Spanish a bit now. I don’t study Hebrew much anymore, but I plan to pick it back up. I’d like to be fluent in Spanish, French, Portuguese and Hebrew. And of course continue to be fluent in English. LOL! Plus, if I can master other languages, that would be great too. I’m pretty good in the ‘Internet/Web Design/Web Developer’ language like HTML and can make decent websites. That’s something I’m also studying. I’d like to master HTML, CSS, Paint Shop, Photo Shop and things like that. And become a great web designer/developer.
Well, that is all for now. Will post more soon, hopefully. Bye4Now.
I will be updating soon. Still busy, busy, busy with new jobs. Although I lost the one that paid most per hour. Not cool! *sigh*. But it’s OK! I’m going to get this blog going again. I plan to transfer some posts from a TV show blog I have, and delete that blog. I haven’t been studying Hebrew lately, because I’ve been so busy and into other things. But I plan to start studying it again soon!
So, later for now!
Well, I’ve been so busy this month with new jobs that I haven’t had much time to study Hebrew. I just got to study some a few days ago. It was fun! I did miss it. I hadn’t studied in about 2 or 3 weeks. I really need to make time for it. I love the language and would love to be fluent as soon as possible. So, I really need to make it a priority!! Well, that’s all for now! Shalom!
Well, just a quick update. I still mostly study LearnHebrewPod.com. I have been slacking a bit lately, because I’m working on my other website a lot and I have new jobs that I am studying for (their guidelines and rules).
But I can say some phrases in Hebrew:
Ani Lomeded Ivrit (I study Hebrew)
Ani Ohevet Glida (I love Ice Cream)
Okay, so it’s not great, but it’s a start. That Hebrew spelling is transliteration, not the real Hebrew alphabet (which I did learn a couple months ago).
I haven’t been studying with Transparent Language lately, but I plan to start with that again soon.
Well, that’s all for now, until next month…
There is so much I want to do, but I just don’t have the energy to do it. Thankfully, I manage to get whatever I plan to do done, but just barely. Or I have to wait a day to do something that I need to do. It’s tiring! LOL!
I just want to do too many things, I guess! I want to learn advanced math (right now I’m awful at math!). I want to learn advanced web design and graphics design, learn Hebrew and other languages, maintain current blogs and websites and create new ones. I also need to read the Holy Scriptures (Bible) more. Just lots of things. Gaahhh! I pray for strength! *sigh*
Well, just an update. I’ll post about something else soon!
Well, I have been studying Hebrew pretty much every day still.
But now I study mostly from the LearnHebrewPod.com podcasts and less from the Transparent Language Hebrew computer CD Roms.
I find that I like to listen to English/Hebrew conversations more and learn that way. Plus, LearnHebrewPod.com has transcripts of all of their conversations, so I can read and listen to everything.
Some language podcasts only have the audio and no print materials to go with it, so I really love that LearnHebrewPod.com has the printed materials and transcripts of all of their podcasts.
I still will study with Transparent Language, I just plan to use
LearnHebrewPod.com more often. I’d also like to buy the Rosetta Stone program in Hebrew and study with that too. As well and Pimsleur Hebrew CD, because I hear that’s a really great language course.
I think one of the most important things to learning a language and becoming as fluent as possible, is studying the language various ways and with various resources. But I guess that’s true with learning most anything.
So anyway, that’s my Hebrew update for January. I plan to do these monthly. So my February Hebrew update will be sometime late next month!
Wow, I haven’t written in a while! Well, I’m still studying Hebrew. I learned the Aleph-Bet and I can now read Hebrew fairly well. But I still don’t know what most of the words mean. LOL! However, I do know several Hebrew words now; I guess about a few hundred. So that’s good.
I still plan to start back up with French and Spanish. I’m not sure when though. Well, that is all for now. I plan to write more soon!
Ok, I’ve put Spanish and French on hold to learn Hebrew. I’ve been at it for about two weeks or so now. I can remember some words and phrases. It’s fun. I watch Big Brother Israel to help me with Hebrew. It has a 24 hour Live Feed of the Big Brother Housemates and they all speak Hebrew, so that helps.
I mostly study with the Learn Now! 101 Languages of the World from Transparent Language. And I also have a Hebrew / English phrasebook by Lonely Planet. Plus other resources. I’m going to get the Learn Hebrew Now! 10 from Transparent Language as soon as I can.
I might start up with Spanish while still doing Hebrew, but I’m not sure. I’m also tempted to learn Finnish, because I got the Big Brother Finland Live Feeds on a whim and it would be nice to know what they are saying. LOL! I study it a tiny bit, but ultimately I don’t think I’m going to go for Finnish right now. Maybe someday.
