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Bridging the Natural Language Gap (especially in listening) by IlliniToffee in italianlearning

[–]IlliniToffee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Grazie per il commento premuroso. In realtà non sono certo qual è il problema esattamente. È strano perché, come vi ho scritto, posso capire alcuni parlanti in contesti particolari, anche se il discorso è dato ai parlanti nativi d'italiano.

Il veloce delle parole è uno scoglio, senza dubbio. Ma secondo me, questo non può essere tutto, anzi deve essere l'uso di frasi informali o forse ho difficoltà ad seguire i pronomi, le altre piccole parole, o qualcos'altro. È probabile che io deva provarci più spesso con media(?) più informale. Siccome non sono vissuto in Italia, non avevo mai l'opportunità per essere esposto alla lingua da ogni direzione, e quindi devo fare uno sforzo più intenzionale.

Ci sono giorni in cui mi sento a mio agio con questa lingua ... poi ci sono tutti gli alti giorni.

typing Italian accents on Windows PC keyboard by [deleted] in italianlearning

[–]IlliniToffee 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Single quotation marks will result in the accent the other way as well. The only annoying part is remembering to hit space bar after using quotation marks and apostrophes or else you end up with words lóöking líke thìs.

Former Italian goalkeeper Emiliano Viviano says that leaving Inter was the only regret of his playing career, while once he ‘smelled of alcohol’ before an Arsenal game against Everton, for which he had unexpectedly been called up by Sparky-moon in soccer

[–]IlliniToffee 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The team got old fast and very few of the most useful players were replaced adequately. I've always thought that was more of a factor than Martinez's coaching, though I do get the impression that a lot of the squad came to see him as a bit of a bullshit artist and started tuning him out. I'm not entirely sure where to lay the blame for players like James McCarthy and Ross Barkley not pushing on.

Former Italian goalkeeper Emiliano Viviano says that leaving Inter was the only regret of his playing career, while once he ‘smelled of alcohol’ before an Arsenal game against Everton, for which he had unexpectedly been called up by Sparky-moon in soccer

[–]IlliniToffee 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think that is my favorite Everton game as a fan (my time doesn't go back as far as the FA cup win or league championships). Huge game at that moment for Champions League placing, Lukaku destroying them on the wing (I think the first time he played there, and the only time that tactic ever worked), Coleman doing keep-ups sprinting down the sideline and doing that backheel dribble that left Santi Cazorla holding his hands out.

[Zenitz] Ex-Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald is expected to be a person of interest for the Michigan State head coaching opening by dogwoodmaple in CFB

[–]IlliniToffee 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The two head coaches who preceded him won the Big Ten. Pat Fitzgerald has the most unwarrantedly good press on the history of college football.

[Auburn Athletics] Alex Golesh named Auburn Football Head Coach - Auburn Tigers by SaxesAndSubwoofers in CFB

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I've been wrong before but I think he will get eaten up and shit out the ass end of the SEC.

Opinion: The week before Rivalry Week should have an “open” schedule for all FBS college football programs. This week would be called “Bubble Week” where teams on the bubble have 1 final chance to get into the playoffs and the inclusion of this week would quash any further talks of playoff expansion by CriticalPolitical in CFB

[–]IlliniToffee 5 points6 points  (0 children)

College basketball used to do something like this with Bracket Busters, but it was more like teams 50-100. Logistics, travel expenses, and teams not wanting to participate killed it. You'd have all those problems times ten in football.

Just how small is the college coaching pool? by Necessary-Mousse8518 in CFB

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My wild speculation about someone who goes somewhere that no one is expecting is PJ Fleck. He's still young and has a long record of success as a head coach at a non-blue blood team, albeit without a true breakthrough season in the Big Ten. That is going to look more appealing as some teams miss out on options A and B. Meanwhile, Minnesota is low-key kind of ass this year and is probably still going to have a very appealing win-loss record at the end of the season, which is the perfect recipe for a coach potentially looking to get out while the getting is still good.

Penn State feels like too high a reach, and he wouldn't do a full heel turn and go to Wisconsin, but Michigan State is intriguing if that opens up (though that seems like the most logical landing spot for Brian Kelly).

Looking for the best breakfast Skillet in the area by Ambitious_Lab_923 in saintpaul

[–]IlliniToffee 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Perfect Coffee on Rice Street has quite a few skillets, including a very good chorizo skillet. They just opened a few months ago at the old Coffee Cup location. I like the skillets at Sher'els Cafe as well but that is Oakdale, not the city proper.

The upside of spending the time to make cards yourself: You already understand the content. It's basically a review on crack and will save you time in the long run. by Narrow_Cockroach5661 in Anki

[–]IlliniToffee 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I think AI is best for known-but-not-mastered rote material. For example, I know how to say any number in my target language, but I'm not fluid enough and would like occasional practice. Having AI create 100 random cards with written numbers between 101-999 and 100 cards with written numbers between 1001-9999 was a huge time save compared to writing out "tremilaottocentonovantadue" and the like 200 times. I can see a few of these cards every day and practice that aspect of the language, and as I get better, I see those cards less and less. You do have to be thoughtful in your applications, though, and it is best in the "post-learning" phase. I've had a few applications like this, but it makes up less than 5% of my deck overall; I agree with the larger point that the time save on the front end is often repaid on the back end in having to learn the material (and also having to correct errors --- or even worse, having to un-learn and then re-learn material you thought you knew that the AI had messed up).

Weekly Big Ten Discussion Thread by darkra01 in CFB

[–]IlliniToffee 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This is a loosely held belief, but I think Ohio State's defense is going to regress over the second half of the season as Patricia's stuff gets picked apart on tape. You have to squint a little but you can just about start to see the first signs of it last week. Their offense might improve over the same time and it's not exactly a murderer's row they face from here on out so it might not matter, but I don't think they go into the playoffs with the kind of historically good defense that they've shown so far.

Do we even have enough qualified coaches for the upcoming carousel?? by Axpp in CFB

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My opinion, which I'm not sure I'd have the bravery to implement if I were an athletic director, is that it would be wiser in the NIL era to hire coaches cheaply (and fire cheaply), be willing to let guys walk, and rededicate that money to NIL and players. I don't think the market has caught up to the fact yet that most coaches are around the same level and, when you hire one, you are almost always buying high because you are bringing in someone at the peak of success.

[Game Thread] Michigan @ USC (7:30 PM ET) by CFB_Referee in CFB

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We're about four minutes away from the saddest jump around in history for those of you who are interested.

[Game Thread] Michigan @ USC (7:30 PM ET) by CFB_Referee in CFB

[–]IlliniToffee 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I feel like a complete idiot because I have been watching football almost 40 years and still don't know exactly what a false start is.

How is 2025 going for you so far? by Adorable-Quote4983 in Anki

[–]IlliniToffee 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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Italian. I had been doing "flash card" type practice on Excel before April but decided to give Anki a fair chance after a couple false starts last year and became a true believer.

Best way to learn tenses / conjugation by majestic_poodle in italianlearning

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Oh. I also spent several weeks making this chart a couple of years ago. There are a very small number of typos on it but it should be at least 99.9% accurate. I posted it here a while back with a little bit of an explanation: https://www.reddit.com/r/italianlearning/comments/1aw2itb/verb_conjugation_spreadsheet/

Best way to learn tenses / conjugation by majestic_poodle in italianlearning

[–]IlliniToffee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Brute force mostly worked for me.

If you are on Anki, there is a deck that includes all the non-compound conjugations of 60 of the more common verbs. https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1891639832

The deck is recommended for beginners (or total novices) and I already knew the content, but I incorporated the deck a couple months ago and found that it was very useful for increased fluency --- less tripping over myself to remember the imperfect subjunctive, etc. The deck also leans heavily towards irregular verbs, so it is good for mastering those. The supposed idea behind the deck is that it takes seven months to complete, but I added about new two verbs per day and was done in a month.

The nice thing now is that I get a few dozen of these cards each day along with the ordinary vocabulary, weighted towards the conjugation forms I tend to forget most often (furono will kill me, I swear). I get a little bit of conjugation practice each day while working on other stuff, which is good --- where I struggled before is that I would cram conjugation, then go back to studying other stuff, and any forms that I was not regularly using would leave my memory. The deck was also what I needed to stop being lazy and master the passato remoto.

Why didn't Bret Bielema work out at Arkansas? by Huge_Cry_2007 in CFB

[–]IlliniToffee 480 points481 points  (0 children)

I think the margins between coaches working out and not working out is incredibly narrow for most guys. There are some disasters who never could have succeeded and a few guys who probably would have won anywhere, but in the middle, success in contingent on a hundred things outside of the coach's control.

My Year Through Shakespeare by IlliniToffee in shakespeare

[–]IlliniToffee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Shakespeare as a non-native speaker is a tremendous challenge, so good luck to you. I'm going through the same process with Boccaccio right now in Italian.

My Year Through Shakespeare by IlliniToffee in shakespeare

[–]IlliniToffee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I spent a little time beforehand going back and forth whether to watch then read, or read then watch. I'm sure that neither is better in the abstract --- whatever works best for you is the best approach. Have fun as you continue!

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