FrostBlast Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5088 days ago 168 posts - 254 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Icelandic
| Message 1 of 16 22 February 2011 at 4:58pm | IP Logged |
I've now been studying russian for a little less than 2 months. I've just uploaded a video of me presenting myself quickly in russian. It's about 20 seconds.
I'd be really grateful to anyone willing to listen to it and point out to me various things I'd need to work on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNthQDs4TVw
Спасибо!
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emelyanow Newbie Russian Federation emelyanow.ruRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5036 days ago 2 posts - 3 votes Studies: English
| Message 2 of 16 22 February 2011 at 7:45pm | IP Logged |
Your russian is not bad :)
Maybe you should work on stresses.
Russians don't talk cAnada, we tell canAda.
Edited by emelyanow on 22 February 2011 at 7:45pm
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FrostBlast Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5088 days ago 168 posts - 254 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Icelandic
| Message 3 of 16 22 February 2011 at 8:01pm | IP Logged |
The right intonation/stress is kinda hard to get at first. I'm guessing streaming some Russian TV programs would help me catch on faster. I do listen to much russian cinema, but until I can actually pick up what they're saying with more ease, I'll have a hard time putting the stresses at the right places.
So your advice is duly noted. Спасибо!
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Arti Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 7001 days ago 130 posts - 165 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: French, Czech
| Message 4 of 16 23 February 2011 at 7:31pm | IP Logged |
Your pronunciation is good for a native French speaker :) You are very easy to understand, congratulations!
You've made one lexical mistake:
tu dis - я говорю тоже
On doit dire - я также говорю - c'est plus "en russe"
Удачи в учёбе! :)
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Dimann Newbie Russian Federation Joined 5050 days ago 4 posts - 8 votes Speaks: Russian* Studies: English
| Message 5 of 16 23 February 2011 at 7:41pm | IP Logged |
Hugo, your Russian pronunciation is pretty good:)
Some text corrections if you don't mind(marked by capital letters):
Я говорю ТАКЖЕ по-английскИ по-исПанскИ и по-исланДскИ. Я учу литературу и русСкий язык в университете.
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FrostBlast Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5088 days ago 168 posts - 254 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Icelandic
| Message 6 of 16 23 February 2011 at 7:46pm | IP Logged |
Dimann wrote:
Hugo, your Russian pronunciation is pretty good:)
Some text corrections if you don't mind(marked by capital letters):
Я говорю ТАКЖЕ по-английскИ по-исПанскИ и по-исланДскИ. Я учу литературу и русСкий язык в университете. |
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The также was mentionned, but thanks.
по-исПанскИ : I guess it's a common mistake for native speakers of a language that uses the latin alphabet. I really make an effort, but I still sometimes put р instead of п... kind of annoying ;)
по-исланДскИ : typo! forgot my Д. Thank you.
Thx to those who commented. It's good to know my pronunciation is understandable. Confidence is vital when learning a language! =)
edit : typos are fixed.
Edited by FrostBlast on 23 February 2011 at 7:47pm
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grunts67 Diglot Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5291 days ago 215 posts - 252 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Spanish, Russian
| Message 7 of 16 23 February 2011 at 8:39pm | IP Logged |
Well done ! What method do you use ? By the way, I from Longeuil so we aren't far form each others.
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FrostBlast Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5088 days ago 168 posts - 254 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Icelandic
| Message 8 of 16 23 February 2011 at 9:15pm | IP Logged |
No particular method. I've got 3 hours of course a week at university, and I spend at least 1-2 hours a day studying, sometimes more than that. But I really don't see it as studying, more as "enjoying" the language. To me, it really doesn't feel like I'm trying to learn a new language. I'm just spending time doing something I like.
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