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| ruskivyetr Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5472 days ago 769 posts - 962 votes  Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish, Russian, Polish, Modern Hebrew | Message 1 of 6 11 May 2010 at 4:53am | IP Logged | ||
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Hello all. I just wanted to make a quick post about whether or not a sufficient elementary Russian reader existed for
foreign learners or children. Anything that is relatively simple, but structured in a way to provide extensive vocabulary and exposure to grammatical pattern, would be fantastic. I really want to get some more advanced and intelligent vocabulary in Russian, even though Cortina is doing a fine job at that. Anyone have anything relatively inexpensive and accessible in mind? Thanks!!! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Darobat Diglot Senior Member Joined 7179 days ago 754 posts - 770 votes Speaks: English*, Russian Studies: Latin | Message 2 of 6 11 May 2010 at 5:18am | IP Logged | ||
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I have Stories from Today's Russia, which I found useful. It has three annotated short stories, complete with accent marks. Not very expensive either. Edited by Darobat on 11 May 2010 at 5:38am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Cheshire_Cat Triglot Newbie Germany Joined 5310 days ago 17 posts - 23 votes Speaks: German*, English, Russian Studies: Dari, Spanish, Arabic (Written), Norwegian, Mandarin, Mongolian, Estonian | Message 3 of 6 11 May 2010 at 4:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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I see you speak German, so maybe the "dtv Zweisprachig" books could be something you're interested in?
Unfortunately I've got no idea if there's something similar in English, but for me those books always provided great help in starting to read a language. There are always many short stories, written in Russian on the left page and German on the right side. So if you don't know some words or don't get the meaning of a sentence, you can look at the German side and then, again, see how it is said in Russian... If you're interested, you can find it here http://www.dtv.de/zweisprachig_27.html Maybe, if it's easier for you, you can look if there exists something similar in English --> Russian. Those dtv books aren't expensive. It always around 8-10 Euro. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| stelingo Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5823 days ago 722 posts - 1076 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian Studies: Russian, Czech, Polish, Greek, Mandarin | Message 4 of 6 12 May 2010 at 12:28am | IP Logged | ||
I also read this book many moons ago and would highly recommend it. A good series is 'Easy Readers' published in 3 levels in several languages including Russian. Easy Readers 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ruskivyetr Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5472 days ago 769 posts - 962 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish, Russian, Polish, Modern Hebrew | Message 5 of 6 12 May 2010 at 2:43am | IP Logged | ||
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WOW thanks everyone so much for the contributions! I am going to invest in a few, as I feel that once I am done
with beginner's stuff, I'll want to move onto something more difficult. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Cherepaha Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6580 days ago 126 posts - 175 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: Spanish, Polish, Latin, French | Message 6 of 6 12 May 2010 at 10:40am | IP Logged | ||
1/ You can find some fairly tales in the parallel Russian/English version with stresses marked in the Russian text at Ilya Frank's site: http://english.franklang.ru/35/ 2/ Also "Sky Art" site allows one to view a few fairy tales in Russian, Belarusian, Spanish and English. You would need to select a fairy tale in the "Перечень сказок" list, and then scroll down to the two pull down menus on the bottom left of the screen, select 2 languages that you want to use to display side by side, and click "View" ("Посмотреть"): http://www.sky-art.com/andersen/tales/be/050_1_be.htm Edited by Cherepaha on 12 May 2010 at 10:31pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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