Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5056 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian*
| Message 137 of 439 24 December 2012 at 8:25pm | IP Logged |
fabriciocarraro wrote:
Indeed, I just pointed that out because IMHO Russian has a
grammar structure harder to produce in real life speech than the other languages I
learned so far, of course, taking Portuguese (and English) as reference. That means that
I write Russian much better than I speak it, because when writing or chatting I have time
to think, but when speaking I still can't decline all the nouns and adjectives that
quickly in my head, and I sometimes just use the nominative form, even though it's wrong.
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That's true for everyone, probably.
Russian is not objectively harder than other languages, they are just more similar to
yours. For example, I can't create the correct French verb forms in speech due to the
polipersonal conjugation.
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fabriciocarraro Hexaglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Brazil russoparabrasileirosRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4715 days ago 989 posts - 1454 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishB2, Italian, Spanish, Russian, French Studies: Dutch, German, Japanese
| Message 138 of 439 24 December 2012 at 8:37pm | IP Logged |
Sure, that's why I said "taking Portuguese (and English) as reference". I'm sure Russian cases wouldn't be that hard for a Czech or a Polish person.
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Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5556 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona
| Message 139 of 439 31 December 2012 at 10:41pm | IP Logged |
Half an hour of flowing conversation (and over 85% comprehension too) - that's great news about your Russian! Despite any initial reservations, it sounds like you've made excellent progress this year. I think the next step in 2013 is for the both of us to start speaking more at home in Russian with our better halves. Good luck mate! ;)
Edited by Teango on 31 December 2012 at 11:18pm
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tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4707 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish
| Message 140 of 439 01 January 2013 at 2:57pm | IP Logged |
Good luck in the new year, and don't forget to hit me up if you need some Dutch or French
practice!
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Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5334 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian
| Message 141 of 439 01 January 2013 at 3:06pm | IP Logged |
Great improvements! I envy you your ability to just go out and talk to people in Russian. I get paralysed
sometimes, and do not speak Russian until I am really mad about something. Good luck in the new year!
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LanguageSponge Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5766 days ago 1197 posts - 1487 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Welsh, Russian, Japanese, Slovenian, Greek, Italian
| Message 142 of 439 01 January 2013 at 5:36pm | IP Logged |
Hi! Good luck with your languages this year! I am looking forward to working with you over at Team MIR! As with everyone else's logs, I will be watching yours closely :)
Jack
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riff Newbie United States Joined 5294 days ago 32 posts - 36 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian
| Message 143 of 439 01 January 2013 at 9:57pm | IP Logged |
Привет fabriciocarraro! It sounds like you've already made great strides in Russian, and
your speaking ability is very impressive. I don't think I could last a minute, let alone
20 minutes. Are you able to read "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" at your current
level? I look forward to your updates :).
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zecchino1991 Senior Member United States facebook.com/amyybur Joined 5258 days ago 778 posts - 885 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Modern Hebrew, Russian, Arabic (Written), Romanian, Icelandic, Georgian
| Message 144 of 439 02 January 2013 at 12:00am | IP Logged |
Hello! I am also on Team Mir and I want to wish you good luck this year! I am excited to
follow your progress. :)
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