drsarvo Diglot Senior Member Mexico Joined 4713 days ago 143 posts - 149 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English Studies: Russian
| Message 1 of 62 09 January 2012 at 5:22pm | IP Logged |
Hello, this is to start my log, since I joined the team Sputnik for the TAC 2012 (Russian).
As for my background in Russian, I fell in love with it in high school, because I read an article in the encyclopedia, and basically the Russian alphabet seemed to me beautiful :). I think that is what language learning is about: you need to be in love with the language you study, regardless of its utility or proximity to your mother tongue.
I have studied it during 10 years but in a very inconsistent manner. I calculate that I have studied Russian during an effective time of one year or one year and a half.
I hope to have a more active interaction with other members of the sputnik team, in order to help them to learn Russian more easily, and receive feedback from them.
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fabriciocarraro Hexaglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Brazil russoparabrasileirosRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4716 days ago 989 posts - 1454 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishB2, Italian, Spanish, Russian, French Studies: Dutch, German, Japanese
| Message 2 of 62 09 January 2012 at 5:27pm | IP Logged |
Welcome, drsarvo!
I hope you'll be able to attend our next Skype session!
Good luck with your studies!
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Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5557 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona
| Message 3 of 62 09 January 2012 at 6:05pm | IP Logged |
Welcome to the team, drsarvo! I think you're spot on about falling in love with a language, and don't worry about inconsistent study in Russian...I fall into the same category myself. Just trust that you'll eventually get there and are in good company. :)
Edited by Teango on 09 January 2012 at 6:05pm
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Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5335 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian
| Message 4 of 62 09 January 2012 at 7:00pm | IP Logged |
You are definitely not the only one to be studying on and off, and to need some time to master Russian. Join the club!!
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Isabliss_27 Diglot Groupie Brazil Joined 4746 days ago 68 posts - 74 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English Studies: German, Russian, Latin, French
| Message 5 of 62 10 January 2012 at 1:44am | IP Logged |
I'm studying Russian for the same reason as you: I fell in love with it in high school too. Welcome to the team, drsarvo, and good luck!
Edited by Isabliss_27 on 10 January 2012 at 1:48am
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Tecktight Diglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member United States Joined 4977 days ago 227 posts - 327 votes Speaks: English*, Serbian Studies: German, Russian, Estonian
| Message 6 of 62 10 January 2012 at 9:27pm | IP Logged |
Welcome to Team Sputnik, drsavo!
Regardless of your perceived inconsistency with Russian, I think your passion for it will lend itself to your rapid
progression. Particularly since we'll all be making the journey with you.
Glad to have you aboard! :)
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drsarvo Diglot Senior Member Mexico Joined 4713 days ago 143 posts - 149 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English Studies: Russian
| Message 7 of 62 10 January 2012 at 9:31pm | IP Logged |
I appreciate your warm welcome guys.
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drsarvo Diglot Senior Member Mexico Joined 4713 days ago 143 posts - 149 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English Studies: Russian
| Message 8 of 62 10 January 2012 at 9:56pm | IP Logged |
Bye the way, here's a little update of my Russian adventure so far:
Due to holidays there has been an undesired stop but today we are back in business.
I have concluded lession 34 of my little Russian manual, I learned a little poem by Valery Auchev: The Thank you City (Валерий Аушев- Город Спасибо, I think you'll find it amusing and very useful), reviewed the way of using the prepositions пере, при, под and the verbs of motion (which I learned can be definite or indefinite) and started chapter four of a little book entitled Рассказы о русской истории (Tales about Russian history). Also had a look on a youtube video: a Soviet 1975 TV news show entitled Время, it was about the 30th anniversary of the Soviet victory against Hitler's German Army. Search it as "Программа Время 09.05.1975". It also included sport and weather sections.
Well, I hope you will find all this useful and amusing.
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