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riff
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United States
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Speaks: English*
Studies: Russian

 
 Message 9 of 49
02 January 2013 at 2:44am | IP Logged 
Howdy, Wort! I too love the sound of Russian and I hope you can achieve your goals with
the language this year. Best of luck!
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ancpem1
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Speaks: English*
Studies: Spanish, Russian, Greek, Latin, French

 
 Message 10 of 49
02 January 2013 at 2:47am | IP Logged 
Hi, Wort! I'm on Team Mir, and I look forward to seeing your progress with Russian!
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CMTM
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Studies: French

 
 Message 11 of 49
02 January 2013 at 2:09pm | IP Logged 
Thanks for commenting on my log, and I hope that you do well this year!
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Wort
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Studies: English, Spanish

 
 Message 12 of 49
02 January 2013 at 11:36pm | IP Logged 
Thanks for the comments!

@Jack: Yeah, it would be great if a native speaker had a look on what I write in English.

January 2nd 2013


Spanish:

I worked through an article, that means I read it, wrote down all the words I hand't known before and then I
started learning them by rewriting all of them into my vocabulary book. Furthermore, I had 45 minutes of
conversation with a native speaker.
Currently, my main problem is the correct pronunciation of the r/rr since most German speakers produce this
sound using the uvula whereas in Spanish you have to make an alveolar one if I'm not mistaken.

Russian:

I repeated some words and phrases as well as I practiced my writing skills by noting down some new basic words.
Unfortunately, it is still difficult to read more or less fluently due to the numerous phonetic rules and the unfamiliar
letters (I know, Russian or Cyrillic ones are very close to our latin alphabet but nevertheless you have to get used to
the new letters).
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Kerrie
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 Message 13 of 49
03 January 2013 at 4:55am | IP Logged 
Hello, Wort! I'm glad to see you on Team Mir with us! Good luck with your studies this year!
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Spanky
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Canada
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 Message 14 of 49
03 January 2013 at 5:16am | IP Logged 
Best wishes for the new year Wort, looks like you are off to a solid start!
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mrwarper
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Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2
Studies: German, Russian, Japanese

 
 Message 15 of 49
04 January 2013 at 11:15am | IP Logged 
Wort wrote:
Currently, my main problem is the correct pronunciation of the r/rr since most German speakers produce this
sound using the uvula whereas in Spanish you have to make an alveolar one if I'm not mistaken.

You're not mistaken. Conversely, my uvular 'r's are not very bad but one of my biggest headaches with German pronunciation is separating them from 'g's - put them together und ich habe große Probleme!

Happy New TAC BTW! :)
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Toffeeliz
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Speaks: English*, Mandarin
Studies: Russian

 
 Message 16 of 49
04 January 2013 at 1:57pm | IP Logged 
Wort wrote:

@ Toffeeliz: Yes, you said that before haha :), but why don't you take some Russian classes?


I'm going to get either classes or a private tutor after I have a solid grasp of the basics. It's good motivation for me to get my butt into gear and get to a point where I'll feel comfortable with a tutor.

Must say, reading through your log I'm very impressed with your Spanish (from what you've said). You've got great drive! :D


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