LanguageSponge Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5764 days ago 1197 posts - 1487 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Welsh, Russian, Japanese, Slovenian, Greek, Italian
| Message 345 of 586 10 January 2013 at 10:40am | IP Logged |
I'm glad you both think they're okay. mrwarper, did you look at both sections? Also, I've
forgotten whether you've just started learning or are a little further along with your
Russian; which section are you going to tackle? Personally, I will probably go over some
of the beginner's ones as well, as I'd not be at all surprised if I can't pronounce some
soft or hard variants properly. I am actually terrified of speaking Russian again. I can
write okay but my speaking has probably gone out the window completely. Like, totally out
the window and throw away the key.
Jack
Edited by LanguageSponge on 10 January 2013 at 10:41am
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Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5332 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian
| Message 346 of 586 10 January 2013 at 11:00am | IP Logged |
LanguageSponge wrote:
I am actually terrified of speaking Russian again. I can
write okay but my speaking has probably gone out the window completely. Like, totally out
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Right. The two of us will have a conversation in Russian, and I assure you that you will regain all your confidence immediately. I may be lying sobbing on the floor after the session, but at least you will rememember how good you actually are :-)
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tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4705 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 347 of 586 10 January 2013 at 11:52am | IP Logged |
Jag tycker att du skulle ha lite mer självförtroende, Cristina...
I will do the whole Skype session in Russian if necessary. Not that I won't speak
terrible Russian, but I'll do it anyway. I don't care how bad my Russian is :)
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Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4842 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian
| Message 348 of 586 10 January 2013 at 12:57pm | IP Logged |
If we're going to converse in Russian, I'll be the one who will suck BIG TIME! I have never spoken Russian to another person, so I don't have the faintest idea how much I can understand and how much I can say. Well, all of my languages except English suffer from constant neglect, so it won't really matter what language we speak... I might be fine with German, though. ;)
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LanguageSponge Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5764 days ago 1197 posts - 1487 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Welsh, Russian, Japanese, Slovenian, Greek, Italian
| Message 349 of 586 10 January 2013 at 1:29pm | IP Logged |
Well it looks like we all have our demons to banish. I know I'm partly comparing with the
last time I spoke Russian properly which was in my end of university exams. Oh well, I
will read something before the session to reawaken the slumbering Russian beast.
Jack
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Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5054 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian*
| Message 350 of 586 10 January 2013 at 4:42pm | IP Logged |
Solfrid Cristin wrote:
LITTLE CHALLENGES RUSSIAN 2
1. У меня маленькая семья. Я замужем, и у меня есть две дочери.
2. Их зовут Кьартан, Катрина и Силье.
3. Им сорок семь, тринадцать и шестнадцать лет.
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сорок семь? Forty seven?
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Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5332 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian
| Message 351 of 586 10 January 2013 at 4:53pm | IP Logged |
Марк wrote:
Solfrid Cristin wrote:
LITTLE CHALLENGES RUSSIAN 2
1. У меня маленькая семья. Я замужем, и у меня есть две дочери.
2. Их зовут Кьартан, Катрина и Силье.
3. Им сорок семь, тринадцать и шестнадцать лет.
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сорок семь? Forty seven? |
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We are talking about my husband - not my son - cause I don't have any :-)
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Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5054 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian*
| Message 352 of 586 10 January 2013 at 5:11pm | IP Logged |
Solfrid Cristin wrote:
Марк wrote:
Solfrid Cristin wrote:
LITTLE CHALLENGES RUSSIAN 2
1. У меня маленькая семья. Я замужем, и у меня есть две дочери.
2. Их зовут Кьартан, Катрина и Силье.
3. Им сорок семь, тринадцать и шестнадцать лет.
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We are talking about my husband - not my son - cause I don't have any :-) |
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Sorry, I did not understand at first. Personal pronouns must replace nouns, so your муж
must be expressed in a direct way in the second sentence: У меня есть муж и две дочери.
Их зовут... Not "I'm married and have two daughters. Their names are...".
Edited by Марк on 10 January 2013 at 5:32pm
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