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| prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4857 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes  Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish | Message 177 of 248 26 June 2013 at 12:36pm | IP Logged |
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Don't know what to write, but it's nice to see you again (especially that I know what the word "crisis" means).
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| fabriciocarraro Hexaglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Brazil russoparabrasileirosRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4713 days ago 989 posts - 1454 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishB2, Italian, Spanish, Russian, French Studies: Dutch, German, Japanese | Message 178 of 248 26 June 2013 at 4:19pm | IP Logged |
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Again, I'm glad to have you back, Cristina. You've been missed =)
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| embici Triglot Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4608 days ago 263 posts - 370 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Greek | Message 179 of 248 26 June 2013 at 5:29pm | IP Logged |
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Your absence was felt, Cristina, and it is so nice to see you back. The best of luck to you in this new stage of your life.
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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 180 of 248 26 June 2013 at 6:02pm | IP Logged |
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Good to see you're back, Cristina. I wish you all the best for your future. Tough times come, but the good thing is they also pass.
Желаю тебе всего хорошего! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| 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 181 of 248 28 July 2013 at 11:06am | IP Logged |
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@prz , fabriziocarraro, embici and Josquin. Thank you all for your kind wishes. They mean a lot to me.
I am on the airport getting ready to go to Kyiv for a two weeks' Russian course. After several months of limited language activity, it feels strange to try to read Russian again, so I am hoping that my brain will go from semi-dormant to light speed as soon as my feet hit Ukrainian soil. I tried to read a bit from a French/Russian version of Russian short stories by Dostojevski, Chekhov, Tourgeniev, and Tolstoy on the airport express, but between the noise of the train and a really cute and chatty baby in front of me, I did not pass five sentences. I guess I will have to wait until I get to the flat where it will be nice and quiet. Last time I had 6 private classes a day. This time I have opted for four group sessions and two private lessons a day. A friend of mine said I was the only person she knew who would consider 6 Russian classes a day a vacation, but this year it was all I could do. Fortunately it looks like it will not be as hot as last time. Then we were dealing with 38-39 degrees every day, this time it will be in the twenties I hope. I have mixed feelings about going. On one hand I am really excited to go, and look forward to learning a lot. On the other hand I am embarrassed at not having made all that much progress in the three years which have passed. My story with Russian goes from five steps forward and four back, to five steps forward and five back. Right now I am more at the five steps forward and six back level. The Russian equivalent of "I know nooothing". To quote Fawlty Towers. I am trying to comfort myself with the fact that three years ago I did not even master survival Russian, and now I can do that, at least. I am hoping that the course will provide both a major boost in my skills and in my motivation. My daughter and I are considering the idea that we might go and stay 6 months in Russia in a couple of years. My youngest one wants to go to the US for a year, so my oldest daughter and I thought we could take the opportunity and go to Russia. That I have a job I need to go to, and that we at the moment have absolutely no money with which to make such dreams come true, are of course only minor details that will have to be overcome some way or another. Where there is a will there is a way :-) Hope you are all having a great summer! 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| stelingo Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5830 days ago 722 posts - 1076 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian Studies: Russian, Czech, Polish, Greek, Mandarin | Message 182 of 248 29 July 2013 at 1:57am | IP Logged |
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Nice to see you back Cristina. Glad that you are making it through the hard times and also getting back to your language studies. Are you doing classes at Nova Mova again? I was there exactly 2 years ago.
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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 183 of 248 30 July 2013 at 1:00pm | IP Logged |
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Yep. Sitting at NovaMova waiting for a new class to begin in 1 minute. :-)
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| prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4857 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish | Message 184 of 248 30 July 2013 at 2:21pm | IP Logged |
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Я надеюсь, что всë будет хорошо :)
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