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| zecchino1991 Senior Member United States facebook.com/amyybur Joined 5259 days ago 778 posts - 885 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Modern Hebrew, Russian, Arabic (Written), Romanian, Icelandic, Georgian | Message 25 of 142 06 February 2013 at 6:21pm | IP Logged | ||
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Neither do I! My teacher says it all in English. All I know is падеж (case). Edited by zecchino1991 on 06 February 2013 at 6:24pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5167 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 26 of 142 07 February 2013 at 5:43pm | IP Logged | ||
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No evil lasts forever. I've finished Il nuovo russo senza sforzo. The main drawback of this book is the length of the lessons and exercises, right through its half. This seem to be an Assimil problem, more noticeable at some courses than at others (Norwegian and Russian when compared to 90's German).
Now I'm going for the old, dusty (even in its virtual edition?) 1951's Russian without toil. I know it will get more literary by its end, but still that's what makes it more of a review for Il nuovo russo senza sforzo than the new Le Russe, which is very dry. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5167 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 27 of 142 08 February 2013 at 5:16pm | IP Logged | ||
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Today I started Russian Without Toil. I fell a new uplift. I did the first 7 lessons in a row, because they are all easy, both in listening and in reading.
One doubt: скоро comes to mean 'fast' (I'm used to seeing быстро). There's also a sentence: а ваш папа, скоро будет дома? Translated as "but your papa, when will he be at home?" To me it sounds more like "Will he be home soon?". So, is it wrong, is it right? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5057 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian* | Message 28 of 142 08 February 2013 at 5:21pm | IP Logged | ||
You are right. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| zecchino1991 Senior Member United States facebook.com/amyybur Joined 5259 days ago 778 posts - 885 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Modern Hebrew, Russian, Arabic (Written), Romanian, Icelandic, Georgian | Message 29 of 142 08 February 2013 at 5:33pm | IP Logged | ||
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Well if you think about it, there's not much of a difference in meaning between 'soon' and 'fast'. At least in
certain contexts. :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Emme Triglot Senior Member Italy Joined 5348 days ago 980 posts - 1594 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, German Studies: Russian, Swedish, French | Message 30 of 142 08 February 2013 at 9:47pm | IP Logged | ||
Congratulations on finishing Il nuovo russo senza sforzo! Having worked with it for several weeks myself, I know what an achievement it is to have reached its end. Great work! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Rhadryn Triglot Groupie United States Joined 5384 days ago 53 posts - 60 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese, French Studies: Spanish, Russian, Arabic (Written), Mandarin, Latin, German | Message 31 of 142 11 February 2013 at 2:16am | IP Logged | ||
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Yeah, I'm really impressed that you finished that version of Assimil Russian. I've tried to work through it (in French) four different times and I still can't get past lesson 50.
In fact I noticed that we have had similar struggles with Russian--trying many different things and becoming discouraged by the overwhelming vocabulary. This time I'm doing word lists with vocabulary from the Penguin course, hoping that when I've learned all the words I won't feel overwhelmed. I can't verify that it works yet, though. I hope Russian without Toil is kinder to you! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5167 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 32 of 142 12 February 2013 at 3:28pm | IP Logged | ||
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Obrigado =D I must stress I didn't overlearn it, it was more like just one half
passive/half active wave. I might have retained 15% actively to 40% passively of the book. Still,it was a good introduction to take away my bad feelings and fears about Russian. I did try Penguin in the past and although it teaches grammar nicely, I felt overwhelmed with vocabulary all the same. Now it isn't even in my plans. Well, Russian is a language at which everyone gets flooded with resources pretty easily. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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