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| hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 5131 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes  Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe | Message 9 of 13 12 December 2010 at 4:07pm | IP Logged | ||
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I don't know if this would apply in your case, but thought it worth mentioning.
As I said in my previous post, I had a pretty hard time coming to grips with cases in Polish. I basically learned what the case equivalents were for English, then went about learning by example. I had taken the Michel Thomas foundation course and they really didn't cover cases at all at that level. At the time, the advanced course was not available for Polish. Now it is and I bought it. Just listening through the first few lessons, she (Jolanta, the teacher) does a really good job of explaining them without getting too bogged down in the grammar). I wish the advanced course had been available when I was having trouble with cases. I know that there is a Michel Thomas Russian course. The courses may vary by teacher, but if the Polish course is any indication, the Russian course should be a good guide for you. Have you considered getting it? The complete course is kind of expensive, but if you get levels over time, it's not so painful in the pocketbook. Anyway. Just a thought, after having listened to the MT advanced Polish. R. == 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| moorea21 Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5121 days ago 26 posts - 26 votes Studies: Russian | Message 10 of 13 12 December 2010 at 4:42pm | IP Logged | ||
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Okay thanks hrhenry. I'll look into that. I think I'll be learning from example, then...
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| Splog Diglot Senior Member Czech Republic anthonylauder.c Joined 5670 days ago 1062 posts - 3263 votes Speaks: English*, Czech Studies: Mandarin | Message 11 of 13 12 December 2010 at 4:53pm | IP Logged | ||
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I made a video a few months ago explaining the basics of cases, aimed at people who knew
nothing about the concept. Although it uses a few examples from Czech, the video itself should be suitable too for a Russian learner. Here is the video: What are Cases? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| FrostBlast Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5100 days ago 168 posts - 254 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Icelandic | Message 12 of 13 12 December 2010 at 5:11pm | IP Logged | ||
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Very good video.
Reminded me of the headackes I had learning icelandic. Months of fun... 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 6143 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian | Message 13 of 13 12 December 2010 at 6:04pm | IP Logged | ||
Good suggestion, hrhenry. I've listened to all three of the MT Russian courses (Foundation, Advanced, and Vocabulary) and I think they're very good. If I remember correctly, the following cases are taught, at least to some degree: - Nominative (singular and plural) - Accusative (singular only) - Dative (singular and plural) - Genitive (singular only) - Instrumental (singular and plural) - Prepositional (singular only) That's only for noun cases though. I think the only ones for which adjective endings were explained were the nominative (singular and plural) and the accusative (singular only). Edited by ellasevia on 12 December 2010 at 6:04pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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