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| SII Senior Member Russian FederationRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5796 days ago 184 posts - 194 votes  Speaks: Russian* Studies: English | Message 25 of 28 13 December 2009 at 7:18am | IP Logged | ||
There are two formal mistakes. You must say "Я поехала в Нью-Джерси на дебаты". "For" has different translations in differenct cases, the main one is "для". It is possible to use "для" in this case too: "Я поехала в Нью-Джерси для дебатов", but this sounds poor. The second mistake stays in the last sentence. You must say "Мне понравилось". "Увидела снег!" -- We usually say "я" in such cases: "Я увидела снег!", although it is possible say as you did. "Было первый раз, что увидела я снег" -- formally correct and understandable, but this is not Russian :) You English sentence (It was the first time that I saw snow) translate as "Это был первый раз, когда я увидела снег". It is possible to say this more simple: "Впервые я увидела снег", although in this case it is good to merge two sentences (previous and this) to one: "Я поехала в Нью-Джерси на дебаты. Я впервые увидела снег!" "Мне было холодно" is the absolutely correct sentence, but the more exact translation for "It was so cold" is "Было холодно". This is the impersonal sentence without the subject; such sentences use in Russian very often (in English, as I know, formally there aren't impersonal sentences: when the real subject is absent, it is need to use the formal subject "it" as you did in this sentence). Edited by SII on 13 December 2009 at 7:21am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ruskivyetr Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5485 days ago 769 posts - 962 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish, Russian, Polish, Modern Hebrew | Message 26 of 28 13 December 2009 at 8:10am | IP Logged | ||
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Lynxrunner your log is very cool. It's so inspiring to see another Russian learner who has advanced so far in their Russian studies. I haven't checked my school library for Russian materials. Does your school offer Russian as a course??? I always thought it would be cool to get into conversations with language teachers in a language that you self study. Edited by ruskivyetr on 13 December 2009 at 8:12am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| lynxrunner Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States crittercryptics.com Joined 5926 days ago 361 posts - 461 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish*, French Studies: Russian, Swedish, Haitian Creole | Message 27 of 28 14 January 2010 at 1:56am | IP Logged | ||
Oh, thank you! :) I'm sorry for not updating, but knowing that other people like my log inspires me a little. My school doesn't offer Russian as a course, unfortunately. There are two Russian books in my library and a bunch of books about Russia (none in Russian, though). Sometimes libraries are surprisingly helpful. Anyway, I've made great progress! I've learned that I can study about 26 words per day and memorize 20 of them (especially if I study the day after that). This means that in 50 days, I could potentially have ~1000 words! I'll pace myself, though. I've been looking through a lot of old literature (I really like Pushkin!). I also like old Soviet carttons like this one. They have a lot of vocabulary. However, since a lot of this vocabulary is old or specialized, I'm looking to Russianlessons.net for some more 'normal' vocabulary. I juts finished reading about Yuri Gagarin's life and I'm going to start with a history of Russia. The site has mp3s, so this means I can also listen to my text. I think I'll be able to make 2000 words by the end of the school year. :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| SII Senior Member Russian FederationRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5796 days ago 184 posts - 194 votes Speaks: Russian* Studies: English | Message 28 of 28 14 January 2010 at 8:30am | IP Logged | ||
This is good, of course, but you must remember about volatility of Russian words :) You need to recognize a word in any form, including the cases when changing the ending provokes changing letters in other parts of the word. For example, the verb "бежать" (to run) has form "бегу", "бежишь", "бежит" etc -- i.e. there is switching between "ж" and "г" in the root (and this case is simple). 1 person has voted this message useful |
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