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| Sulpicius Diglot Groupie United States Joined 6033 days ago 89 posts - 91 votes  Speaks: English*, Latin Studies: French, Arabic (Written) | Message 42 of 60 03 December 2008 at 12:01pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Don't do French just because it is more logical; do what you want.
Also, there are cognates from Romance languages in Russian, so you may consider French first? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| gatton Newbie United States Joined 5858 days ago 6 posts - 6 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 43 of 60 03 December 2008 at 10:59pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Hey Gogglehead,
So I see in your profile it shows you as studying Russian. Does that mean you made your choice? I'd be interested in reading about your progress if you're willing to share. I was studying Russian because I love the sound of it and it's so different from anything I've studied before. I then put it on hold to focus more on French since I had some grounding in it from high school. I still love Russian though and look forward to studying it more in the future. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| gogglehead Triglot Senior Member Argentina Joined 6081 days ago 248 posts - 320 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Russian, Italian | Message 44 of 60 04 December 2008 at 3:44am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Hahaha so it does.
My profile has actually had that "fact" for some time now. I put it in there when I first began to study it, but I went no further than learning the alphabet. Most of which I have forgotten now anyway, so I'm more or less still on the starting block with both languages. Still don't know what to do. You say you put it on hold, how far did you get and how long did it take you. What did you use? There are so many options these days! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| gatton Newbie United States Joined 5858 days ago 6 posts - 6 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 45 of 60 05 December 2008 at 12:15am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I didn't get very fall at all unfortunately. I did a little Pimsleur and also signed
up for a class. The class was fun but I had to quit after only a few classes due to work. For what it's worth my teacher did think my pronunciation was pretty good for a beginner. I'd attribute that to Pimsleur. Too bad they're so boring! :-) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Juan M. Senior Member Colombia Joined 5905 days ago 460 posts - 597 votes | Message 46 of 60 05 December 2008 at 12:58pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
I strongly disagree with this. Russian literature is the pinnacle of the art. While there certainly is no shortage of gems in its repertoire, to equate France's literature to Russia's would be as egregious as to compare its music to Germany's. France is a brilliant civilisation distinguishing itself in many things, but in each field of artistic or intellectual endeavor it usually falls short of at least one of its European or Western neighbors. You may be right that on the whole French has a lot to offer, but if you have a passion either for literature, art, music, science, philosophy or most humanities, there are more rewarding choices in each case. Edited by JuanM on 05 December 2008 at 1:11pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| reineke Senior Member United States https://learnalangua Joined 6453 days ago 851 posts - 1008 votes Studies: German | Message 47 of 60 05 December 2008 at 1:57pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
I don't believe in absolute superiority of any literature. My initial comment was against dismissing French lightly. Someone who, by his own account, has read "thousands" of French books should know better. As a package deal French has more to offer. Using Atama’s colorful amputation metaphor, Russian can be the arm, head or the soul and French “only” the leg of literature. It covers more ground, lol. Any serious literature lover with even a passing interest in foreign languages cannot avoid these two. A serious language learner with a passing interest in literature will look at both real hard. The Russians have many giants, the French have more continuity. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| gogglehead Triglot Senior Member Argentina Joined 6081 days ago 248 posts - 320 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Russian, Italian | Message 48 of 60 08 December 2008 at 2:54am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Thanks guys. OK, I chose Russian, I had already borrowed a TY book for it anyway. First I have to re-cap the alphabet...
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