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 Slacker Diglot Pro Member United States Joined 5264 days ago 62 posts - 99 votes  Speaks: Spanish, English Studies: German, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Arabic (classical) Personal Language Map | Message 17 of 19 06 February 2011 at 4:44am | IP Logged | |||||
Don't fall for it! When I was your age I took beginning Russian and beginning Italian at the same time in college and it was great (I got a "C" in Russian, and a "D" in Italian, but I was also taking about 5 other non-languages classes... so all-in-all not that bad :) ...plus the cool-points are through the roof. -Slacker Edited by Slacker on 06 February 2011 at 4:45am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5145 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 18 of 19 06 February 2011 at 9:26am | IP Logged | |||||
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Hi, I have enjoyed reading your log, and we seem to share the same languages. French I finished years ago, but I am still struggling with the accents, in German I can speak but I need to read a lot more to get more confidence in the language, and in Russian I am at a "advanced beginner" stage.
I am on one of the Russian teams, so I try to keap an eye out for everyone who does Russian. We seem to be quite a lot here on the forum, which is a nice change from the real world where I am considered a freak for doing Russian. Are you planning to do it entirely on your own with no teaching at all, or is your plan to start on your own to get an edge, and then join in a class later on? Which resourses do you use for Russian? Good luck, I'll be following your log. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Mysteryfaith Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4858 days ago 14 posts - 18 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Russian, French | Message 19 of 19 07 February 2011 at 11:09pm | IP Logged | |||||
Couldn't agree more! :D If anything it's worth it for the cool-points! xDD
Well, I'm learning it on my own which is unfortunate, but if there is a night class available in my area I'd definitely go for it. :) I agree, it's great to be talking with people who don't think Russian is a complete waste of time! xDD The resources I use are (so far ;D): - Russian to English/English to Russian dictionary - First 1000 Words in Russian (Osbourne book) - Basic Phrases in Russian - Learn Russian in 10 minutes a day (Bilingual Books Inc.) - although I go through more than 10 minutes a day, then stop learning for a couple of days to review. xPP) RANDOM FACT Did you know that learning a new language can prevent Alzheimer's disease? :) GERMAN Four words: trinke, I hate you. Trinke is the most awkward flippin' word in that language. (Of course it's not - but y'know, it could've just been like every other word, but no, it has to be different. Darn you, trinke!!) FRENCH Oh Lordy, one problem I'm having with French and Russian is where I'm going to learn grammar and sentence structure from. With German, that's covered, because it's in school, but I know nothing about the grammar of French and Russian. And some say it's better to just learn set sentences which you can change once you get good enough... any tips? RUSSIAN: The alphabet is covered! ...Or, uh, the first seven letters. BUT THAT'S OKAY, because I can do it in groups of seven... that's cool... I guess... 1 person has voted this message useful |
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