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| Toffeeliz Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5677 days ago 116 posts - 130 votes  Speaks: English*, Mandarin Studies: Russian | Message 1 of 71 01 January 2013 at 9:38am | IP Logged |
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Happy New Year everybody! С новьим годом!
This year I will take part in TAC for Russian. It's unsure whether we are one team or two haha. First off, forgive me if this post is difficult to make sense of; I'm hungover. Why Russian? I teach English in Moscow and have been here for two months. I haven't learnt much past the basic greetings and am hard-pressed to even count, but in recent days I have made good on my resolution to get to grips with the language. So far, I've not been too scared by the verb conjugations and whatnot. Pronunciation is the main thorn in my side. I'm not short of native speakers to practice with either, which is very helpful. Sometimes, it's unavoidable! Last night my boyfriend and I took part in a little party in the lobby of our building with the building manager's family and some other residents. We spoke about work, England and also religion! I knew enough words such as 'respect/уважение' and 'understand/понимать' to get the gist of the conversation. It was difficult as it was 3am and we'd just been to a party. Goals for 2013 When I start a language, my goal is fluency. Often times I don't reach that point, but I began Chinese in China and believe myself to be B2 in that language, so I have good feelings about how my Russian will progress. We're unsure of how long we will stay here, but we are here until September at least. For now, let's say I would like to be B1 by September. Also, I want to at least keep my Chinese at the level it is. I think I can maintain this language at least, if not improve a little. I have no fixed goal for now. Resources I have a heap of resources, mostly books I bought here. Being a European city, there's free newspapers galore. It's interesting how many words are adapted from English which makes reading a lot more accessible. I'm going to stick with my main textbook and supplement with TY, Assimil and my grammar workbook. I have Pimsleur as well which I hope to use to improve my pronunciation. I'm a little nervous about writing in Russian here, but I will try soon enough. Please be patient with my attempts! Here's to a great 2013! Edited by Toffeeliz on 02 January 2013 at 9:50am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| zecchino1991 Senior Member United States facebook.com/amyybur Joined 5255 days ago 778 posts - 885 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Modern Hebrew, Russian, Arabic (Written), Romanian, Icelandic, Georgian | Message 2 of 71 01 January 2013 at 4:53pm | IP Logged |
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Hi! I am on the second Russian team as well. That's so cool you live in Moscow! I am
planning to go there with my mother very soon, and lots of other places in Russia, too. I really look forward to following your log, since you (I think?) are the only one on this team (or the other team, for that matter) that actually lives in Russia. It's a very different experience learning a language in the country that speaks it rather than from home, so it should be very interesting to hear about your experiences there! And don't be nervous! We are all here to learn and make mistakes. I can assure you I have written some truly awful things in my logs before, and I don't regret it at all. Good luck! С Новым Годом!! :) Edited by zecchino1991 on 01 January 2013 at 4:55pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4704 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 3 of 71 01 January 2013 at 5:13pm | IP Logged |
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С новым годом!
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| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5331 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 4 of 71 02 January 2013 at 12:06am | IP Logged |
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Hi! You are firmly in team Mir now, so you may change your title :-)
I really look forward to having you on our team - I bet you can give us lots of little tidbits of daily life in Russia which the rest of us would love to hear about. And I am sure you will be fluent in Russian by the time you finish :-) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Emme Triglot Senior Member Italy Joined 5344 days ago 980 posts - 1594 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, German Studies: Russian, Swedish, French | Message 5 of 71 02 January 2013 at 1:43am | IP Logged |
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Hi Toffeeliz!
Have a great stay in Moscow! That’s an excellent opportunity to make huge and fast progress in Russian: I’m sure you’ll make all of us in Team MIR both proud and envious of your success. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| riff Newbie United States Joined 5291 days ago 32 posts - 36 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian | Message 6 of 71 02 January 2013 at 2:36am | IP Logged |
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Привет Toffeeliz! What better place to learn Russian than Moscow! Well, maybe St.
Petersburg, but hey, Moscow isn't bad :). Good luck with your studies. I'll be following your logs with interest. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| ancpem1 Groupie United States Joined 4385 days ago 56 posts - 60 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Russian, Greek, Latin, French | Message 7 of 71 02 January 2013 at 2:42am | IP Logged |
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Hi, Toffeeliz! It's so cool that you live in Russia and can learn the language there. I'm also on Team Mir, and I look forward to seeing your progress with Russian!
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| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5163 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 8 of 71 02 January 2013 at 4:32pm | IP Logged |
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Hey Toffeeliz! Hope you can use and apply your Russian knowledge right away!!
Did you know your nickname looks like "Tô feliz" (= I'm happy) in Portuguese? =D 1 person has voted this message useful |
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