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Post by Haleigh on Jan 2, 2017 17:29:22 GMT -5
Anyone want to learn some Russian with me?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2017 17:42:00 GMT -5
I might, haven't started the Russian course though so I'd be completely lost.
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Post by Haleigh on Jan 2, 2017 17:45:32 GMT -5
I might, haven't started the Russian course though so I'd be completely lost. I'm only on like the 4th lesson tbh.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2017 17:46:13 GMT -5
I might, haven't started the Russian course though so I'd be completely lost. I'm only on like the 4th lesson tbh. How difficult is it?
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Post by Haleigh on Jan 2, 2017 17:57:36 GMT -5
I'm only on like the 4th lesson tbh. How difficult is it? Not too bad, honestly! At least in my opinion.
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Post by Saint Ambrosef on Jan 2, 2017 19:34:15 GMT -5
ПРИВЕТ
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Post by Saint Ambrosef on Jan 2, 2017 19:59:04 GMT -5
Not too bad, honestly! At least in my opinion. i think i'm currently level 5 on there
the hardest hurtle is the alphabet, honestly. Once you thoroughly understand that, learning the language becomes so much easier. i tried my best to memorize it before i started any lessons. the easiest way to go about this is to transcribe into cyrillic-- or in other words, write English but using Russian letters. it forces you to think about the individual letters' sounds. Now it's a lot easier for me to read a word because I'm much more familiar with the alphabet.
The next hard part of Russian is the structure. If you've taken another synthetic language course before, it shouldn't be too hard to grasp the concepts. It's a romance language (such as Spanish, Italian, French), which means that there is a lot of "inflected meaning" in a word depending on its form. For instance, in English, we need a lot of helping verbs in order to express the perfect passive: "they were being moved." Whereas in an inflected (synthetic) language, they can express all of this just by changing the word slight. Example (using Latin): "they were being moved" is simply movebantur. A synthetic language means a word holds multiple meanings depending on its form. An analytical language (such as English) has more words with a single meaning/form, so you need more words to express the same idea.
For me, the hardest part about Russian is the idioms. There's a lot so far as I can tell. "Idiom" is short for idiosyncratic, which means something that is peculiar or unique. Basically, a phrase or word means something completely different from its usual connotation because of a specific use. For instance, some common English idioms: "We pitch a tent" "I made it from scratch" "She took a shower". Obviously the italicized words mean something different from their normal usage. Russian seems to have an annoyingly large amount of them (don't get me wrong, all languages do. Maybe it's just the Duolingo course). For instance, Russians don't say "to have" as in to express a quality or possession. Existential verbs are almost always used instead. Instead, they express it as "by A there is an X". Ex: "У них есть вода" literally translates to "by them there is water" but is equivalent to "they have water" in English.
There's loads of stuff like that. You gotta keep an eye out for it, otherwise it'll trip you up. The Duolingo Russian course is really great about explaining this stuff in the different lesson catergories (i.e. "Basics" "Phrases" "Animals" etc), so make sure you read those before starting new lessons.
I've thoroughly enjoyed it so far. My Duolingo is "Shadeforest" if you want to add me.
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Post by GattoGelato on Jan 6, 2017 8:16:03 GMT -5
Oooooh I want to learn Russian, but rn I'm trying to get down Italian good first...
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Post by Haleigh on Jan 7, 2017 21:10:13 GMT -5
Saint Ambrosef Wow, thanks for the info! I honestly think it's such a beautiful language. But I've got my work cut out for me...
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Post by Haleigh on Jan 7, 2017 21:25:18 GMT -5
Update: clubs are useless never mind
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Post by Raven on Feb 5, 2017 21:06:24 GMT -5
I don't do russian on duolingo b c i find the stucture unorganized but I'm learning it with a private tutor~
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Post by Saint Ambrosef on Feb 5, 2017 22:43:01 GMT -5
I don't do russian on duolingo b c i find the stucture unorganized but I'm learning it with a private tutor~ Duolingo is good for getting a working knowledge to build off.
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