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Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 2:42 pm Post subject: Decided to learn Russian |
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Spent a free class today learning the writing system and pronunciation. I've started transliterating my notes to Russian for practice. I'll give it half a week to a week before I start learning grammar. I want to get the writing system out of the way first.
I really like it though, very simple to learn. If you have some time, just take an hour to learn enough to transliterate, if only for the novelty of being able to do it.
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Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 3:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Prvjet, harasho adisuda.
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Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 3:20 pm Post subject: |
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Lucky bastard. I want to learn Russian, are you using a certain book?
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Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 3:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Aviar³ wrote: | | Lucky bastard. I want to learn Russian, are you using a certain book? |
No, the alphabet can be found online pretty easily, then I plan on using rosetta stone for familiarity, and later a book for grammar.
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Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Kazekeil wrote: | | Aviar³ wrote: | | Lucky bastard. I want to learn Russian, are you using a certain book? |
No, the alphabet can be found online pretty easily, then I plan on using rosetta stone for familiarity, and later a book for grammar. |
Seems legit. I might give it a try I suppose at some point. At least is isn't Japanese.
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Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 3:23 pm Post subject: |
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Why not just learn Japanese. You seem to watch anime pretty often and it could come in handy, probably more often than Russian. Just saiyan
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Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Aviar³ wrote: | | Kazekeil wrote: | | Aviar³ wrote: | | Lucky bastard. I want to learn Russian, are you using a certain book? |
No, the alphabet can be found online pretty easily, then I plan on using rosetta stone for familiarity, and later a book for grammar. |
Seems legit. I might give it a try I suppose at some point. At least is isn't Japanese. |
I was surprised how easy the alphabet was(Russian not japanese) but I hear there's a confusing declension system..
...then again, I've taken Latin 1 and 2, so I think i've seen the worst possible declension system already.
EDIT: @ Gannok, I've said in another thread already. I don't learn languages for their usefulness, I learn because they interest me. Japanese doesn't interest me.
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Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Kazekeil wrote: | | Aviar³ wrote: | | Kazekeil wrote: | | Aviar³ wrote: | | Lucky bastard. I want to learn Russian, are you using a certain book? |
No, the alphabet can be found online pretty easily, then I plan on using rosetta stone for familiarity, and later a book for grammar. |
Seems legit. I might give it a try I suppose at some point. At least is isn't Japanese. |
I was surprised how easy the alphabet was(Russian not japanese) but I hear there's a confusing declension system..
...then again, I've taken Latin 1 and 2, so I think i've seen the worst possible declension system already.
EDIT: @ Gannok, I've said in another thread already. I don't learn languages for their usefulness, I learn because they interest me. Japanese doesn't interest me. |
Latins beautiful, I only got through half of latin 1 before I ended up moving.
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Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 3:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Aviar³ wrote: | | Kazekeil wrote: | | Aviar³ wrote: | | Kazekeil wrote: | | Aviar³ wrote: | | Lucky bastard. I want to learn Russian, are you using a certain book? |
No, the alphabet can be found online pretty easily, then I plan on using rosetta stone for familiarity, and later a book for grammar. |
Seems legit. I might give it a try I suppose at some point. At least is isn't Japanese. |
I was surprised how easy the alphabet was(Russian not japanese) but I hear there's a confusing declension system..
...then again, I've taken Latin 1 and 2, so I think i've seen the worst possible declension system already.
EDIT: @ Gannok, I've said in another thread already. I don't learn languages for their usefulness, I learn because they interest me. Japanese doesn't interest me. |
Latins beautiful, I only got through half of latin 1 before I ended up moving. |
It's beautiful, but such a pain. Also quite hard to keep up with after class so I've forgotten nearly everything. ;-;
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Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 3:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Kazekeil wrote: | | Aviar³ wrote: | | Kazekeil wrote: | | Aviar³ wrote: | | Kazekeil wrote: | | Aviar³ wrote: | | Lucky bastard. I want to learn Russian, are you using a certain book? |
No, the alphabet can be found online pretty easily, then I plan on using rosetta stone for familiarity, and later a book for grammar. |
Seems legit. I might give it a try I suppose at some point. At least is isn't Japanese. |
I was surprised how easy the alphabet was(Russian not japanese) but I hear there's a confusing declension system..
...then again, I've taken Latin 1 and 2, so I think i've seen the worst possible declension system already.
EDIT: @ Gannok, I've said in another thread already. I don't learn languages for their usefulness, I learn because they interest me. Japanese doesn't interest me. |
Latins beautiful, I only got through half of latin 1 before I ended up moving. |
It's beautiful, but such a pain. Also quite hard to keep up with after class so I've forgotten nearly everything. ;-; |
I've always wanted to learn Latin, German and Russian before dying.
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Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 3:48 pm Post subject: |
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Japanese is interesting. I don't what you're smoking.
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Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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| That fag wrote: | | Japanese is interesting. I don't what you're smoking. |
>Interesting for you
>He doesn't like it
Obviously the only possible explanation is that he's under the influence of drugs and not in his right mind.
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Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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| That fag wrote: | | Japanese is interesting. I don't what you're smoking. |
Have you tried learning it? The sound of it is shrill and weak. The writing system is way too much of a burden to learn. To me, it's hard to pick out words in a sentence. It's just not my thing. I was able to get through only HALF of ONE of the writing systems and that took me a week of practice to do.
Russian sounds thick, powerful. The writing system is easy to grasp and looks cool, i've also learned and nearly committed the entire thing to memory in a total of 2 or 2.5 hours. From what I've listened to so far, the words can be picked out much more easily than Japanese.
The only reason I'd try to learn Japanese again is for it's grammar system, which is unique and smart. Everything else about it turns me off though.
Plus you can't be labeled a weeaboo for learning Russian ;P
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Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Kazekeil wrote: | | That fag wrote: | | Japanese is interesting. I don't what you're smoking. |
Have you tried learning it? The sound of it is shrill and weak. The writing system is way too much of a burden to learn. To me, it's hard to pick out words in a sentence. It's just not my thing. I was able to get through only HALF of ONE of the writing systems and that took me a week of practice to do. |
Well that's just like, your opinion, man.
I dunno what you mean by shrill and weak, and the writing system is child's play compared to Chinese.
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Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Cryoma wrote: | | Kazekeil wrote: | | That fag wrote: | | Japanese is interesting. I don't what you're smoking. |
Have you tried learning it? The sound of it is shrill and weak. The writing system is way too much of a burden to learn. To me, it's hard to pick out words in a sentence. It's just not my thing. I was able to get through only HALF of ONE of the writing systems and that took me a week of practice to do. |
Well that's just like, your opinion, man.
I dunno what you mean by shrill and weak, and the writing system is child's play compared to Chinese. |
By shrill, I mean there's little to no gutteral sounds..if that makes sense to you. I can look up a few examples to explain if you need.
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