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Post by Dina on Jul 15, 2007 18:59:11 GMT 3
gosh it helped a lot! thanx Hellan! it's almost as complicated as for us!
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Post by Su on Dec 14, 2007 0:47:58 GMT 3
I'm learning russian, but since 2 month ago! We are really in the begining! We've learned alphabet, gender of nouns, how to write, phonetics,... write is easy, the problem is to understang what I've just wrote!  usually it doesn't look like I'm writting, it looks like I'm drawing because I have a lot of carefull to make it right! The phonetic(in my opinion) is the most difficult thing, especially the "û"! althoug many sounds are very closed to portuguese, this one "kills me"! Our teacher is always "NO", and than he read it right, and we are just: how the hell we're going to make that sound! But we're improving(well, I hope so)  My teacher, he is incredibel, he is really funny! Always telling us russian jokes and proverbs, russian history! He is really cool! We're always laughing! ;D |
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Post by Annie on Dec 14, 2007 10:21:11 GMT 3
Su sounds like tons of fun. And yes, I can really understand your trouble with Û. There's nothing like it really in any other language LOL  Good luck with your Russian and I am here if you ever need any help  |
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Post by memtennis on Nov 17, 2008 23:29:16 GMT 3
I had a question for Annie or any Russian person... You all seem to speak (and write) perfect English. Is it required in Russian schools that children learn English? Marat and most of the Russian players speak quite well, too.
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Post by Annie on Jan 14, 2009 18:15:15 GMT 3
I had a question for Annie or any Russian person... You all seem to speak (and write) perfect English. Is it required in Russian schools that children learn English? Marat and most of the Russian players speak quite well, too. Russian public schools are divided into two groups: those with intense emphasis on a foreign language and those without. In the first group of schools you start learning English from grade 2, i.e. from when you are 8, in the others you start from the age of 10-11. Obviously a lot depends on the teacher, but after graduation quite a few of us have a good level of a foreign language. Then you have private schools where an emphasis on foreign languages is very high and you have a lot of hours a week. This is exactly the kind of school I graduated from. Plus my good English is also from the fact that I had spent half of my life living abroad being a daughter of an ex-diplomat. I also studied at the University abroad, which explains it, too. |
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Post by memtennis on Jan 14, 2009 18:29:38 GMT 3
Very cool Annie! Thanks for the explanation. Where did you study if I might ask?
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Post by Annie on Jan 22, 2009 11:02:09 GMT 3
In Malta ;D Weird choice I know, but I was 17 when I left and my father thought it was a perfect safe place for someone like me to live on my own. He was right. I had the best time and made some friends for life all over the world ;D ;D ;D
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Good luck with your Russian and I am here if you ever need any help 
