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what i like about duolingo it allows you to set up your own club i was going start one, Spanish for Nazis. I'm a few months into it and i never miss. Sometimes i attempt the Spanish articles here, its amazed me how quick I've picked it up.
Ya znaio po-russkiy.
Unfortunately you can't chat in the clubs though. They just give you some pre-selected phrases that you can post. Also I am not able to use the clubs feature anyway, as I only do Duolingo via the web version which is, in my opinion, the best. It includes grammar information and you can access the forum and sentence discussions. Also, they have a new feature in testing on the web; relatively simple stories aimed at language learners with audio.
https://stories.duolingo.com/
I wish that English had remained true to its Germanic roots. An interesting video on the topic:
You can always read early Middle English. There used to be a society -- an international club -- devoted to the use of Germanic English, but I don't remember what it was called.
You can always read early Middle English.
Or Old English. But that requires more study.
Italiano é molto facile imparare
I wanted to learn Russian. By the package I used (duo lingo) wanted me to read and understand the Russian alphabet and understand what words meant right off the bat.
Feels like I missed a step.
I suck pretty bad at learning languages. Saying that I have basic French, Korean and Japanese, and I can read Russian (without understanding it).
It's really easy to learn the Russian alphabet. I did it in a few hours. It has a one to one symbol/sound correspondence and there are no unusual sounds. Google some Russian alphabet learning pages and spend a few hours. You'll get it.
The language course was asking me which of three cryllic words meant whatever. How could I know?
Sure, that's silly, they should go through the alphabet first.
Try this.
http://www.dorogadomoj.com/se03abv.html
Working out the cognates really helps.
http://russian.languagedaily.com/wordsandphrases/russian-cognates
Second hand book stores, for ex. goodwill can be a great place for language books on the cheap. I got a set which covered two years of Latin for only five dollars. Most of the time, you will find year one courses, because their previous owner most likely lost interest in learning the language.
The words you are seeing at the beginning are simple words that you can figure out if you know Cyrillic, such as радио which means radio. I suggest taking this Memrise course on the Russian alphabet before attempting the Duolingo course again as the Duolingo course does not really teach you it.
Also, make sure you are doing Duolingo via the web version and not any of the apps because the web version has very important grammar information.
Really cool
As an American high school student, for its population and proximity, we have to learn the Mexican dialect of Spanish if we choose it as a foreign language. Does anyone know how to "unlearn" Aztec-speak and to learn the proper European dialect? Is it a matter of pronunciation, or does the difference extend into grammar?
what do you know in Russian?
Ya znaYOU po-russki means: i know in Russian
if you wanted to say: I speak Russian, that sounds: Ya govoryou po-russki
that's difficult
shtobi (чтобы) but also: kak znaesh, kak hochesh (как знаешь, как хочешь)
the most difficult letter in Russian is Ы
anyway, ask if you need help
I learned the Colombian dialect.
