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10-30-2011, 09:45 AM
Once your skill level gets higher, I'd recommend a taste of Russian podcast. Rosetta stone is decent too.
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11-05-2011, 06:17 AM
Make sure to get a vocab smartphone app to learn on the go.
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11-06-2011, 09:35 AM
I have a Ukrainian girl teaching me Russian, I pay her 4euros a session, can't get better than that
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02-15-2012, 12:25 PM
Quote: (02-15-2012 11:55 AM)Roosh Wrote:
It took me four months, but I finished all 90 lessons of Russian Pimsleur (Units 1, 2, and 3). I usually had to do each 30-minute lesson twice (one hour) but some took 4 tries. So I estimate this was a 100 hour project.
As a result, I have a great Russian foundation and can understand quite a bit. My speaking is slow and pronunciation is not so great, but I'm satisfied with the progress. I'm now going to take lessons.
You are always ahead of me by one year Roosh. Though, I did do Colombia before you haha. Will start my Russian training this fall. Ill give Russia and Ukraine a try in 2013, though since im a bit darker than you, Im sure it wont be as easy. Hope Poland treats me well in september.
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02-15-2012, 12:32 PM
The Michel Thomas course has great reviews for Russian.
I found it an amazing way to get the grammar into my head in a practical usable non-textbook way for german. Course quality varies by language, but it looks like the Russian course is a good one
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02-15-2012, 01:09 PM
The best is to learn Russian by a tutor in my opinion or by talking to Russian girls.Russian is to much of a spoken language and written forms do not coincide with oral speech.A great thing with Russian is no matter how much your grammar sucks you will be understood.It is the same case with all slavic languages you will be understood if using certain words sth which is not the case with German etc.
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03-10-2012, 06:19 PM
Pimsleur is just to give you a good foundation. You'll have to repeat everything when you crack open the books.
Now I'm doing 10 hours of 1-on-1 lesson for week. I'm going for intermediate status in 3 months.
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03-11-2012, 04:11 AM
Well done Roosh. How many languages are you conversational in? Is Russian the hardest that you've learned?
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12-09-2012, 07:22 PM
I'm going to embark on Pimsleur probably, unless I can get into a language class here at a local community college. Giving myself a few months and see what I can do.
I heard you can do online skype lessons but can't find that such services anywhere.
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12-10-2012, 11:02 AM
May also want to look into italki.com. You can either pay people for online lessons or find another person that speaks Russian and is looking to learn English more and you help each other. I know my buddy used it when he was learning Russian a while back.
"...it's the quiet cool...it's for someone who's been through the struggle and come out on the other side smelling like money and pussy."
"put her in the taxi, put her number in the trash can"
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12-19-2012, 01:27 PM
I just signed up for group classes today. In addition to self study, I think it'll motivate me and start me off with a good foundation. Taught by native speaker and a got a good deal...they were doing a 20% off so I got 20 hours of instruction for $243. Starting in January to it'll be game on at that point.
"...it's the quiet cool...it's for someone who's been through the struggle and come out on the other side smelling like money and pussy."
"put her in the taxi, put her number in the trash can"