Thread: How long have you been studying Russian

I am deep into my second year of Russian studies now.
Just want to know how I stack up with the rest of the crowd here.
I asked this question over a year ago and as I recall, most of the Russian learners were beginners.

Я занимаюсь русским языком около года.

I've been studying Russian for 17.5 years now, as I'm a native speaker.
I think this poll will be a success.

Originally Posted by ReDSanchous

I've been studying Russian for 17.5 years now, as I'm a native speaker.
I think this poll will be a success.

Last time I did this poll, I forgot to add the option for native speaker.
I remembered this time.

It's good that you remembered to add the option for 'native speaker' this time. If you hadn't added the option, I guess, they would be a lot of votes, such as More than 5 years or Don't know.

It's been a year since I started leaning Russian and now I bigan teaching myself a bit of German
Мне кажется русский проще и мне очень нравится этот язык!

16 years

Had to go for "don't know"

I've been interested in Russian culture for as long as I can remember (even before I knew the meaning of the world "culture", I guess ), but I have never done any formal studies of the language. I just keep toying with it... then I decide I don't have the time to do it properly anyway, and try to run away. But it just keeps coming back

And to my great surprise, I actually understand a whole lot more than I think I do. Unfortunately, my knowledge is mainly passive.

Originally Posted by ReDSanchous

I've been studying Russian for 17.5 years now, as I'm a native speaker.
I think this poll will be a success.

Originally Posted by flowforever

16 years 8)

Серьёзно?? Или это шутка? :)

since october 2005, which makes it less than a year.

Originally Posted by Dimitri

Серьёзно?? Или это шутка?

Почему? Я же native speaker

About a year.

7 Semesters.

Русский - 18 лет (native speaker)
Английский - 5 лет
Испанский - 1.5 года
Шведский - начала на прошлой неделе.

Self-teaching since last June, but I'm talking a course next semester.

If it's too simple for what I've learned already then that's an easy 10 credit points, unless the speaking assessment throws me...

I only started around February...

Originally Posted by Dimitri

Originally Posted by ReDSanchous

I've been studying Russian for 17.5 years now, as I'm a native speaker.
I think this poll will be a success.

Originally Posted by flowforever

16 years

Серьёзно?? Или это шутка?

I was absolutely serious! I learn something new every day. We sometimes just don't notice this.

I don't know... Since about 2001, but never anything formal, just learning "Pidgin Russian" from the Summer students. I bought my first learn to books Summer 03 and sat with someone to learn more. I can read OK, but everything esle is horrendous.

You know I'm native, don't you?

Если вы носитель языка, то это опрос не для вас. лол.
Имеется в виду, сколько времени иностранцы учат его