Thread: How old are we?

It's very interesting, how old people interested
in Russia and Russian language are.

I don't know if I am native speaker or not

1.Have you learnt Russian in your childhood?
a.No: You're no native speaker.
b.Yes: Continue with the following question.

2. Can you (still) speak fluent Russian?
a.No: You're no native speaker.
b.Yes: Congratulations! You're a native speaker of Russian.

Are you sure you want to install «Native Russian 3.0» in your brain? [yes]

Please, read carefully the following license agreement… [I Agree]

Choose options to install:
Basic rules 320Kb
Basic vocabulary 900Kb
Advanced vocabulary 1.2Mb
Slang vocabulary 600Kb
Pronounciation 5.3Mb (available for registered users only)

Choose program destination:
"Brain:\Left_Hemisphere\Native_Russian_3_0"

Congratulations! Install completed. Please, reboot your brain. After reboot you will be able to speak Russian.

Originally Posted by Tu-160

Are you sure you want to install «Native Russian 3.0» in your brain? [yes]

Please, read carefully the following license agreement… [I Agree]

Choose options to install:
Basic rules 320Kb
Basic vocabulary 900Kb
Advanced vocabulary 1.2Mb
Slang vocabulary 600Kb
Pronounciation 5.3Mb (available for registered users only)

Choose program destination:
"Brain:\Left_Hemisphere\Native_Russian_3_0"

Congratulations! Install completed. Please, reboot your brain. After reboot you will be able to speak Russian.

I can only wish!

Tu-160 wrote:
Are you sure you want to install «Native Russian 3.0» in your brain? [yes]

Please, read carefully the following license agreement… [I Agree]

Choose options to install:
Basic rules 320Kb
Basic vocabulary 900Kb
Advanced vocabulary 1.2Mb
Slang vocabulary 600Kb
Pronounciation 5.3Mb (available for registered users only)

Choose program destination:
"Brain:\Left_Hemisphere\Native_Russian_3_0"

Congratulations! Install completed. Please, reboot your brain. After reboot you will be able to speak Russian.

I can only wish!

I second that!

Originally Posted by Jasper May

1.Have you learnt Russian in your childhood?
a.No: You're no native speaker.
b.Yes: Continue with the following question.

2. Can you (still) speak fluent Russian?
a.No: You're no native speaker.
b.Yes: Congratulations! You're a native speaker of Russian.

A very good test, but I'd make some addition about learning Russian in childhood. The way the child learns language is also important here. He is more likely on his way to be a native speaker if he spends enough time in enviroment that uses Russian as means of communication (not necessarily a big society, can consist only of the parents, though the bigger the better ), that is to say the natural way the child learns to speak his first language.

Holla for the 16-20 year olds!!

Yes I am fluent in Russian and I learnt it from when I was a baby. I just was not sure as although my family are Russian, I was not born in Russia or CIS Countries.

Originally Posted by squidward

Holla for the 16-20 year olds!!

Wurd.

Originally Posted by Rahul

Originally Posted by squidward

Holla for the 16-20 year olds!!

Wurd.

Rahul???!?! I thought you were dead(I haven't seen you since the pre-pre-crash period).

3 weeks ago I would have said that I am 21-30, but now I am 31-40.

TU if I didn't see the people dystroying the gamecube video that would have been the funniest thing I've heard all day.

Learning Russian in your childhood? Why not? I am 14 years old (okay, I'll be 14 in 15 minutes and I wonder if I'm still a child, not a teenager) and I started learning Russian about 3 months ago... So I'm not a native speaker.

Originally Posted by vremita_desectia

Learning Russian in your childhood? Why not?

Of course it's great! The earlier one begins to learn languages the better. But as far as I know no one here said anything against it.

Originally Posted by vremita_desectia

I am 14 years old (okay, I'll be 14 in 15 minutes and I wonder if I'm still a child, not a teenager).

You are a teenager. You are a teenager if your age is from 13 to 19 inclusively. But that doesn't contradict being a child. You can be a child even at 60. I'm 23, but I'm still a child in many ways.

Happy birthday, Vremita, and welcome to this site I hope it will help you a lot!
By the way, it's great that the day of your registration will be the same as your birthday.

Pravit was 12 when he started learning Russian. I was 16 (still am ). A lot of kids here started at 15 or 16. And Russians start at the age of 0, so if they can do it, why can't we? (yeah, yeah, I know why not, jeez...)

Yes, Jasper, it's good you know your Pravit History

I started at the age of 16 and am 17 now. Its only been 6 months, but I spend much time with a Russian family who speaks english only when addressing me. Even though I have little idea as to what is being said, I am slowly picking up a new word per day (that sticks).
I started with 'pa-ca' but apparently I can't even announciate that correctly.

I have enjoyed it.

Originally Posted by Pravit

Yes, Jasper, it's good you know your Pravit History

The next poll will be "Do you know your Pravit History?"

1. When did Pravit start to study Russian? At the age of
a) 10
b) 12
c) 14
d) 16
e) 18
f) other

2. What is Pravit's real ethnic group?
a) Bambara
b) Swazi
c) Thai
d) Eskimo
e) other

3. What is Pravit's gender?
a) male
b) female
c) other

4. Where does Pravit live?
a) USA
b) Russia
c) Kazakhstan
d) Somalia
e) other

etc.

Wow, there are a lot of people close to my age. I'm 16 and I expected everyone to be way older than me...