Thread: Help people who study Russian.............

I want to say the below in my auto-signature, but I just can't work out how to say it in a grammatically correct way...;


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"Help people who study Russian, by pronouncing words and sentences in Russian at [site 1] and [site 2]".

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Originally Posted by Hanna

"Help people who study Russian, by pronouncing words and sentences in Russian at [site 1] and [site 2]".

Помогите изучающим русский язык, наговаривая слова и предложения на сайтах ...

Thanks! I have updated my auto-signature with your translation!

Помогите изучающим русский язык, наговаривая слова и предложения на сайтах Rhinospike и Forvo.

I've signed up to Rhinospoke and sometimes I listen to English speakers. But I cannot speak myself, I have awful diction. Sorry.

But what is going on with "изучающим"?? I can't even find it in a conjugation table... http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B8...B0%D1%82%D1%8C

I started writing "Помогите люди которые изучают....."

Then I realised I was probably doing a rather bad direct translation and I got confused about how to say "Russian language" after that sentence anyway... and gave up...

Originally Posted by Hanna

I"Помогите людям, которые изучают....."

люди, которые изучают = люди, изучающие or just изучающие, it's a participle.

Originally Posted by Hanna

But what is going on with "изучающим"?? I can't even find it in a conjugation table... http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B8...B0%D1%82%D1%8C

I started writing "Помогите люди которые изучают....."

Then I realised I was probably doing a rather bad direct translation and I got confused about how to say "Russian language" after that sentence anyway... and gave up...

Изучающий (nom. sing.) - изучающим (dat. pl.) is a participle derived from verb изучать (to study). In Rusian a participle can play the role of a noun and even can become a subject. In my example "изучающим" stands for "людям, изучающим" but it would be redundant information (because who, except humans, can learn the language? ) It's not incorrect, but slightly err... overweight, I think.
On the other side such constructions (when a participle takes place of a noun) often seem a little too formal. That's the question of balance, IMO.

Originally Posted by Hanna

изучающим

It's here изучать The present participle is lower down, Причастие настоящего времени, and there are several table with.