Thread: Говорю по-русски

kgcole, another one advice, if you allow. What a dictionary do you use? It's very important to use a proper dictionary. Maybe you even don't understand how much. I mean a dictionary which contains a lot of context examples. So, you can choose the right one. Because as I can see, you very often select wrong words from the list. For example, "учение" instead of "обучение" and so on. When you investigate the word and its context, you learn a lot from the examples.

Originally Posted by Paul G.

kgcole, another one advice, if you allow. What a dictionary do you use? It's very important to use a proper dictionary. Maybe you even don't understand how much. I mean a dictionary which contains a lot of context examples. So, you can choose the right one. Because as I can see, you very often select wrong words from the list. For example, "учение" instead of "обучение" and so on. When you investigate the word and its context, you learn a lot from the examples.

I use ABBYY Lingo dictionary for PC, Paul It's reasonably comprehensive, and does show examples on definitions. I'll pay more attention to them now and try to be more selective in my words. Sometimes the subtleties evade me But I have noticed thanks to everyone's corrections how distant from the mainstream Russian I am. Only practice will help me to make better choices in my words. I appreciate everyone's patience, you know Not to mention the time one takes to make corrections...lol