Thread: Про "сложность" русского языка

Originally Posted by Valda

I meant "to begin with"... as in, what made you start studying Russian to begin with?

In this case, it is natural to put it into the beginning of the sentence, like: "Прежде всего, мне интересно ..." or "Прежде всего, хотелось бы знать ..."

Now I see why it was hard for me to understand your English sentence "what made you start studying Russian to begin with" - first I thought "to begin with" applied to "studying Russian" and then I realized it applied to the whole sentence instead!

Originally Posted by Valda

Ahh..I forget my prepositional case I see Thanks

You're welcome! But actually it is accusative here: "ответить на вопрос". Prepositional would be: "Мы говорили об этом вопросе".