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    Hello Everyone New here.

    First of all Hello to everyone I hope to learn a lot from the people on here through there advice and input.

    However I wonder if you could give me some advice/input in regards to the following.

    I am just starting out learning Russian and have gone for the audio approach and am learning the pronunciation of words and how they sound in Russian, consisting of very basic words but learning in such a format that these can be put together in a variety of ways to make different sentences.

    I have also signed up with a worldwide penfriend website and have made contact with a couple of people from Russia.BUT here is the problem in order for me to write or email people I will need to learn how to type and understand the written word so have I "shot myself in the foot" so to speak.

    Presumably if I were to learn the Russian alphabet that wouldnt be enough as I would need to know the Russian word that I want to communicate and then spell it, meaning that the person on the other end who spoke Russian but not a lot of English would have difficulty reading my emails. and vice versa me reading the Russian.


    Should I have done the written word first and then the spoken? obviously I dont want to overload myself by trying to do two things at once. but what would be the most important in your honest opinion.

    personaly I feel I am doing quite well with the basics, there is still a long way to go but any help/advice you could give from your own personal development and how you went about learning Russian would be most greatful


    Thank You

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    Is 12 in your nick means your age(why not)? If so I have a daughter age of 9 and she is studeing German and she wants to start studeing English now...
    Gib immer 100% bei der Arbeit: 12% am Montag, 23% am Dienstag, 40% am Mittwoch, 20% am Donnerstag, 5% am Freitag ...

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    Thank you for the reply it is a long story in regards to my nickname suffice to say that my nickname is nothing to do with my age in fact in 6 days time on Xmas Day I will be 42.

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    Thank you for the reply it is a long story in regards to my nickname suffice to say that it is nothing to do with my age in fact in 6 days time on Xmas(Christmas) Day I will be 42.

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    Gib immer 100% bei der Arbeit: 12% am Montag, 23% am Dienstag, 40% am Mittwoch, 20% am Donnerstag, 5% am Freitag ...

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    The audio approach will not work alone unless you live in Russia. It would be much faster for you to go out today and get a good textbook to use along with your CD's.

    You can learn the alphabet in a day. All the information can be found on the Master Russian site or just ask us. Personally I don't think there is a better forum for learning Russian that this one.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DDT
    The audio approach will not work alone unless you live in Russia. It would be much faster for you to go out today and get a good textbook to use along with your CD's.

    You can learn the alphabet in a day. All the information can be found on the Master Russian site or just ask us. Personally I don't think there is a better forum for learning Russian that this one.
    Thank you for the reply what would be a good text book to buy again any advice would be appreciated ..

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    Yeah, its better to learn to read and spell first before trying to actually pronounce anything since you're going to be typing.
    Вот это да, я так люблю себя. И сегодня я люблю себя, ещё больше чем вчера, а завтра я буду любить себя to ещё больше чем сегодня. Тем что происходит,я вполне доволен!

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    Thank you but are there any recommended books that I could buy to learn more of the written word to improve my knowledge.
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    New penguin Russian course

    By Nicholas J. Brown.

    Its by far the best book for new begininers who are serious about learning. It has no real 'technical' linguistic jargon and puts most of that in everyday words. If russian is your first second language i dont think you can go wrong with it. I've been learning Russian for over 3 years and i bought it just the other day to touch up on some things i might have missed.

    I think just about anyone else on this forum will tell you the same exact thing.

    *edit* As you can even see from a previous post i made, i used this book to help explain an answer. The passage can be found here ->http://masterrussian.net/mforum/view...t=7717&start=0
    Вот это да, я так люблю себя. И сегодня я люблю себя, ещё больше чем вчера, а завтра я буду любить себя to ещё больше чем сегодня. Тем что происходит,я вполне доволен!

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    Репутация - то, что другие люди знают о Вас. Честь состоит в том то, что Вы знаете о вас непосредственно.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JJ
    Still wanna pair him up with your 9 year-old daughter?
    Ingenting kan stoppa mig
    In Post-Soviet Russia internet porn downloads YOU!

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    Yep! New Penguin for sure. You can get it online somewhere for about 10 bucks i'll bet.
    Let me be a free man, free to travel, free to stop, free to work, free to trade where I choose, free to choose my own teachers, free to follow the religion of my fathers, free to talk, think and act for myself. - Chief Joseph, Nez Perce

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    Thanks I have found it £6.50 approx $10 Thanks

    As for pairing me up with JJ 9 yr old she no doubt will know more English than I do Russian so I wouldn't want to hold her back
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