Thread: Longing to learn russian

Hello,
I'm 19 yrs. old from the US. I'm attempting to learn Russian on my own, but I seem to get stuck when making words. I can read the letters and pronounce the words but can't seem to make the connection. I am willing to teach grammatically correct English if someone can teach me Russian. =]

better get something from Amazon, a text with CDs.

i already have a few books, but i think if i interact with people il learn faster.

Hello bern4691! I can help you with russian, it's my native language. Contact me, if you are still need it.
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You need not only a Russian speaker, but a Russian speaker who knows grammar and how to teach. If you live near a university I'd advise trying to take a course. Learning on your own is extremely difficult for most languages, Russian being one of them. Check the section here on learning Russian and look at the list of recommended books. At the least you would need, if studying alone, a book and CD. BTW, how do you know whether you are pronouncing the words correctly? How do you say что?

I'm close to never on skype but i guess i can try. As for the russian classes, it's close to impossible to find classes here for me. I think its pronounced shto (it may be wrong i know its spelled chto (w/out Cyrillic text) I listen to some russian music (just to hear it sung is similar to speech for me).

Skype is your best solution here, I think.

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In hindsight, I think that site helped me more than any other to learn the Cyrillic alphabet, even though it doesn't explain Cyrillic at all! I learnt a few words simply by ear, and then along with seeing them written down, began to understand the connection between the written symbols and the sounds. It was only when I came across something that I couldn't understand (for instance, why was "молодой" pronounced "muh-lah-DOY" instead of "mo-lo-DOY"?) that I referred to other sites.

Using this "learning by example" method, I actually found learning Cyrillic to be very easy, I think it took me less than a week. (And I hardly even use livemocha any more.)

I'm a native Russian too. I guess Skype is not a bad way to learn languages. I use it and it helps me really.
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Are you playing on trumpet on your avatar?

I would like too also. >_> I want to talk to my girl friend in a nice fluint language and she this that Russian sounds nice and whould not want to disapoint her.Please and thanks