Thread: Hello from Sydney Australia

Welcome, Lindsay! Your wife is very thoughtful.
You'll find here a lot of reviews and pieces of advice as to what books, audio courses or software to use in your studies. A good grammar book is a must have if you are serious about learning Russian. You'll certainly need it to tackle cases.

BTW, did you know that verbs in the Past tense have gender too? So if a new user joins some Russian forum and says "I've heard about this forum from my friends" you can immediately tell if it's a male or a female from this phrase alone. Same goes for "I'm glad to join this forum!".

Good luck!
Удачи!

Originally Posted by gRomoZeka

You'll find here a lot of reviews and pieces of advice as to what books, audio courses or software to use in your studies. A good grammar book is a must have if you are serious about learning Russian. You'll certainly need it to tackle cases.

BTW, did you know that verbs in the Past tense have gender too? So if a new user joins some Russian forum and says "I've heard about this forum from my friends" you can immediately tell if it's a male or a female from this phrase alone. Same goes for "I'm glad to join this forum!".

I'm just this morning learning about cases - of course I've used them all my life but never knew there was a system of rules to it. It's funny to realise I have to learn more about English in order to learn Russian!

As for gender - is there any logical basis to determine what gender an item is, or is it simply a case of learning and remembering?

Thanks for the welcome!

~ Lindsay

PS: When she bought me the Russian course, my wife bought herself the French course, so we're keeping each other motivated