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    ohai

    I want to learn russian because I play EVE online. I live in a part of the map where I have to deal with Russian gamers on a regular basis. The alliance I am in is mostly russian (though my corp is essentially the english-speaking arm of this alliance) and I am tired of getting yelled at by FCs who refuse to give orders in English.

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    Worst reason to start learning a language ever, but on the plus side, you get to learn a new language!

    Добро пожаловать на форум! (Welcome to the forum)

    Bear in mind that, based on your motivation for learning, you'll probably need to learn a load of game-specific words and geek slang (the latter of which this site can help you with).

    Удачи! (Good luck)
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    Often the best way for me to learn something is just to plow through it and after spending a frustrating week with rosetta stone I've decided to try a different approach.

    I'm going to find random texts to translate and post them here. I would appreciate spot checks whenever possible. I'm also going to record myself doing the translation in spoken word. I figure this will help me with both reading comprehension and pronunciation. I'll worry about writing later.

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    Rosetta stone is a piece of s**t anyway. (So I've heard, never tried it myself.)

    If you're looking for feedback on stuff you translate, you've come to the right place!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Demonic_Duck View Post
    Worst reason to start learning a language ever, but on the plus side, you get to learn a new language!
    Actually I don't think that's a bad reason. In fact, I think that learning a language because there is a context in which you need it is the best reason ever. Never mind that it's an online game. My wish to learn Russian is made up of many such trivial-seeming reasons, which individually don't seem enough to compel anyone into learning a language. But if you want to convince your brain that it should engrave the patterns for a new language into its synaptic structure, then having fun while doing so is the best way to persevere.

    Ah, and on topic: Welcome, hohum!
    Спасибо за исправления!

    Вам нравится этот форум, и вы изучаете немецкий язык? Вот похожий форум о немецком языке.

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    I'll admit I'm a total hypocrite for posting that actually, I've been teaching myself Russian for almost a year now for no other reason than that I "felt like it" one day. Ha!
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