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Anyone speak Russian? (pg. 2)
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| wwu.punisher |
I have a very good reason for wanting to learn Russian... I'm not going to give up. I need to know how to speak it well enough to communicate with angry Russian people. It's for my job. Haha.
I already speak fluent English (duh), Spanish, and I can hold my own in German. |
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| Lepanto |
| on any given day a 4 year old russian will still diss the out of you because Russian slang is by far the most complex and colorfull |
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| Sunsnail |
| I say he'll never get past learning all the family relation names. aka mother father son grandparents |
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| Mebot |
| quote: | Originally posted by josh4
I give him a week.
Any other bets? |
But now because you said this, he'll try to prove you wrong and continue it for longer.
I say 2 weeks. |
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| wwu.punisher |
| quote: | Originally posted by josh4
I give him a week.
Any other bets? |
I learned three years worth of Spanish in just under six months, bro. I pick up languages fast.
| quote: | Originally posted by Lepanto
on any given day a 4 year old russian will still diss the out of you because Russian slang is by far the most complex and colorfull |
:stongue: Nice. |
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| Sunsnail |
| quote: | Originally posted by wwu.punisher
I learned three years worth of Spanish in just under six months, bro. I pick up languages fast. |
To be honest, Russian is no where NEAR Spanish :p . At your pace I would say 1 year of Russian is going to take you 1 year |
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| wwu.punisher |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sunsnail
To be honest, Russian is no where NEAR Spanish :p . At your pace I would say 1 year of Russian is going to take you 1 year |
That's just fine by me. There's a LOT of incentive for me to learn... a year-end bonus equal to 5% of my yearly salary, to be exact. (I'm already getting a 5% salary bonus for the Spanish. 10% salary bonus at the end of the year would be disgusting... several thousand dollars.) |
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| Sunsnail |
| Ahh, that is nice. How well do you need to know it? |
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| Mebot |
| he's going to be an agent for the KGB |
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| wwu.punisher |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sunsnail
Ahh, that is nice. How well do you need to know it? |
Spanish requires 80% fluency. (I got a 92% last year.) Russian requires 70% fluency. German requires 70% as well, but I only got like a 58% on that test. Pissed me off, because that would've been 15% salary bonus. It caps at 15%, so I'll never be willing to learn another language after Russian. Doesn't help me at all. ;) |
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| AlphaStarred |
| ay dont a speak eenglighsh |
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| Sunsnail |
| Well there are some pretty nice links on masterrussian.com to get you started. I would also consider obtaining some russian program things from Rosetta stone and stuff like that. |
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