Comments on: 1 Month of Russian Down http://greatdiversions.com/2006/10/02/1-month-of-russian-down/ Interesting sights along the road of life. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:52:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Slip http://greatdiversions.com/2006/10/02/1-month-of-russian-down/#comment-70 Slip Mon, 23 Oct 2006 16:59:40 +0000 http://greatdiversions.com/2006/10/02/1-month-of-russian-down/#comment-70 Keep up the good work. You'll get used to cases quicker than you think. Word for the day: погань Keep up the good work. You’ll get used to cases quicker than you think.

Word for the day: погань

]]> By: Ronda http://greatdiversions.com/2006/10/02/1-month-of-russian-down/#comment-62 Ronda Fri, 13 Oct 2006 22:49:29 +0000 http://greatdiversions.com/2006/10/02/1-month-of-russian-down/#comment-62 (.. crawls out from underneath big rock, rubs eyes, blinks, waves hello to Shawn and Jennifer.. ) I'm finally up to date on your blog .. it's been extremely entertaining thus far, but I expected no less. I'm amazed at the Russian training you're both undertaking, and thinking back on high school when I squirmed my way through an hour of Spanish each day. Not surprisingly, pretty much all that I remember is Senor Engrav teaching us how to say "if one scratches, one has dandruff". Keep up the great work and the fascinating blog! (.. crawls out from underneath big rock, rubs eyes, blinks, waves hello to Shawn and Jennifer.. )

I’m finally up to date on your blog .. it’s been extremely entertaining thus far, but I expected no less. I’m amazed at the Russian training you’re both undertaking, and thinking back on high school when I squirmed my way through an hour of Spanish each day. Not surprisingly, pretty much all that I remember is Senor Engrav teaching us how to say “if one scratches, one has dandruff”.

Keep up the great work and the fascinating blog!

]]> By: Angela http://greatdiversions.com/2006/10/02/1-month-of-russian-down/#comment-61 Angela Wed, 04 Oct 2006 00:51:27 +0000 http://greatdiversions.com/2006/10/02/1-month-of-russian-down/#comment-61 Hey no fair, we get 7 cases in Polish!! ..well, I guess learning Cyrillic evens things out a bit. I've been in Polish the same amount of time and yea, I can't say much either. This is a cat. This is my cat. This is my house. My cat is in the window. My name is... On the other hand, when I try to shorten sentences like we do in conversation, I usually have to repeat it the long way, for practice. Ugh! Yea, just a little frustrating and all-consuming... Hey no fair, we get 7 cases in Polish!! ..well, I guess learning Cyrillic evens things out a bit. I’ve been in Polish the same amount of time and yea, I can’t say much either. This is a cat. This is my cat. This is my house. My cat is in the window. My name is…

On the other hand, when I try to shorten sentences like we do in conversation, I usually have to repeat it the long way, for practice. Ugh!

Yea, just a little frustrating and all-consuming…

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