I realize I have neglected to discuss my Russian training yet. I’m not really sure what to say. 7:40 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. every day. All Russian, all the time. I think I’m progressing well, yet feel like I can’t saything. How can that be?
Russian is certainly challenging, but I can’t say it doesn’t make sense. It is quite orderly, especially compared to English. By far the biggest obstacle to overcome is the use of six different grammatical cases. You don’t know what cases are? Then that is just the beginning of your difficulties.
Heck, I don’t even know what to say. It’s fun and confounding. It is draining, yet tedious. It is satisfying, but somehow disappointing.
I’ll report back in a few weeks when I can hopefully say more. I need to find a way to use Cyrillic in WordPress. Anyone have any ideas?
Until I come up with more to say, read about Jennifer’s thoughts on Russian here.
Blog Update: I added a link to Michelle’s blog: Life in Jerusalem. It has some great posts and she’s on the ground in one of the most interesting posts around.
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October 3, 2006 at 8:51 pm
Angela
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…
October 13, 2006 at 6:49 pm
Ronda
(.. 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!
October 23, 2006 at 12:59 pm
Slip
Keep up the good work. You’ll get used to cases quicker than you think.
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