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vitalsigns
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| It's sort of like when foreigners say the name Vladimir with the emphasis on a instead of the first i as all russians do. |
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conflicted
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| how do you know when it is suppose to be stressed? |
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PhillipFromTexas
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| Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 6:59 pm Post subject: Confused by понимаю. |
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| On my Russian tapes and on Russian radio I hear понимаю pronounced pen ee my oo. I thought the Russian 'o' would have been pronounced like 'ah'. |
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Generation-P
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| conflicted wrote: | | how do you know when it is suppose to be stressed? |
Listen to people speaking or look at the dictionary. Stressed vowel sounds stronger than other vowels in the word. |
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jo-jo-7
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| Generation P wrote: | | conflicted wrote: | | how do you know when it is suppose to be stressed? |
Listen to people speaking or look at the dictionary. Stressed vowel sounds stronger than other vowels in the word. |
Don't laugh at me for this but, why are some words pronounced in a masculine or feminine voice?...What is that? |
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nikir
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| Nearly everything in the Russian language is given a gender, masculine feminine and sometimes neutral. So all aspects of speech are gender based. |
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jo-jo-7
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| nikir wrote: | | Nearly everything in the Russian language is given a gender, masculine feminine and sometimes neutral. So all aspects of speech are gender based. |
How am I suppose to know what is feminine or masculine? Do they have separate books to study? The book, I have comes from a library and with tapes. There are only a few words or meanings that are feminine.
Do you know a good study guide or book I can buy to learn the right way? Any suggestions. |
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Rick
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jo jo 7: i do hope you realise that 'masculine' and 'feminine' are just grammatical categories? there's really nothing masculine about a masculine word  |
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jo-jo-7
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| Rick wrote: | | jo jo 7: i do hope you realise that 'masculine' and 'feminine' are just grammatical categories? there's really nothing masculine about a masculine word |
Well, then do you know a really good book that I could purchase on the language?
I have a small phamplet I am learning from but, I feel it isn't giving me what I need. |
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surfguy
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jo-jo-7
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PhillipFromTexas
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| Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 3:43 pm Post subject: Russian language books. |
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Buy the following:
1. Perhaps best dictionary I know of (True, at this point that ain't sayin' much) is Kenneth Katzner's English-Russian dictionary. An alternate or substitute would the U.S. War Department
2. I think the Living Language learning materials are top notch.
3. One of the verb books. The Big Silver Book of Russian Verbs (555 verbs) is quite helpful. Further, if you buy it from amazon.com you can view it digitally online wherever you are.
There is a great free online dictionary: http://lingvo.yandex.ru/en
This the best free online translation URL: www.translate.ru Additionally, there is http://babelfish.altavista.com/
Also, wavetossed had a great post here for learning. He said it was all about immersion. Search for it.
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Rick
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| jo jo 7 wrote: |
Well, then do you know a really good book that I could purchase on the language?
I have a small phamplet I am learning from but, I feel it isn't giving me what I need. |
I had lessons from a Russian woman in my hmetown. That worked quite well. She used materials for a homestudy course by a school that specialises in that. Mostly a communicative course, with lots of conversation practice and subject-based vocabulary.
In addition to a book you could try a CD-rom, like Rosetta Stone. And look for Wavetossed's advices: he'll tell you to listen to Russian radio 24/7 and so on  'Catching the sound' is important for learning a language |
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nikir
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| jo jo, my advice would be to get some private tuition in addition to your books, cd's etc. Your departure isn't that far away and every extra will help. |
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jo-jo-7
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| Thanks for your advice and suggestions...it is appreciated. |
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