Russian and Ukrainian Studyblr

secondary blog of a struggling student of slavic languages

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#StandWithUkraine

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Як справи?

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Ukrainian grammar basics from the Peace Corps Ukrainian language manual

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possibly relatable russian learner things

everyone you speak to thinking that the alphabet is the hardest part

the alphabet is not the hardest part

always using the wrong verb of motion. no matter what.

everyone thinking you want to become a spy

the hesitation before deciding whether the verb you want to use is imperfective or perfective

if a concept appears easy, you just haven’t read all about it yet

verbs of motion are still hell

spending far too long transliterating everyone you know’s names into cyrillic

numbers suddenly being the bane of your life

realising you complained about numbers when you learned french but at least these ones didn’t take cases

reading russian literature and watching all of your knowledge vanish as you cry over obsolete case endings and adjectives referring to nouns that aren’t even there

every single fucking concept being more complicated than necessary

having to know endless amounts of grammar to be able to say the tiniest things

verbs of motion are still hell

thinking you can spell until you remember the spelling rules exist

consonant mutation

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Verbs of motion though, they kill me every time.

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Case endings chart from the Peace Corps Russian language manual.

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My new favorite Christmas song 🎄

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Why don't you write in cursive?

Kind of a few reasons, I'm not super confident in my Russian cursive and it's easier to read my notes when I write in print. Also, when I write my vocab in print and my translations in tiny English cursive it makes me focus more on the Russian words and then if I need help figuring out the word I can look at the translation, but it's not distracting and my eyes don't read it automatically like if I wrote my translations in print. Also it just kind of makes space in my brain when I only write Russian in print and only write English in cursive if that makes any sense. Thanks for the ask!

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Recently went to a short Russian language camp and here's a sample of the new vocab I learned.

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New book and I'm loving these pictures!

Нова книга и я люблю ето картинки!

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hey! a little comment to one of your most recent posts: usually you say "З Новим роком!" when wishing someone a happy new year/exchanging holiday greetings. i think here the usage of "новий рік" would be more appropriate ^^ hope it made sense!

Great catch! I always get my cases confused so thanks for pointing that out for me)) such a big help!

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More notes

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Tutoring notes

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It's almost the end of the year so it's time to start decorating for з новим роком! It's never too early for Happy New Year and Merry Christmas.

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Don’t ask me what that word means, idk I just feel what that word means

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Notes from my tutoring session earlier this month