Language

Russian Language ~ The language is the place. It might sound obvious to say, but I can't imagine any other country speaking this language. The language gives you a feeling of the place and the people that belong to it. The sounds and the system used to symbolize them on paper are both beautiful and challenging to learn. We received two Russian lessons a week since we've been here and it has been a fun, but at times frustrating experience. I've been told that the words I do know are delivered with almost accent free and accent free pronunciation. The trick now is to learn more words and practice, practice, practice! Check out the pictures of Russian lessons below! Soon I'll update with both the Cyrillic and English versions of the words I've learned during my time here!

 Masha, our teacher for a classroom of two!



 Week three homework review and forward to lesson three!



By far, stress is the hardest part of Russian for me so far. I think I will learn more about stress from practicing Russian than I ever did using my own native English tongue. Learning the alphabet first was key after getting to be familiar with the basic greetings and phrases. Saying words in Russian is a lot different than spelling for a non-native speaker. There are gender cases, including neutral, and load of suffixes that can change the meaning just as easily as using the wrong intonation (or stress) on a word. All in all, it is a beautiful language! media type="custom" key="17838752" align="center"

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