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Originally Posted by pdo
RussianJen-kudos to you for even attempting to learn Russian.  It is downright impossible! Anytime a foreigner can manage "spaseeba" or any Russian phrase, it is a sign of tremendous respect. How any teacher, even a hard-boiled Russian disciplinarian, could belittle an hard-working American who pours her heart into Russian orphans, is beyond me. Yeah, I guess I've always been a language-head, LOL. To cure boredom during my middle school summers, my Mom enrolled me in college German and French. In high school I picked up 3 years of Spanish. I still moonlight as Mom's Russian spell-checker. |
Thanks, pdo!
Yeah...Russian is tough. It's worth it, though! I was able spend a month working as a Russian/English translator - this was a 24/7 job, translating in a hospital and doctor's visits, physical therapists' instructions, etc. It was
tough! But so great. What a privilege to be able to help like that!
I'm not sure what language I'll move on to next; I was thinking Ukrainian. Last year I spent a few months taking German lessons from a retired German teacher in our village - so that was really tough. A native English speaker, learning German, from a Russian who doesn't speak any English!!!
(That's how I felt most days)
I wouldn't trade how we learned Russian for anything, though - if I am truly serious about learning another language, I think I'll find some remote place where nobody speaks English (or Russian) and move there for two years.
Now...if I could only write in Russian as well as I can speak.....
-RussianJen <><