improve my Russian

Well, it took a BIG move for me, in order to reach this goal… that of moving to ESTONIA, just so I could relax abit and get the practice I needed within a Russian speaking community.

I’ve learned other things and other life lessons while there too, so everything connected with the goal to improve my Russian has shown it to be a worthwile goal indeed.

I never aspired to speak PERFECT russian, and so now that I’m moving away from Estonia, I’m not upset that it’s still not perfect… but I come away with good experience and an excellent core of the language… really it’s set me up for life… I’ll never forget Russian, now that’s it played such a big part in my life. I’ll always take up opportunities to use it in the future also, so as to keep it up.

I love how knowing another language opens up the way to communicating with so many more people possibly. So this was worth it for sure.

Well I came prepared to study my eyeballs dry but in the end I’ve lapsed into the social method of learning a language… ha!

Well three new expressions: shto lee, fsyo-takee, and a form of saying “no matter how much something might be” that I’d never really realized before. Oh yes, also: Da ti shto!

I like how here in Estonia they also seem to make words alot cuter like: previetik, navernika, ladninka, etc

Fun!

I’m preparing for my trip to Estonia and hoping that I’ll get a chance there to concentrate on my Russian. I’ll bring my honkin’ dictionary and other bookies that I’ve got – especially the one I got second hand that was WAY over my head as a beginner – about two years ago. I think I might actually get something out of it now though…
So I’ll do my best to study that book completely while I’m gone. I’ve got a month and half, so if I do abit everyday and if Viktoria helps me, I should make some progress.