learn Russian

Need a little more than a few flashcards and 1 lesson a day. Must try to actually do some grammar exercises or reading or something.

i LOVE love, love russian. the way it sounds, looks. Love russian culture, russian people. Yes. And I need to get the language down. So, I know the alphabet, and a handful of words. I need to start reading in my russian books more frequently. That will help for when I get in a class. The next 101 class, which I will be taking again, starts in the fall, and hopefully it will work out that I will be able to take it. Until then I’m going to need to practice as much as I can on my own time.

I went to Oakridge today, and there was a Rosetta Stone stand!!!

I was talking to my dad, and I turned around. GASP.

It was like

one

of

the

best

days

of

my

life.

Wait, I take that back.

It almost was one of the best days of my life. If I bought it.

I decided that I wouldn’t because I would be juggling English (SAT vocab words), French, and Russian! That’s way too much for me to handle at once. So I might get it… I don’t know when. When I have another Kazakhstan trip planned? Who know when that’ll happen. Anyway, it’s about $350 for Levels 1 and 2. It’s $499 for Levels 1, 2, and 3. (Do I really need Level 3…? I mean… I’m not going to live in Kazakhstan or Russia!)

So I’m still contemplating on whether I should buy it or not…

But oh, that would have been absolutely splendid if I had gotten it anyway.

I love Russian, its a very attractive language, I wish to learn it, I already learned the Alphabet but I’m having a little problem with Grammar.

I have no idea when I would be able to do this, but you never know when an opportunity will present itself.

I know the alphabet and a few phrases – that’s all so far. I am learning a few Russian folk songs so that I can practice my pronunciation.

Rossetta finished by December

I was always fascinated with Russian history, thus learning the beautiful Russian language seems like the natural next step. :)

said that I could get Rosetta Stone for Russian in the summer!!! :D YAY!!!

I’m going to be able to speak to my “relatives” in Kazkahstan! (:

Plus, it turns out that it’s one of the four important languages to know if you’re joining the Peace Corps (which I will be doing once I get out of college!).

And now I’m living in Ukraine as PC volunteer. The opportunity has come, but I must take advantage of it.