James Iles
Why am I not clicking with Russian like I did with Spanish?

Anyone have any ideas? Thanks.

Oct 8, 2014 3:03 PM
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From my point of view, clicking with a language is something you can't really force. It usually happens when you find something that you like so much (e.g. Мне нравится 'Пелегея', которая поет народные песни и представляет поддерживаемые мною ценности - возрождение народной музыки и сооблюдение принципов доброты, смеха, любви и уважения) that you cannot imagine going a few hours without it. For example, I love to listen to various types of music in Russian (Аквариум, Би-2, Эдуард Хиль, Регина Спектор, The Dartz, Отава ё, Машина Времени, Олег Медведев, Внуки Святослава, Хор Красной Армии) and I love watching Putin crack jokes. I watch and listen with great pleasure. In addition, meeting somebody interesting helps a great deal. I have several friends from Russia, with whom I always have fun speaking. 

October 8, 2014
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Spanish is a very easy language to learn for English speakers.It is phonetic,there are lots of things that sound like English and it's a Latinate language.Russian has a whole different alphabet,different grammar and syntax and is harder for English speakers to tackle.Now try CHINESE!

October 8, 2014
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spanish language is latin-based as english, so you can find almost 30% in common but with russian is different strory beause its backgroung has nothing in common with latin or any other european languages so you cant guess words you have to learn them. the same for us too.

October 16, 2014
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James, here is some of my favorite artists -

Boris Grebenshikov (http://youtu.be/o0y-yLcdp3s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPNI8DuHgIg (БАСТА - Ростов)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeygUTlMG1E (Будем жить/Зарядка - DJ Леонид Руденко и А-студио)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU8csnZxdPA (Виктор Цой - Перемен/ Классная песня, одна из самых известных песен в истории России)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i-6VdOQXTY (Олег Медведев - Полшага до песни)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hd59FRAN6k (Корабельный кот - Олег Медведев

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rHjakawG8M (БИА Песняры)

 

As for books, I tend to purchase them from a store in New York City/Amazon or Ozon.ru which is a Russian store. If I don't have money, I get books from Vkontakte or this site: lib.ru.

 

October 8, 2014

"clicking with" - what it means? thx

October 9, 2014
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