I went back and forth on this chapter. Ignore it? Do it? Actual footage of my brain contemplating Russian numbers and their declensions… It seems like I gave up ages ago on the complicated world of Russian numbers, dates, and … Read More
Finally, after ambitiously lugging this Russian textbook halfway across the world… more than once 😳… I’ve almost finished it. Just a short chapter (declension of numbers/dates/times, how delightful) and 60 pages of verb stats to go! 😄 Having reached this … Read More
Anyone else out there who goes overboard when it comes to buying foreign language books? I used to bring home new Russian books all the time… until it became clear how long it actually takes to go through a single … Read More
Here’s what I’m planning to read on Kindle this year: Update: ✔️ = finished! Books I started in 2019: The Anna Karenina Fix As they say on the internet: В любой непонятной ситуации читай русскую классику, там всё у всех … Read More
Ah, prepositions, those tiny words that I happily ignored for so many years. It is за тебя or для тебя? Who cares! Well, it turns out they’re kind of a big deal after all. :/ Ignorance was bliss. As the … Read More
Russian pronouns are tough. Take The Three Musketeers, for example. A simple phrase in English requires some serious declension in Russia, including two forms of the same pronoun. English: One for all and all for one. Russian: Один за всех … Read More
It’s super nice outside today- spring!- but my mood is low. In the past three days I spent 15 hours in clinic/hospital visits before work and then to top things off, I woke up this morning with a cold. But … Read More
Looking for something new to read? Here are some ideas for your reading list (or perhaps some books to avoid, haha)… Interesting Finds at the Bookstore Not sure I want to read this book but I’ll definitely save the … Read More
Another workbook completed! 🙂 After finishing Russian Tutor, I sped through Schaum’s Outlines Russian Vocabulary. Is it worth it? I say yes, although it’s pretty intense. Here’s a look inside… This workbook organizes thousands of Russian words into 28 themed chapters. … Read More
Here’s the final verdict on the Russian Tutor Grammar and Vocabulary Workbook that I bought last winter: IT’S WORTH IT. If you’re still exhausted from the last time you took on a Russian grammar book (hello, Schaum’s Russian Grammar), don’t worry. This … Read More