#i've tried learning more of russian with duolingo right...

[teddybeartoji]

hi mickey! <33 for the asks! 🐙 & 🧛🏻‍♀️

HAIII NAT:3333 I HOPE YOU'RE DOING WELL MY LOVE!!!! THANK U FOR DROPPING BYY!!!!!!!

🐙 how many languages do you speak?

only two fluently:(((( i know a little russian too but i really wanna start learning it again!!!!! it's such a cool language to know imo hehehehe!!

🧛🏻‍♀️ what’s your favorite horror character/ monster?

GHOSTFACE!!!!!! i think ghostface is always such a funny character. funny and sexy. and a little cunty (esp the one in the latest one. with the shotgun.... wheeeeeewww)

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[thatstudyblrontea]

Hey, it's me again! I was wondering how you got into studying Russian and with what material you started. Maybe you have some recommendations for me. I have one language learning app that connects grammar and vocabulary but I'd be glad t9 get to know alternatives!

Hi! 🌼 Russian was one of six language options from which I had to choose two to study for the whole course of my degree: English, Russian, Arabic, French, Spanish, German. English was my first choice.

Now, this answer sat in my drafts for a long time: I'm probably not the best person to give an answer to this question, as I'm not particularly liking Russian, and every time I tried to answer, it always looked like a rant. I think Russian is a beautiful language, and so is Russian culture, but I just couldn't get into it for academic reasons (too much pressure on passing exams, too little time to study, high expectations on the students' performances without providing enough resources to feel connected to the language). I'm even thinking about switching to French for these reasons.

But after thinking this answer through, and reflecting on my personal experience, I found I can give you some suggestions anyway:

Duolingo was a life saver for me. It allows you to learn at ypur own pace, very gradually, but still gives you enough new information per lesson, so that it truly feels like you're actively making progress and building your language skills;

grammatical cases and verb afixes are hard to study on textbooks – always pair a study session with a writing exercise, in which you can analyse the structures in-context;

get into Russian culture if you can – it can be a specific point in the Country's history that you find interesting, a hobby of yours in its Russian "variation" (for me, it was чай – tea), a social issue you're passionate about (climate change, women's rights, etc.) – you can't really study a language as if it was an entity on its own: it becomes sterile.

I hope this helps you, and that you'll have a lovely experience learning Russian! I've added the #russian langblr and #russian language tags, so that perhaps other learners will chime in and give you some more tips :)

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Nickname: Katie. Sometimes Kates?

Zodiac: I'm not sure if you mean starsign or the chinese year thing, so I'm doing both. I'm a libra, born in the year of the dragon lmao

Height: 4'11 and 3/4 shut up i'm tiny

Last movie I saw: Bleach, the Diamond Dust Rebellion lol. My dad just downloaded it and I had nothing to do so.

Last thing I googled: Uh. A recipe for afritada bc my dad wanted that for dinner.

Favorite musician: ooohhh that's so hard I listen to a lottttt of artists. I think rn the answer is Jojo, because I've loved her music since I was little! Too little too late was my jam as a kid, and god, did I love her newest albums. Oooooh and the updated old ones? The 2018 versions of leave (get out) and too little too late... so good.

Hm. I gotta add tho bc Sara Bareilles and Michelle Branch are right up there with her. 3 year old me could sing Michelle Branch's Breathe, and i still throw it on when i feel senti. Sara bareilles music makes me feel soooo much and i love her.

Song stuck in my head: Ghost of You by 5SOS. It inspired an angsty fic that I'm gonna plot tonight, and probably shelve for future use after I finish my zine piece and my other chapterfics.

My other blogs: oof okay. @apieceforthewrongpuzzle is my studyblr. I don't use it much and mostly reblog, just for resources and helpful tips. @themundanebeautyproj was for a school assignment and I haven't deleted it bc i use it to save posts i want to find easily since i dont use it as often-- ergo, less reblogged shit to scroll through. And @haikyuutales-a-collection is the blog for my haikyuu folktales zine! I'm currently taking a short break from the PR since I don't have discord access, but follow that blog if you wanna be updated about the zine's progress and see sneakpeeks and stuff later on in the creation process!

Do I get asks: I've had a few. Some on anon, most from friends. I wouldn't mind more though!

Following: uhhhhhhh 524...? Whoops

Followers: 80! Wow that's a lot. Thanks guys!

Amount of sleep: usually 8-10? All i know is almost always, regardless of what time i fall asleep, i wake up around 9ish. Recently, anyway.

Lucky number: i've always really liked 7.

What I'm wearing: an "okay? Okay." Shirt that has two sad little cuts in the bottom left from who knows where and black and green sports shorts-- yknow, the weird holey ones.

Dream job: teaching, or something involving museums or libraries. Editing would be nice too.

Dream trip: honestly? Anywhere. I'd love to visit more asian countries tho, especially japan and korea!

Favorite food: bacon or chocolate! Also rice. Fuck yeah rice is great

Play any instruments: i briefly tried to learn guitar but soon gave up. So no. I sing tho.

Languages: English is my mother tongue, obviously, it's what I grew up speaking, but I have a pretty decent grasp of Filipino (mostly comprehension, my grammar is shit). I also know very very basic Mandarin. Not a lot. Briefly tried to use duolingo for french so i have a smattering of vocab in that language. I also once had a phase where i tried russian. I remember like. 2 phrases and nothing of the alphabet. Uh. I know some ASL? Like. 5-10 signs and fingerspelling only tho.

Favorite songs: ..... don't ask me this. I listen to a Lot

Random facts:

I'm Catholic, but not super devout

I sometimes write poetry

You can't see them unless you're rightttt up in my face, but i have some freckles on my nose and cheeks. They're hidden by my dark-ish skin tho.

I like to lick my lollipops slow and whatever idk, and i only eat orange ones

I studied STEM in my last 2 years of hs and hated it, my whole class knew I should've gone humanities bc that's where my passion was

I discovered I liked writing in 7th grade a week after I turned down an invitation from the writing club to join the invitational science club instead. I didn't have much fun. (Seems like foreshadowing....)

I was once in the top 24 students for math in my grade level-- out of 280 students give or take. Only for 4th and 5th grade tho.

Uh. My SAT score was 1440?

Lol they're all acads related bc i went to visit my old school today and have no idea what else to say.

Bonus-- describe yourself as aesthetic things: polaroids and old letters, open notebooks and fountain pens, calligraphy inks in bottles lined up on shelves. Sunsets through windows and a girl with her arms spread wide in the rain. Also fairy lights and lanterns. A single knife blade. Headphones.

Okay! Tagging is hard. I tag!!! @mooifyourecows @sugaandyams @i-am-a-bit-of-a-crank @rootnjoons @lovetinted @cheetahleopard @tentaclebubbles @tendous-satoris @that-one-guy-in-naruto @onceabluemoonwrites @tottwriter @raincloud10 @satans-little-rabbit @cathxstra @glitch-writes @icannotbebotheredanymore @kenmagoesblep @cubistemoji andddd idk im out of ideas for who to tag wow ok.

Just do it if you want!!!!