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[bohemienne.livejournal.com]

Уважаемые ЖЖчики!

I really enjoy reading this community and have learned lots of helpful stuff on it. However, I've noticed that the majority of the posts are concerned with matters mostly relevant to brand-new students of Russian. I'm at the point in my studies where I've hit my brick wall somewhere at the high end of "intermediate" linguistic mastery, and I'm having to work really hard to push myself beyond that. So, I'm wondering if you guys know of any communities here for native-English students of the Russian language (and maybe some natives to help out!) who have fluency or near-fluency can discuss more technical aspects of the language. And, if there isn't such a community already in existence, would there be any interest in such a community if I were to create one? I'd like to see discussions about all the finer points of grammar and expression in the language, and all those funky subjects we love so much (verbs of motion, verbal adjectives, eek!). I really appreciate the feedback.

Comments

[kutsuwamushi.livejournal.com]

There's no need to create a new community; this community welcomes users of all degrees of Russian fluency. You haven't seen posts on more advanced subjects because no one has been making them, not because we don't have advanced students here.

If you'd like to start a discussion on advanced Russian grammar or usage, by all means, go ahead. It would be nice to see some variety.

To tell you the truth, I don't like the idea of creating a new community for advanced students because it would take away interesting discussions (that are very welcome) from this one. I also dread the whole splintering into smaller and smaller communities effect, because it's a pain to manage so many communities and that always introduces the dreaded crossposts.

[bohemienne.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the response. I've been lurking on this community for about a year, but generally only see posts asking about the pronunciation of the letters or similarly basic topics. I'll try typing up some of my related vocabulary lists I've been making or advanced grammar notes, in that case.

[kutsuwamushi.livejournal.com]

That would be really nice. I look forward to seeing it (and the discussions that it will inevitably bring up).

[dermfitz.livejournal.com]

Looking forward to it!

[cema.livejournal.com]

If you keep lurking, you will never see the posts you want to see. Help yourself.

[aveleen.livejournal.com]

That also gives you an idea of the percentage of beginners in the whole lot of the learners of Russian... :))

[simonff.livejournal.com]

I think "ЖЖсты" is better than "ЖЖчики". :))

Some people also say "лжеюзеры".

[gvadelupa.livejournal.com]

"ЖЖ-шники" is also appropriate, I think. :)

[noser.livejournal.com]

"ЖЫЖЫСТЫ"!!! Only those who can pronounce that will be allowed to take part in the "advanced" discussions! :)

[lexabear.livejournal.com]

I know exactly what you're going through - that's just the level I'm at, myself. I've started a couple discussions about more advanced topics (though I can't for the life of me remember what they were now, for examples...), so it does happen - just not as often as the 'easier' questions, because more people are at that level.

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

I am sure that we have here enough natives willing to help to keep satisfied even really advanced needs! Just ask, we're here ;-)