Curiosity... and help!!

[pink-rain.livejournal.com]

How would you say "In Memory of [name]" in russian? D:

also, I took Russian my senior year of high school, but I got sick and missed a lot of it because when I came back, no one would help me. And I couldn't stay after for help because I had to stay after at my Trade school until 3:30 three days a week for Cosmetology and go figure, the other days my Russian teacher wasn't available. So, I was wondering...

What are some good books for learning russian? I'd love to start all over. My hold on the language is wonderful. I picked up on the Cyrillic in less than a month and I memorized it rather quickly. I heard that the "For Dummies" books for Russian are very good, and when I was at my friends college last weekend we looked at the used book section but didn't have much on the language itself. Any recommendations would be great!

Thank you for and to anyone who can help with the books (or sites! I know of Master Russian.. any others? :D) and/or translation! And I'm sorry if I babbled >_>;;

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In memory of...

[giantantattack.livejournal.com]

В память (кого-л.)

[oryx_and_crake]

How would you say "In Memory of [name]" in russian?
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Depends on context, as always.
If, say, you have written a book and want to dedicate it to your mother, you would write, "(эта книга посвящена) памяти моей матери".
If, on the other hand, a school or any other building or an institution is named after some famous person, in Russian it will be "имени" - e.g. "школа имени Пушкина".

[pink-rain.livejournal.com]

thanks alot!

[vargtimmen.livejournal.com]

The Golosa textbook series has probably been the most helpful. You're going to find a lot of easier material like the For Dummies that may be unchallenging, but in the process they tend to gloss over a lot of rules and tell you to "just accept it, ignore the man behind the curtain!" Golosa has been really good about thoroughly explaining everything strange, which means less memorizing in the long run. For example, I have a really easy book called "Russian: Language and People" and they tell you to just accept for now that "Chas" is declined differently depending on what number is in front of it. If you think this is a special rule just for the word "chas" you'll think to yourself, "well Christ I don't need to learn 5 ways of saying chas, I'll skip over this section." Or you will spend the time learning something you think is useless, and be discouraged.

[pink-rain.livejournal.com]

that helps alot! thanks :D!

[mekkababble.livejournal.com]

I've been using Schaum's Russian grammar and it's a helpful supplement and has some excerises in it. And if used properly, multitran.ru is good for vocabulary.

[zarxos.livejournal.com]

I will just say do NOT get "The Idiot's Guide to Learning Russian." It's boring, poorly written, and just bad all around. Plus, my Russian grandfather says a lot of things in it are outright incorrect. So just don't get that one!

[pink-rain.livejournal.com]

i've been hearing horrible things about that!
i'm glad i asked about those kinds! thanks :O!