A link and a question!

[lady-of-the-sea.livejournal.com]

I looked for ages to find a program to help me learn the Russian keyboard, and my professor finally found one! I thought it might be helpful for someone if I post it here :) Russian Keyboard Exercises. You start with two letters and work your way up.

And on the same theme, is there a Russian phrase/sentence that uses all the letters? Like in English, we have "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy yellow dog" to test fonts, and practice writing.

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[sithoid.livejournal.com]

These phrases are called "Pangrams". Here (http://www.artlebedev.ru/kovodstvo/paragraphs/33/) is a large list of them.

[lady-of-the-sea.livejournal.com]

Ooh, thanks! :)

[dobryi-drake.livejournal.com]

In Russia commonly used this program http://ergosolo.ru/

[lady-of-the-sea.livejournal.com]

Thank you! That one's better than the one I've been using! I think the repetition helps a lot.

[xorxor.livejournal.com]

съешь еще этих мягких французских булок, да выпей чаю.

[lady-of-the-sea.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :D

[towarysc.livejournal.com]

выпей ЖЕ чаю

[pensant.livejournal.com]

Try to find a Russian-speaking friends, and as much as possible talk with them. I think, this practice will be better.

[lady-of-the-sea.livejournal.com]

I do, too. The trouble is that my (Russian) typing right now is so slow no one would want to talk to me XD The wait would be excruciating!

[pensant.livejournal.com]

My ICQ number in my profile. Maybe, I can help you with practice. Welcome
(http://pensant.livejournal.com/profile)

[firebottle.livejournal.com]

1. No real need for these programs - subscribing and participating in e-conferences is well enough.

2. These are pangrams (панграммы). Personally I like this one:
"А ещё хорошо уметь всем на зависть чётко и складно писать буквы и цифры"
Pangrams with each letter used once (text is very stupid):
"Любя, съешь щипцы, - вздохнёт мэр, - кайф жгуч"
"Шеф взъярён тчк щипцы с эхом гудбай Жюль"
"Эй, жлоб! Где туз? Прячь юных съёмщиц в шкаф"
"Экс-граф? Плюш изъят. Бьём чуждый цен хвощ!"
Other good examples:
"Широкая электрификация южных губерний даст мощный толчок подъёму сельского хозяйства"
"Ускоряющаяся эволюция компьютерных технологий предъявила жёсткие требования к производителям как собственно вычислительной техники, так и периферийных устройств"

[lady-of-the-sea.livejournal.com]

Ooh, that's a good idea! I hadn't thought of studying by just looking at it and memorizing, but that's something that usually works well for me :)Thank you!