[*waves*]

[nur-ein-tier.livejournal.com]

Hello, I'm trying to learn Russian on my own. I have A Simplified Russian Grammar-Fayer, Living Language Russian Coursebook and the Barrons Express Track to Russian books/tapes set so far, and the last one moves way too fast for me. Anyhow, my attempted introduction in Russian follows. I hope it's not too terrible. I installed Russian on my computer, but it still takes me ages to type anything. I had to paint the front side of the keys on my keyboard with the characters and I type with two fingers, just like when I was learning to type (in English). =0)

по-русски: Добрый денъ. Разрешите представиться. Я живу в США. Меня зовут Эми. Я студентка. Я очень рада, что я в learn_russian. Я говорю плохо по-русски, хотя говоритъ хорошо по-русски. Мня нужна практика. Я говорю по-английски, по-немески и по-французски.

по-английски: Hello. Allow me to introduce myself. I live in the USA. My name is Amy. I am a student. It's good to be here. I speak Russian badly, but I want to speak it well. I need practice. I speak English, German and French.

What motivates you?

[gera.livejournal.com]

Dear Russian learners, may I ask what is your motivation for studying Russian?

I think it would be interesting to many of the community members to know.

Pushkin!!

[sisyphus.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday, Captain!!

( this man is The Man )

(no subject)

[wolfie-18.livejournal.com]

Quick request: May someone explain the difference between: запомниться, напомнить, помнить, вспомнить, and I think (can't recall) that I've seen a впомнить.

And what would be the meaning of "Это вам запомнится легко?"

And: Can someone tell me some literature/music one would have read in their first/second year Russian class? I was flipping through a textbook at a college, and I saw Телефон, and I remember watching a video of Middlebury Russian Language Session that the guy was reading the poem to his students. I would just hate to have missed out on anything Russian-identifying because I had a tutor instead.