<p>ja, raimius hat es Recht. Deutsch ist einfach das Beste :)</p>
<p>Теннис я надеюсь, что Вы наслаждаетесь русским языком.</p>
<p>^ Now thats impressive</p>
<p>I was going to say the same thing, ds52262, but you beat me to it!</p>
<p>I have a friend who memorized and can speak and write Tolkein's Elvish. I thought that was pretty cool. Don't suppose it's offered at the USAFA.</p>
<p>I've had Rosetta Stone's Russian course sitting on my desk for the last few weeks and last night I finally got it installed! So far it hasn't helped too much, but that is with just one hour put into it. I am pretty sure you don't learn languages in an hour.</p>
<p>There is a guy here at the P school that is from Russia and he actually wants to help me learn. That will be a great resource once I know enough to partake in a passable conversation.</p>
<p>Два пива, пожалуйста!</p>
<p>All the Russian you need to know to get started! </p>
<p>USAFA10s - Fill everyone in. (Hint: you don't have to be 21 in Russia).</p>
<p>Is that: "Give me vodka"?</p>
<p>Close, Hornet.</p>
<p>"Two beers, please." Pronounced: Dva peeva, pahzalsta! (I give you the phonetics as it is too important of a phrase not to know.) :)</p>
<p>(By the way, make mine a Baltica #7!)</p>
<p>By the way, if Soaring Son is lurking and reading this...</p>
<p>I DO NOT want to speak Russian to your class on PW. (I would only be able to order beer and ask their names anyway! :)</p>
<p>HA!....Soaring Dad! .... Even MORE of a reason to speak during Russian class! I'm sure the students would love for you to place an order for them! :) </p>
<p>Enjoy your weekend!</p>
<p>BlueSuiter, let me know how well The Rosetta Stone works. I was thinking of buying it for Russian.</p>
<p>packermatt-have you tried it online yet?</p>
<p>The little sample, yes. I believe it's in Turkish. Wasn't sure if the exercises changed over time or not?</p>
<p>adam= man
kiz= girl
olan (sp?)= boy</p>
<p>no, I tried out a bunch of languages online...bummer if they changed it!</p>
<p>It only is letting me do Turkish, sadly. I'm not sure how many levels I should buy, since I only have one year of school left before collage. I want to do Russian though.</p>
<p>Check with your library. I know mine has all the languages available through their website if you have a library card with them.</p>
<p>And, it just seemed to work out that I'm taking Russian for my college class this semester. Gonna rock!</p>
<p>I've thought Arabic would be interesting to learn. </p>
<p>Do the Rosetta Stone language sets teach you from the beginning? Like starting with the alphabet and how to pronounce the characters?</p>
<p>No, they're weird. It starts you off with words like man, plane, boy, etc. Then it slowly just grows to phrases and more complex things. Never really teaches you the letters or grammar in "lessons."</p>
<p>It's similar to how you learned English, if you think about it. You begin by picking up certain words, than enough to speak/understand a sentence, then to have a whole conversation. The grammar gets picked up as you go through "osmosis" so to speak.</p>