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Re: You'll probably be fluent in about 6 months at most. It's easy. Aeryn Send a noteboard - 20/09/2013 03:05:35 PM

View original postIt should be ridiculously easy, actually, given that you already know two languages. The only foreign concept if you haven't studied a Romance language is the rampant use of the subjunctive, which Americans can't seem to use properly on those rare occasions it is called for in English, and which is only used in the conditional in Russian. Even so, the subjunctive isn't that hard once you start using it. Have fun!

I have no idea what a subjunctive is (a brief glimpse at wikipedia didn't help), and I hope I won't need to! 98% of learning a language is straight up memorization - of words and phrases. Then once you know the correct expression, you infer a lot of the grammatical rules. At least that's how I'd prefer to do it.

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NSSP: I'm learning Spanish! Aeryn - 18/09/2013 03:41:12 PM 1215 Views
Good luck in your efforts. Stephen - 18/09/2013 03:52:36 PM 789 Views
I really want to go to Puerto Rico! Aeryn - 20/09/2013 02:58:46 PM 849 Views
Good for you! Legolas - 18/09/2013 05:15:23 PM 782 Views
Re: Good for you! Aeryn - 20/09/2013 03:02:13 PM 898 Views
I was wishing you success. Legolas - 20/09/2013 06:09:20 PM 735 Views
You'll probably be fluent in about 6 months at most. It's easy. Tom - 18/09/2013 06:58:49 PM 815 Views
Re: You'll probably be fluent in about 6 months at most. It's easy. Aeryn - 20/09/2013 03:05:35 PM 845 Views
You will need to learn the subjunctive. Very much so. Tom - 20/09/2013 03:43:53 PM 829 Views
Re: You will need to learn the subjunctive. Very much so. Aeryn - 23/09/2013 03:21:07 PM 815 Views
Ah, but a question isn't a statement of uncertainty. It's a request for information. Tom - 23/09/2013 03:59:00 PM 719 Views
Is Duolingo one of the apps you have downloaded? The Shrike - 19/09/2013 05:23:35 PM 752 Views
It is quite good in some ways. Legolas - 19/09/2013 06:54:44 PM 826 Views
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A quick question. Stephen - 20/09/2013 05:48:18 PM 764 Views
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I will have to look in my copy of the Zibaldone on that one. Tom - 22/09/2013 04:26:11 AM 734 Views
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Interesting points. Stephen - 22/09/2013 12:20:39 AM 748 Views
It's not too high on my priority list either, like I said. Legolas - 20/09/2013 06:17:24 PM 717 Views
It is... Aeryn - 20/09/2013 03:12:11 PM 823 Views
True The Shrike - 20/09/2013 04:14:32 PM 729 Views
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