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Any advice for studying multiple languages?
As a hobby I study Russian and Spanish. I would like to study more aggressively and I´m curious about anyone´s suggestions for attacking two languages at once. I recall that when I was studying Spanish in Colombia I would often conjer up Russian words (my first passion) when I was trying to remember a Spanish word. Therefore I attempted to make myself forget all Russian (not literally) and avoid the subject so my mind could be clear for Spanish.
Now I´m back in the U.S. and would like to retain and learn more words in both languages. I was thinking I could alternate by weeks, switching my focus each week. I also have an idea to make flash cards with both Russian and Spanish, in which case I would certainly be learning the two at the same time.
What do you folks think? Perhaps I shoud first become fluent in Russian and then move to Spanish after a few years? Or is it possible to learn both at once, and how should I do it?
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What's the difference between ш and щ?
I pronounce them both the same. Should I pronounce them differently?
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"Box" in russian
I have examples that use ящик and examples that use коробка, and they both translate to "box". What's the difference?
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genetive case for время
Уменя не была времени.
Why not у меня не была времи?
Я is supposed to change to и in genetive nouns.
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accusative case
The quiz says:
Say this person is bothered by the symptom:
Мой муж- высокая температура
The correct answer is:
Моего мужа беспекоит высокая темпуратура.
My question is:
Why Моего? My grammar book says to end accusative adjectives with ого if they end with ой, not его.
According to this knowledge, it should say "Моого мужа".
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What parts of speech are "well" and "there"?
Well I don't know if there'll be snow but have a cup of cheer.
Is "well" an interjection here? I don't know how to classify it since it's just slang and not really part of the sentence.
"If there will be snow" Is "there" a pronoun here? Does anyone know what tense this is? Is it the passive voice?
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What part of speech is "and when"?
Have a holly jolly Christmas and when you walk down the street...
It seems to me that "and" is a conjunction and "when" is also a conjunction here. Could I say they are both conjunctions and this is a "conjunctive phrase"? Someone has suggested that that "and" is a preposition here but I don't think it's true.
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What tense is it? What part of speech is it?
Eleanor Rigby died in the church and was buried along with her name.
My question concerns the second phrase, "was buried along with her name".
1. Is the second phrase a phrase or a clause? For it to be a clause I should see a subject I believe.
2. Is it Past Simple, with "was" as the main verb? (it cannot be past continuous, as there is no ING anywhere.)
3. Is "buried along with her name" a noun phrase? How can "buried" be a noun if there is no ING, making it a gerund?
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How is this sentence correct?
He happened to have been left alone.
I would say this sentence uses Present Perfect Continuous, which follows the model: Subject- has/have- verb. "He" is usually followed by "has", but in this sentence, "He happened to has been left alone" would sound very bad. "Have" sounds much better, but I can't explain why. Does anyone know why?
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Where is the verb in this clause?
Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been.
Is this a clause? Is this Present Perfect Continuous? Present Perfect Continuous uses the model : subject + has/have + been + verb in continuous form.
The subject is "wedding", but I don't see a verb. How can it be Present Perfect Continuous without a verb? And can it be a clause without a verb?
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