Sagrada Familia - Svyatoe semyeistvo - Holy Family Since 1983, Antoni Gaudi had been designing and constructing the Sagrada Familia, a Cathedral in Barcelona,Spain, along with other great works around the city. La Sagrada Familia is still under construction and is scheduled to be complete in 2026, 100 years after the death of Antoni Gaudi. Even though it is under-construction it is still such a great sight if you ever find yourself in Barcelona. I bring this up because I did not know anything about it until I was in Barcelona and a friend told me about it. She acted as though it was common knowledge to know about this, and maybe it is ... for europeans, but as an america I feel that there are so many things that I am missing out on. Such as the Sagrada Familia. That is the very reason that learning Russian interest me so much. Since I can remember I have only known that Russia is the "bad guys" yet how much do I really know about it , about the culture and people and language. So I will learn, Thank you Sagrada Familia for a Great lesson

The 20% that Matters This writing is not for the perfectionist that spends their time learning all the words in the dictionary, or then again maybe it is. Maybe the perfectionist is the perfect person to read this article, so that they may consider my different opinion. However, Without a doubt this article is written with the people that want to get ahead in the shortest amount of time, for the people that rather know a little of a lot , rather than a lot about a little. 80/20- [ The 20 % that matters ] The Pareto principle, otherwise known as the 80/20 principle, states that roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes.This has proven true in many different fields from economics and population to traffic and farming; I believe that the 80/20 principle is also true about learning a new language. Examples of the 80/20 principle in life.[this is not a part of the 20%] In 1906 Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto observed that 80% of the land in Italy was owned by 20% of the population. Joseph M. Juran observed that 20% of the pea pods in his garden contained 80% of the peas. "50 percent of the total road length carried hardly any traffic at all (0.2 percent), 80 percent of the total traffic ran on less than 10 percent of the roads."- Traffic - by Tom Vanderbilt If you had 5 exams tomorrow and you could study 20% of the time on each subject and be able to make an 80/100 would that be better than using your entire time on one exam just to have one perfect. 20% is all I need If you consider the 80/20 principle, you will notice that there is in fact a number of most used words and phrases in any particular language. This is exactly what separates you from spending years trying to be fluent to spending a few months to learn the 20% of the language that people use 80% of the time. I found out, while traveling in Japan, if you know the 20% that is used 80% of the time you can easily be understood by native speakers and often it works out better that you only know the most used phrases, instead of the less used, often extremely formal or informal , parts of the language. By practicing the 80/20 principle when studying a language you have to immerse yourself with what really matters. So What Should You do.. Character Limit has been Reached. Most of the article is here. However, If you would like to read my full article you can find it on my blog - http://pythagoraspi.com/the-20-percent/

How's My Pronunciation with Russian Numbers Please help me . I am learning the numbers and would like to make sure that I am pronouncing them good enough to be understood. I did numbers 1-19 ## I messed up . there is no 10-teen dechichnatcich.

Help Me Practice Russian :) Pajausta ужас есть Skype? я хачу габару паруски свамен Hello! Do you Have Skype? I love to learn and practice my spoken russian. I fluently speak English and Spanish and I am decent at speaking Japanese :D I like to travel and have many stories about my journeys , I would like to know more about Russia and Ukraine :D паяуста и спасибо