Hey, non-native english supeakerusu! How did you learn english? I watch movies and stuff, read fiction in english...

Hey, non-native english supeakerusu! How did you learn english? I watch movies and stuff, read fiction in english, play vidyas, but I feel myself like a neanderthal with a stone exe who has to build a spaceship when it comes to speaking. It would be cool to find an exchange buddy, but it is almost imposible because Im not a girl.

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Hello rus friend. I'm the opposite of what you wanted but I'm here now. I'm native English and just started learning Pyccкий in university classes.

The Simpsons + Football Manager + school, but after fifth grade English lessons were useless

Why, though? Not a very useful language as it seems to me. Do you want to hook on a Russian chick in the university or something?

by watching porn

You don't. No one in France bother to even speak it. French is the only other foreign language you'll ever need.
Look at me, I don't speak English at all, not one single word, and I'm honestly all the better for it.

made me chuckle Pierre

I want to work in US embassies when I graduate. Knowing language is helpful and I don't want to learn Mandarin because I don't want to work in East Asia and in the future diplomatic relations with your cunt could be very important. We got Russian names today. Mine is Пaвeл. Is this a good name?

I forgot to mention Russian literature is good

Hey I'm trying to learn French but fuck if I understand the pronunciations. Any tips my dude

This name is quite common but I'd say a decent one. Not a shit-tier like Ivan or Vladimir.

*unzips baguette*
here's my tip for you ;)

Pavel is shit-tier t. mongol

What are the nicknames for Pavel? My professor said we'd get nicknames for these to and laughed when I got mine and said "you'll get your nickname later"

Nickname for Pavel? Well, maybe something autistic like "Пaшкa". Seems like you have a good teacher, though.

We have a fucked up language senpai.
I can help you if you want, on the long run, as long as you help me with my prononciation.
As for every language, work on your "linguistic immersion" : read and listen to french stuff in any way you can (movies, radio, songs, books) to pick up on how we talk ( if you end up speaking like a Québecois I'll personnaly come murder you into your fucking bed though).
And with any word you're not sure about, use wordreference to hear the prononciation.

Beware of silent letters like the "h", it's a tricky part of the language, and all Anglos have troubles making our "r" sound so work on that if you can.

We usually make nicknames based on surnames.

>paska :D

Пaшкa/Пaшoк is loke Johny for John. It's not a nickname.

It's Pashka.

The teacher grew up in St. Petersburg. She says she took classes with Putin in them at St. Petersburg State university.
Isnt that the name of fancy bread or something? Would it be pronounced paska or is it something like pashka?

Ш is definitely SH and again-Пaшкa/Пaшoк/Пaшyля is like John and Johny. Not a nickname.

>Fancy bread
>Пaшкa
Wut?

i know but it sounds like paska :D

That makes sense because Pashka isn't any shorter than Pavel. It seems like a short name like that doesn't need a shorter version

This

i think that's pasha

It's Paskha (literallt "Easter"). It has nothing to do with bred, it's basically sweet curd.

You wrote it like Пaшa
And it should be Пacхa
So in english it will be Paskha.

Which one is which?

Frankly the french pronounciation is simpler than the english one. We don't have short/long vowels and we have less sounds in general. I find the accents to be less of a problem than the different length of a vowel imo (even if context helps a shitload).
Arguably the myriad of silent letter is just a question of habits and a finnish friend found French to be easier to learn than english because of that.

A good thing to do is to listen to french stuff. French movie used to be good back then and they're a good way to learn a language with subtitles.

Пaшa is the most common version of name Пaвeл.
Пacхa is Easter and this sweet.

yeah, in finnish it's pasha so i just took a guess

Кoшмap! They are all so similar.
Was that the correct use of that word?

It doesn't look finnish.
Ppäässhhää
Now we can go.

Have you guys read your country's literature in english/the language you wish to learn ?
While speaking with a friend about different country's literature I asked myself this question and thought about trying to read classical (Balzac, Hugo, Celine) in English to see how more complex and literate form of communication (far from Sup Forums "fuck you mang you're an utter twat I'm used to) and how it relates .

Anyone has experience in that ?

Ш and Х are absolutelt different letters.with different sounds.
>Was that the correct use of that word?
Yeah, but usually 40yo women usually use it in such context.

Pashka-kakashka!

X makes the same sound as English right?
That makes sense because my teacher is a >40yo lady. Whats the normal context of the word?

What do these words mean? Are they mean words?

Pashka - Pavel, but rhymed.
Kakashka - poo
No offence, I'm just bored

That's pretty funny