>be American college student >learning Russian >transfer schools, Russian language no longer offered >still really want to learn it, start looking for international programs >see study abroad opportunity in Estonia >very interested, but Estonian is very different from Russian, so I wouldn't be as immersed in the language >like 25% of Estonians speak Russian, but I feel like I might have to seek them out to practice my language skills
Should I do it, Sup Forums? The university offers Russian courses, but I would be surrounded mostly by Estonian and English speakers
Jayden James
Depends on how good they are at English there
Gavin Collins
Prepare to get spit on. Estonians dont like mutts
Cameron Lopez
What degree are you trying to get OP ?
Juan Collins
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Dominic Morales
anthropology major with a biochemistry minor. I'd like to go into archaeology
Austin Richardson
Do you serve coffee in 4D ?
Evan Hill
what?
Blake Cook
Why not go study in some slav country, you daft cunt?
Adrian Jones
limited options. there's not a program for every country
Jaxon Parker
>Goes to college >Doesn't understand jokes
>Burger education
John Bennett
>like 25% of Estonians speak Russian "Estonians"
Jacob Morris
As far as I know Tallin and Narva are majority russian speaking.
Thomas Moore
The 25% are Russians living in Estonia. If you want to find an Estonian who can speak Russian you need to find an older person because the youth speaks mostly only English and very little Russian.
Tallinn doesn't have a Russian majority though
Jaxon Fisher
By majority I mean that more than 50% will speak russian to me if I start conversation in russian, not being actual ethnic russians.
Xavier Johnson
No, they bitterly resent Russians and everyone who remotely resembles a Russian in any way, including trying to speak in Russian.
Christopher Miller
russian isn't really useful there it's very very segregated.
Anthony Young
Which Uni is on the exchange program? Tartu Ulikool, TTU, EBS? Kopli and Lasnamae sure do.
t. Lived in Tallinn for 3 years
Luke Brooks
university of tartu. Let me clarify, I have other motivations than just learning Russian, but I'd like to return with some degree of fluency
what if I were to seek out specifically Russian establishments populated with Russian people?
Nathaniel Carter
I guess that depends on whether you're a bad enough dude to win over groups of poor, bitter, disenfranchised people from an alien culture.
Nathaniel Parker
Tartu has a fairly small russian speaking population unfortunately. You'd probably be more likely to find a Russian student studying there
Ian Evans
Tartu is pretty much all Estonian. Narva is the go to place to be around Russians.
Jack Davis
Narva is a ghetto, though
Ryder Kelly
all the russian parts in the country are like that.
Oliver Adams
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Michael Morales
Could you translate this please?
Colton Price
>Flag >Doesn't understand Russian
What are you ... twelve ?
Christian Martinez
sentri
Jackson Torres
Lol :) hahahahahaha
Leo Jackson
Fucking leaf.
Aiden Martin
>Good morning, would you kindly tell me how to get to the closest shop? >*says something in Estonian* >I mean, how do I get to the closest shop? >*keeps complaining in Estonian* >NOW LISTEN TO ME, CHUKHON'! QUIT FUCKING AROUND AND TELL ME WHERE THE FUCKING SHOP IS, BLYAD'! >OH, EXCUSE ME, PLEASE, COMRADE LIBERATOR. THE SHOP IS A FIVE MINUTE WALK THIS WAY. >OKAY, GOODBYE, HAVE A GOOD TIME >HAPPY LIBERATION TO YOU! *starts singing the Russian anthem*
Kevin Sullivan
Чeт opнyл c этoгo дepьмa)
Anthony Lewis
>like 25% of Estonians speak Russian
Kayden Miller
Estonian The language police was introduced to the reportage.
Henry Roberts
I studied german and english at school
Jacob Cruz
Not anymore. Since 1991 everyone switched to learning English and younger generations usually don't speak any Russian at all.
