So, my versions of "I'm working hard to learn and I hope to learn more here": 1) Я усердно (instead of "трудно") занимаюсь (i used "occupy with" instead of "working to"), и надеюсь здесь выучить больше 2) Я усердно работаю (if you prefer "working) над этим, и надеюсь здесь выучить больше PS> Take into account, that "to work" in english means more general sense. Russian word "работать" (what is direct translation) tends to be more specific, and mostly used with meaning "i'm doing my business, my official job duties". So if you like to use "work" you should to add the subject - "я работаю над этим", "я работаю над изучением языка" (as Ksenia siuggest above). Because the lonely "я работаю", without subject, means that you sitting and doing your official duties according to your employment place. PPS. I hope my english not to bad to convey the meaning -)

I'm working hard to learn and I hope to learn more here. Я работаю трудно учать, и я надеюсь учить больше здесь. Hello Jonathon! The sentence above is looking higgledy-piggledy, unfortunately.Lets sort it out. I'm working hard to learn.... First of all it is a little redundant to use "learn" twice in the same sentence, I guess that in russian translation you should to omit the first "learn". Okey. Now lets talk a little about "hard". The meaning in english is very broad. You used "трудно", and this is mean "with difficulty, i'm experience complications while learning". I think that it is not that you really meant. I can suggest using "усердно" instead, this mean "While i'm learning i'm zealous and diligent". "I hope to learn more here". First of all, you place "here" at the end of the sentence, which have been using very rare, mostly to pretend Master Yoda's style from Star Wars. I suggest you to place it before the verb. Okey. Lets go further. "I hope to learn more here". As far as I can understand english language you meant that you are going to use this place to achieve better result, but not to spent more time here. If so, you have to use "выучить" instead of "учить". I'm not good in russian language rules (have never used it because native :-)), but I'll try to explain the difference. "Учить" - we calls it "imperfect verb's form", and the verb using in this form means the process of teaching (yes, to teach is "учить", and to learn is "учиться"). So it more close to construction like "I have always been happy to teach someone, I have always liked the process of teaching itself" "Выучить" - we calls it "perfect form", and this means that this is not the process, but the action which led or will lead you to specific result. "I want to learn russian in a year", in the sentence like that you shall use "выучить", because you are talking about not the process itself, but about the result you are going to achieve. So, my versions of "I'm working hard to learn and I