ShaelaNicole's notebook entry: Apr 21, 2011
Ten reasons why I'm learning Russian:
1. I love classic literature and would love to be able to read classic russian literature in its original language.
2. The way the language sounds is very interesting and fluid.
3. I plan to use the language in a business career
4. I can help people in an emergency if they only speak russian
5. Russia is a beautiful country and very historic, so I want to visit it when I leave college (after I finish high school).
6. I'm interested in Russia's culture and to know the language is to know how they think.
7. I'd like to meet new people without a language barrier.
8. There are many people in the world that speak Russian.
9. It is a challenging language, and I like challenges.
10. The language is unique, unlike many languages that adopt words from other languages (Like Spanish, English, and French do)
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wow, 10 reasons! I like this one: challenges )) Chinese more complicated ))
Actually our language borrow some words too. From Franch, English, German and others.
But anyway our language is too far from latin branch languages.
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Hi! If you want to learn Russian you should translate your reasons into Russian. )))
Look… I have translated some of your points.
1. Я люблю классическую литературу, и я хотела бы быть способной читать классическую русскую литературу в оригинале.
3. Я планирую использовать этот язык в работе.
5. Россия – прекрасная страна с богатой историей, поэтому я хочу посетить ее, когда я закончу колледж.
7. Я хотела бы знакомиться с новыми людьми без языковых барьеров.
9. Это трудный язык, а я люблю трудности.
Now it’s your turn! :) When you will have translated it, I can fix your mistakes. Good luck!
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I'm doing a Why I want to Learn Chinese post tomorrow, actually. :)
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so persuasive reasons! I believe you can learn it very well. maybe, someday you will like chinese too.
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