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My name is Paul. I am a computer scientist / Software Development Engineer based out of New York City but have an unending appetite for foreign languages. I was born in the United States and grew up speaking English and Korean, so if you need help on those - let me know! As of now, I am learning Russian because of my obsession with Russian literature (e.g. Dostoyevsky, Pushkin, Gogol, etc.) and would like to someday be proficient enough to read them in their native language. I'm not here to date anyone, so please refrain from lovey-dovey messages or pursuits of romance. I'm here to learn and help others with what I know. I realize that iTalki is very social-media oriented but I am not here for romantic reasons. Other than that, I'd love to be friends and I don't mind talking about things other than languages - such as interests, hobbies, culture, etc. Nice to meet you! My methods of communication - Skype, Oovoo, Tinychat, Facebook Messenger, Google Hangouts, Snapchat.
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    When to use the different forms of д in cursive / italics? I noticed that in some writings, д has an upper-case that looks like D and a lowercase that looks like g. However, in another textbook I have, I see it written as what's below the д in this image: http://www.omniglot.com/images/writing/russian_cursive.gif When do I use each style or version? Thank you all!
    August 30, 2017
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    Teenagers are influenced the most by celebrities.
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    August 28, 2017
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    Does anyone know the history behind this similarity between the Russian and English alphabets? I noticed that in the Russian alphabet, this portion is remarkably close to that of the English / Latin alphabet: к л м н о п р с т у к = K л = L м = M н = N о = O п = P Excluding Q р = R с = S т = T у = U I thought it was interesting that they are very close in order to each other. Is there any sort of significance between these similarities? and if so, would you mind explaining when these languages branched off or adopted parts of each other in the past? Just curious about the history, thank you!
    August 27, 2017
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    Sustained is very correct. Don't rely on them too much. Try to exercise your listening skills, even if it means rewinding over and over again on the parts you don't understand, and use the subtitles when you think you understand so that you can compare your interpretation to what was actually said. Good luck!
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    August 27, 2017
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    I've only been on iTalki for two days but I have 20+ messages so far with all but two that just say "hi" or "hello".

    The two that aren't are very nice and full of information about why the sender would like to be study partners and at what times they are able to work with me. These are the only two that I've responded to.

    This is what I do for any other environment that has a big social media side to it and especially in a professional work setting. It shows that the other person has a genuine interest in you and makes you feel a lot more secure about investing your time in them.

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    I'm pretty sure Katie Arcenas was hacked somehow because her responses to other questions are very clear and normal. Why you would want to hack anyone on iTalki is a mystery to me but those posts by her seem like copy-paste spam from somewhere.

    Don't worry Ahmed, native English speakers have no idea what was said in Katie's paragraphs either.

    To answer your question, try to be friendly, introduce yourself, and give a little explanation as to why you would like to start learning English. Don't send one-word messages like "Hi" or "Hello" because people on iTalki and other social platforms in general greatly dislike short messages with no information. Try to be more personal and friendly instead.

    For example, you can say something like "Hello! My name is Ahmed. I live in Saudi Arabia and have been speaking Arabic my whole life but I now want to learn English. I noticed on your profile that you are interested in learning Arabic. I could be your study partner and can help you learn Arabic if you are willing to help me with English. Have a nice day!"

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    August 26, 2017
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    My favorite by far is the Russian accent with English. It just sounds so cool / badass and I can never get enough of it.

    I also really enjoy the British accent because it sounds very proper and classy, especially when the vocabulary becomes more complex.

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    August 26, 2017
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    Here's another voice - the more the better!


    https://soundcloud.com/ryubrava/for-barbara

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    August 26, 2017
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