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Igenlode Wordsmith
is on page 90 of 428
The 'substitution drills' in this course are an excellent form of practice that gives the reader a good workout while requiring very little space in the text - but my major problem with all these exercises is that none of them save a single translation per chapter have correct answers supplied, so you never know where you made mistakes. I can see why, but it makes solo learning much harder.
— Mar 27, 2026 02:21PM
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Igenlode Wordsmith
is on page 287 of 428
Apparently дождавшись (не дождавшись дня) was actually a gerund and not the past participle I had assumed from the previous chapter - which would have been дождавшися!
— Sep 16, 2026 06:43PM
Igenlode Wordsmith
is on page 282 of 428
I've worked through Ch22 three times, and I don't think it's going to get any better - let's try Ch23...
— Sep 16, 2026 04:10AM
Igenlode Wordsmith
is on page 234 of 428
So *now* we get a explanation of verbs in -нуть, after having been asked to use them in the previous chapter... wrong order, methinks.
— Jul 16, 2026 09:10AM
Igenlode Wordsmith
is on page 206 of 428
"Is Tanya right when she says that it is better to have been born without wings at all?" - what sort of philosophical question is that to put in a textbook and how on earth do they expect us to have the vocabulary to answer it in Russian?
— Jun 21, 2026 10:51AM