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Igenlode Wordsmith
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I don't understand the point of this list of infinitives. They're not particularly common verbs (to cheer up, to colonise, to dive) and they're not particularly good examples of the conjugations they are listed under, being often irregular in parts... but the irregularities aren't listed.
But then if you wanted a list of irregular verbs to be studied, there are far more useful/common ones to be had...
— Apr 27, 2026 09:53AM
But then if you wanted a list of irregular verbs to be studied, there are far more useful/common ones to be had...
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Igenlode Wordsmith
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More graphic phrases: Я не могу лезть иоп стол в моей возрасте! (I cannot crawl under the table at my age)
Я поднялся с пола с большим трудом (I got up from the floor with great difficulty - presumably the sequel to the above :D)
— Jun 01, 2026 01:19PM
Я поднялся с пола с большим трудом (I got up from the floor with great difficulty - presumably the sequel to the above :D)
Igenlode Wordsmith
is on page 64 of 165
Внезапно нотёл лопнул, машина сломалась, поезд остановился, п он был принуждён пойти пешком по полям - the sample sentence in which a ordinary railway trip suddenly turns into disaster when the [steam] engine's boiler explodes is verging on the "postillion struck by lightning" variety!
— May 20, 2026 02:35PM
Igenlode Wordsmith
is on page 46 of 165
Participles. I remember those (but haven't reached then again in the textbook[s], so couldn't construct them myself! )
— May 01, 2026 06:19AM
Igenlode Wordsmith
is on page 22 of 165
I still haven't covered the oblique cases of adjectives - but they had apparently appeared by p38 of the accompanying 1930s textbook!
"Frankly, this stage of learning the language must inevitably be a little tedious"... I do like an honest text :-D
— Apr 27, 2026 02:18AM
"Frankly, this stage of learning the language must inevitably be a little tedious"... I do like an honest text :-D
