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Igenlode Wordsmith
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"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
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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 190 of 428
I'm really struggling with the questions on this chapter... and it's not the grammar (I'm supposed to already know the genitive plural case!) but the vocabulary, which is just too abstract and unmemorable. I keep looking things up and then immediately forgetting them.
— Jun 07, 2026 04:25PM