Which language should I learn?

Oh, now my really rusty Russian is coming back to haunt me. As I recall...there are six noun cases but...there are also verb cases. There's a decent website called Master Russian that has some good info, there are many other sites as well. The bottom line, with me is this: after not using it for almost 30 years...



These days...Мой русский сегодня не очень хорош. Я слишком много забыл.
(Have a good dictionary and verb book on my bookshelf)
 
And still flummoxed that my mid is minoring in this mysterious, complex and convuluted language while majoring in aero.
His path, not mine. I’m just along for the ride and popping the kettle corn while all of you linguists duke it out.
 
LongAgoPlebe said:
I believe you are mistaken. The Russian verb xодить means, to walk and/or to walk in more than one direction. (Conjugated based on the subject and gender, of course.) The verb идти means to walk, but in one direction only. Ехать means to be transported, in one direction (scooter, auto, bus, metro etc.) whereas eздить indicates being transported in more than one direction (round trip, loop, etc.). One indicates how one is moving, by what means, whether immediate or indeterminate, and whether uni- or multi-directional by the verb choice and its conjugation.
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I understand the how verbs are used in Russian. I had four years of it in college and it served as a bridge to learning Polish. The future Mrs. cb7893 and I first spoke in Russian when we met, because she spoke no English and I was just starting Polish.

If you can show me a reference to verb cases in Slavic languages, show them to me.
 
Heatherg21 said:
And still flummoxed that my mid is minoring in this mysterious, complex and convuluted language while majoring in aero.
His path, not mine. I’m just along for the ride and popping the kettle corn while all of you linguists duke it out.
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Nothing to duke out. But pass me summa dat popcorn, please!
 
NJROTC-CC said:
Yeah, but everyone speaks Spanish. We need people who speak other languages too.
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Not everyone speaks Spanish. Son #1 took Spanish in high school, tested out of a lot of Spanish at USAFA, and ended up with a minor in Spanish there. In his active duty time as a pilot he has been stationed in Florida, Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. His Spanish skills have been incredibly useful and something that very few of his peers have. Since very few AF jobs will use other languages and a large percentage of grads will become pilots, Spanish is not a bad choice by any means.

Stealth_81
 
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