Written by: Aidan Jonah Lubomyr Luciuk, a Professor at the Royal Military College of Canada, has consistently caught The Canada Files’ eye when speaking about the actions of Ukrainian Nazis during WWII and Nazi importation into Canada more generally. But Luciuk’s latest escalation, having the gall
I can say basic things in it now, but not exactly fluent yet. I tend to study 15-20 min every day with this app. It does a mix of vocabulary building, grammar, and pronunciation exercises. I want to get to the point where I have a bit of a base to start from, and then once I’m using it on day to day basis it should go smoothly from there.
And it’s my fourth language, I’m fluent in Russian and English, and I used to be fluent in Czech, but haven’t used it in decades so forget most of it now. Mandarin is a very different experience though. In some ways it’s easier because you don’t have to deal with stuff like conjugation, and grammar is pretty straight forward. On the other hand, reading and writing takes a lot more work, and a lot of words sound similar or even the same while having completely different meanings. So, context becomes really important.
Oh I lived in Prague for like 3 years at one point. Czech and Russian are fairly similar, so I could pick it up relatively fast if I started speaking it again. My Russian is still fluent.
How far long in Mandarin do you feel you are? And is it your second language?
I can say basic things in it now, but not exactly fluent yet. I tend to study 15-20 min every day with this app. It does a mix of vocabulary building, grammar, and pronunciation exercises. I want to get to the point where I have a bit of a base to start from, and then once I’m using it on day to day basis it should go smoothly from there.
And it’s my fourth language, I’m fluent in Russian and English, and I used to be fluent in Czech, but haven’t used it in decades so forget most of it now. Mandarin is a very different experience though. In some ways it’s easier because you don’t have to deal with stuff like conjugation, and grammar is pretty straight forward. On the other hand, reading and writing takes a lot more work, and a lot of words sound similar or even the same while having completely different meanings. So, context becomes really important.
Where’d ye get that skill, from your ancestryhood? How’s Czech compared to Russian?
Oh I lived in Prague for like 3 years at one point. Czech and Russian are fairly similar, so I could pick it up relatively fast if I started speaking it again. My Russian is still fluent.