Does anyone else speak or study the Russian language as a native English speaker?

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 14:50:11 -0400

Wanting to know if you speak or study, if so how?

Response by CW2 Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 13 at 2018 2:50 PM

CW2 Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 14:50:58 -0400

Theres a lot, most military learned through DLI or SWCS

Response by SPC LaToya Gibson made Jul 13 at 2018 2:51 PM

SPC LaToya Gibson — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 14:51:30 -0400

I do. I use Duolingo but I also converse with native speakers.

Response by SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth made Jul 13 at 2018 2:51 PM

SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 14:51:51 -0400

I did for a while when I was still in, sort of let it fall along the wayside.

Response by Cpl Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 13 at 2018 2:57 PM

Cpl Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 14:57:41 -0400

I have the Rosetta Stone programs for both Russian and Hindi. Haven't pulled them up in a while though.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 13 at 2018 3:03 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 15:03:31 -0400

My grandmother was Russian. Many of my cousins speak Russian, and even worked at the Russian Orthodox Monastery in Pennsylvania. I have loved Russian literature in translation for a very long time. I do understand the church liturgy in Slavonic, however.

Response by TSgt Sandra V. made Jul 19 at 2018 7:45 AM

TSgt Sandra V. — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 07:45:02 -0400

Enlisted in USAF to become a helicopter pilot, but bad depth perception blew me out. So, intelligence was my back-up. Come from a family who speaks French-Canadian, and had a knack for languages, so went to DLI at Lackland Air Force Base. Six weeks of extensive grammar training first, then Russian Language School. Loved the language, hated the job (headsets on, in a cubicle for 8 hours). I wasn't in it very long. Got out and took the first available job, then re-trained later into Electronic Intelligence. Got out, got a job with (former) DOJ-INS, learned Spanish. Russian came in handy for the Russian organized crime stuff. Have since forgotten almost all of it!

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 26 at 2018 12:36 AM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 26 Jul 2018 00:36:47 -0400

I learn Bible verses in Russian and speak it and read it. Thank God that He has put native Russian speakers in my life to keep what I’ve learned

Response by 1LT Jimmie Brunswick made Sep 25 at 2018 8:23 PM

1LT Jimmie Brunswick — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 20:23:52 -0400

I do study the German and Russian language and I am completely fluent in both. I also happen by chance to live and am from the United States. I used google translate, type words in, wrote it down, and would spend an hour or so every day studying them and saying the words... :)