I'm struggling to remember the Russian words. Here are my hints to myself which I hope will help you. I learn the word on Duolingo then go back to test myself.
When you repeat the words several times you remember them. When you are just learning you need to be able to recognise the word - and to remember it when translating the other way, back from English into Russian.
Teaching somebody else reinforces your own memory.
I try to look for similar letters and associations.
Moi - my (m-i) M I
sestri - sisters S ST R revers the vowels in Russia e then i but in English i then e
Girls - devochki - DEV CH_K devoted to chicks - slang for girls in English.The chicks are devoted to chicks. Picture girls cuddling tiny newborn chickens.The chicks are small but the girls are big. The word devochki means girls.
U tebya est' koshki - do you have cats - (think do you take in kittens T...A K....I
est mens is in French - not the same but at least you know the middle of the sentence is a verb - I think you take in is it kittens = do you have cats
Plates - in Russian this word has the l and e reversed if you read the word backwards.
e d y a t (no spaces - but spellcheck keeps changing the word) - eat
E d y A T - EAT
PLAN - PLAN same word in Russian and English
BRaT - BRoTher - (my brother is brat)
Angela Lansbury
When you repeat the words several times you remember them. When you are just learning you need to be able to recognise the word - and to remember it when translating the other way, back from English into Russian.
Teaching somebody else reinforces your own memory.
I try to look for similar letters and associations.
Moi - my (m-i) M I
sestri - sisters S ST R revers the vowels in Russia e then i but in English i then e
Girls - devochki - DEV CH_K devoted to chicks - slang for girls in English.The chicks are devoted to chicks. Picture girls cuddling tiny newborn chickens.The chicks are small but the girls are big. The word devochki means girls.
U tebya est' koshki - do you have cats - (think do you take in kittens T...A K....I
est mens is in French - not the same but at least you know the middle of the sentence is a verb - I think you take in is it kittens = do you have cats
Plates - in Russian this word has the l and e reversed if you read the word backwards.
e d y a t (no spaces - but spellcheck keeps changing the word) - eat
E d y A T - EAT
PLAN - PLAN same word in Russian and English
BRaT - BRoTher - (my brother is brat)
Angela Lansbury
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