A good friend and colleague of mine at NYU asked if Nancy and I were taking Russian lessons? Below is what I told her:
“Россия: Yes, Nancy and I are both taking a very basic Russian course at the school. The bad (плохой) news is that it meets Tuesday mornings at 7:15AM. I'm now able to read many signs and I'm getting slightly better at phrases. I can't imagine ever being even semi-fluid speaking Russian but reading is a big help and makes me a lot more comfortable traveling. I can now take the Metpo (Metro – remember: “p” is an “r”) and actually get on it knowing I’m going the right way. Before I learned the alphabet I was using tricks like when I go down this escalator “go right, up left and counting stops.” With my memory in the state it is in due to my advancing years everything gets mushed up together. So, reading signs and actually ending up where I was planning to go is a big improvement.
Nothing like getting on the Metpo, not realizing you're going in the WRONG direction, coming out the station and being TOTALLY LOST and disoriented
Been there, done that…
So, yes we're taking Russian and it's helping although Russian ain't no Spanish - it's really tough to learn.
Progress…”
До следующего раза ...
Борис
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