On 2011-10-06, Jim Wilkins wrote:

"Ignoramus28169" wrote in message
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On 2011-10-05, Jim Wilkins wrote:
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I wonder what the standard of proficiency is, learning the technical
words
or also mastering the difficult grammar?

Lots of technical words in Russian are from English or German. I would
say up to 50%.
i

French provided aviation terms to Russian, also to English (aileron,
fuselage). I traced Forsirovanny (supercharged, boosted) back to the French
term for forcing plant growth.

Knowing French, German and Latin has helped me considerably with Russian.


I did not even know this, but it makes perfect sense.

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