Category Archives: Learn Russian

(Jailbroken) iPhone Tutorial: How to set up a custom Russian Phonetic keyboard layout on your jailbroken iPhone

Posted on May 23, 2012 by gwyner

This might be for a somewhat small audience, but if you have a jailbroken iPhone, there’s a great $2 app in the Cydia store that lets you customize a 5-row, 41 character keyboard (and if you really want to go … Continue reading →

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Reader Q&A: On Grammar

Posted on May 18, 2012 by gwyner

I’ve been getting some really great questions via the contact form, and I thought some of the answers might be helpful for others, so I’m taking some of the questions and answers and putting them here! Today we’ll cover a … Continue reading →

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The Assimil Method - some thoughts

Posted on April 14, 2012 by gwyner

Recently, a reader asked me whether I had heard of the Assimil method, and whether I’d recommend it or not. I had never really looked into them, and now that I’ve done a bit of research, I can comment a … Continue reading →

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