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4,000+ hours of Russian and 400+ of Mandarin: A Very Late 2 Year Update

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I am (to put it mildly) against Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Skip my blog if you feel like getting into an argument with me about it--I am just going to ignore you. I encourage you to donate to organizations supporting the people affected by the war. DirectRelief is providing medical aid to both refugees and people still in Ukraine . The Center for Disaster Philanthropy is focused on providing access to basic needs in the medium and long-term for those affected . Contents Intro Hi! I’m Attenius (or 啊天ъ), a native English speaker from the US learning Russian and Mandarin. It's been a while since my 2 years of Russian immersion learning post was supposed to go out and I was supposed to switch to Mandarin as my primary focus, but a cool opportunity came up, so I decided to shift my plans back a bit. I switched to immersion methods around July 2020. I'm roughly following the plans and advice given at https://refold.la . If you're not familiar wit

21 Months of Russian Immersion + Mandarin Month 1ish

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Content warning  I am (to put it mildly) against Russia's invasion of Ukraine. I'm going to be talking about things related to the war and other unpleasant events freely throughout this post. Please skip this post if you're not up for reading about that stuff. Also skip this post if you feel like getting into an argument with me about it--I am just going to ignore you. I encourage you to donate to organizations supporting the people affected by the war. DirectRelief is providing medical aid to both refugees and people still in Ukraine . The Center for Disaster Philanthropy is focused on providing access to basic needs in the medium and long-term for those affected . Intro Hi! I’m Attenius, a native English speaker from the US learning Russian and Mandarin. I switched to immersion methods around July 2020. I'm roughly following the plans and advice given at https://refold.la . If you're not familiar with me or Refold, you might want to check out my earlier upda