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Cdnexpat, I salute your stick-to-itivness. My Russian teach at the local community college (an American) explained in great detail how the Russia language developed and how every ending does, indeed, follow a pattern. I don't think a single person in the class knew what he was talking about!
Keni Morgan, don't despair, the one thing I can do sort of well, is read. Even if you don't understand the words, you can learn how to read them, because all the letters are usualy pronounced the same way wherever they appear (except for "e" and "o"). Of course, there is also the problem of which syllable to accent, this is very important...
Once you read them, they can become familiar to you as you mouth the words.
I was taking Russian lessons. They were only 2 hours, twice a week, but she gives much homework, so I spent 10 hours doing the homework. This is what i need, someone to "push" me, because you have to do all the work yourself, anyway. There are many ex-pat Russians living in US who can help you learn Russian.
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