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Title: Learning Russian
Post by: Ecurb Noselrub on May 13, 2019, 04:30:13 PM
My wife and I are going on a two week river cruise in Russia in July, so I've been studying Russian.  Geez, it's hard!  First, my brain would not process the alphabet, because they have several letters that look like a Western alphabet but have a completely different sound.  H is N, B is V, C is S, etc.  Then they have backwards letters and other stuff I've never seen.  But the different sounding letters just did not compute in my brain for about 3 months.  I'd been sounding those letters like we do for too long.  Now I've conquered that, but the grammar is inscrutable.  I'm hoping to be able to find a bathroom and order a vodka sometime on my trip, but a detailed conversation is going to have a wait for a while.  It's been a challenging task.  Anyone here speak Russian?
Title: Re: Learning Russian
Post by: Sandra Craft on May 13, 2019, 07:09:31 PM
I wouldn't even dare try, but how about this:



Then there's this, a little less serious:



Title: Re: Learning Russian
Post by: Ecurb Noselrub on May 13, 2019, 07:43:26 PM
Yeah, I probably should have been satisfied with the very basic phrases and then flushed it all after the trip, but I'm a glutton for punishment.
Title: Re: Learning Russian
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 14, 2019, 03:22:31 AM
I wish I did! But alas, the only work I know is cyka...and I wouldn't recommend saying that to anybody on your trip.
Title: Re: Learning Russian
Post by: Sandra Craft on May 14, 2019, 05:12:52 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 14, 2019, 03:22:31 AM
I wish I did! But alas, the only work I know is cyka...and I wouldn't recommend saying that to anybody on your trip.

;D  I'm not even going to ask.  My Russian is limited to da, and nyet.  Oh, and pravda, which I only know because it's a newspaper.
Title: Re: Learning Russian
Post by: Ecurb Noselrub on May 14, 2019, 08:29:11 PM
Quote from: Sandra Craft on May 14, 2019, 05:12:52 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 14, 2019, 03:22:31 AM
I wish I did! But alas, the only work I know is cyka...and I wouldn't recommend saying that to anybody on your trip.

;D  I'm not even going to ask.  My Russian is limited to da, and nyet.  Oh, and pravda, which I only know because it's a newspaper.

Vodka is simply pronounced "vode-ka".  Water is "voe-da".  The "k" is diminutive, so vodka simply means "little water".   
Title: Re: Learning Russian
Post by: viocjit on May 16, 2019, 07:16:50 PM
Меня зовут Антони. Я Француз. Мне 25 лет .
Я говорю немножко по-Русский но плохо говорить.

My name is Anthony. I'm French. I'm 25 years old.
I speak a few Russian but speak it poorly.