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01-19-12 00:10 #219
Posts: 2306Originally Posted by Bimbo Boy [View Original Post]
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/LRC...ing/index.htm#
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01-19-12 00:05 #218
Posts: 608Originally Posted by Prosal [View Original Post]
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01-19-12 00:04 #217
Posts: 608Originally Posted by Stravinsky [View Original Post]
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01-18-12 09:51 #216
Posts: 2306Originally Posted by Stravinsky [View Original Post]
BTW printed letters and cursive letters are slightly different. This other page helps with how to make (and be able to read) those cursive letters:
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/LRC.ing/index.htm#
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01-18-12 06:28 #215
Posts: 1454Originally Posted by Bimbo Boy [View Original Post]
The first step is to learn the Cyrillic alphabet. You will be surprised at how many Russian words will be familiar to you when you can pronounce the alphabet.
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01-18-12 05:27 #214
Posts: 608What method for learning Russian doyou recommend?
Hello,
I am looking for a good method for learning Russian. I am asking for your recommendations.
For French speakers, there is the Assimil method, which is quite good.
For English speakers, there is Pimsleur (apparently only oral, not written Russian) , or Rosetta Stone (apparently with voice recognitionsoftware).
Thanks for your help.
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01-11-12 16:19 #213
Posts: 2306Understanding the alphabet is vital to move around.
Here is a great page to learn it: (place your cursor over each letter to listen to the alphabet as it's spoken)
http://www.languageguide.org/russian/alphabet/
Learn it by both writing and speaking it (writing solidifies the visual comprehension). Do it for 15 minutes a day for 45 days and you will have learned it permanently.
A tip, make excercises by writing girls names (Tatiana, Irina, Masha, ect) or cities names (Vladivostok, Volgograd, Novokuzrnestk, ect) in cyrillic. It's easy, fun and efficient.
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07-01-11 10:11 #212
Posts: 81Thanks guys.
It is a great cultural lesson.
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06-30-11 21:25 #211
Posts: 1454Kurenda,
спасибо огромно! Not only for the translation, but also for the cultural lesson. Difficult to believe that a Soviet teacher (of either sex) would advise their students to, "Stop fucking Mitya?" Seems like that would be more likely to happen today, than in Soviet times.
At least we finally know who Mitya is!
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06-30-11 17:20 #210
Posts: 314This is slang used in some parts of Ukraine. Russian language with twisted german words.
So she's either in Ukraine or she was born and lived for a long time there and picked up the slang.
Anyway she's pissed off! The sensible translation is:
Listen you! Stop wasting my time.
Agree to my conditions or get lost.
This is old soviet term and direct translation is "stop fucking Mitya".
It means to stop wasting somebody's time, pretending there will be result at the end. Mitya is a guy and screwing him will not give any result he he.
Was used very often in schools by teachers. Teacher calls pupil to answer for the grade in front of blackboard.
The pupil don't knows anything and pissed off teacher yells "кончай митю ебенить!" with hilarious respond from other pupils.
This was often used by female teachers he he. I doubt it's in use in Russian schools today it's not very PC.
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06-30-11 16:28 #209
Posts: 1454Originally Posted by Tomcat2 [View Original Post]
However, any text message from a woman that begins with, "Listen up (asshole)!" doesn't bode well. You might want to move on to someone more promising.
BTW - Who is Mitya???
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06-30-11 10:25 #208
Posts: 2306Originally Posted by Stravinsky [View Original Post]
One have to change our frame of mind when dealing with Russian girls. They are much more sensible to "little names" than Western girls, latinas or Asians.
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06-30-11 09:51 #207
Posts: 81Can someone help me?
I got those messages from this girl. I tried to use babelfish to translate, but I still don't undersatnad.
слыш ты!кончай митю ебенить.
я согласна на гачку баккать а патом в нитвштрихайн.
Thanks guys.
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05-29-10 21:02 #206
Posts: 1178I couldn't find the original message.
There is no surprise about her reply, I learnt here modern Russian women suddenly love or hate, with no matter about sweet words or feelings.
It is probably that Russian woman has changed her target and so she has trashed Dominos Dick (as well as dozens of men before him).
Originally Posted by Stravinsky
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05-25-10 20:53 #205
Posts: 1454Titans anyone??
Originally Posted by Dominos Dick
Transliterating Russian is always tricky, particularly if are operating phonetically, without any understanding of the Cyrillic spelling or sounds.
I think what you wanted to say was,
Дорогая моя Лаура, ты такая прелестная.
"dorogaya moya Laura ti takaya prelesTnaya" (My dear Laura, you are so charming)
What you said was, "dorogaya moya Laura titakaya prelesnaya"
It's difficult know how she might have interpreted that, but obviously, she didn't understand your original meaning. I doubt if she would have misinterpreted "prelesnaya", that should be an obvious mis-spelling. She might have read "titakaya" as a single word and thought you were accusing her of being a Tee-tan (Titan), the gods of Greek mythology, "My dear Laura, you are such a charming Titan"???
Anyway, probably best to stick to English, she will most likely understand that better than your transliterated Russian. Assuming, of course, she's still talking to you.
Try this, "Laypa, izvyenitsye pozhalysta, ya dyelal oshibka. Ya vass lyublyu, ochyen, ochyen."