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@cheesecakeandlanguages
Russian person: *points at an owl* сова
French person: *abruptly turns around* Très bien, merci
French person: ça va ?
Russian person: Ну где сова?
russian person: тебе чего налить пить?
french person: lait!
russian person: да подожди ты, щас налью. так чего ж ты хочешь?
( what should i pour you to drink? / milk! (but sounds like russian ‘pour’ / yeesh i will, just wait. so what do you want?)
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being able to understand german memes brings me unreasonable amounts of joy. i did not anticipate that this would be the highlight of my language learning journey.
above one of my favorite german memes/reaction images
it's a tiny hamster with a stereotypical bavarian hat and a big glass of beer (eine Maß, 1 liter) photoshopped onto it
The text reads "I konns ned nemma / ernsdhofd i bin am end" which is written to sound bavarian, in standard german it would be "Ich kann nicht mehr / ernsthaft, ich bin am Ende" (I can't do it anymore, for real, I'm done)
my boyfriend and i sometimes express our emotional state by simply referring to the "bayrischen Hamster"
big word... sound fancy
literally never checked my inbox and this made me laugh
a phrase Germans like to use sometimes ist "wieso und warum" which often emphasizes lack of understanding/incredulity or importance, e.g. "er wollte wissen, wieso und warum ich nicht gekommen bin" "wir haben darüber geredet, wieso und warum das wichtig ist" etc
and it sounds normal in (spoken casual) German because it's two different words but it's just saying "why and why"
sometimes we even throw in a weshalb as well (why and why and why)
(here represented by "what all the fuss was about")
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Мертвец is actually "deadman". Corpse would be труп, and it is inanimate. Я встретила мертвеца. (animate ending in Accusative) BUT Я вижу труп. (inanimate ending in Accusative).
my friend and i were going to study a language together and wound up having to cancel our plans due to scheduling pressures, but! through research we came across a really cool resource for reading in a TON of languages: bloom library!
as you can see, it has a lot of books for languages that are usually a bit harder to find materials for—we were going to use it for kyrgyz, for example, which has over 1000 books, which was really hard to find textbook materials for otherwise. as you can see it also has books with audio options, which would be really useful for pronunciation checking. as far as i can tell, everything on the site is free as well.
ИЗВИНИТЕ Я ПРОСТО УМИРАЮ С ЭТОГО МЕМА И НЕ ЗНАЮ КУДА ЕГО ЕЩЕ ОТПРАВИТЬ ПОЭТОМУ ВАМ–
ВОТ ЗАЦЕНИТЕ.. .. .. . .
LOL This is brilliant!
The whole Russian Federation in one picture
"Stop immediately!
Forbidden!
Fine RUB 1000.
Administration."
Vocabulary немедленно - Immediately прекратите - stop it! (plural) запрещено - forbidden
Rulers of an electrician, a tile guy and and a carpenter who made my kitchen....
Vocabulary:
ruler - рулетка
электрик - electrician
плиточник - a contractor who does tiles
мебельщик - a furniture guy, a carpenter
just learned about the existence of Tatar and Caha (yakut), both sound so beautiful and relaxing and now I want to learn a turkic language. Maybe I'll give straight turkish a try
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Более vs Больше
Более makes a comparative degree with adjectives and adverbs. Also is used in sentences with numbers meaning "more than...", "over ..":
Examples:
Мне нравятся более холодные цвета и минималистичный дизайн. I like the cooler colors and minimalist design.
Индийский океан более тёплый и более солёный, чем Тихий океан. The Indian Ocean is warmer and saltier than the Pacific Ocean.
Проект включает в себя более ста различных моделей зданий. The project includes more than one hundred different building models.
Это исследование проводится уже более 35 лет. This study has been done for over 35 years.
Больше
Comparative for много -
У меня много друзей, но у тебя больше! I have a lot of friends, but you have more!
Comparative for большой -
У тебя большой дом, но у меня больше! You have a big house, but I have a bigger one!
In negative sentences as "not any more", "no longer"
Я больше не хочу жить в Колорадо! Я хочу жить в Аргентине. I don't want to live in Colorado anymore! I want to live in Argentina.
4. Also is used in sentences with numbers meaning "more than...", "over ..": Это исследование проводится уже больше 35 лет. This study has been done for over 35 years. - less formally.
Negative Pronouns with НЕ
Meaning
There is no …
….one = некого, некому, некем, не о ком = нет человека
… thing = нечего, нечему, нечем, не о чем = нет вещи
… time = некогда = нет времени
… place = негде = нет места
… place to go to = некуда = нет места, куда можно пойти (или положить, поставить что-то)
These pronouns describe what was lacking, why the action wasn’t performed/ is not being performed.
How to build a sentence with negative pronounces:
Dative + не … + Infinitive
Dative - instead of the subject
Мне,
Тебе,
Профессорам,
Мужу,
Собаке …
Negative pronoun - to say what’s lacking
Verb in the infinitive - what action cannot be performed
Examples:
Я прочитала все книги. Мне нечего читать!
От него убежали все друзья. Ему некому жаловаться! (All his friends have run away from him. He has no one to whine to!)
Она работает на трёх работах. Ей некогда грустить! (She works three jobs. She has no time to be sad!)
Банк отобрал у них дом. Теперь им негде жить. (The bank repossessed their house. Now they have nowhere to live.)
Уже полночь, все рестораны и магазины уже закрыты. Тебе некуда идти. (It's midnight, all the restaurants and stores are closed. You have nowhere to go.)
It was your random Russian lesson.
dreams come true if you're not a loser
*if you're not a jerk
But why jerk? Чмо I feel like is a sorry ass little punk, worthless wussy but not a jerk.
Well, I am Russian and I'm saying that jerk is the most correct translation. Or "asshole". For "loser" we say лох.
Лох is someone not so bright, gullible, easy to scam. Jerk is придурок, I mean jerk can smack you, чмо, little pussy ass bitch - can't.
What about moron or bastard for this one? I mean чмо seems like мудак or отморозок/ублюдок for me
I shoulda never smoke that shit, now I`m reading about proto-indo-european languages
This cartoon is based on two idioms.
-- Oh, are you closing too?
-- Yes, there is no demand for my service. What's your problem?
-- Ah, nobody buys anything.
Two businesses: Медвежьи Услуги, literally, Bear Services (Idiom, meaning misdirected good intentions, to do more harm than good) Конские цены, literally, Horse Prices (Colloquial idiom, similar to sky-high prices, unjustifiably high prices). Now you know how to say "You do more harm than good" and complain about high prices in Russian :)
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A bit more Age-Related Vocabulary (B-1)
Many Russian learners confuse старый and старший.
Старый means old, as an old man, or an old house.
Старший, or старшая refers to a an older sibling. Also, старший may refer to a person of a higher rank.
Его пёс такой же старый, как он сам. His dog is as old as he is.
Где твой старший брат? Where is your big brother?
Она работает старшей медсестрой в больнице. She works as a head nurse at a hospital.
There are two other confusing words молодой and младший.
Молодой simply means young.
Младший - means younger brother or sister, or about somebody of a junior rank.
В этом фильме играет очень молодой Шон Коннери. A very young Sean Connery plays in this movie.
Моя младшая сестра выходит замуж на следующей неделе! My little sister is getting married next week!
Он был младшим помощником капитана. He was a junior assistant to the captain.
Please note, старший and младший do not make a comparative adjectives! For comparatives “older” or “younger” you should say старше or младше.
Муж старше жены на два года. The husband is two years older than his wife.
Она была младше него. She was younger than him.
Моложе is almost a complete synonym of младше, but моложе has a wider meaning. IT may refer to the age difference, but also to the appearance, to the way a person look.
Ты изменила причёску и стала выглядеть моложе! You look younger with the new hair style!
A word for adult or grown up in Russian is взрослый.
Твой сын стал совсем взрослым! Your son is all grown up now!
The opposite to it would be детский.
Она сохранила наивный детский взгляд. She retained her naïve childish look.
And a few more opposites. You probably know a word ребёнок, a child, or a baby, but there is also a word младенец, an infant.
Мадонна с младенцем - один из самых популярных сюжетов Европейской живописи. The Madonna and Child is one of the most popular subjects in European painting.
An old man in Russian is старик. And if it’s an old woman, it would be старуха. But if you ever call a woman старуха in her face, you’ll get yourself in trouble! Бабушка is a much more polite way to address an old woman.
Жили-были старик со старухой у самого синего моря. Once upon a time there lived an old man and an old woman by the blue sea.
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