Thread: hellow

hellow...
im new to the forum.
actually i am currenly learning the russian language... as a beginner though. ive learnt french years back when i was in high school.. and i think it was a bit easier than russian. caz french language used english alphabets while russian language has their own. which is a bit difficult to digest. haha

just curious how long do all of u take to master russian language?
and does countries like uzbekistan, kazakhstan, turkmenistan (u know, the former russian territorries) speak and understand russian language?

thanks for advance...

Originally Posted by plumtable

just curious how long do all of u take to master russian language?

can't really answer that, as I'm a native speaker.

Originally Posted by plumtable

and does countries like uzbekistan, kazakhstan, turkmenistan (u know, the former russian territorries) speak and understand russian language?

thanks for advance...

they all understand it, with the exception of people that live in the villages of turkmenistan for instance (or a far away village in any of the former republics). A small village (as opposed to a city) might not have ever taught Russian, even though it was an official language for them.. strange, I know. But that's the way it is.

Also, some countries (like Ukraine, namely) are going through their independence phase (we are independant, rah rah rah!) - and they seem to be forgetting Russian - as for the past 10 years they refused to speak it.. when I was there for instance, I asked in Russian and got answers in Ukrainian. And was getting dirty looks everywhere, because I don't speak Ukrainian.

Oh, and they don't teach Russian in schools there anymore (just as a foreign language, if you want to take it).

My two cents.

thanks for the reply..

heres :flower for u.. hehe
wats the differences between ukranian n russian language?

Originally Posted by vxp

Also, some countries (like Ukraine, namely) are going through their independence phase (we are independant, rah rah rah!) - and they seem to be forgetting Russian - as for the past 10 years they refused to speak it.. when I was there for instance, I asked in Russian and got answers in Ukrainian. And was getting dirty looks everywhere, because I don't speak Ukrainian.

Who told you that nonsense? In Ukraine there were always two language regions: Ukrainian speaking West and Russian speaking East. Nothing seems to change. So if you try to talk Russian to some people in Lviv, it's possible that they won't understand everything. Eastern part always was and will remain Russian speaking.

Originally Posted by plumtable

wats the differences between ukranian n russian language?

the main difference is that they are two different languages (although, they have similar roots). Roughly, it's like Italian and Spanish (something is similar, and something is different).

Originally Posted by plumtable

thanks for the reply..

heres :flower for u.. hehe
wats the differences between ukranian n russian language?

well... What are the differences between English and Dutch?
Russian and Ukrainian are somewhat closer to each other than English and Dutch, but still, they have different vocabulary, a bit different grammar and different pronunciation.
You won't get any dirty looks if you speak Russian though -- all the ppl who were born in Ukraine understand both, even though they might speak only one or the other (more often Russian than Ukrainian, in fact). This is why sometimes people may answer in different language than the one they were spoken to in. For example, I understand spoken Polish without much difficulty, but I can't speak it properly, so I'd answer in a different language.

Jesus Christ? I learnt? Umm...I love foreign languages, and what not...but...
you should probably improve your English a little too.

THJ- don't be too hard on him for "I've learnt" - that's how they talk in England. I *would* wonder though about how come he doesn't know how to spell one of the most basic words in the English language - "hello".

Oh goodie, another chance for me to tell the Americans how well they have butchered the English language.

"I've learnt" is perfectly acceptable. Perhaps it is the Americans who spell it wrong, since it was the English who invented English in the first place!

Have a bloody nice day!

Blimey!
-Fantom

Streuth! My bloody oath, mate.

Everytime I read DDT's messages now, it feels like he always ends his thought with a "Moo!" It's so categorical!

Originally Posted by DDT

Oh goodie, another chance for me to tell the Americans how well they have butchered the English language.

"I've learnt" is perfectly acceptable. Perhaps it is the Americans who spell it wrong, since it was the English who invented English in the first place!

Have a bloody nice day!

Dont get me started on how australians butcher english.

Australian English is closer to proper English (British) than bastarised American English.

Originally Posted by Dogboy182

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Dont get me started on how australians butcher english.

Yes, but we only butcher the spoken language not the written and that's only because when we speak we try to keep our mouths as closed as possible so that the flies don't get in.

I still can't take that spelling. -Shivers-

Originally Posted by TATY

Australian English is closer to proper English (British) than bastarised American English.

i was talking about the speaking.

BTW Tire is not spelled tyre. Its TIRE jeeeeeeeeez thats so annoying.

hey everyone... thanks for the replies.. really appreciate it..

THJ.. thanks for the insult... i dont mean to sound so defensive but just so u know.. english is not my first language.. not even my second.. in fact i rarely speak, write n read english. thanks for the 'concern' though.


n for the 'hellow'... yes i know its hello.. and not hellow... oh i didnt know that we have grammar or vacabulary police in here ..

hmm yes ive heard that in ukraine there are some parts that speak ukrainian language and some parts that speak russian.
im going to ukraine next week... and would like to interact and assimilate with the local culture, custom and way of life.

USSR was such a huge empire.. and i assumed that all of its citizens speak or understand russian.
of course im very interested to learn the russian language as it would be useful for me in many places be it in the russia main land or the countries that was formerly belong to the USSR empire..