Thread: What do you find interesting in Russian from the linguistic point of view?

I like the insane bits. Especially counting with adjectives and nouns! And it's fun when I try to explain to Russian speakers learning German that yes, counting can be very simple indeed.

Originally Posted by bitpicker

... Especially counting with adjectives and nouns! ...

Some of the number usages were clear to me from the start, they are a linguistic example of a mod function. It existed in Russian, before Euler and Gauss thought of mod functions.
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