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    English and Filipino!

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    Well, Picard...

    Nah, French

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    Mine is english but it would like to be a little more diverse. I have learned a little russian and also a little japanese,but i didn't get very far with that!
    Я плохо говорю по-русски.

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    Greetings to all the newbies!
    Я так думаю.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Leof
    Greetings to all the newbies!
    Leof whats that mean in your signature,
    'Dazhe korda y prav, y lev'
    Я плохо говорю по-русски.

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    It's a simple play of words.
    My name is Лев.
    But лев in Russian can also be the opposite of the adjective right - правый (and its short form - прав).
    Я прав means I am right.
    But even when I am right I am "left", because of my name - Lev.

    This silly play of words has only one underlieing meaning - I am wrong even when I am right.

    There is another member on the forum who is also named Lev and he has a very similar signature. As far as I invented mine about seven years ago in my early student days, I desided to return it back on its place. It was my signature several monthes ago. Now I took the brass plague from the attic floor, polished it and nailed it back to its place.
    Я так думаю.

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    Ah yes i see now. But what of the first part, dazhe korda?
    Я плохо говорю по-русски.

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    даже - dazhe = even
    когда - kagda = when
    Even when I am right I a'm left.
    Я так думаю.

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    Ah thanks for your patience Lev,or is that Prav
    Incidentally would that be the root of the name for the newspaper Pravda,meaning from the right?
    Я плохо говорю по-русски.

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    Правда (pravda) means "truth", and yes, in Russian the root comes from "right".
    In Russian, all nationalities and their corresponding languages start with a lower-case letter.

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    Yes absolutely!
    Praviy - right, pravda - the Truth have the same roots.
    Правый - the one who is to the right, the right one, the truthfull.
    Я так думаю.

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    Oh i find this fascinating! Would love to visit russia one day,meet up with my friend Eugene(Evgeny) in Siberia. He used to be a D J at radio boomerang!
    Я плохо говорю по-русски.

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    Welcome, LarRry!

    [just polishing my rolling R]
    «И всё, что сейчас происходит внутре — тоже является частью вселенной».

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rtyom
    Welcome, LarRry!

    [just polishing my rolling R]
    I cant roll my Rs at all!
    Я плохо говорю по-русски.

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    obviouse

    Russian, thanks god)

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    my native is Turkish

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    Merhaba, denizdurmus!

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    My native language is American English.

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    Quote Originally Posted by strawberryfynch
    Merhaba, denizdurmus!

    Sana da merhaba

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    Native - American English. I'm in an advanced Russian class, my level of Modern Standard Arabic is intermediate (though falling due to lack of use), and I am a beginner in the Kazakh language.
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