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    Just a new user presenting himself

    Привет!

    I finally received the activation e-mail that I had been waiting for ages, so I just decided to introduce myself here. I'm Visa, a Finnish 18-year-old. I know Finnish, English, and Swedish, and have now been studying Russian for a year.

    По-русски, если я могу:

    Меня зовут Виса. Я из фнляндии; мне восемнадцать лет. Я говорю по-финнски, по-английски, по-шведски и маленько по-русски. Я изучаю русский язык один год.

    That's something I tried to write without a словарь.

    I started studying Russian a bit late and should take the Finnish matriculation exam in it in one year, so I thought maybe participating in this forum might help.

    Nice to be here!
    I'm but a beginner in Russian, so please correct me.
    However, I'm supposed to be good in English, so if you correct me there, I become very angry! Grr!
    And if you, for some reason, need help in Finnish, I'm glad to help.

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    Re: Just a new user presenting himself

    Welcome, Visa! There are almost no mistakes in your Russian.

    Quote Originally Posted by EmDii

    Меня зовут Виса. Я из финляндии; мне восемнадцать лет. Я говорю по-финнски, по-английски, по-шведски и немного по-русски. Я изучаю русский язык один год.
    "Happy new year, happy new year
    May we all have a vision now and then
    Of a world where every neighbour is a friend"

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    I'm sorry, but we don't take Visa here -- only Mastercard and American Express.
    Заранее благодарю всех за исправление ошибок в моём русском.

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    Hello, Visa!

    Don't mind Бармалей - he can only think about money.

    And despite Friendy corrected you, you can also say "маленько по-русски" but it is informal and colloquial.
    Please correct my mistakes if you can, especially article usage.
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    Спасибо!

    I'm quite used to my name being mocked. Visa is however an ancient Finnish name referring to visakoivu, a type of birch.

    Хорошо to hear to that my Russian is, eh, жороший. I've been practising it pretty intensively, but I'm still far away from what they expect in the exam I'm to take.

    I hasn't been that hard a language so far; the biggest annoyance is that you don't know where the accent is in a word. Really annoying, and makes it hard to try to read anything authentic.
    I'm but a beginner in Russian, so please correct me.
    However, I'm supposed to be good in English, so if you correct me there, I become very angry! Grr!
    And if you, for some reason, need help in Finnish, I'm glad to help.

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    Re: Just a new user presenting himself

    Quote Originally Posted by EmDii
    Я говорю по-фински
    In Russian, all nationalities and their corresponding languages start with a lower-case letter.

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    Welcome

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    Tervetuloa!

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    Quote Originally Posted by EmDii
    Спасибо!

    I'm quite used to my name being mocked. Visa is however an ancient Finnish name referring to visakoivu, a type of birch.
    What does "koivu" mean then -- "tree" maybe? Saku Koivu?
    Заранее благодарю всех за исправление ошибок в моём русском.

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    Виса, добро пожаловать на форум! Само собой, этот форум тебе поможет во многом.

    Финляндия - это прикольно. Я никогда не знакомился ни с кем из Финляндии.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Бармалей
    What does "koivu" mean then -- "tree" maybe? Saku Koivu?
    Koivu means a birch too; visakoivu is a certain "type" of it. Yes, Saku Koivu, exactly.

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    Quote Originally Posted by basurero
    Виса, добро пожаловать на форум! Само собой, этот форум тебе поможет во многом.

    Спасибо!

    Финляндия - это прикольно. Я никогда не знакомился ни с кем из Финляндии.

    Не знаю, что я понимал. Я не могу отвечать.
    So did you say that you have never met anyone from Finland?
    (I wonder why there are three negatives there?)

    В Финляндии живут много русскую народу, а Финляндия маленькая, так что мы не многие в загранице.
    I'm but a beginner in Russian, so please correct me.
    However, I'm supposed to be good in English, so if you correct me there, I become very angry! Grr!
    And if you, for some reason, need help in Finnish, I'm glad to help.

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    Quote Originally Posted by EmDii
    So did you say that you have never met anyone from Finland?
    (I wonder why there are three negatives there?)
    Thats exactly what he meant!!!
    Basurero is a well-done!!! He used 3 negotiations absolutely correct!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chuvak
    Basurero is a well-done!!! He used 3 negotiations absolutely correct!!!
    I guess I'll understand this someday.
    I'm but a beginner in Russian, so please correct me.
    However, I'm supposed to be good in English, so if you correct me there, I become very angry! Grr!
    And if you, for some reason, need help in Finnish, I'm glad to help.

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    А я подумала, что виса - это стихотворение, типа эпиграммы

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    Хмм, мне кажется, виса - это слово имеет разные значения в разных языках. Может быть и кредитной карточкой и тем, что нужно для того, чтобы посетить другую страну. По словам Индры, это тип стихотворения, и конечно, не забывайте, что это также финляндкское имя!

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    Quote Originally Posted by basurero
    Хмм, мне кажется, виса - это слово имеет разные значения в разных языках. Может быть и кредитной карточкой и тем, что нужно для того, чтобы посетить другую страну. По словам Индры, это тип стихотворения, и конечно, не забывайте, что это также финское имя!
    In Russian, all nationalities and their corresponding languages start with a lower-case letter.

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    Я сейчас пошукала по интернету - действительно, стихотворение в поэзии скальдов.

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    Re: Just a new user presenting himself

    Quote Originally Posted by EmDii
    Привет!
    По-русски, если я могу:

    Меня зовут Виса. Я из фнляндии; мне восемнадцать лет. Я говорю по-финнски, по-английски, по-шведски и маленько по-русски. Я изучаю русский язык один год.

    Welcome Visa! That's cute!
    Не плюй в колодец, пригодится водицы, напиться.

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    Добро пожаловать на форум, Виса!

    Indra, честно говоря, я бы сказал, пошушукала по. Ты просто пропустила "шу" или это я просто не знаю такого слова?
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