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    russian to english ok?

    hi . iwas wandering if someone could translate 'little bird' into russian for me. its doestoevsky's fond description of children and would like a tattoo of it in honour of my daughter. ive encountered three versions
    - небольшая птица
    - маленькая птица
    and - маленький птица
    thank you for your help

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    I vote for "маленькая птица"

    птица is feminine so "маленький птица" is gramatically incorrect.
    небольшая is "not big" so "небольшая птица" is "not-big bird"
    Какая разница, умереть богатым или бедным?

    Какой толк от богатства если ты не счастлив.

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    I'd say "маленькая птичка".
    My English isn't so good, зато с русским все в порядке ))
    I'll be very thankful, if you correct my mistakes.

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    ...or just "птичка".
    Gib immer 100% bei der Arbeit: 12% am Montag, 23% am Dienstag, 40% am Mittwoch, 20% am Donnerstag, 5% am Freitag ...

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    YEA i vote for птичка. Its like
    Вот это да, я так люблю себя. И сегодня я люблю себя, ещё больше чем вчера, а завтра я буду любить себя to ещё больше чем сегодня. Тем что происходит,я вполне доволен!

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    thanks for your suggestions everybody/// you guys have a favourite text for this beautiful language. bye

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    what about "птенец"?

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    wow....have been learning russian for 3 years now..

    having seen this topic, my first intention was "ПТИЧКА" without knowing that it would ever exist!!!

    great to see developments
    no pain, no gain

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