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    Just a quick note to let Scott know I'm following along, reviewing the Pimsleur series on my own as I watch this thread progress. We'll have to touch base and compare notes when he gets to the end.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RavinDave
    Just a quick note to let Scott know I'm following along, reviewing the Pimsleur series on my own as I watch this thread progress. We'll have to touch base and compare notes when he gets to the end.
    This is not a dating agency!
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    In Post-Soviet Russia internet porn downloads YOU!

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    Quote Originally Posted by TATY
    This is not a dating agency!
    Очевидно, это также не клуб комедии. :P
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    I don't think there is such a thing as a comedy club in Russia... At least I've never heard of one... However, there could be some in Moscow and St. Petersburg opened up quite recently...
    Of all the things I've lost I miss MY MIND the most...

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    Quote Originally Posted by SSSS
    I don't think there is such a thing as a comedy club in Russia... At least I've never heard of one... However, there could be some in Moscow and St. Petersburg opened up quite recently...
    If "Моя прекрасная няня" is anything to go by, Russian comedy has a LONG way to go...
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    I have no idea what "Моя прекрасная няня" is...
    Of all the things I've lost I miss MY MIND the most...

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    Quote Originally Posted by SSSS
    I have no idea what "Моя прекрасная няня" is...
    OOO-oooo, you're going to regret asking.

    http://www.nannytv.ru/
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    I think he is referring to the American show "the Nanny" or something like that, that is playing on TVs in Russia. His theory is that if Russians like that type of humor, they are doomed to be dull.

    Although that show was quite popular in America, and America has some decent comedy clubs.

    He is just trying to be sarcastic!
    Hei, rett norsken min og du er død.
    I am a notourriouse misspeller. Be easy on me.
    Пожалуйста! Исправляйте мои глупые ошибки (но оставьте умные)!
    Yo hablo español mejor que tú.
    Trusnse kal'rt eturule sikay!!! ))

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    Ehhhh... I am not asking - I am just stating the fact of my blissful ignorance...
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    Quote Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie
    I think he is referring to the American show "the Nanny" or something like that, that is playing on TVs in Russia.
    That's not the American version dubbed into Russian. That's a Russian version based on "The Nanny". Though, I admit, that actress looks an awful lot like Fran Drescher.
    —Ravin' Dave

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    Quote Originally Posted by TATY
    Quote Originally Posted by RavinDave
    Just a quick note to let Scott know I'm following along, reviewing the Pimsleur series on my own as I watch this thread progress. We'll have to touch base and compare notes when he gets to the end.
    This is not a dating agency!
    Кто-то немножко выпивает по пятницам.
    "...Важно, чтобы форум оставался местом, объединяющим людей, для которых интересны русский язык и культура. ..." - MasterАdmin (из переписки)



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    Quote Originally Posted by RavinDave
    Just a quick note to let Scott know I'm following along, reviewing the Pimsleur series on my own as I watch this thread progress. We'll have to touch base and compare notes when he gets to the end.

    Any suggestions are more than welcome. I will add them to page 3 of this thread where all the notes are added after they are corrected.

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    Quote Originally Posted by flowforever
    прилететь – arrive by flying (to land).
    приехать – to arrive by vehicle.
    пора – it's time (to do something).
    Тогда мне/вам (d.c.) пора ехать. - Then it's time for me/for you to be driving.
    Как я могу вам (d.c.) помочь? - How can I help you?
    Я мог/могла бы. - I would be able to. Can also mean - I would have been able to.
    Я мог/могла бы отвезти вас (a.c.) туда. - I would have been able to bring you to there.
    Не поехать ли туда на такси. - What if we drive to there by taxi.
    самолёт – airplane.
    аэропорт – airport.
    встретить – to meet.
    Чтобы встретить своего (g.c.) знакомого (g.c.). - In order to meet my friend (acquaintance).
    немного быстрее – a little more quickly.
    намного быстрее – much more quickly.
    Thank you,

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    Quote Originally Posted by Оля
    Quote Originally Posted by fortheether
    Как я могу вам (d.c.) помочь? - How can I help you?
    Не поехать ли (нам) туда на такси. - What if we drive to there by taxi.
    Thank you,

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    Hello,
    Please help me fix my many mistakes.

    Thank you,

    Scott


    Level 3 – Lesson 2


    Что случилась? - What happened?
    назад – ago.
    Два часа назад. - Two hours ago.
    Ей (d.c.) нравится её работа. - She likes her job.
    Я собираюсь жить у своей (g.c.) знакомой (g.c.). - I'm going to live at my (female) friends (acquaintances) place.
    Нам (d.c. of мы) уже пора ехать. - For us it's already time to be driving.
    есть – to eat.
    Но может быть, вы хотите есть. - But maybe you want to be eating.
    Я собираюсь сейчас поесть. - I'm going to eat now.
    через – through, across; after (a period of time).
    Через час мы должны приехать в гостиницу (a.c.). - In an hour we're supposed to come to the hotel.
    Pimsleur says that есть (exists) and есть (to eat) sound very much a like.
    трудный – difficult.
    В Москве (p.c.) не очень трудно (neuter short form of трудный) найти хорошее (see «The New Penguin Russian Course page 86 why it ends ее and not ое» ресторан. - In Moscow it's not very difficult to find a good restaurant.
    вы будете – you will be.
    Что вы будете делать в Москве (p.c.)? - What will you be doing in Moscow?
    Трудно сказать. - Difficult to say.
    Я буду там. - I will be there.
    Lesson practice:
    She had an important meeting.
    Yes she works a lot.
    In the evening it's necessary to be driving slower.
    For us it's time to be eating.
    I don't yet want to be eating.
    And in the hotel there is a good restaurant.
    I came to the airport four hours ago and I very much want to be eating.
    I think here also is a restaurant.
    Not very difficult if you have enough money.
    When do you need to arrive at the hotel?
    When will you be there?
    She invited me to have supper.
    We can arrive in two hours.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fortheether
    Но, может быть, вы хотите есть. - But maybe you want to be eating.

    Pimsleur says that есть (exists) and есть (to eat) sound very much a like.
    Not "very much a like", but absolutely equally.

    В Москве (p.c.) не очень трудно (neuter short form of трудный) найти хороший ресторан. - In Moscow it's not very difficult to find a good restaurant.
    In Russian, all nationalities and their corresponding languages start with a lower-case letter.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fortheether
    В Москве (p.c.) не очень трудно (neuter short form of трудный) найти хороший (see «The New Penguin Russian Course page 86 why it ends ее and not ое» ресторан. (it's neither) - In Moscow it's not very difficult to find a good restaurant.
    "трудно" is not a short form of "трудный", "трудно" is a наречие and трудный is a прилагательное.

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    A short form of "трудный" is "труден".
    In Russian, all nationalities and their corresponding languages start with a lower-case letter.

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    Looking through this Pimsleur stuff, it occurs to me: They really love sentence construction using "собираться", don't they? They REALLY, REALLY like it.

    Do they emphasize it too much? It almost seems like they rely on it as a handy way to avoid learning full verb forms. Just learn the infinitive and slap a form of "собираться" in front of it.

    Is it really that common in conversational Russian? Maybe it is and I just don't realize it, since most of my practice sources are more formal. (One of the reasons I sought you guys out).
    —Ravin' Dave

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    Я собираюсь = I'm going to...
    I don't think it's more common in Russian than it is in English.

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