Page 2 of 2 FirstFirst 12
Results 21 to 32 of 32

Thread: Starting out in Russian

  1. #21
    Властелин
    Join Date
    May 2004
    Location
    Illinois
    Posts
    1,115
    Rep Power
    15
    Quote Originally Posted by waxwing
    Quote Originally Posted by DDT
    I often wonder how people whose native tounge is Chinese get by in Russian. You know, with the rolling of the "Rs".
    The first day I heard a Chinese person speak Russian my brain nearly exploded. Seriously.

    'r's .. I'm not sure .. I'll listen carefully next time. Not too good, though.

    Lindzi, you're a little tough there. Admittedly the pu tong hua and Cantonese are a way off from each other, but all the same, in common parlance ..
    I heard a Korean named Boris speak Russian.
    "Давайте! Мы опоздали!"
    и
    "Сорииииииии!"
    his signature lines...

    Then some n00bs in my group were talking about this one time a guy set a cat on fire then chopped its head off. I managed to explain that to him in some sort of Russian pantomime.
    "Он делал так..." (Pretends to cut head off)
    Boris - "Как тебе не стыдно!?"

    And thats why the Koreans are cool.
    Corrupting young minds since May 6, 2004.

  2. #22
    Завсегдатай
    Join Date
    Nov 2002
    Location
    Северо-Восточный Администритивный Округ.
    Posts
    3,471
    Rep Power
    18
    Im wronry... Im so wronry!

    -Kim jung il 2, Team America.
    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!

  3. #23
    Почётный участник
    Join Date
    Feb 2004
    Posts
    142
    Rep Power
    14
    bak-allah, durka durka mohammed-jihad.

  4. #24
    Завсегдатай
    Join Date
    Nov 2002
    Location
    Северо-Восточный Администритивный Округ.
    Posts
    3,471
    Rep Power
    18
    jihad? Dirka Dirka? A ya muhamed allah muhamed Dirka dirka! DIRKA DIRKA !
    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!

  5. #25
    Завсегдатай chaika's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    Чапелхилловка, NC USA
    Posts
    1,986
    Rep Power
    19
    If you're from New Jersey you may really have a problem. I was going to suggest that you speak the word WATER and you will have the rolled R right there in the middle, which we happen to spell T. But My wife's from there, and she used to say WORDER. Anyway, if you omit the extra R preceding the sound you make when you say that T, you will have a pretty close Russian rolled R. Howabout BETTER? I say those two Ts with a flip of the tongue, like rolled R.

    Just be glad you're not learning Spanish, which has two of them!

  6. #26
    Завсегдатай
    Join Date
    Feb 2003
    Location
    с. Хреновое Воронежской обл.
    Posts
    2,481
    Rep Power
    17
    Chaika, I'm from New Mexico, and I say "worder." Have you heard those recordings of me from way back when?

  7. #27
    Старший оракул
    Join Date
    Mar 2004
    Location
    From Ukraine
    Posts
    818
    Rep Power
    14
    Were you born in New Mexico?
    Vrei să pleci dar nu ma, nu ma iei
    Nu ma, nu ma iei, nu ma, nu ma, nu ma iei
    Chipul tau si dragostea din tei
    Mi-amintesc de ochii tai

  8. #28
    Завсегдатай
    Join Date
    Feb 2003
    Location
    с. Хреновое Воронежской обл.
    Posts
    2,481
    Rep Power
    17
    No, as I said earlier, I'm from Sheki, Azerbaijan.

    yes, I was born in New Mexico.

  9. #29
    Старший оракул
    Join Date
    Mar 2004
    Location
    From Ukraine
    Posts
    818
    Rep Power
    14
    lol. Wow for a few seconds I couldn't see any small letters, because I'm really farsighted and for small print even my glasses can't help me. Whenever I try to write small or something it happenes like this: hi

    ой
    Vrei să pleci dar nu ma, nu ma iei
    Nu ma, nu ma iei, nu ma, nu ma, nu ma iei
    Chipul tau si dragostea din tei
    Mi-amintesc de ochii tai

  10. #30
    Завсегдатай
    Join Date
    Nov 2002
    Location
    Северо-Восточный Администритивный Округ.
    Posts
    3,471
    Rep Power
    18
    No, I WAS BORN IN AZERBAIJON. God.
    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!

  11. #31
    Почтенный гражданин
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    the land of cheese and murder
    Posts
    663
    Rep Power
    14
    Quote Originally Posted by Pravit
    Chaika, I'm from New Mexico, and I say "worder." Have you heard those recordings of me from way back when?
    I'm from Wisconsin, and I say "wadder." Ugh.

  12. #32
    Подающий надежды оратор
    Join Date
    Jan 2005
    Location
    Venezuela
    Posts
    13
    Rep Power
    13
    There's this russian course that may take you a while to complete...

    Hope y'all find it useful:

    http://www.princeton.edu/russian/SLA101/
    Every step is a victory

Page 2 of 2 FirstFirst 12

Similar Threads

  1. Starting to learn Russian?
    By DaleD in forum Getting Started with Russian
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: August 14th, 2008, 03:07 AM
  2. Starting to Learning Russian
    By MrPotatoHead in forum General Discussion
    Replies: 9
    Last Post: December 10th, 2005, 06:27 PM
  3. translation pls!!! still starting to learn russian
    By Pr0d|gY in forum Translate This!
    Replies: 11
    Last Post: September 23rd, 2005, 07:54 AM
  4. Starting out with Russian...
    By Loka in forum Getting Started with Russian
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: June 4th, 2005, 04:40 AM
  5. Canadian starting Russian language
    By in forum Penpals and Language Exchange
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: November 30th, 2004, 02:53 AM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  


Russian Lessons                           

Russian Tests and Quizzes            

Russian Vocabulary