Thread: Looking for a Russian pen pal

Hi, I'm Vera, 17, I live in the US, I was born in Ukraine. I'm currrently learning to read/write in Russian, I can speak it a little, though.

I would like a Russian pen pal to email!

You're born in Ukraine? I am too. Which city? You don't speak Russian if you're from Ukraine?

Originally Posted by Евгения Белякова

You're born in Ukraine? I am too. Which city? You don't speak Russian if you're from Ukraine?

I'm finding alot of people can't. Most of the (Ukrainian) freshmen at my highschool can't even speak it. When they moved here their whole family learned english and that's all they speak. They dont even know what CCCP means.

You're born in Ukraine

- you were born in ukraine.

I am too

- I was too.

Thank you for your corrections. Which part of Ukraine are your friends from? The part of Ukraine I'm from, we speak Russian. I have a friend from Western Ukraine and she knows Russian too, but her family speaks Ukrainain as well.

About the word "freshman". So single is "Freshman" and plural is "Freshmen?" Because I reread your post and I was tempted to say, "freshmens..."

yea, freshmen.

and i dont know, they are from all over ukriane. They aren't even really my friends, actually. This year I only have like 4 or 5 friends who speak real russian at my school. All the rest of them graduated last year. But the ones i know of are all from donetsk region of ukraine. They all speak russian and claim the don't understand ukrianian.

Infact, they are just two groups of sisters who i talk to. Alina and Liliya merchenko, or something. And Olga and Helen Kobzar.

Then i have one friend from Beloruss who i talk to at lunch. Other than that we just have n00b ukrainians who love ricky martin and think russia is "dumb".

Originally Posted by Евгения Белякова

You're born in Ukraine? I am too. Which city? You don't speak Russian if you're from Ukraine?

I was born in Lviv
(like it says in my first post) I do speak Russian a little, I'm learning to read and write it though.

Yes I have a friend from Donetsk region. She doesn't know Ukrainian either, like me. Is your school very international? You seem to have a lot of Eastern Europeans at your school. And tell me this, what you mean by "real Russian?" Some Russian kids at your school speak Russian badly? I have a Kazakh friend who loves Russia dearly, though she speaks quite badly and makes silly mistakes.

Real russian like, they don't speak russian anymore. They spoke it untill they were like 5 and have been speaking english ever since.

They say things like Мы не может or,
что делать 4 девчонки.


Things that are understandable, but, are not really correct.

Originally Posted by Евгения Белякова

About the word "freshman". So single is "Freshman" and plural is "Freshmen?" Because I reread your post and I was tempted to say, "freshmens..."

They are both pronounced the same though. (Like freshmen) because the accent is on the first syllable.

Viira, since you are from Ukraine and you do not speak Russian, do you speak Ukrainian? Or did you move to USA and forget it all? Just wondering, sorry.

They speak a lot of Ukrainian in Lviv, so much that you shouldn't speak Russian there, or so I've heard! I thought they learn Russian in schools, though. Or it could be she's like you and was born there but moved to the US at an early age.

Ukrainian is spoken a lot more in Western Ukraine.(In Lviv) I have a friend from there that speaks Ukrainian and Russian. Lucky.

Originally Posted by Dogboy182

They say things like Мы не может

Well, that hardly qualifies as a mistake. A slip, yes, but not a mistake. I say far worse things myself every now and then and I am Russian and live in Russia!

Originally Posted by Pravit

They speak a lot of Ukrainian in Lviv, so much that you shouldn't speak Russian there, or so I've heard!

Just wave a thick wad of roubles in front of their noses and those chaps will cling onto your every Russian word with alacrity...