Thread: privjet, friends

Originally Posted by kathryn

хахахаха... Я думалa, что "слава Богу" правильно

"является верным" is grammatically correct, but doesn't sound natural.

If you meant "I just knew it was correct! And I don't know why I did not write it", then "я так и думала", or "я так и знала".

Большое спасибо вам!

Originally Posted by kathryn

Originally Posted by Rtyom

You know it's a common habit of ours to test out the newbies. If they prove to be steadfast and willing to hang around, welcome to our small company.

Is it true that you test your newbies?? O_o

Sometimes

hmm, what i think after reading this thread is that everyone should stop asking why would anyone "WANT" to move to russia and maybe help her out with the "how"

Originally Posted by SouthsideRMK

hmm, what i think after reading this thread is that everyone should stop asking why would anyone "WANT" to move to russia and maybe help her out with the "how"

Absolutely. Well said. Probably not a great place to live if you have no money at all, or you hate cold winters... But otherwise, why not? A single country that is the size of Europe and just as varied. Unbeatable culture, breathtaking nature, kickass military and some of the smartest people in the world... How can anyone not find this combination very interesting?

I know several people from Sweden who moved to St Petersburg, thought it was great and ended up staying there. I also know (online) somebody who moved to Siberia and loved it: Read Josefina's English blog. Now she is studying Russian litterature and teaching Scandinavian languages in Ekaterinburg. http://www.transparent.com/russian/

By the way, the original poster "Danka" may live in the USA but she is NOT a native English speaker. She makes far too many mistakes. As far as I know Danka is a common name in the Yugoslavian area. But it is unheard of in the English speaking world. Her spelling of privyet is not how an American would write it. They would not use "J" because its "hard" in English.

«Unbeatable culture, breathtaking nature, kickass military and some of the smartest people in the world»

All these peculiarityes are in different places of Russia

Originally Posted by Johanna

A single country that is the size of Europe and just as varied. Unbeatable culture, breathtaking nature, kickass military and some of the smartest people in the world... How can anyone not find this combination very interesting?

You'v forgotten to mention about history, I think it's worth mentioning.

Originally Posted by SAn

«Unbeatable culture, breathtaking nature, kickass military and some of the smartest people in the world»

All these peculiarityes are in different places of Russia

...and the roads are traditionally bad...

Originally Posted by it-ogo

...and the roads are traditionally bad...

Yeah I've heard that from Finnish friends.... But the state of the roads is not really a measurement of a good/bad country! Anyway, it can be fixed in a few years. Plus lots of people think that basic roads are nicer to travel on than four lane motorways... Not everyone wants to live in "USA v.2" where you cannot get anyhing done without a car, and the whole country is one large "spaghetti junction"...

The roads may not be top-class at the moment, but Russia's got the world[s longest railway and very comprehensive and affordable rail services. Much more ecological and can be a relaxing way to travel...

Originally Posted by Basil77

You'v forgotten to mention about history, I think it's worth mentioning.

Haha, you want an "expert comment" about Russian history from me? Ok what do you want to know? LOL!!