Personal pronouns

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What personal pronoun is most often used, according to Dale Carnegie?

я (I)
16
62%
мы (we)
1
4%
ты (you - singular)
3
12%
вы (you - plural)
3
12%
он (he)
2
8%
онa (she)
0
No votes
онo (it)
1
4%
они (they)
0
No votes
 
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Personal pronouns

Postby Tutor » Fri Jan 09, 2004 6:05 am

A lesson on personal pronouns http://masterrussian.com/aa110100a.shtml
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Postby Dimitri » Sat Mar 11, 2006 5:40 am

"я" конечно =)
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Postby BlackMage » Sat Mar 11, 2006 6:09 am

When I'm talking I use Я very rarely. Then again I don't use other pronouns very often either.
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Postby Dimitri » Sat Mar 11, 2006 6:19 am

BlackMage wrote:When I'm talking I use Я very rarely. Then again I don't use other pronouns very often either.


Я хочу есть, я пойду в магазин etc - как ты говоришь без "я" интересно? ))
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Postby BlackMage » Sat Mar 11, 2006 7:01 am

Dimitri wrote:Я хочу есть, я пойду в магазин etc - как ты говоришь без "я" интересно? ))


Кушать хочу. Пойду в магазин. (They may be bad, but it's what I say :P.)

When I write I use all the pronouns, but somehow it feels right to just say "что-то хочу." rather than "я хочу что-то."
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Postby Dimitri » Sat Mar 11, 2006 7:02 am

BlackMage wrote:
Dimitri wrote:Я хочу есть, я пойду в магазин etc - как ты говоришь без "я" интересно? ))


Кушать хочу. Пойду в магазин. (They may be bad, but it's what I say :P.)

When I write I use all the pronouns, but somehow it feels right to just say "что-то хочу." rather than "я хочу что-то."


А в чем смысл этого? :))
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Postby BlackMage » Sat Mar 11, 2006 7:53 am

I'm not a native speaker and I am by no means fluent, so I understand that my way is probably the wrong way. Do you ever just omit the pronoun? Of course. Понял? ;)
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Postby Leof » Sat Mar 11, 2006 8:19 am

BlackMage wrote:I'm not a native speaker and I am by no means fluent, so I understand that my way is probably the wrong way.

no BlackMage you speak it properly - both ways are right.
Я так думаю.
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Postby Dimitri » Sat Mar 11, 2006 8:29 am

BlackMage wrote:I'm not a native speaker and I am by no means fluent, so I understand that my way is probably the wrong way. Do you ever just omit the pronoun? Of course. Понял? ;)


Как я понял ты не говоришь "я" из принципа. Вот тут в чем смысл? :)
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Postby flowforever » Sat Mar 11, 2006 2:13 pm

я
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Postby TATY » Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:26 pm

Has anyone got the Frequency dictionary?
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Postby Seventh-Monkey » Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:28 pm

Thanks, I'm missing the instrumental personal pronouns from my grammar stash. In fact, I didn't even know the proper name for that case :D.
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Postby capecoddah » Sat Mar 11, 2006 11:23 pm

Я
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Postby kwatts59 » Sun Mar 12, 2006 12:42 am

TATY wrote:Has anyone got the Frequency dictionary?


Out of every 1,000,000 words, "Я" occurs about 15,631.11 times.

on the other hand ...

Out of every 1,000,000 words, "Он" occurs about 18,942.62 times.

"Он" ranks the 4th most popular Russian word.
So for all you people who guessed "Я", YOUR WRONG! :evil:
Какая разница, умереть богатым или бедным?

Какой толк от богатства если ты не счастлив.
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Postby BlackMage » Sun Mar 12, 2006 12:44 am

kwatts59 wrote:"Он" ranks the 4th most popular Russian word.
So for all you people who guessed "Я", YOUR WRONG! :evil:


What are numbers 1 thru 3?
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Postby kalinka_vinnie » Sun Mar 12, 2006 12:46 am

1 х*й
2 *бнуть
3 П*тин
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Postby kwatts59 » Sun Mar 12, 2006 12:52 am

BlackMage wrote:
kwatts59 wrote:"Он" ranks the 4th most popular Russian word.
So for all you people who guessed "Я", YOUR WRONG! :evil:


What are numbers 1 thru 3?


Here are the top 50 most popular Russian words:

1 36358.94 и misc
2 27792.36 в prep
3 20689.51 не misc
4 18942.62 он pron
5 16588.14 на prep
6 15631.11 я pron
7 12546.08 что misc
8 11398.44 тот adjpron
9 11223.99 быть verb
10 11150.72 с prep
11 9808.61 а misc
12 8604.72 весь adjpron
13 8043.90 это pron
14 7313.35 как misc
15 7110.80 она pron
16 5735.64 по prep
17 5672.65 но misc
18 5592.16 они pron
19 5455.05 к prep
20 5033.86 у prep
21 4863.63 ты pron
22 4787.36 из prep
23 4740.29 мы pron
24 4724.07 за prep
25 3924.53 вы pron
26 3756.63 так adv
27 3662.18 же misc
28 3558.06 от prep
29 3535.97 сказать verb
30 3396.65 этот adjpron
31 3288.80 который adjpron
32 3273.98 мочь verb
33 2945.47 человек noun
34 2900.17 о prep
35 2866.38 один card
36 2786.93 еще misc
37 2714.09 бы misc
38 2677.36 такой adjpron
39 2652.63 только misc
40 2552.74 себя pron
41 2388.81 свое pron
42 2382.57 какой adjpron
43 2310.89 когда misc
44 2271.47 уже misc
45 2249.87 для prep
46 2205.73 вот misc
47 2177.45 кто pron
48 2145.99 да misc
49 2059.32 говорить verb
50 2042.67 год noun
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282 324.42 оно pron
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Какой толк от богатства если ты не счастлив.
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Postby Dimitri » Sun Mar 12, 2006 4:44 am

kwatts59, где ты это взял? :о)
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Postby TATY » Sun Mar 12, 2006 3:53 pm

Dimitri wrote:kwatts59, где ты это взял? :о)


Russian Learner's Frequency Dictionary bu Nicholas J. Brown.

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Postby capecoddah » Sun Mar 12, 2006 4:23 pm

"according to Dale Carnegie"
Dale hasn't made it to Russia yet
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