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  1. Thread: dialects

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    I'm lukewarm about it ... especially the lukewarm...

    I'm lukewarm about it ... especially the lukewarm fare in the Uni canteen :)
    No doubt there is some great cuisine here, but I had to learn bu2 la4 pretty fast, even up here in the north (I think...
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    In English this is the "past perfect". We also...

    Yes! It is the past before just another past...it is easier to say the action than to describe it![/quote]

    In English this is the "past perfect". We also used to use the term pluperfect, but it...
  3. Thread: dialects

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    It sounds like 'fiction' to me ... ? And indeed...

    There is a wide used expression in Russian "художественная литература" or more formal "беллетристика". It includes novels, poems, stories, tales, sci-fiction... in another words all books for...
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    Hmmm .. I would have thought you could usually...

    Hmmm .. I would have thought you could usually guess it from context :lol:

    how about : мука - очень тяжёлая :D
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    Yeah, just like English and, I guess, most other...

    Yeah, just like English and, I guess, most other languages.


    I've never seen that. Could you give an example?
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    eh? e acute and e grave are different sounds...

    eh? e acute and e grave are different sounds aren't they? I mean it's been a loooong time since I studied French, but ..?
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