Tag Archives: Russian language
Russian Cases: «Дательный падеж» [Dative] Posted by josefina on Jun 21, 2009
And where might one find this bold statement made out of red metal on red wood pictured above? I found it in an old and forgotten «дом культуры» [‘house of culture’] in Krasnoyarsk in July 2005. What does it say, anyway? «Мир народам, власть советам» [“Peace to the peoples, power to the soviets”] written in old…
Celebrating Russia, or ‘aspects’ of the 12th of June Posted by josefina on Jun 11, 2009
The pictures are back! «Замечательно!» Now the blog will be complete again! «Как хорошо!» And what better a tribute to Russia’s uniqueness – which we are about to celebrate tomorrow on the 12th of June – than pictures taken from the last wagon on a train while traveling through Siberia? The choice made for the…
Russian Cases: «Родительный падеж» [Genitive] part II Posted by josefina on Apr 16, 2009
We’ve had some trouble showing pictures here for the past month or so, so if you can’t see the picture here I’ve uploaded it to my own personal blog too. This picture is an old favorite of mine, taken on a beach in Siberia back in 2005: «Пьянство у воды – причина беды» [Drunkenness by…
Russian Cases: «Родительный падеж» [Genitive] part I Posted by josefina on Apr 11, 2009
I really hope that the problem with the pictures will be solved soon, because it’s as frustrating for me not to be able to show you the pictures as it is for you not to see them! The graffiti on a wall above: «Я без тебя умру» [I will die without out] shows that after…
Once Again About ‘The Great and Mighty’ [«ещё раз о великом и могучем»…] Posted by josefina on Mar 25, 2009
Sorry for the poor quality of this picture from the student magazine «Студик» that published my little article «Великий и могучий – с точки зрения не-носительницы его» [The Great and Mighty from a (female) non-native speaker’s point of view” in its March 2009 number. In many ways I can honestly say that «мне повезло с…
Ничего Себе! [Not Bad! Pretty Good! Pretty Well!] Posted by josefina on Dec 19, 2008
Wrapped up in a thrilling conversation in Russian (this also goes for in Russia) and feeling rather impressed with what someone else has just said, but at a loss for concrete words to express such notions, one does not always know what to say. Of course, you could always make the classical comment of «хорошо!»…
Word of the Week: «Учиться» Posted by josefina on Oct 15, 2008
The word of this week is a verb (do note the «ь» [‘soft sign’] right after the «т», as that is a sure sign of the verb being in infinitiv, oh and don’t forget to pay attention to the «ся», because if you fail to do so, then you will not be aware of the…