{"id":151,"date":"2008-07-07T02:02:59","date_gmt":"2008-07-07T06:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=151"},"modified":"2014-07-16T17:59:35","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T17:59:35","slug":"test-your-russian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/test-your-russian\/","title":{"rendered":"Test Your Russian!"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of our readers, who signs his comments here as Stas, sent me a mail with the following link today: “\u0422\u0435\u0441\u0442: \u0417\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u0435\u0442\u0435 \u043b\u0438 \u0432\u044b \u0440\u0443<\/span>\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u044f\u0437\u044b<\/span>\u043a?” <\/strong>[Test: Do You Know Russian Language?]<\/a> He told me that he scored 7 out of the 8 questions right, something that, according to statistics, only 15% of Russians are capable of. The structure of the test reminded me of the sample questions from the \u0415\u0413\u042d (\u0415\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0413\u043e\u0441\u0443\u0434\u0430<\/span>\u0440\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u042d\u043a\u0437\u0430<\/span>\u043c\u0435\u043d)<\/strong> [Unified State Exam]<\/a> that were published in my favorite Russian paper, \u0420\u0443<\/span>\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0420\u0435\u043f\u043e\u0440\u0442\u0451<\/span>\u0440<\/a><\/strong>, back in May, at a time when almost every schoolkid in Russia was trying their best to pass the two exams in Russian Language and Maths. At the same time their parents and teachers were screaming to the press that the test was pure abuse and therefore against the law, while universities threated to not pay any attention to its results anyway. For the fun of it, I decided to try my luck (and, I suppose, also my knowledge) and test my Russian…<\/p>\n


\nMy results were as follows:<\/p>\n

“\u0412\u044b \u043e\u0442\u0432\u0435<\/span>\u0442\u0438\u043b\u0438 \u043d\u0430 6 \u0438\u0437 8 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044b<\/span>\u0445 \u0432\u043e\u043f\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0441\u043e\u0432. \u041d\u0435 \u0441\u0430<\/span>\u043c\u044b\u0439 \u043f\u043b\u043e\u0445\u043e<\/span>\u0439 \u0440\u0435\u0437\u0443\u043b\u044c\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u0442 \u043d\u0430 \u043e<\/span>\u0431\u0449\u0435\u043c \u0444\u043e<\/span>\u043d\u0435. \u0421\u043a\u043e\u0440\u0435<\/span>\u0435 \u0432\u0441\u0435\u0433\u043e<\/span>, \u0432\u044b \u043d\u0435\u043f\u043b\u043e<\/span>\u0445\u043e \u0437\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0438 \u0440\u0443<\/span>\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u044f\u0437\u044b<\/span>\u043a \u0432 \u0448\u043a\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u0435, \u043f\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u043e \u0431\u044b<\/span>\u043b\u043e \u044d<\/span>\u0442\u043e \u0434\u0430\u0432\u043d\u043e<\/span>, \u0438 \u0442\u0435\u043f\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u044c \u0443\u0447\u0435<\/span>\u0431\u043d\u0438\u043a \u0420\u043e\u0437\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u044f \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0432\u0430\u0441 \u0437\u0430\u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f<\/span>\u0435\u0442 \u0433\u0440\u0430\u043c\u043c\u0430\u0442\u0438<\/span>\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u0430\u0432\u0442\u043e\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u043a\u0430 \u0432 “\u0412\u043e<\/span>\u0440\u0434\u0435”. \u0413\u043e\u0440\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u0432\u0430\u043c \u043e\u0441\u043e<\/span>\u0431\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e \u043d\u0435<\/span>\u0447\u0435\u043c, \u043d\u043e \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0432\u044b\u0436\u0438\u0432\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u044f \u0432 \u0441\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0435<\/span> \u043d\u043e\u0441\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u043b\u0435\u0439 \u0440\u0443<\/span>\u0441\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e \u044f\u0437\u044b\u043a\u0430<\/span> \u044d<\/span>\u0442\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0432\u043f\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0435<\/span> \u0445\u0432\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u0438\u0442. \u0422\u0430\u043a\u0438<\/span>\u0445, \u043a\u0430\u043a \u0432\u044b, \u0432 \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0435<\/span>, \u0441\u043e\u0433\u043b\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u043d\u043e \u043e\u043f\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0441\u0443 \u0412\u0426\u0418\u041e\u041c\u0430, – 21%.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

[You answered (correctly) 6 out of 8 simple questions. Not the very worst result in general. Most likely you knew Russian rather well in school, just that it was a long time ago and now Rozental’s textbook has been changed for you by the spellcheck of Word. You have nothing to be especially proud of, but for survival in an enviroment of Russian speakers this is enough. 21% of the people in the country are like you, according to statistics.]<\/p>\n

Well, even though I shouldn’t be proud, I kind of am anyway. Do try it out for yourselves! See if you can beat me or Stas…<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of our readers, who signs his comments here as Stas, sent me a mail with the following link today: “\u0422\u0435\u0441\u0442: \u0417\u043d\u0430\u0435\u0442\u0435 \u043b\u0438 \u0432\u044b \u0440\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u044f\u0437\u044b\u043a?” [Test: Do You Know Russian Language?] He told me that he scored 7 out of the 8 questions right, something that, according to statistics, only 15% of Russians are…<\/p>\n

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