{"id":15204,"date":"2022-07-27T15:29:11","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T15:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=15204"},"modified":"2022-07-27T15:33:01","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T15:33:01","slug":"saying-goodbye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/saying-goodbye\/","title":{"rendered":"Saying \u201cGoodbye\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My dear readers,<\/p>\n<p>Goodbyes are tricky, aren\u2019t they? Maybe that\u2019s why the majority of Russian speakers hang up the phone by saying <strong>\u00ab\u0414\u0430\u0432\u0430\u0439, \u043f\u043e\u043a\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> or sometimes just the <strong>\u201c\u0414\u0430\u0432\u0430\u0439\u201d<\/strong>. I wish I could do the same, but unfortunately, this will be my final blog here. I do not want our goodbye to be a sad one. Instead, let\u2019s give it all the festiveness of a live show finale, like they have on Russian television. If you have ever seen one of these, you probably heard the TV show host say something like:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u041c\u044b \u0441 \u0432\u0430\u043c\u0438 \u043d\u0435 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0449\u0430\u0435\u043c\u0441\u044f, \u0430 \u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438\u043c \u0434\u043e \u0441\u043a\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0439 \u0432\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0435\u0447\u0438!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We are not saying \u201cgoodbye forever\u201d, we are saying \u201cuntil next time\u201d!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So, I thought it would be lovely to go down a memory lane and reflect on the topics that you and I shared over the last two years.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15205\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15205\" class=\"wp-image-15205 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/pexels-genine-alyssa-pedrenoandrada-6466385-350x234.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/pexels-genine-alyssa-pedrenoandrada-6466385-350x234.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/pexels-genine-alyssa-pedrenoandrada-6466385.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15205\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/ru-ru\/photo\/6466385\/\">Genine Alyssa Pedreno-Andrada<\/a><\/strong> from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/ru-ru\/photo\/6466385\/\">Pexels<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<h5>I.<\/h5>\n<p>It all started with my very first blog on Russian <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/how-to-sound-russian-in-less-than-4-letters\/\">interjections<\/a>. I always thought of these as the smallest part of the Russian language that makes all the difference in the world. Of course, every language-learner needs to familiarize themselves with interjections and expressing emotions in a different culture. But there is something so magically vibrant and uniquely expressive about the Russian <strong>\u201c\u042d\u0445!\u201d<\/strong> or <strong>\u201c\u041e\u0433\u043e!\u201d<\/strong> and my favorite <strong>\u201c\u041d\u0443\u201d<\/strong> (especially when said in an indecisive manner).<\/p>\n<p>However, even the most expressive use of Russian interjections would not take you far when speaking the language. And that is where we went into the deep and often treacherous waters of Russian grammar.<\/p>\n<h5>II.<\/h5>\n<p>Previous writers on this blog created so many wonderful and insightful blogs before me and I really enjoyed building onto them, often creating <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/russian-diminutives-part-ii\/\">sequels<\/a> to already existing topics but also writing my own mini-series on the different parts of the language. From <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/pretty-in-prefix\/\">prefixes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/%d0%b6%d0%b5-particle-or-conjunction\/\">particles<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/are-conjunctions-necessary\/\">conjunctions<\/a> to dissecting <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/%d0%bc%d1%8f%d0%b3%d0%ba%d0%b8%d0%b9-%d0%b7%d0%bd%d0%b0%d0%ba-%d1%8c-soft-sign-or-the-charlie-chaplin-of-the-russian-alphabet\/\">letters<\/a> of the Russian alphabet &#8211; we covered plenty of interesting grammar topics together. And looking back I realize that I <em>did<\/em> have a fascination with the smaller parts of the Russian language. What can I do since they are the ones that pack the most character!<\/p>\n<h5>III.<\/h5>\n<p>Speaking of which, we also had very interesting conversations about the Russian culture. I always really appreciated how much you connected with the different topics in the comments and shared your personal thoughts and memories. My absolute favorite were the blogs where I shared the culture through my experiences and family stories with you. Thank you for going to the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/the-a-z-of-the-russian-banya\/\">Russian banya<\/a> with me, talking about my favorite <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/were-not-in-kansas-anymore\/\">non-Russian Russian books<\/a>, reminiscing about <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/dear-ded-moroz-writing-letters-in-russian\/\">Ded Moroz<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/diy-ideas-for-paskha\/\">dyeing Easter eggs<\/a> with my siblings, and even making <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/family-recipe-for-kvashennaya-kapusta\/\">kvashennaya kapusta<\/a> with my grandma\u2019s old family recipe.<\/p>\n<h5>IV.<\/h5>\n<p>Lastly, I wanted to thank you for being excited and curious with me about all the little language things that Russian has to offer. And I do not just mean particles, conjunctions, and interjections. Do you remember how we spent a whole blog holding the word \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/what-is-p%d0%be%d0%b7%d0%bd%d1%8c\/\">\u0440\u043e\u0437\u043d\u044c<\/a>\u201d under a microscope? What about the times we analyzed every aspect of the words like <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/patience-a-la-russe\/\">\u0442\u0435\u0440\u043f\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/monasteries-eyeliner-and-poverty\/\">\u043f\u043e\u0434\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0438<\/a><\/strong><strong>, <\/strong>and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/two-very-neat-russian-words\/\">\u0438\u0437\u044e\u043c\u0438\u043d\u043a\u0430<\/a><\/strong>? Or how fun it was to mess with Google translate through some Russian double-negatives and the power of <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/russian-grammar-is-fun\/\">Russian syntax.<\/a> I will certainly miss these times. Thank you for two very exciting years! Wishing you all the best on your language journeys, my friends! \u0414\u0430\u0432\u0430\u0439\u0442\u0435, \u043f\u043e\u043a\u0430!<\/p>\n<p>Stay curious,<\/p>\n<p>Akbota Yergaliyeva<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/pexels-genine-alyssa-pedrenoandrada-6466385-350x234.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/pexels-genine-alyssa-pedrenoandrada-6466385-350x234.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/pexels-genine-alyssa-pedrenoandrada-6466385.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>My dear readers, Goodbyes are tricky, aren\u2019t they? Maybe that\u2019s why the majority of Russian speakers hang up the phone by saying \u00ab\u0414\u0430\u0432\u0430\u0439, \u043f\u043e\u043a\u0430\u00bb or sometimes just the \u201c\u0414\u0430\u0432\u0430\u0439\u201d. I wish I could do the same, but unfortunately, this will be my final blog here. 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