{"id":192,"date":"2008-12-02T13:43:51","date_gmt":"2008-12-02T17:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=192"},"modified":"2008-12-02T13:43:51","modified_gmt":"2008-12-02T17:43:51","slug":"a-russian-facebook-%d0%b2%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%bd%d1%82%d0%b0%d0%ba%d1%82%d0%b5%d1%80%d1%83","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/a-russian-facebook-%d0%b2%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%bd%d1%82%d0%b0%d0%ba%d1%82%d0%b5%d1%80%d1%83\/","title":{"rendered":"A Russian Facebook: \u0432\u043a\u043e\u043d\u0442\u0430\u043a\u0442\u0435.\u0440\u0443"},"content":{"rendered":"

When learning a foreign language communication is crucial. Without anyone to talk to while studying a new foreign language your vocabulary, your phrases are all bound to die (as goes for your native language too, when there’s no one around to talk to in it) sooner or later. If left unused, that is! I tell my Russian students of Swedish to join Swedish online communities, and the same advice goes for you who are studying Russian – join a Russian online community! Not only will you find lots of interesting (or uninteresting) clubs as well as people, or be able write to strangers from one sixth of the Earth’s ground (that’s just how<\/em> big a country this is), but for those of you who are only beginning to study Russian joining in itself will be a challenge. After all – one must join in Russian<\/em>. And then try to find one’s way around the community – in Russian<\/em>. Now you see why this is something anyone trying to learn a language would profit from? For all of those who already use Facebook the news I’m about to bring you are good; for MySpace people – not so much. There’s a Russian version of Facebook, though it’s completely independent, and in no way connected to Facebook, except for one thing – it is an almost exact copy of the way Facebook used to look before (the old Facebook), translated into Russian. It’s called \u00ab\u0432 \u043a\u043e\u043d\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u043a\u0442\u0435\u00bb<\/strong> [in contact<\/em>] and can be found online as www.vkontakte.ru<\/a>. (I’m sorry for the poor quality of the following pictures – there must be something wrong with the uploading-pictures-machine on WordPress…)<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Here you’ve got everything you’d ever need on your left – \u00ab<\/strong><\/em>\u041c\u043e\u0438<\/span><\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u0414\u0440\u0443\u0437\u044c\u044f<\/span><\/em><\/strong>\u00bb <\/em><\/strong>[My Friends] \u00ab<\/strong><\/em>\u041c\u043e\u0438<\/span><\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u0424\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0433\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0444\u0438\u0438<\/em><\/strong>\u00bb <\/em><\/strong>[My Photographs] \u00ab<\/strong><\/em>\u041c\u043e\u0438<\/span><\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u0412\u0438\u0434\u0435\u043e\u0437\u0430<\/span>\u043f\u0438\u0441\u0438<\/em><\/strong>\u00bb <\/em><\/strong>[My Videos] \u00ab<\/strong><\/em>\u041c\u043e\u0438<\/span><\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u0421\u043e\u043e\u0431\u0449\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u044f<\/em><\/strong>\u00bb <\/em><\/strong>[My Messages] \u00ab<\/strong><\/em>\u041c\u043e\u0438<\/span><\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u0417\u0430\u043c\u0435<\/span>\u0442\u043a\u0438<\/em><\/strong>\u00bb <\/em><\/strong>[My Notes] \u00ab<\/strong><\/em>\u041c\u043e\u0438<\/span><\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u0413\u0440\u0443<\/span>\u043f\u043f\u044b<\/em><\/strong>\u00bb <\/em><\/strong>[My Groups] \u00ab<\/strong><\/em>\u041c\u043e\u0438<\/span><\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u0412\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0435<\/span>\u0447\u0438<\/em><\/strong>\u00bb <\/em><\/strong>[My Meetings] \u00ab<\/strong><\/em>\u041c\u043e\u0438<\/span><\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u041d\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438<\/em><\/strong>\u00bb <\/em><\/strong>[My News] and \u00ab<\/strong><\/em>\u041c\u043e\u0438<\/span><\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u041d\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0439\u043a\u0438<\/em><\/strong>\u00bb <\/em><\/strong>[My Tuners].<\/em><\/p>\n

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Not only Russians can be found “in contact” but also Ukrainians and Belarusians, as you can see from the list of languages to choose from above. Do also note that they’ve got a beta version \u00ab<\/strong><\/em>\u043f\u043e<\/em><\/strong>–<\/em><\/strong>\u0430\u043d\u0433\u043b\u0438<\/span>\u0439\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439<\/em><\/strong>\u00bb<\/em><\/strong>. But what does \u00ab<\/strong><\/em>\u0441\u043f\u043e\u0440\u0442\u0438<\/span>\u0432\u043d\u044b\u0439<\/em><\/strong> (<\/em><\/strong>\u044f\u0437\u044b<\/span>\u043a<\/em><\/strong>)\u00bb<\/em><\/strong> [sporty language] and \u00ab<\/strong><\/em>\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043b\u044c\u0433\u0438<\/span>\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439<\/em><\/strong> (<\/em><\/strong>\u044f\u0437\u044b<\/span>\u043a<\/em><\/strong>)\u00bb <\/em><\/strong>[nostalgic language] mean? Let’s have a look!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Here you’ve gone from being \u00ab<\/strong><\/em>\u0432<\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u043a\u043e\u043d\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u043a\u0442\u0435<\/em><\/strong>\u00bb <\/em><\/strong>[in contact] to being \u00ab<\/strong><\/em>\u0432<\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u043a\u043e\u043c\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0434\u0435<\/em><\/strong>\u00bb <\/em><\/strong>[in the team]. This means that you now have to your left, instead of those noted above, \u00ab<\/strong><\/em>\u041c\u043e\u044f<\/span><\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u041a\u043e\u043c\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0434\u0430<\/em><\/strong>\u00bb <\/em><\/strong>[My Team] \u00ab<\/strong><\/em>\u041c\u043e\u0438<\/span><\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u0424\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0435\u043f\u043e\u0440\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u0436\u0438<\/em><\/strong>\u00bb <\/em><\/strong>[My Photo stories] \u00ab<\/strong><\/em>\u041c\u043e\u0438<\/span><\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u0422\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0441\u043b\u044f<\/span>\u0446\u0438\u0438<\/em><\/strong>\u00bb <\/em><\/strong>[My Transmissions] \u00ab<\/strong><\/em>\u041c\u043e\u0438<\/span><\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u0421\u043e\u043e\u0431\u0449\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u044f<\/em><\/strong>\u00bb <\/em><\/strong>[My Messages] \u00ab<\/strong><\/em>\u041c\u043e\u0438<\/span><\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u0417\u0430\u043c\u0435<\/span>\u0442\u043a\u0438<\/em><\/strong>\u00bb <\/em><\/strong>[My Notes] \u00ab<\/strong><\/em>\u041c\u043e\u0438<\/span><\/em><\/strong> <\/span><\/em><\/strong>\u043a\u043b\u0443<\/span>\u0431\u044b<\/em><\/strong>\u00bb<\/em><\/strong> [My Clubs] \u00ab<\/strong><\/em>\u041c\u043e\u0438<\/span><\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u041c\u0435\u0440\u043e\u043f\u0440\u0438\u044f<\/span>\u0442\u0438\u044f<\/em><\/strong>\u00bb <\/em><\/strong>[My Events] \u00ab<\/strong><\/em>\u041c\u043e\u0438<\/span><\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u0421\u0432\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u043a\u0438<\/em><\/strong>\u00bb <\/em><\/strong>[My Summaries] and also \u00ab<\/strong><\/em>\u041c\u043e\u0438<\/span><\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u041d\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0439\u043a\u0438<\/em><\/strong>\u00bb <\/em><\/strong>[My Tuners].<\/em><\/p>\n

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And now we take the next step – or to be honest, a step back – and enter \u00ab<\/strong><\/em>\u0432<\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u0441\u043e\u044e<\/span>\u0437\u0435<\/em><\/strong>\u00bb<\/em><\/strong> [in the union]. Here, as you might have been able to guess, we find the following \u2018functions’: \u00ab<\/strong><\/em>\u041c\u043e\u0438<\/span><\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u0422\u043e\u0432\u0430<\/span>\u0440\u0438\u0449\u0438<\/em><\/strong>\u00bb <\/em><\/strong>[My Comrades] \u00ab<\/strong><\/em>\u041c\u043e\u0438<\/span><\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u0424\u043e\u0442\u043e\u043a\u0430<\/span>\u0440\u0442\u043e\u0447\u043a\u0438<\/em><\/strong>\u00bb <\/em><\/strong>[My Snapshots] \u00ab<\/strong><\/em>\u041c\u043e\u0438<\/span><\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u041a\u0438\u043d\u043e\u043b\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0442\u044b<\/em><\/strong>\u00bb <\/em><\/strong>[My Reels of Film] \u00ab<\/strong><\/em>\u041c\u043e\u0438<\/span><\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u0422\u0435\u043b\u0435\u0433\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u043c\u043c\u044b<\/em><\/strong>\u00bb <\/em><\/strong>[My Telegrams] \u00ab<\/strong><\/em>\u041c\u043e\u0438<\/span><\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u0417\u0430\u043f\u0438<\/span>\u0441\u043a\u0438<\/em><\/strong>\u00bb <\/em><\/strong>[My Notes] \u00ab<\/strong><\/em>\u041c\u043e\u0438<\/span><\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u0421\u043e\u044e<\/span>\u0437\u044b<\/em><\/strong>\u00bb <\/em><\/strong>[My Unions] \u00ab<\/strong><\/em>\u041c\u043e\u0438<\/span><\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u0421\u043e\u0431\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u044f<\/em><\/strong>\u00bb <\/em><\/strong>[My Assemblies] \u00ab<\/strong><\/em>\u041c\u043e\u0451<\/span><\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u0418\u043d\u0444\u043e\u0440\u043c\u0431\u044e\u0440\u043e<\/span><\/em><\/strong>\u00bb <\/em><\/strong>[My Inform Bureau] \u00ab<\/strong><\/em>\u041c\u043e\u0438<\/span><\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u041d\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0439\u043a\u0438<\/em><\/strong>\u00bb <\/em><\/strong>[My Tuners].<\/em><\/p>\n

No matter how much fun these \u2018details’ make the site, I’ll have to break your heart with a little piece of brutal reality – if you change your language to \u2018in the team’ or \u2018in the union’, it won’t be saved when you log in next time…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

When learning a foreign language communication is crucial. Without anyone to talk to while studying a new foreign language your vocabulary, your phrases are all bound to die (as goes for your native language too, when there’s no one around to talk to in it) sooner or later. If left unused, that is! I tell…<\/p>\n

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