{"id":2528,"date":"2012-01-09T08:00:33","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T08:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=2528"},"modified":"2014-07-17T17:45:28","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T17:45:28","slug":"what-arrow-in-the-knee-has-to-do-with-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/what-arrow-in-the-knee-has-to-do-with-it\/","title":{"rendered":"\u041f\u0440\u0438 \u0447\u0451\u043c \u0442\u0443\u0442 arrow in the knee?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u041f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0435\u043b\u0438\u043b\u0438 \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0435\u043d\u043e\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VEEWW9xCSbg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Do you play <strong>\u0432\u0438\u0434\u0435\u043e<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u0433\u0440\u044b<\/strong> (video games)? Turns out, they can provide a whole new dimension to language-learning. And it goes beyond Russian language <strong>\u0438\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0444<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0439\u0441<\/strong> (interface) and ability to follow instructions in Russian. Playing games, or at least following friends who play, can give you a glimpse into <strong>\u043a\u0443\u043b\u044c\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span>\u0440\u0430 <\/strong><strong>\u0441\u043e\u0432\u0440\u0435\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e <\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span><\/strong><strong>\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0430<\/strong> (society\u2019s contemporary culture) in a way not possible with textbooks. \u00a0I am talking about <strong>\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u043c\u044b<\/strong> (memes).<\/p>\n<p>A good example of a meme with an origin in a video game is the \u201cthen I took an arrow in the knee\u201d one. In case you don\u2019t play <em>The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim<\/em>, it seems that all the guards in all the cities tell you, the player, the same story: \u201cI used to be an adventurer like you. Then I took an arrow in the knee.\u201d (Ok, I haven\u2019t played <em>Skyrim<\/em>, so I have to rely on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.penn-olson.com\/2012\/01\/05\/the-chinese-internet-takes-an-arrow-in-the-knee\/\">this article<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>So I googled the phrase and, sure thing, a Russian version of this meme <strong>\u0436\u0438\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0451<\/span>\u0442 <\/strong><strong>\u0438 <\/strong><strong>\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0446\u0432\u0435\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0435\u0442<\/strong> (is living and thriving).<\/p>\n<p>In the Russian version of the game, the guards all say <strong>\u041c\u0435\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044f<\/span> <\/strong><strong>\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0436\u0435 <\/strong><strong>\u043a\u043e\u0433\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>&#8211;<\/strong><strong>\u0442\u043e <\/strong><strong>\u0432\u0435\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span> <\/strong><strong>\u0434\u043e\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0433\u0430 <\/strong><strong>\u043f\u0440\u0438\u043a\u043b\u044e\u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0439&#8230; <\/strong><strong>\u0410 \u043f\u043e\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u043c \u044f \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0443\u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043b \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0435\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span> \u0432 \u043a\u043e\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u043e. <\/strong>This is not <strong>\u0434\u043e\u0441\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u043d\u044b\u0439 <\/strong><strong>\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0432\u043e\u0434<\/strong> (word-for-word translation) of the original, as you can see. Nor is it the one spread through the meme. Instead, this version is used:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u042f \u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u044c\u0448\u0435 \u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0436\u0435 \u0431\u044b\u043b \u0438\u0441\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043c \u043f\u0440\u0438\u043a\u043b\u044e\u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0439, \u043a\u0430\u043a \u0438 \u0442\u044b, \u0430 \u043f\u043e\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u043c \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0443\u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043b \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0435\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span> \u0432 \u043a\u043e\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u043e. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not only is it closer to the original English phrase, but it also avoids the use of <strong>\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0439 <\/strong><strong>\u0437\u0430\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0433<\/strong> (passive voice) which is not as common in Russian as it is in English.<\/p>\n<p>Back to the meme\u2026 It acquired the form of <strong>\u042f \u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u044c\u0448\u0435 \u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0436\u0435<\/strong> + <strong>\u0433\u043b\u0430\u0433<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u043b \u0432 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0448<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0434\u0448\u0435\u043c \u0432\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0438<\/strong> + <strong>\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u043c \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0443\u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043b \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0435\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span> \u0432 \u043a\u043e\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u043e<\/strong>. (I, too, used to + a verb in past tense + then I took an arrow in the knee.) Of course, if a woman uses the meme, then it is <strong>\u043f\u043e\u043b\u0443\u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u0430<\/strong> and the verb in the past tense should also have a feminine ending, such as<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0411\u044b\u043b &#8211; \u0431\u044b\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span><\/strong> (was)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0425\u043e\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u043b &#8211; \u0445\u043e\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u0430<\/strong> (wanted)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u041f\u044b\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0441\u044f &#8211; \u043f\u044b\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0430\u0441\u044c<\/strong> (tried)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0418\u0433\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043b &#8211; \u0438\u0433\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0430<\/strong> (played)<\/p>\n<p>Etc.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the <strong>\u043d\u0430\u0438\u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u0435\u0435 <\/strong><strong>\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0440\u043e<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span>\u043c\u043d\u044b\u0435<\/strong> (the wittiest) examples that I\u2019ve found are<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u042f \u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0436\u0435 \u0441\u043d\u0430\u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0430 \u0431\u044b\u043b \u0437\u0430 \u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044b<\/span>\u0431\u043e\u0440\u044b&#8230; \u0410 \u043f\u043e\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u043c \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0443\u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043b \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0435\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span> \u0432 \u043a\u043e\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u043e.<\/strong> (I used to be for fair elections. Then I took an arrow in the knee.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u042f \u0445\u043e\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u043b \u0431\u044b\u0442\u044c \u043b\u0438\u0431\u0435\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u043c \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0437\u0438\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0442\u043e\u043c&#8230; \u0410 <\/strong><strong>\u043f\u043e\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u043c <\/strong><strong>\u043f\u043e\u043b\u0443\u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043b <\/strong><strong>\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0435\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span> <\/strong><strong>\u0432 <\/strong><strong>\u043a\u043e\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u043e<\/strong> (I wanted to be a liberal president\u2026 Then I took an arrow in the knee.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u041a\u043e\u0433\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>-\u0442\u043e \u044f \u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span>\u043c\u0430\u043b \u0442\u0430\u043a \u0436\u0435, \u043a\u0430\u043a \u0438 \u0442\u044b&#8230; \u041d\u043e \u043f\u043e\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u043c \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0443\u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043b \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0435\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span> \u0432 \u043a\u043e\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u043e.<\/strong> (I used to think the same way. Then I took an arrow in the knee.)<\/p>\n<p>And some of the <strong>\u0441\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044b<\/span>\u043b\u043a\u0438<\/strong> (references) to this meme are phrases such as<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0443\u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span> \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0435\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span> \u0432 \u043a\u043e\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u043e. \u0421\u0442\u0430\u043d\u044c <\/strong><strong>\u0438\u0441\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043c <\/strong><strong>\u043f\u0440\u0438\u043a\u043b\u044e\u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0439.<\/strong> (Get an arrow in the knee. Become an adventurer.)<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0415<\/span><\/strong><strong>\u0441\u043b\u0438 \u0443 \u043c\u0435\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044f<\/span> \u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span>\u0434\u0435\u0442 \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0435\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span> \u0432 \u043a\u043e\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0435, \u0441\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0443 \u043b\u0438 \u044f \u0441\u0442\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0436\u043d\u0438\u043a\u043e\u043c \u0432 \u0421\u043a\u0430\u0439\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043c\u0435.<\/strong> (If I get an arrow in the knee, will I become a guard in Skyrim)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0422\u044b \u043d\u0435 \u043f\u043e\u0439\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0451<\/span>\u0448\u044c <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044d<\/span>\u0442\u043e\u0442 \u043c\u0435\u043c, \u043f\u043e\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span> \u043d\u0435 \u043f\u043e\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span>\u0447\u0438\u0448\u044c \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0435\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span> \u0432 \u043a\u043e\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u043e.<\/strong> (You won\u2019t understand this meme until you get an arrow in the knee.)<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the fact that all the guards <strong>\u0432 <\/strong><strong>\u0421\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0439\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0435<\/strong> (in Skyrim) got into the same predicament raises a question. How come they weren\u2019t issued proper armor, <strong>\u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u043d\u043e\u0436\u0438<\/strong> (greaves)?<\/p>\n<p>If you are wondering what other phrases guards use in the Russian version, here\u2019s a <a href=\"http:\/\/rumor.ru\/wiki\/Skyrim:%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA\">comprehensive list<\/a>. Do you play games? If yes, which ones? If they spurred their own memes, let me know and I\u2019ll try to find a Russian-language version.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"339\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2012\/01\/Skyrim-350x339.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\/2012\/01\/Skyrim-350x339.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2012\/01\/Skyrim.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Do you play \u0432\u0438\u0434\u0435\u043e\u0438\u0433\u0440\u044b (video games)? Turns out, they can provide a whole new dimension to language-learning. And it goes beyond Russian language \u0438\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0444\u0435\u0439\u0441 (interface) and ability to follow instructions in Russian. Playing games, or at least following friends who play, can give you a glimpse into \u043a\u0443\u043b\u044c\u0442\u0443\u0440\u0430 \u0441\u043e\u0432\u0440\u0435\u043c\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0430 (society\u2019s contemporary culture) in a&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/what-arrow-in-the-knee-has-to-do-with-it\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":2533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[117495,1248,117493,117496,117494],"class_list":["post-2528","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-language","tag-arrow-in-the-knee-meme","tag-russian-language","tag-russian-meme","tag-russian-skyrim","tag-skyrim"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2528"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6397,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2528\/revisions\/6397"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}