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Pro tip for people starting to study Russian: instead of Google use Yandex translate, it's like a thousand times better if translating from Russian to English or vice versa
possibly relatable russian learner things
everyone you speak to thinking that the alphabet is the hardest part
the alphabet is not the hardest part
always using the wrong verb of motion. no matter what.
everyone thinking you want to become a spy
the hesitation before deciding whether the verb you want to use is imperfective or perfective
if a concept appears easy, you just haven’t read all about it yet
verbs of motion are still hell
spending far too long transliterating everyone you know’s names into cyrillic
numbers suddenly being the bane of your life
realising you complained about numbers when you learned french but at least these ones didn’t take cases
reading russian literature and watching all of your knowledge vanish as you cry over obsolete case endings and adjectives referring to nouns that aren’t even there
every single fucking concept being more complicated than necessary
having to know endless amounts of grammar to be able to say the tiniest things
verbs of motion are still hell
thinking you can spell until you remember the spelling rules exist
consonant mutation
May I add something?
- They say that Russian has only two conjugations. The problem is, there are millions of exceptions, but they won’t tell you that until it’s too late
- Variable stress in a word’s declension
- English transliteration or Scientific transliteration? This is the question
- Collective numerals: they exist just to make you even more confused about numbers and cases
- There are too many rules about perfective and imperfective. You’re just a human being. You can’t remember them all
Why I love Russian
When Russians get tipsy they say “У меня вертолёты.” Lit. “I have the helicopters.”
There are two kinds of envy in Russian. “белая зависть” or “white envy” which is the good kind, where ultimately you are genuinely happy for the person and their good fortune. I think you can guess the other kind.
Russian’s terms of endearment are the best. “Солнышко” lit. “my small sun” and “Дорогуша” meaning “dearie” are among my favorites
Your first semester as a uni student is called “Боевое крещение” lit. “baptism by fire.”
When a Russian person feels like you are pulling their leg, they might say “Не надо мне лапшу на уши вешать” which means “don’t try to play me.” The literal translation? “Don’t hang noodles on my ears”
Russian people like to show their love for something by using diminutives, so phrases like “Буду кусочек этого тортика” lit. “I’ll have a teeny tiny piece of that cakey” and “Мне очень понравился этот супчик” lit. “I really liked that soupy-soup” are a common thing. My favorite diminutive, though? It’s “cпасибочки!” which literally means “Thankie!”
“DO NOT DESECRATE NATURE!” Soviet propaganda poster.
tbh the most exciting part of my day is when i finally go to bed at night and start creating imaginary scenarios in my head
Dmitri Prigov’s visual poetry
Dmitri Prigov (1940-2007) was a Russian conceptual poet, artist, and dissident. One of the things he is famous for is his стихограммы (стих ‘poem’ + грамма (’gram’, a part of words like phonogram or program, from Greek γράμμα ‘recording’))
I don’t understand much about poetry, and probably neither do you, but I mean look at that
Как я весел! Как я мил! – How cheerful I am! How nice I am! Смерть рядом – Death is near
Ин вино веритас – ‘In vino veritas’ (Latin), In wine there is truth А в пиве что? – And what’s there in beer?
В начале было слово, и слово было у Бога, и слово было Бог (сentral circle) – In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God И свет во тьме светит – And the light shines in the darkness
Если враг не сдается, его уничтожают – If the enemy does not surrender, he must be destroyed Нет – No Враг – Enemy
И восстанут они все из могил своих, и призовут нас всех к ответу – And then they will all rise up from their graves and bring us all to justice
w͈͇͍̰̙̪̰h͏̝̭a̙̳̰t̰̲͇̩̹'͏s͉̼ ̛̭̠̘̺y͔̥o̺̹̮u̮̗̯͕̫r͙͔̘ ͓̥w͖͖̩͇̳i̭̻f̶͖i̜̫̤͍͙̺͔ ҉̣͔pa̤͚̝̮͕̙͓s̤̼͎͓͕̼̱s̷̥w͔̺̼̜̝̹͎͜ord͖̻̻͟
I ship myself with academic success and contentment
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“Russia is so big the geese went for a walk in 1991 and only got back in 2014.”
“The geese built Dubai and returned.”
Nicholas of Greece and his wife Elena Vladimirovna of Russia.
Someone: Everyone should just learn English Me: EvEry oNE shOuLd JuSt lEArn ENgliSh
The Kievskaya, Mayakovskaya and Park Pobedy Stations are the most gorgeous metro stations I have ever seen.
METRO STATION
Okay so I went to a couple of these unreasonably gorgeous Russian subway stations a couple of years ago in St. Petersburg and yeah they’re amazing and beautiful but 1) they are LITTERED with doors that lead to tunnels from the communist days that no one is allowed to go in to, and 2) the trains themselves have literally not been replaced since the fifties and my life flashed before my eyes and I saw the face of God. It was a solid tour. I would definitely recommend it.
Vitya
A three-headed dragon statue in Russia. It’s representative of Zmey Gorynych, a dragon in Slavic mythology.
This is quite possibly the coolest dragon statue ever!