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#russian language
thyinum · 29 days
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Please, when you see something written in Cyrillic, don't assume right away that it's russian. Russian is not the only language that uses Cyrillic. There are also Ukrainian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Serbian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Mongolian.
It's a sensitive topic especially for us Ukrainians because russian language is a weapon. It's a colonial language, it's presented like one and only true slavic language, it erases and replaces other languages. Belarusian is literally on the verge of extinction because of russian. Ukrainian has been banned 134 times throughout history, it is still called a "village language", a dialect of russian. Russian colonialism is literally the reason why there are so many russian speaking people in Ukraine (I was one of them btw). Ukrainian is banned on russian occupied territories and people are getting in trouble or even killed for using it there, Ukrainian POWs in russian captivity are getting brutally beaten for speaking Ukrainian.
Like okay, I can get why there's this confusion, so here's a clue to understand that the language you're looking at definitely is not russian — the letter і. If you see ї (like i but with two dots) it's 100% Ukrainian. If you see j it's Serbian. Russian alphabet also doesn't have such letters as Ђ, Љ, Њ, Ў, Џ (dont confuse with Ц ). Yes, it's not always gonna be easy to detect that the language in front of you is not russian, but when you have trouble with it just ask or run it through any translation app and it'll probably tell you the language.
Hope this will be helpful.
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sovietpostcards · 1 month
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"I learnt to write slogans and posters". Vintage Russian poster by N. Zaitsev (1920s).
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mapsontheweb · 3 months
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Map of where the Russian Language is spoken.
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linglangplanet · 9 months
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This is my personal study plan for each language (Spanish, Russian and Korean). I've included links to all the FREE RESOURCES!!! including textbook PDFs, YouTube channels and more...
Spanish Study Plan (Links!!)
15 mins on each task = 45 mins
Flashcards/sentences
Reading a book (Olly Richards/random)
Audio (Karo podcast/Easy Spanish)
Bonus = Collins Grammar + Vocab book and Assimil Spanish
Russian Study Plan (Links!!)
Stage 1
Assimil Russian lesson (30 mins)
Audio - Easy Russian, film, etc (15 mins)
Stage 2
Flashcards/phrases
Olly Richards Russian Short Stories
Audio - Easy Russian, film, etc
Stage 3
Penguin Russian Course book
Classic literature
Audio - films
Korean Study Plan (Links!!)
Daily = textbook study (30 mins) + Viki kdrama audio (30 mins)
Order of textbooks:
Korean Made Simple
TTMIK Levels 1-9
My First 500 Korean Words
Real-Life Conversations (Beginner)
Real-Life Conversations (Intermediate)
My Daily Routine in Korean
Short Stories in Korean (Intermediate)
Happy learning :)
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p3arlsandcoff3 · 7 months
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I have been learning Russian for two and a half months ("I wanna read Dostoyevsky in the original" - the queen's gambit) and it's such a simple language, apart from the pronouns.
Pronouns are horrible in Russian :(
Stay yourself, stay curious
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cupcakeshakesnake · 1 year
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Learning Russian on Duolingo
Edit: Fixed “моя яблоко” to say “ мое яблоко ”. This is what I get for not consulting my notes.
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languagespeakingdemon · 4 months
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Hello! I'm a native Russian speaker, I can help you practice speaking and writing and answer your questions about the Russian language. I can also teach you how to use gender neutral pronouns for yourself or others as I am nonbinary myself.
I don't ask for anything in return, I just wanna hang out. We can chat here on Tumblr or somewhere else
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icpe · 8 months
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Did you immigrate to another country? Is it safe there?
No, I’m still here :)
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an-icecream-gentleman · 4 months
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linguafrencha · 11 months
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Spring vocab French & Russian <3
spring - le printemps - весна
flower - la fleur - цветок
to bloom - fleurir - цвести
to grow - grandir - расти
petal - la le pétale - лепесток
butterfly - le papillon - бабочка
bee - l'abeille - пчела
bird - l'oiseau - птица
rebirth - la renaissance - возрождение
daffofil - la jonquille - нарцисс
grass - l'herbe - трава
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sixty-silver-wishes · 2 months
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people you meet in russian class
kid who knows a ton of molchat doma and kino songs, but keeps forgetting how to say "hello"
heritage speaker who knows vocab but not grammar rules, who's besties with the language fiend who knows grammar but not vocab (this was my friend and I)
kid with scary politics
bored tech genius who speaks russian with the thickest american accent you've ever heard
the alt/goth kid. there's always one.
the one who always shows up late and gets called out by the professor every time
the one who dropped out as soon as they heard about genitive case
retired old guy who was in the military and is awkwardly singing cheburashka songs in the back of the classroom with the rest of the students
humanities student intimidated by all their stem and polsci classmates (this was also me)
"cyka blyat lol edgy communism memes" kid who really wants to commit to the bit
quiet slavic kid who never talks but is somehow tight with the professor
the one a little too into soviet history
the one who never tried to learn to read cyrillic
the one who insists on writing in russian cursive, despite the fact that none of the other students can read it and the professor keeps correcting it (this was also me. we didn't even have to learn cursive. I just wanted to learn it for historical research purposes)
the one romanov apologist (may also believe they're a reincarnation of anastasia romanova)
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sashaslanguagediary · 2 months
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this egg is working on their language skills in russian (a1) and czech (a1). i thought writing a bit daily would help me enrich my active vocabulary and practice grammar. as i am a beginner, feel free to reach out and correct my mistakes or suggest more natural expressions. :)
czech posts: #sasha píše česky
russian posts: #саша пишет по-русски
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sovietpostcards · 3 months
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С наступающим!
[s nastupayuschim]
Here's your Russian phrase of the day (or rather, week). It means "Happy upcoming [New Year]" and is used to wish a happy new year to people who you will likely not see/interact with until after the year turns.
Used lots this week in places like the office, shops and any place where you buy or get something, when saying goodbye to taxi drivers, delivery people, gym clerks, house maintenance etc. etc.
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mapsontheweb · 4 months
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Population who speak russian by U.S. county
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charliemaybeghost · 8 months
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how the Russian language changed directly following the revolution is so interesting. They lost whole letters! They used to have θ! and differentiate between the spelling of есть (to be) and ѣсть (also pronounced yest, to eat). As a student I'm glad I no longer have to memorise which homophonic letters go where, but it's still very interesting.
Plus! the introduction of товарищ (comrade) removed miss/mister/most esteemed etc, and when the USSR was disbanded (is that the right term?) the old words seemed too aristocratic and товарищ was too communist so they got new words! My teacher said господин and госпожа still sound too old fashioned to her, and that is why they use Девушка and девочка now for woman and girl instead of calling women by Госпожа. ( I think that's the word my teacher said but she didn't write it down, so if it's wrong sorry. I think it means missus?)
anyway I just think the evolution of language is really cool especially when it interacts with history and politics
please tell me anything you know on this or similar topics I love knowledge.
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ukraineblr · 10 months
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The language we'd rather forget.
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