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| Ogrim Heptaglot Senior Member France Joined 4632 days ago 991 posts - 1896 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, French, Romansh, German, Italian Studies: Russian, Catalan, Latin, Greek, Romanian | Message 169 of 297 24 November 2014 at 10:24am | IP Logged | ||
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Just wanted to say I really enjoy reading about your experiences in Moscow. You could have a career as a travel story writer.
And of course I must congratulate you on your fantastic progress! It inspires me to work harder on my Russian, I also want to be in Moscow and see a play by Chekhov in the original, or discuss work and family and life with an Uzbek taxi driver. Keep up the good work! Edited by Ogrim on 24 November 2014 at 10:24am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5327 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 170 of 297 24 November 2014 at 10:43am | IP Logged | ||
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@Ogrim - Thank you! I must admit I had a fantastic time!
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| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4700 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 171 of 297 24 November 2014 at 12:17pm | IP Logged | ||
It's not my mother calling me this, but one of the nicknames I (somehow) got was журавушка (for Cristina - this is from журавль - crane bird). I've seen a few other bird-based variants as well - one of my friends used to always stay up late, so I started calling her совушка (from сова - owl). I would sometimes get жаровонок in return :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6590 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 172 of 297 04 December 2014 at 3:42pm | IP Logged | ||
Forgot to reply - there's indeed no difference :-) Well, blinchiki may indicate a smaller size, but in general you can use them interchangeably. They probably used blinchiki in the menu to make it sound more cozy and home-y. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5327 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 173 of 297 12 December 2014 at 12:39am | IP Logged | ||
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@tarvos: Love your nick name :-)
@Serpent: Thanks! Then it was not just me being stupid :-) DECEMBER IN OSLO A week's visit by my Russian teacher and friend Olga has passed. The kids adored her, and I was happy to speak Russian, and even my friend from Peru was delighted to meet her. We hope she'll come back often. :-) Last week end was an interesting one from a linguistic point of view. On Saturday I met up with a retired doctor from Kazakhstan, who I had met this summer. It says a lot about how busy this fall has been, when it was the first occasion I had had since July to meet up with someone. She was very friendly, and very happy to see me - I suspect she was a bit lonely, and of course I was really happy to meet a Russian speaker, particularly since her only languages were Russian and Kazakh, so we had no choice but to speak Russian. We talked for 5 hours, her daughter, who spoke Norwegian really well, also joined in, so we had a great time. At one point we discovered that my Norwegian name - Solfrid - also exists in Kazakh - Kounsoulou - and there is even a song about it which she sang for me. I responded by singing a Norwegian children's song, because she very much wanted to learn a song in Norwegian. And she invited me to go to Kazakhstan with her in May! Since Kazakhstan is at the very top of my list of places I want to visit, that made me really happy and excited! I do not know if I'll be able to fit it into my schedule, as I already have trips to St. Petersburg, Paris and Brussels that month, but it would be amazing if I could. Visiting a country with someone who is local is always so much better! We decided to meet up again soon, and that I'd help her to learn Norwegian, so we already have a meet up for Saturday scheduled. On Sunday I met up with some of my girlfriends, we were six girls, and six different nationalities - Peru, Chile, Brazil, Singapore, Ukraine/Russia and Norway. I spoke masses of Russian and Spanish, and had a great time. I thought it was a bit sad, though, that all of them had fairly heavy accents/grammar errors in Norwegian, although they have lived here for 15-20 years and have been/are married to Norwegians. A couple of them described how their lack of linguistic skills caused serious problems for them in their jobs. The Ukrainian/ Russian woman, who I had never met before, insisted, as had my two friends from Kazakhstan, that I looked very Russian. In fact she said that I should go to Paris, as Frenchmen appreciated my particular brand (!) of Russian beauty. So I guess that was why I got so much positive attention the last time I was in Paris :-) I had believed that men had stopped seeing me because I was getting old, and now I realized that it must have been the combination of old and overweight. Well I guess you do not need to be a rocket scientist to see why that would not be a winning combination :-) I have started giving a bit more attention to my appearance, actually bothering to use make up and high heels, and between that and the weight loss I am getting more attention than I have for years. Most of it is welcome, though like I said, parts of it was a bit overwhelming at the November meeting. At this meeting in December I got an invitation to come to Jordan, from my Jordanian colleague. That would have been quite normal, if it had not been for the fact that I had never spoken to my Jordanian colleague in my life before. And his first -and only - words to me, as he gave me his card, were that I must come to Jordan. He repeated the invitation as he left the meeting, and when I went to my hotel to pick up my suitcase, I bumped into him again and he repeated the invitation a third time, this time in front of his wife. Mind boggling. I consider myself a very hospitable person, and love inviting people to Norway, but it is usually after some kind of interaction. It is not a conversation opener. And the really strange thing, is that I have been getting these invitations for years, but never from the people I know, the people that are at my level, I get them when I go to a meeting which is two levels above mine, and where a lot of the people are unknown to me. I have been invited to India, Israel, Kazakhstan, Romania, Montenegro and Azerbaijan. The Romanian one was very sweet, I had talked with him for an entire evening and when he told me that he had never been to Norway, I invited him and his wife to stay with me, and he invited me and my daughters to stay with him and his wife. Perfectly normal. On the other end of the spectrum we have the guy from Azerbaijan, who after speaking to me for 4 minutes offered me a job in his railway, and said he could personally teach me Russian in a month. Yeah. Not really tempted, but I was not particularly surprised either. There are sleaze balls everywhere. The rest however do not seem sleazy, just nice, but I am still surprised at these invitations out of the blue. I asked my Russian colleague whether he got those invitations too, and he just said that who would invite an average Muscovite? A beautiful Norwegian woman, that was another matter, and that he was not surprised that I got those invitations. I love Russians :-) However I knew who would invite an average Muscovite: Me :-) I suspected however that getting him and his wife and two children here would have to be prepared some time in advance, but since the idea of having a Russian for Christmas was fastened in my brain, I contacted Tania who I met at the polyglot conference in Serbia. I knew that she had been learning some Norwegian, and might be interested, and she's coming! She'll only be able to be here for a few days, but I am looking so much forward to seeing her and speaking some Russian! 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6590 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 174 of 297 12 December 2014 at 1:16am | IP Logged | ||
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About getting attention:
Чтобы встретить жениха, девушка должна выходить на улицу веселая и накрашенная, потому что, если она идет грустная и не накрашенная, все сразу понимают, что она уже замужем. Катя, 8 лет ("in order to find a husband, a female should use makeup and look joyful. if she doesn't use makeup and looks sad, everyone will instantly know that she's taken - Katja, 8 years old :D") I think there's something we detect in people somehow. I've read interesting experiences on a forum for asexual people. My lack of interest in having a boyfriend is just temporary (although we say that "нет ничего более постоянного, чем временное"), but somehow I get very little unwanted attention. Edited by Serpent on 12 December 2014 at 1:37am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5327 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 175 of 297 12 December 2014 at 6:33am | IP Logged | ||
ROFL - Katja, 8 years old is very wise :-) and we have the exact same saying that you mention in Norwegian as well - it was one of my mum's favorite sayings. I guess if there is one thing I have learned from Russian and Ukrainian women, it is to make the best of what you have, and flat shoes, your hair in a bun, no make up, jeans and over sized t-shirts - that is my favorite outfit - cannot exactly be called to make an effort. And has not brought a lot of attention. The funny thing is I did not even realize that I missed it. In Norway it does not really make much difference, as you do not get that much attention anyway - though I was in shock yesterday as not one but two Norwegian men within 5 minutes opened the door for me and let me pass before them. And after having lost nearly 25 kg even my ex noticed that I had lost weight. In Spain I was just happy that it became less stressful, as the attention I got when I was young was way too much. The change in France is interesting though, as I went from being invisible to getting a royal treatment. I guess I'll just have to enjoy it while it lasts:-) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5049 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian* | Message 176 of 297 12 December 2014 at 3:46pm | IP Logged | ||
Вот это нужно прочитать Via Diva, которая не верила, что женщины получают больше внимания противоположного пола, чем мужчины. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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