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| tricoteuse Pentaglot Senior Member Norway littlang.blogspot.co Joined 6706 days ago 745 posts - 845 votes  Speaks: Swedish*, Norwegian, EnglishC1, Russian, French Studies: Ukrainian, Bulgarian | Message 49 of 148 15 December 2008 at 4:00pm | IP Logged | ||
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Not much reading today either, way too many customers at work.
I read Isaac Babel's very short Смерть Долгушова, a mere 4 pages. Not that very interesting one, although I guess you are supposed to think it is. While I was waiting at the post office (with number 90 when it was at 30...) I read almost all of Святочная история by Zoshchenko, also super short, 3 pages. I didn't underline anything though, so I will have to reread it. And that's the whole of that book! Портрет next, or what was it I said? Loved the book by the way, and I recommend it to anyone studying Russian. http://www.amazon.com/Russian-Stories-Dual-Language-Gleb-Str uve/dp/0486262448/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=122937 7517&sr=8-1 --- I've also been reading some extra articles. One on abused women yesterday and today one on dairy products (which is something I find very interesting so it's not as weird as it seems, or perhaps it is...). Lots of new words to put in Anki! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tricoteuse Pentaglot Senior Member Norway littlang.blogspot.co Joined 6706 days ago 745 posts - 845 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Norwegian, EnglishC1, Russian, French Studies: Ukrainian, Bulgarian | Message 50 of 148 18 December 2008 at 2:55pm | IP Logged | ||
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I haven't started Портрет yet, cause I couldn't find it. I will admit that I searched for it for like 20 seconds, but I'm giving Hungarian a bit more attention until I go to Sweden.
I *have* read a very nice poem, Не забыть by Юлия Колесник, in Снежность. I'm thinking I will do something more with it. And read more of her poems in the book. Also read two articles for Article Thursday. One about Obama and the other about kangaroos! Words will go to the Anki God. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tricoteuse Pentaglot Senior Member Norway littlang.blogspot.co Joined 6706 days ago 745 posts - 845 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Norwegian, EnglishC1, Russian, French Studies: Ukrainian, Bulgarian | Message 51 of 148 22 December 2008 at 4:44pm | IP Logged | ||
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I found Портрет! And... argh... it's harder than I thought. At least in the beginning, where there's lots of talk of paintings and frames and other depressing things with completely unfamiliar vocab. It doesn't help that lots of the words I try to look up aren't in the rambler.ru dictionary. Everything can be found over at multitran.ru though. It is a dual language book, but not like the Russian Stories one; the translation is not that well matched to the original, and sometimes I have to look up words to be sure which one is which.
I've read 13 pages so far. Painstakingly. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tricoteuse Pentaglot Senior Member Norway littlang.blogspot.co Joined 6706 days ago 745 posts - 845 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Norwegian, EnglishC1, Russian, French Studies: Ukrainian, Bulgarian | Message 52 of 148 27 December 2008 at 2:50pm | IP Logged | ||
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15 or so pages yesterday. I feel that I am relying way too much on the translation. One unknown word? Straight to the other side! I made a real effort to STOP and managed to read a couple of pages without looking at it, but then all of a sudden something appears that I really can't figure out from context and I give up. The French translation still annoys me. Sure, it's FRENCH, but it doesn't help me as a student :P Sometimes I know that it is hard to translate exactly, but then again... sometimes it just seems like it could have been more accurate and matching.
And what about the book in itself? It makes me think about The Picture of Dorian Gray of course, but it's a good enough story. However, as I was unable to sleep last night, I thought about how the book I'm reading in Swedish would have been excellent to read in Russian. This is how it goes: Man sees mysterical, PROUD woman. "MARRY ME! I MUST HAVE YOU!" "I CANNOT! I am but a servant..." "I DON'T CARE!" "But I won't know what fork to use!!" Etc. Quite predictable. Well well, I guess Russian classics will have to do for now :P 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Leopejo Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Italy Joined 6137 days ago 675 posts - 724 votes Speaks: Italian*, Finnish*, English Studies: French, Russian | Message 53 of 148 27 December 2008 at 4:04pm | IP Logged | ||
hmm, interesting. People want to marry me, I am but a servant (yours), but still I haven't used a fork. Would you explain more? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tricoteuse Pentaglot Senior Member Norway littlang.blogspot.co Joined 6706 days ago 745 posts - 845 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Norwegian, EnglishC1, Russian, French Studies: Ukrainian, Bulgarian | Message 54 of 148 29 December 2008 at 9:12am | IP Logged | ||
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No, I'm sorry Leopejo, the rest is for you to find out on your own.
--- Did my 10 or so pages yesterday. I don't like the main character, he is stupid :P Completely forgot to mention that I watched the movie Возвращение. Not the most uplifting of films, but very beautiful. They didn't talk that very much, and I learned perhaps two new words, but it's nice to watch a movie in Russian every now and then as well. Edited by tricoteuse on 30 December 2008 at 3:36am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tricoteuse Pentaglot Senior Member Norway littlang.blogspot.co Joined 6706 days ago 745 posts - 845 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Norwegian, EnglishC1, Russian, French Studies: Ukrainian, Bulgarian | Message 55 of 148 31 December 2008 at 8:46am | IP Logged | ||
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Another 11-12 pages down, and without that must use of the translation. Vocabulary wise this book feels less useful than the preceeding ones.
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| tricoteuse Pentaglot Senior Member Norway littlang.blogspot.co Joined 6706 days ago 745 posts - 845 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Norwegian, EnglishC1, Russian, French Studies: Ukrainian, Bulgarian | Message 56 of 148 05 January 2009 at 3:28pm | IP Logged | ||
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Nooot a whole lot of reading lately. These last two days I've read 10 pages altogether, and I'm now at page 134 out of 226. The book doesn't really inspire me very much, so reading it is mostly a chore. -_-
However, I got a very nice Christmas present from a fellow language enthusiast! "Руслан и Людмила" in an edition intended for Russian 5th graders :) I will get to it after Wuthering Heights! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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