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Kisfroccs
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 Message 1 of 7
18 April 2010 at 11:26am | IP Logged 
Hello everyone !

Russian

Here is another journal about two languages I'd like to learn. Russian was only because it's spoken by many people. Frankly, I don't like it so much like Hungarian or Swiss-german. On the other hand, I understand it better as Hungarian in the beginning, because of the influence of German and French.

I'm taking courses with a person who learnt it in Armenia, in the Soviet Union. I think the courses are great, a lot of speaking, acting and real life situation, but it's lacking in grammar and writing. At this time, I don't really know how to write Russian. I know how to write in cyrillic, it's pretty simple, but no how to write the words...

Anyway, here is a poeme that we learnt by heart :

МИШКА

(ритм 1-2-3, 1-2-3)

Уронили мишку на пол,

Uranili mishku na pal,

Оторвали мишке лапую

Atarvali mishki lapu.

Всё равно его не брошу-

Fsio ravno yivo ni broshu-

Потому что он хороший!

Patamu shta on kharoshiy !

We learnt it to say on Tchaikowski :) It was fun, and it thaught us the accusativ and some expression :)

I've also ought some self-study book, but I'm currently not using it, because at the moment, I'm not motivated to continue Russian... The class are fun, but not the self-study... :)

The book is called :
Sprachkurs Plus Anfänger - Russisch, systematisch, schnell und gut - Cornelsen

So that's all for Russian today,

Da svidenija ! (I don't know how to write it in cyrillic :p)

Slovene

Here too I'm a complete beginner... Three month ago, I saw a film in the Festival International de Film de Fribourg - Slovenka, from Damjana Kozoleta. Here's the trailer of the film - it's not a kind film - but I really really liked it - to the point of wanting to learn the language.

I've no knowledge of the language, but surprinsly, during the film, I understand some phrases - it was funny :)

So, I will keep posting on my progress,

Bye,

Kisfröccs

Edited by Kisfroccs on 18 April 2010 at 1:36pm

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 Message 2 of 7
18 April 2010 at 3:21pm | IP Logged 
A sweet yet sad Russian nursery rhyme...spasibo!

Literal translation (for those who don't speak Russian here):

LITTLE BEAR

A little bear was dropped on the floor,
His paw was torn off.
Anyway, I won't throw him away,
Because he's good!

My own poetic rendering:

LITTLE BEAR

A little toy bear was dropped on the floor,
And torn from the seams, fell his little bear paw.
Yet to throw him away, I just never could,
For my little bear's 'armless,
but so very good!

:)


Edited by Teango on 18 April 2010 at 3:33pm

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18 April 2010 at 6:43pm | IP Logged 
Good luck learning the languages :D

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Kisfroccs
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 Message 4 of 7
19 April 2010 at 4:58pm | IP Logged 
Hi Teango !

Danke für deine Übersetzung :) Thanks for your translation, I knew it in French, but my English is too bad to translate such a little rhyme.

I read your blog, really interesting in fact. And I read your little poem, "Das Abendlied", from Matthias Claudius. I would have never thought you knew it. It's my prefered in German, because my grandfather sang it to me when I was a child.

“Der Mond ist aufgegangen,
die goldnen Sternlein prangen
am Himmel hell und klar;
der Wald steht schwarz und schweiget,
und aus den Wiesen steiget
der weiße Nebel wunderbar.


[...]

So legt euch denn, ihr Brüder,
in Gottes Namen nieder!
Kalt ist der Abendhauch.
Verschon uns, Gott, mit Strafen;
und laß uns ruhig schlafen
und unsern kranken Nachbar auch!”

My grandfather sang it to me to go to bed and sleep. But in fact, I would end to cry. It made me so sad, when I heard : lass uns ruhig schlafen, und unsern kranken Nachbarn auch ! I don't know why I cried, but it's one of my childhood memory :). Thanks

Hi Smart :)

Thanks to you for your encouragements :). I need it these time, because I'm very tired and can't follow. Good luck for your studies also :)

Bye

Kisfröccs

Edited by Kisfroccs on 19 April 2010 at 4:59pm

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Kisfroccs
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19 April 2010 at 8:25pm | IP Logged 
Slovene

Živijo !

Today I found a site to learn through games the base of the language.

I watched also a video, and they said Žvijo for "Hello". What's the correct form ? Žvijo or Živijo ?

Thanks a lot,

Kisfröccs
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21 April 2010 at 12:08am | IP Logged 
"živijo" :-)
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Kisfroccs
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 Message 7 of 7
26 April 2010 at 3:48pm | IP Logged 
Hello !

Russian

Today I wrote a little dialogue :

У тебя есть машина - As-tu une voiture ?

Нет, у меня нет машина. - Non, je n'ai pas de voiture.

Вот автобуc. - Voilà le bus.

Но у меня нет билета ! - Mais je n'ai pas de billet !

У тебя есть деньги? - As-tu de l'argent ?

Да, деньги у меня есть. - Oui, de l'argent, j'en ai.

Давай, бистро купим билет. - Viens, on va vite acheter les billets

Два билетa, пожалиста ! Deux billets, s'il vous plaît !

Feel free to correct me, I struggled with the russian alphabet on the keyboard :).


Word of the day

kapučíno means Cappucino in Slovenian, and cigaréta cigarette, but the words are pretty similar to German and french found : here. I think I will use this site further :)

Wanderlust Confession Box

A little poem from Tomás Segovia :

Nocturne


Le jour a été comme un voyage triste

au terme duquel nous ne pensions pas

trouver un ciel trouble

une lune ancrée dans les brises;

dont nous ne pensions pas que la couleur

dans le souvenir deviendrait

une brume si légère

Le jour a été comme un voyage triste

qu'au matin nous avons entrepris, pleins

d'une anxiété qui préludait à tout,

dont nous ne pouvions suspecter qu'elle conduirait

à une autre anxiété qui n'est finalement le terme de
rien


Je vais vous laisser méditer sur ce petit poème, magnifique et tristounet à mon avis :).

Have a nice day !

Kisfröccs

Edited by Kisfroccs on 26 April 2010 at 3:50pm



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