Kisfroccs Bilingual Pentaglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 5412 days ago 388 posts - 549 votes Speaks: French*, German*, EnglishC1, Swiss-German, Hungarian Studies: Italian, Serbo-Croatian
| 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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Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5559 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona
| 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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Smart Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5342 days ago 352 posts - 398 votes Speaks: Spanish, English*, Latin, French Studies: German
| Message 3 of 7 18 April 2010 at 6:43pm | IP Logged |
Good luck learning the languages :D
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Kisfroccs Bilingual Pentaglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 5412 days ago 388 posts - 549 votes Speaks: French*, German*, EnglishC1, Swiss-German, Hungarian Studies: Italian, Serbo-Croatian
| 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 Bilingual Pentaglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 5412 days ago 388 posts - 549 votes Speaks: French*, German*, EnglishC1, Swiss-German, Hungarian Studies: Italian, Serbo-Croatian
| Message 5 of 7 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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Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7159 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish
| Message 6 of 7 21 April 2010 at 12:08am | IP Logged |
"živijo" :-)
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Kisfroccs Bilingual Pentaglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 5412 days ago 388 posts - 549 votes Speaks: French*, German*, EnglishC1, Swiss-German, Hungarian Studies: Italian, Serbo-Croatian
| 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 derien
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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