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Марк
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 Message 177 of 195
25 December 2011 at 5:12pm | IP Logged 
lynxrunner wrote:
Это старые новости (старая новость), но умер Ким Чен Ир. Правителем
(лидером, вождём) Кореи станет его сын. Что я об этом думаю? Мне кажется, что ничего не
будет
меняться в Северной Корее. Это бедная страна.
Промывают мозги людям, чтобы они верили, что Ким Чен Ир и его отец - самые лучшие и
добрые люди в
мире. Как можется делать это целую страну?

http://www.pravda.ru/news/world/25-12-2011/1103089-kndr-0/

I didn't understand the last sentence. What does a desh do in the first sentence?

Edited by Марк on 25 December 2011 at 5:14pm

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lynxrunner
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 Message 178 of 195
25 December 2011 at 6:56pm | IP Logged 
They brainwash people to believe that Kim Jung Il and his father are the best and kindest
people in the world. How can one do that to an entire country?

Edited by lynxrunner on 25 December 2011 at 6:57pm

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Марк
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 Message 179 of 195
25 December 2011 at 7:07pm | IP Logged 
Как такое можно делать с целой страной?
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lynxrunner
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 Message 180 of 195
26 December 2011 at 12:11am | IP Logged 
Thank you!

Я попытаюсь читать артикль "Правды" по-русски. Вот линк.

http://www.mediafire.com/?5uhjl8j9ocnk8rd

I'm gonna do Prof. Arguelles's Scriptorium method with some articles from Pravda. I'm
also going to add the caveat of translating the sentence into English, so hopefully I'll
be able to type you all a translation to tear to shreds. :)
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Марк
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 Message 181 of 195
26 December 2011 at 2:51pm | IP Logged 
Я попытаюсь почитать (или прочитать) статью в "Правде" (или из "Правды") по-русски. Вот
ссылка
Артикль is a grammar term. Link is ссылка.

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lynxrunner
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 Message 182 of 195
27 December 2011 at 5:58am | IP Logged 
It's been a long day! And yet, I did nothing. Very little. I've been doing scriptorium
with Harry Potter (that cursed book) and I have done... two sentences! That's right,
two loving sentences! Someone told me they spent weeks doing the first page of Harry
Potter in Spanish, and I don't doubt them - it's hard to find the motivation to write
down every sentence and look up every word.

I watched Julie and Julia in French today. Major fail. I've proven once again that my
strength is and always has been in reading. I should keep French up... but... nyeh. My
interests have never lied in being conversational (except with Creole, which has taken
a ... little break). I live in an area without that many speakers of foreign languages
(besides Spanish, my native language :P) and I've always been a voracious reader, so
reading is just more practical for me. But that's no excuse for neglecting my strongest
foreign language.

So tomorrow I have a social gathering, so Russian will be limited. Perhaps I'll bring a
Russian book to read at night. Preferably not Harry Potter.

I was watching this documentary (http://www.vice.com/the-vice-guide-to-travel/wodka-
wars--5) and was disappointed that I could not understand the old woman at all. I keep
telling myself, "My reading comprehension is at an A2 level. Possibly. Nothing to be
ashamed of." My speaking comprehension seems to be that of a dead penguin. A dead
penguin that's deaf. And they still probably hear better than I do.

So since I'm doing TAC, here's my goal.
GOAL:
Reach a B1-B2 level in Russian reading comprehension.
Suck less at spoken comprehension.

Not a very exact goal but WHATEVER. I need something to motivate me.
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Solfrid Cristin
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 Message 183 of 195
28 December 2011 at 7:32pm | IP Logged 
[QUOTE=lynxrunner] I keep
telling myself, "My reading comprehension is at an A2 level. Possibly. Nothing to be
ashamed of." My speaking comprehension seems to be that of a dead penguin. A dead
penguin that's deaf. And they still probably hear better than I do.
[/QUOTE

Dear God, you just gave me the laugh of the week. I soooo look forward to having you on our team. Most heartily welcome!

Sadly my reading and speaking abilities are below yours, but this is the year when we are all going to rock in Russian, right?

Let the party begin!

Edited by Solfrid Cristin on 28 December 2011 at 9:58pm

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Teango
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 Message 184 of 195
28 December 2011 at 10:57pm | IP Logged 
This is the year of the polypenguin! ;)


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