Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5009 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian*
| Message 417 of 1511 31 December 2012 at 7:31am | IP Logged |
Сould you explain what прочитать means, please?
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tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4660 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 418 of 1511 31 December 2012 at 7:56am | IP Logged |
To sit on my behind.
I don't see your point. Either politely point out the mistake or don't post here. I know
it means to read and I wanted a perfective form to get a future tense. Could be I need
another prefix, but hell if I know.
Edited by tarvos on 31 December 2012 at 8:01am
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Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5287 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian
| Message 419 of 1511 31 December 2012 at 9:02am | IP Logged |
How wonderful that you are doing Hebrew! I love Hebrew - it has an energy to it like few other languages,
and as a language buff, dealing with a language which has been raised from the dead has an Indiana Jones
quality to it. Meeting people in Israel who have brought 5-6 languages along as heritage languages was also
an adventure for me. To say that my jaw dropped when I suddenly heard someone speak the Spanish of
1492 would be an understatement.
As a blonde woman I also enjoyed being in the only country in the Middle East where I could walk around
alone without getting harassed. Not that this applies to you :-)
Lots of luck! You almost sent me running down to the basement to find my Hebrew books - I have to resist
though, as I need to focus.
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tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4660 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 420 of 1511 31 December 2012 at 9:43am | IP Logged |
I never got the chance to visit Israel, despite me wanting to. One of my ex-girlfriends
is Jewish, and I did pick up like, ten words of Hebrew from her (and sat in on a Jewish
passover feast once even!). She had the annoying habit of transliterating Hebrew like a
French person would, though. Ch is not the same sound as H!!!!!!!! (even though she
clearly distinctly pronounced them...). But as you already know, I still remember the
Hebrew pleasantries (and surprised a few people with it at a party a while back).
I plan to spend some time visiting Israel. Maybe even live there temporarily. In that
case, Hebrew is indispensable as an asset.
Good luck to any potential harasser. I am twice their height ;)
Edited by tarvos on 31 December 2012 at 9:47am
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Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5509 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona
| Message 421 of 1511 31 December 2012 at 10:54am | IP Logged |
Look what I found amongst my bookmarks: Если у вас нету тёти - иврит. אם אין לך דודה בליטא. This one's definitely for you, tarvos. ;)
Edited by Teango on 31 December 2012 at 10:55am
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Evita Tetraglot Senior Member Latvia learnlatvian.info Joined 6505 days ago 734 posts - 1036 votes Speaks: Latvian*, English, German, Russian Studies: Korean, Finnish
| Message 422 of 1511 31 December 2012 at 12:17pm | IP Logged |
Here's the thing about reading in Russian:
прочитать - to finish reading something
почитать - to read a bit of something
So when you say "Maybe I'll read tonight", почитать is the word you should be using. For example:
Может быть сегодня вечером я почитаю свой научный журнал.
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tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4660 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 423 of 1511 31 December 2012 at 12:22pm | IP Logged |
Ага! Спасибо вам.
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zecchino1991 Senior Member United States facebook.com/amyybur Joined 5211 days ago 778 posts - 885 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Modern Hebrew, Russian, Arabic (Written), Romanian, Icelandic, Georgian
| Message 424 of 1511 01 January 2013 at 4:30pm | IP Logged |
Hi! I am on the second Russian TAC team. That's so cool you are learning Hebrew! I have
also been learning Hebrew for about five years now. Good luck and I look forward to
reading your log!
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