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Re: Philosophical insight from comparison
Hi Olena,
an interesting coincidence is that Irish uses a similar idiom for possession to that used in Russian, e.g. English “I have a book” = Russian «У меня есть книга» (literally “At mine is book”) = Irish “Tá leabhar agam” (literally “Is book at-me”). Irish uses a different idiom for ownership, though, e.g. English “I own a book” = Irish “Is liom leabhar” (literally “Is to-me book” — like many Romance languages, Irish has two different “be” verbs). Which Russian verb would be used for the verb “own” — «владеть»? «обладать»? Since Russian has verbs that correspond to “own”, wouldn’t that indicate that it would be possible for something to completely belong to a Russian-speaking person?
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Chris
October 24, 2020
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Your culture
Hi!
I'm Kim and I'm a 16 year old student from The Netherlands.
For a school project I need to chat with someone who has another culture.
I was wondering if you could tell me some things about you culture.
Could you tell me 5 typical things about the culture in Turkey?
I hope you will write me back :)
Kind regarts,
Kim
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Kim A.
June 23, 2020
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Re:Wanna learn Portuguese?
Hi André!
I'm Kim and I'm a 16 year old student from The Netherlands.
For a school project I need to chat with someone who has another culture.
I was wondering if you could tell me some things about you culture.
Could you tell me 5 typical things about the culture in Brazil?
I hope you will write me back :)
Kind regarts,
Kim
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Kim A.
June 23, 2020
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shany b.
June 11, 2020
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Philosophical insight from comparison
I found this insight in one of the Russian articles about impressions of English speaking students about difficulties of learning and understanding Russians and their language:
"Одна штука в различиях между нашими языками показалось мне интересной: в английском мы говорим «I have» («я имею»), а в русском — «у меня есть», что дословно будет означать в моем языке «at me there is». Русские не используют выражение «я имею», ну или в каких-то очень редких случаях, и я думаю, это как-то отражает наши взгляды на категорию обладания. Может быть, через выражение «у меня есть» передается ощущение, что обладать чем-то по-настоящему невозможно, и предмет просто существует рядом, у тебя, но никогда не принадлежит тебе полностью." ["One thing about the differences between our languages seemed interesting to me: in English we say “I have”, and in Russian - “у пеня есть,” which literally means “at me there is” in English. The Russians do not use the expression "I have," or only in some very rare cases, and I think this somehow reflects our views on the category of ownership. Perhaps, through the expression “у меня есть” the feeling is conveyed that it is really impossible to possess something, and the object simply exists nearby, with you, but it never belongs to you completely."]
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Olena
April 30, 2020
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Get more language partners
I need more active partners to help me work on learning,hopefully I can learn more native expression from them.
Thanks for checking:3
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Elia苏 子.
April 17, 2020
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Re:Let's help each other :)
Hola a todos ¡¡¡, mi nombre es Yuri Yorkaef, soy de Peru, un pais muy hermoso. Entre las actividades que realizo es cocinar y cantar musica romantica. Me encantaría aprender hablar el ingles, si es posible viajar.
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Yuri Yorkaef M.
November 20, 2019
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Re:Let's help each other :)
Hola a todos ¡¡¡, mi nombre es Yuri Yorkaef, soy de Peru, un pais muy hermoso. Entre las actividades que realizo es cocinar y cantar musica romantica. Me encantaría aprender hablar el ingles, si es posible viajar.
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Yuri Yorkaef M.
November 20, 2019
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Hello friends!
I am learning English to learn other countries. I understand a little German, too. I live in the beautiful city of St. Petersburg-I know its history and geography (I work apartment sales agent). If you visit our city-with pleasure I will show all its beauty and mystery. Write, with respect Your each Max.
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Max
November 13, 2019
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I want to know about Iceland
Hi, I'm a mexican student looking for someone who can help me with a school project. I have some questions about Iceland's traditions, beliefs, and other stuff. If someone can message me so I can interview them I would very much appreciate it. Thank you!
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Jacqueline S.
October 1, 2019
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