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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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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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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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Mohamad S.
July 24, 2018
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Re:Re:Typical features of Russian people
Thank you so much for such nice description of Russian people)
You are absolutely right with one exception, not all Russians drink and like vodka, it’s a stereotype) I think it’s because when a foreign tourist comes to our country, Russians can’t but offer one a glass of vodka, cause it’s somehow a traditional beverage.
Concerning unsmiling faces, 100% true, but just imagine in what climate do we live)
And, yep, it’s hard to find a person who can explain to you in more or less good English how to get somewhere, especially older generation.
Thank you! I appreciate your evaluation!
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Karina I.
May 11, 2018
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Re:Typical features of Russian people
Hi I'm Indi from Indonesia. I've been to Russia for a month for an exchange programmme.
These are my impression about Russians:
-Russians without vodkas are not Russians
-i found a lot of people driving with their windows opened and they turned the music/radio on so loud so that everyone can hear them
-don't throw smiles easily to Russians because they might be thinking that you're a fool
-cold outside, warm inside :) they seemed not friendly with strangers but once you talk to them they're so nice and friendly
-if you're going to Russia you have to learn at least for their alphabeth so that you can read signs or you're gonna get lost
I also found that there are a few people who could speak in English but most of them are not. I met with a native there, he couldn't speak in English but he could speak in German. (I think they prefer German to English as their 2nd language because schools there are teaching German) Fortunately i was with a friend from Brazil and they're talking in German in Russia when I didn't even understand one of their languages :(
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Indi
February 9, 2018
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Elena M.
October 22, 2017
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Re:Typical features of Russian people
Hello ,
I am from India. We have an impression that Russians can drink lot of vodka and bear chilly weather. Also they like Indians and bollywood.
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Somdev G.
September 8, 2017
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What do you know about Russians
Dear friends, I need your help in my school research. Please, write some words about Russia and Russian people. Anything you know or heard.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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Angelika S.
June 21, 2017
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