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Eunice
Slow Speller
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Registriert: 30. Dez 2006 02:55
Muttersprache: Burmese
Wohnort: Singapore

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Well, I want to learn Russian. How's the situation in Russia? It's still too far to say about making business. Thank you for telling me about these things. Not just one coutnry, when you're in the social field, you have to say the greetings like Good Morning, How are you?, etc.. whether you want to say it or not. Just the pretentious concerns. We have to act although we don't want to. It's kind of etiquette. Whatever! Yesterday I read the news that Kiev becomes latest property hotspot. Is it a good or bad sign. :question: Although the property prices are reaching sky high, the average salary is very low. Is that so? The imbalances...hmmm, not a good sign. The property prices become so expensive within two years. How come? But despite building delirium, I read that it's one of the poorest countreis country in Europe. Is that true? I didn't know that. (All I know about them is their hospitability, conservation, hard-working character and ultranationalism. These facts make me feel impress about them. I don't know whether it's true or not.):d EU also says that Ukraine is not eady to join and they still has reforms to do. Wishing them the best of luck!!! :angel:

I don't know whether they smoke pipes or cigarettes.

Vodka? Yeah, I like it. How about you? Tell me something interesting about your country or whatever.

Bye for now.
Eunice




Gast

hello Eunice:)

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Nice to read you:) :) :)
how are you these days?:)
Well... learning Russian. As a teenage kid I was forced to learn it at school. These days many people in Poland still choose to learn Russian. There are different things.
I chose German when I had my choice many years ago.
Russian is similar to Polish but not so much after all. The worst thing is alphabet. You should learn which letter means what. The first and most important step.
Then the rest. Russians aren't too polite as far as I know. Any "how do you do?" (typically English)or "hugs for everyone" (typically US).
Russians like vodka and fast cars. They like picking up mushrooms (I believe) and songs. They are rather cheerful but in different way than western people.
Any word about money when chatting socially. Money doesn't exist I am afraid.
Some Russian people like grumbling and they generally have dperessive moods (thus they drink vodka so much). Forst they are very, very humorous, nice-dudes and then they go and drink totally untill they will lose awareness.
Besides I believe Russians (unlike Poland) were the empire much longer. They still have in mind their emperial greatness and glory and history in Russia Empire is something that still make Russians very, very proud of. Poland doesn't have such past in recent ages so history doesn't exist here at all I am afraid. Only in school books etc. It isn't anything vivid MOSTLY.

As deals Russian language it would be good to you to know words like "pażausta" (please), "spasiba" (thank you) though I think Russians don't use them too often :(
"Malczik" means boy and "djewoczka" is girl. "Ja ljublju tiebia" means "I love you".
I also remember the word "eto" which means "this is" so "Eto malczik", "Eto djewoczka".

Still some other things I remember from my old school times when you are interested. But remember - alphabet the first :(

As deals Ukraine...don't worry so much. Ukraine is Ukraine. They have survived many things so hey will survive EU too. Farmers will have some advantage of EU and the rest rather not.

When you want to make a good business there you need a lot of vodka (or dollars for bribes).
So good that you like vodka. Really.
You must also like hugs. Hugs during drinking (not love-hugs like in US).
In Russia life is quite different than in US.
You also should know something about Russian religion. They aren't Roman catholics since 1090 or something about. The Russian Eastern Church is very important there. Probably much more than you can imagine... :jo: :jo: :jo:

This is how things in Russia go these days - like always.... :jo: :jo: :jo:

Do you like Russia?
Lets drink for Russia here!
:prost:

Read you soon :)

Eunice
Slow Speller
Beiträge: 16
Registriert: 30. Dez 2006 02:55
Muttersprache: Burmese
Wohnort: Singapore

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HI!
I’m also happy to read your messages. You’re still the one who response me so far and I really thank you for that. I’m OK, thanks. How about you? Hope you’re doing fine.

It seems that you know many languages. It’s great. It’s very nice to know some facts about Russia. Oh, do they like picking up mushrooms? I’ve seen it on RT channel. If they find the biggest one first, then they are likely to bring home many mushrooms. I think it’s very customary to eat mushrooms there. They eat it in a variety of ways. That’s great. For drinking alcohol, I think it’s common in Russia and Ukraine. There, people drink and smoke in public. Is it really like this? Okay, I will try to memorize the alphabets first. Do they also have bribery? Then, it’s bad, but good to know it. Hugs? Wow! It’s against our customs. But there’s a proverb. When you’re in Rome, do as the Romans do. I hope I will get around to it. Russian religion? Sounds good. I want to know about it. Does Religion play a vital role in Russian people’s daily life? How about you? If it’s an off topic, it’s ok. Please don’t answer. Do I like Russia? I don’t know yet because I don’t know about them very well. Still have to check out. But European countires appeal to me although I haven't been there. Russian writers like Maksim Gorky, Leo Tolstoy, and Aleksandr Pushkin are really great. If it’s possible, I really want to read their books. According to my English level, they are still difficult to understand. I tried to read War and Peace a few years back. Oh, my God! There are altogether 3 think books. (Yeah, if I’m not wrong.) I gave up because it was so difficult for me to read. For you guys, it’s really great. You can understand the language and grew up in this vicinity. I also like John Steinbeck. Do you like him? If so, what is your favorite novel by John Steinbeck? Do you have any other favorite authors? In fact, I’m not used to reading English novels in the original texts. I’m starting to read to improve my reading skills. It’s going to take extra time as I am the beginner. What books would you recommend to read? I’m going to read The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. Have you read it? If so, please let me know your comments about that book?

Bye for now. I’m sorry if I’ve made any mistakes in my writing. I’m willing to accept and change my errors in my writing if you point me out.

All the best,
Eunice

Gast

hello Eunice...

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Well... well...well... you came down to the level of books. Books...boooks...books... we should read them to be bit wiser and less surprised in life (my idea). Probably that's why I have always LOVED detective stories so much. But, unfortunatelly, it has never helped me to avoid being stolen.
And once I was stolen really seriously... :(

As deals other things you wrote in your "short" letter. probably you should simply come to Russia to know them. Russian literature is very great and very psychological. It is a very deep kind of BIG literature. Very little humour there. People are rather sad and many mad-men there. All madnesses are done because of wild love. Well... most of them at least. But not only of course. For example in "Crime and Punishment" one poor student killed two bit richer stupid women cause he found them unworthy to live. He killed them because of his stupidity... or rather poverty. He had read too many philosophical works before. Well... I didn't like this book too much. And then this loving Sonia who fogave him all his crimes. She must have been homeless probably. Though I don't remember really.
:roll:
Love in Russian books is very passionate, wild, mad (MAD - I am repeating).
:jo:

Some of them probably exist in forms of READERS (Level 1,2,3...). I know that Anna Carenina surely is published in form of Reader. As deals other things...hmm... and Polish literature is very specific too. Our best novel writer was a peasant son. He won one Nobel Prize in literature. For his novel "The peasants" (what else could he write, on the other hand?). Of course he wrote some other books but somehow "The peasants" were liked the most around this strange world.

Another our Nobel award winner wrote a book about ancient Rome and martyrdom of first christians there. Very interesting book indeed. He also wrote a lot of historical books but Nobel Prize went to him for ancient Rome.

What else in Poland? Oh... ADAM MICKIEWICZ and his works. Specially "Mr Tadeusz". This is a novel written as a ...rhymic poem. Very strange thing but you can cite many parts from "Mr Tadeusz" (Tadeusz= English Teddy). It is so complicated to explain to you what is Mr Tadeusz about. Descriptions of picking up mushrooms there... also descrpitons of little cottages, storms, and many other things.
Generally about fighting for independence and about one catholic priest who was a murderer and had illegimate son (typically Polish I would say :( ). These bad things happened before t Mr Tadeusz father became a catholic priest and started to fight for independence (XVIII century vocabulary)...

OKI - now your turn. Write about Burma's biggest books.

Stay far from alcohol and cigarettes.
Read you soon :)
bh123

I do doubt that any readers of this book exists... who would read 300 pages of poems.

Gast

ups..some coerections:)

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I must make some corrections to my letter above :

1. .....Our best novel writer was peasant's son.

2. .....This is a novel written as a ...rhythmical (?!?) poetry
3. .....Generally Mr Tadeusz is about fighting for independence and about one catholic priest who had been a murderer and had an illegitimate son (typically Polish I would say :( ). These bad things had happened before Mr Tadeusz's father became a catholic priest and started to fight for independence (XIX century Polish vocabulary)...the last sentence here... I do doubt that any English readers of this book exists... on the other side who would read 300 pages of poems.

Now my previous letter seems to be MOSTLY OK.
Your turn I hope :)

:jo:

PS. besides I have to add that a movie of this poem-like-novel was made some years ago made by one of the biggest contemporary Polish directors. if interested ask more. I know very little about Steinback. Once I started to read him but I borrowed II part of the book instead of I (was missing time and again) so finally I was forced to give it up at all then:( What does Steinback write about? :roll:

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