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 Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 6:25 am
Welcome to the Russian General Discussion! This is where we discuss everything related to the Russian language, including, but not limited to:
-asking specific questions about Russian vocabulary and grammar (people who can speak Russian fluently can help answer others' questions)
-recommendations for Russian dictionaries, websites, etc
-and everything else about the beautiful langauge of Russia! 3nodding
Please note that although speaking in Russian is allowed here, it is not mandatory.
Let's start off with a few facts about the Russian language:
Spoken in: Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine
Total number of speakers: First language: about 170 million
Second language: 150 million
Language Family: Slavic (with Ukranian, Polish, Bulgarian, and others)
Regulated by: Russian Academy of Sciences
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Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 6:27 am
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Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 6:29 am
DICTIONARIES/GRAMMAR BOOKS ETC
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Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 6:31 am
If anyone here has any other reccommendations for websites/dictionaries/grammar books etc, please feel free to tell us about them in this thread.
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 1:36 pm
Well, I am a dictionary.. xd
Anyway, the list in what countries it is spoken in I think should be much bigger.. Like all the USSR countries should be written in..
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 1:40 pm
KibiT Well, I am a dictionary.. xd Anyway, the list in what countries it is spoken in I think should be much bigger.. Like all the USSR countries should be written in.. I know... I only copy and pasted the list though, so don't look at me O.o lol
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 5:12 pm
Yay I was invited XD now to learn the beautiful russian language =3
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 5:28 pm
Garret_Wyatt Yay I was invited XD now to learn the beautiful russian language =3 it's such a difficult language to learn though ;_;
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 5:37 pm
good i love a challenge, and i want to learn russian because it is half of my ancestory german is the other
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 5:40 pm
Garret_Wyatt good i love a challenge, and i want to learn russian because it is half of my ancestory german is the other oh cool blaugh I'e never met anyone half Russian and half German before O.o (I was born in Russia and speak Russian fluently but I'm 100% Jewish and don't have so much as a drop of Russian blood in me >3<
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 5:42 pm
then your family was able to escape the holocaust =3 you should dig into your geneology my familys came over before the war so yea xP
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 5:46 pm
Garret_Wyatt then your family was able to escape the holocaust =3 you should dig into your geneology my familys came over before the war so yea xP my family was in Russia before the war too ^^ most of my family still lives in Russia 3nodding
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 5:49 pm
very nice, i want to visit a few select places in russia ^_^ but i doubt i ever will
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 5:53 pm
Garret_Wyatt very nice, i want to visit a few select places in russia ^_^ but i doubt i ever will how come? ;_;
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 5:56 pm
well im 18 near 19 and never been more than 700 miles from home, also my plans to join the armed forces are on hold till the idiot fest and cleanup from katrina are done so no real way i can go :/ ahwell
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