C,A,, IKEA, INPRO and the Russian Language.
It's been about half a month since I've last updated!
Sorry for being so late...
but I've been really, really busy recently.
It's ten minutes past one in the morning, and I'm aware that I'm supposed to be resting, considering how I've been getting 3-4 hours of sleep (at most) for the past week and that I'll need to wake up 5-5 1/2 hours from now.
But then, now that I have some time, I ought to do some updating, no?
Anyway, here's a summary of what has been going on for the past two weeks...
I went to Campus Alive last Thursday (wow, it was last Thursday? Felt like a long time ago...) It was quite awesome ^.^
but what was more awesome was my trip to IKEA and The Curve last Saturday night. IKEA food is quite expensive, I'd admit =.= but really delicious *thumbs up*
And as for this week, we've had (last minute) preparations for our performances in INPRO (Something like Sports Day here in INTEC)
Seriously, the Russian team, being such a small group, lacked the manpower and management to handle the job.
Therefore, the past week of staying up, practising and depriving ourselves of sleep are, were, well...
frankly, not worth it.
HOWEVER, that totally changed today (I mean, last night... since it's already past 12)
I think we did a pretty awesome job at improving our steps and synchronization. All we need to do now is to put it all together, continue practising and then it's INPRO time, all taking place tomorrow!
So, yeah... it's gonna be a wonderful day, tiring, but awesome!
Well, enough with that...
Let's talk about the Russian Language.
I've been receiving lots of questions about how it is to learn Russian, this and that...
and I'll tell you directly:
It ain't easy.
In fact, it's almost (read: ALMOST) frightening. There are so many twists and turns in the language, and having 16 hours of Russian classes per week, it's quite intensive and we're gonna have to catch up with whatever we've missed. (Since we've been tied up with the INPRO practice and stuff...)
Let's take English plural nouns for example. (and I'll type Russian with English letters)
Table would be table. (Stul - stuli)
Book would be books. (Kniga - knigi)
Pencil would be pencils. (Karandash - karandashi)
Simple, yes? NO!
Furniture remains as furniture. (Vinagrad, meaning grapes, also stays the same)
Stimulus - stimuli (Stol - stolya (chair))
Fungus - fungi (Brat - bratya (brother))
Cerebrum - cerebra (Sistra - seostre (sister))
And to add to that, Russians differentiate gender O_o
This is my brother. (Eta moi brat - male)
This is my sister. (Eta maya sistra - female)
These are my parents. (Eta mai raditeli - plural)
This is my state. (Eta mayo gosudarstvo - neutral gender)
The same applies to words like your (tvoi), our (nash), their (vash)... and figure out the female, plural and neutral versions by yourself xD
Alright... we've recently learned about adjectives as well as question words...
and the same rule applies:
The general word for "good" is khorosho, but this changes according to gender (of both humans and objects)
"Khorosho!" - Good
Eta khoroshi karandash - This is a good pencil. (masculine)
Eta khoroshaya sumka - This is a good bag. (feminine)
Eta khoroshoe okno - This is a good window. (neutral)
Eta khoroshie ruchki - These are good pens. (plural)
Alright, enough with the Russian mini-lesson. My teacher said that it's pretty much just the tip of the iceberg. Only about 5% O_o''
Anyway, here's a mini guide to the common words, just for fun xD :
Hello - privyet (informal), zdrasvuite (formal), zdrasvui (informal)
Goodbye - do svidanya (formal), paka (informal)
How are you? - Kak dilla? (informal), kak vashidilla? (respectful, formal)
Good/fine - Khorosho
Bad/poor - Ploha
Thank you - Spasiba
You're welcome - Pajalusta
I'm sorry/Excuse me - Izvinitye (respectful), izvini (informal)
It's alright/nevermind - Nichivo
Nice to meet you - Ochin priyatna
I love you - Ya lublu tebya. (Я люблю тебя)
Alright, that's all for now xD I've got to get to bed now...
Do svidanya! До свидания!
Later~!
Sorry for being so late...
but I've been really, really busy recently.
It's ten minutes past one in the morning, and I'm aware that I'm supposed to be resting, considering how I've been getting 3-4 hours of sleep (at most) for the past week and that I'll need to wake up 5-5 1/2 hours from now.
But then, now that I have some time, I ought to do some updating, no?
Anyway, here's a summary of what has been going on for the past two weeks...
I went to Campus Alive last Thursday (wow, it was last Thursday? Felt like a long time ago...) It was quite awesome ^.^
but what was more awesome was my trip to IKEA and The Curve last Saturday night. IKEA food is quite expensive, I'd admit =.= but really delicious *thumbs up*
And as for this week, we've had (last minute) preparations for our performances in INPRO (Something like Sports Day here in INTEC)
Seriously, the Russian team, being such a small group, lacked the manpower and management to handle the job.
Therefore, the past week of staying up, practising and depriving ourselves of sleep are, were, well...
frankly, not worth it.
HOWEVER, that totally changed today (I mean, last night... since it's already past 12)
I think we did a pretty awesome job at improving our steps and synchronization. All we need to do now is to put it all together, continue practising and then it's INPRO time, all taking place tomorrow!
So, yeah... it's gonna be a wonderful day, tiring, but awesome!
Well, enough with that...
Let's talk about the Russian Language.
I've been receiving lots of questions about how it is to learn Russian, this and that...
and I'll tell you directly:
It ain't easy.
In fact, it's almost (read: ALMOST) frightening. There are so many twists and turns in the language, and having 16 hours of Russian classes per week, it's quite intensive and we're gonna have to catch up with whatever we've missed. (Since we've been tied up with the INPRO practice and stuff...)
Let's take English plural nouns for example. (and I'll type Russian with English letters)
Table would be table. (Stul - stuli)
Book would be books. (Kniga - knigi)
Pencil would be pencils. (Karandash - karandashi)
Simple, yes? NO!
Furniture remains as furniture. (Vinagrad, meaning grapes, also stays the same)
Stimulus - stimuli (Stol - stolya (chair))
Fungus - fungi (Brat - bratya (brother))
Cerebrum - cerebra (Sistra - seostre (sister))
And to add to that, Russians differentiate gender O_o
This is my brother. (Eta moi brat - male)
This is my sister. (Eta maya sistra - female)
These are my parents. (Eta mai raditeli - plural)
This is my state. (Eta mayo gosudarstvo - neutral gender)
The same applies to words like your (tvoi), our (nash), their (vash)... and figure out the female, plural and neutral versions by yourself xD
Alright... we've recently learned about adjectives as well as question words...
and the same rule applies:
The general word for "good" is khorosho, but this changes according to gender (of both humans and objects)
"Khorosho!" - Good
Eta khoroshi karandash - This is a good pencil. (masculine)
Eta khoroshaya sumka - This is a good bag. (feminine)
Eta khoroshoe okno - This is a good window. (neutral)
Eta khoroshie ruchki - These are good pens. (plural)
Alright, enough with the Russian mini-lesson. My teacher said that it's pretty much just the tip of the iceberg. Only about 5% O_o''
Anyway, here's a mini guide to the common words, just for fun xD :
Hello - privyet (informal), zdrasvuite (formal), zdrasvui (informal)
Goodbye - do svidanya (formal), paka (informal)
How are you? - Kak dilla? (informal), kak vashidilla? (respectful, formal)
Good/fine - Khorosho
Bad/poor - Ploha
Thank you - Spasiba
You're welcome - Pajalusta
I'm sorry/Excuse me - Izvinitye (respectful), izvini (informal)
It's alright/nevermind - Nichivo
Nice to meet you - Ochin priyatna
I love you - Ya lublu tebya. (Я люблю тебя)
Alright, that's all for now xD I've got to get to bed now...
Do svidanya! До свидания!
Later~!
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