Comments on: Russian is hot again! / Rustina je zase v mode! http://czechmatediary.com/2009/05/05/russian-is-hot-again/ Small Bohemian Steps to World Domination.... Wed, 23 May 2012 02:44:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Vlastimilhttp://czechmatediary.com/2009/05/05/russian-is-hot-again/comment-page-1/#comment-18129 Vlastimil Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:39:47 +0000 http://czechmatediary.com/?p=4526#comment-18129 It is always good to know foreign languages. It will allow you to get close to the local culture ( or the opposite of it ;) ).... It is always good to know foreign languages. It will allow you to get close to the local culture ( or the opposite of it ;) )….

]]> By: Vlastimilhttp://czechmatediary.com/2009/05/05/russian-is-hot-again/comment-page-1/#comment-18128 Vlastimil Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:38:33 +0000 http://czechmatediary.com/?p=4526#comment-18128 Conda Lisa was believed to be able to speak Russian fluently...When she arrived to Moscow, she said: "Zdravstvujte" and continued speaking to Russian politicians in English....But it is true, Russian is not difficult at all... already small children in Russia can speak it :) Conda Lisa was believed to be able to speak Russian fluently…When she arrived to Moscow, she said: “Zdravstvujte” and continued speaking to Russian politicians in English….

But it is true, Russian is not difficult at all… already small children in Russia can speak it :)

]]> By: ChrisTeenhttp://czechmatediary.com/2009/05/05/russian-is-hot-again/comment-page-1/#comment-18122 ChrisTeen Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:10:37 +0000 http://czechmatediary.com/?p=4526#comment-18122 I was always interested in learning Russian. It's become much easier now thanks to russian lessons via skype. BTW, this spring I eventually completed russian course here - http://russian-studies.com/. It turned out that Russian is not as difficult as I thought. I was always interested in learning Russian. It’s become much easier now thanks to russian lessons via skype. BTW, this spring I eventually completed russian course here – http://russian-studies.com/. It turned out that Russian is not as difficult as I thought.

]]> By: Raffyhttp://czechmatediary.com/2009/05/05/russian-is-hot-again/comment-page-1/#comment-17694 Raffy Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:46:49 +0000 http://czechmatediary.com/?p=4526#comment-17694 In Viktor's Vlak Vlog (Czech train vlog), by 14:00, he starts mentioning the Czechs, and then, their language.<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI2QrbdIKCY&feature=related" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI2QrbdIKCY&feature=related</a>This is the one I was talking about. In Viktor’s Vlak Vlog (Czech train vlog), by 14:00, he starts mentioning the Czechs, and then, their language.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI2QrbdIKCY&feature=related

This is the one I was talking about.

]]> By: Tanjahttp://czechmatediary.com/2009/05/05/russian-is-hot-again/comment-page-1/#comment-17525 Tanja Thu, 28 May 2009 03:40:12 +0000 http://czechmatediary.com/?p=4526#comment-17525 Hi Raffy,how interesting and disappointing at the same time :( I do agree that Czech is not one of the most beautiful languages but still... Russian and Polish sound just different to us - they don't sound 'uglier' or anything like that. And yes, we can tell them apart pretty easily. Hi Raffy,

how interesting and disappointing at the same time :(
I do agree that Czech is not one of the most beautiful languages but still…
Russian and Polish sound just different to us – they don’t sound ‘uglier’ or anything like that. And yes, we can tell them apart pretty easily.

]]> By: Raffyhttp://czechmatediary.com/2009/05/05/russian-is-hot-again/comment-page-1/#comment-17514 Raffy Wed, 27 May 2009 12:57:46 +0000 http://czechmatediary.com/?p=4526#comment-17514 Tanja, I watched Viktor Dmitrijevič Chuliganov's clips and he said that the Czech language sounds funny to his ears. He's a fictional Russian.In the clip, he described the Czech language with long vowels and flat intonation, which don't exist in his language and in Polish. He said that in both languages, it'll sound like babytalk. Also I read in many Slavic forums that the extensive use of diminutives make it sound more like babytalk that Polish and Russian people even laugh at hearing that.To untrained Czech ears, does Russian sound as funny and ungrammatical as Polish? I'm aware that a Slav can hardly mistake Russian for Polish. Tanja, I watched Viktor Dmitrijevič Chuliganov’s clips and he said that the Czech language sounds funny to his ears. He’s a fictional Russian.

In the clip, he described the Czech language with long vowels and flat intonation, which don’t exist in his language and in Polish. He said that in both languages, it’ll sound like babytalk.
Also I read in many Slavic forums that the extensive use of diminutives make it sound more like babytalk that Polish and Russian people even laugh at hearing that.

To untrained Czech ears, does Russian sound as funny and ungrammatical as Polish? I’m aware that a Slav can hardly mistake Russian for Polish.

]]> By: Vlastimilhttp://czechmatediary.com/2009/05/05/russian-is-hot-again/comment-page-1/#comment-17241 Vlastimil Sat, 09 May 2009 20:16:42 +0000 http://czechmatediary.com/?p=4526#comment-17241 Those doctors are coming from Ukraine.. Russia is much richer. The Russian maffia is a mix of Russians, Jews and Chechens....Remember, Las Vegas was founded by a Russian Jew, one of the worst gangster USA had ever seen.... Those doctors are coming from Ukraine..
Russia is much richer. The Russian maffia is a mix of Russians, Jews and Chechens….Remember, Las Vegas was founded by a Russian Jew, one of the worst gangster USA had ever seen….

]]> By: Tanjahttp://czechmatediary.com/2009/05/05/russian-is-hot-again/comment-page-1/#comment-17230 Tanja Fri, 08 May 2009 18:02:14 +0000 http://czechmatediary.com/?p=4526#comment-17230 Hi Vlastimil,so explain it to us (since you know about that stuff, your wife being Russian): what do these Russians do in Czech? I heard some of them are just poor doctors that see a better life in digging ditches in Czech than practicing medicine in Russia. Hi Vlastimil,

so explain it to us (since you know about that stuff, your wife being Russian): what do these Russians do in Czech? I heard some of them are just poor doctors that see a better life in digging ditches in Czech than practicing medicine in Russia.

]]> By: Vlastimilhttp://czechmatediary.com/2009/05/05/russian-is-hot-again/comment-page-1/#comment-17226 Vlastimil Fri, 08 May 2009 11:48:40 +0000 http://czechmatediary.com/?p=4526#comment-17226 lenka , diky za co? I have a special relation to Russia.. You can meet plenty of honest and really good people over there...What you see in Czech is a collection of scum being hated even in Russia .BTW, I love Siberia, it is a wonderful unspoiled part of the world....I am sure some people over there still don't know the Czar is dead :))) lenka , diky za co? I have a special relation to Russia.. You can meet plenty of honest and really good people over there…What you see in Czech is a collection of scum being hated even in Russia .

BTW, I love Siberia, it is a wonderful unspoiled part of the world….I am sure some people over there still don’t know the Czar is dead :) ))

]]> By: lenkahttp://czechmatediary.com/2009/05/05/russian-is-hot-again/comment-page-1/#comment-17223 lenka Fri, 08 May 2009 00:17:31 +0000 http://czechmatediary.com/?p=4526#comment-17223 As I said before, makes me happy to see that I still can understand something after way over twenty years and only having two years of Russian. Diky Vlastimile. :) As I said before, makes me happy to see that I still can understand something after way over twenty years and only having two years of Russian. Diky Vlastimile. :)

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