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Post by Bisclav on Apr 2, 2005 23:02:58 GMT 2
Probably he meant that he don't know Spanish so well; not that it would be bad as a language. You are right. Thanx and sorry. I have to be more cautious with my english
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Post by Bisclav on Apr 2, 2005 23:05:47 GMT 2
ah, sim?! fala portugues. i'll translate it later. Really:) I can't write portugese, but i understand a little. I have few friends from Brasil, I worked with them in Belgium.
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Post by MaliceGarden on Apr 3, 2005 13:18:43 GMT 2
ok. :]
translating what i said : oh ye? speak portuguese.
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Post by Hellga on Apr 3, 2005 16:01:07 GMT 2
Really:) I can't write portugese, but i understand a little. I have few friends from Brasil, I worked with them in Belgium. portuguese, i guess its an easy language, there are alot portuguese words what i can understand due those words are the same ones in my language. Brasil is next to my country, and daily i can find a Brasilian people and always when i try to speak with them, i dont understand what they say to me. it means, i get nervous, i dunno. equal, when i see an american person in my country, errrrggggg* the first thing i say its HELLO..because i know they do understand me. ;D
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Post by MaliceGarden on Apr 3, 2005 16:50:35 GMT 2
ye, our languages are very similar.
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Post by Hellga on Apr 3, 2005 16:56:35 GMT 2
i see each friday a brasilian program on TV. and yes, youre right, i can understand it, the problem is how i can write those words..
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Post by MaliceGarden on Apr 3, 2005 16:59:45 GMT 2
i dont know, i dont know. brazillian portuguese its weird. im joking. whats harder for you (spanish speakers) is to pronounce it and not to write it. im not the right person to explain the differences. maybe Sethlad can offer you a more complete assistance.
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Post by Hellga on Apr 3, 2005 17:02:14 GMT 2
all his explanations are welcome for me.!
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Post by SPooN on Apr 6, 2005 16:16:07 GMT 2
Not quite as multi-lingual as most of you, English/Russian
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Post by Hiding on Apr 6, 2005 20:40:43 GMT 2
I wonder why there are so much ppl knowing Russian. didn't suppose it is popular in the world
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Post by Southern Troll on Apr 6, 2005 21:24:29 GMT 2
Really:) I can't write portugese, but i understand a little. I have few friends from Brasil, I worked with them in Belgium. Brasil is cool! ;D hehehehehehehehe!!!
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Post by Humppaporo on Apr 6, 2005 22:40:49 GMT 2
I tried to learn it because I always took an interest in languages and in Russian I wasn't able to define the different words. I didn't like that I couldn't even hear where one word ended and the other started. What I learned from it (long ago, and somebody stole my dictionary ) I liked. It's a beautiful language but very complicated. It's hard to speak the words correctly (for me). The worldwide interest in Russia increased by the Perestroika times. It was amazing, you could hear actual Russian speaking on tv! And of course the charismatic Michail Gorbatsjov and his charming wife Raïsa, were everywhere on the news. Than the coup occurred, those vicious man tried to take things over and afterwards the initially heroic act of Boris Jeltsin in the 'white house' (not to be confused with the American one of course!) took place. The ending (if there ever is) is less spectacular, but the wall came down!
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Post by Hiding on Apr 7, 2005 15:38:25 GMT 2
i quite agree with you, but perestroika (or rebuilding) began about 20 years ago. since 1985 many years have passed...
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Post by Humppaporo on Apr 7, 2005 16:15:15 GMT 2
You're right, but the growing interest remained... because of the more open behaviour of Russia towards others.
btw, How is it to live where you do, can you tell something about your life, (what is your town/city like, education, spare time, etc) or is this a difficult question?
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Post by Hiding on Apr 8, 2005 0:27:41 GMT 2
well, it's rather hard question.. i can't be fully sure, but i think that life in Moscow doesn't differ from life in other big european cities. as i talk to foreigners, the common answer is that they expected to find bears walking in the street, but saw civilize culture, people and.. everything. it has greatly changed since perestroika. even in the beginning if 90's the situation was worse. quite similar to this is life in St.Petersburg, though it's a liitle bit poorer. Spending free time also doesn't differ: different cafes, clubs and places to rest are everywhere. life in province differs much. it's also changing, but now there is a stage which Moscow passed in 92-97, i think. but i'm not much notificated about it. i had a long talk with one girl from Netherland and when she told me about your education system i thought it's rather hard to understand when you don't live there. here it is so: most of children go to school in 7, they study there for 10 years and then try to enter university. you had to pass exams in this university to fulfil it, so ppl from province had less chances to enter good university (the best universities are in big cities), because they had to find a place to live during the exams (usually exams are in July or August). but about 2 years ago there were a law, which had to implement United State Exam after finishing the school. you can gather 100 marks and then you send your results to the university you want and it chooses students which are convernient for them. but the greatest universities were against this law. this USE didn't pass in every school, but the number of schools which have to realize such an exam is increasing every year, though those who want to enter the biggest universities have to pass exams in this universities... questions?
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