So do some of their women, son....

Russian is also in a sense similar to Finnish, which has helped my learning a lot. Not only do we borrow some words more or less from the language, but more so many things are said in similar fashion as they are in Finnish. Russian often feels logical, because I would say the same thing in the same manner in Finnish too.

Im trying to self teach myself Russian, I've made a lot of progress on the alphabet i can just about read the language:yeah:

im fluent in spanish and english a bit of german too and yea the words are kinda similar

wish me luck on my "learn it yourself" journey:D

I just found a digital version of Stalker, the 1979 movie from Andrei Tarkovsky.
:up::D
Russian language movie, english subs, with enough luck I can start correlating the words with the spoken language and learn russian like I learned German via Das Boot.

I'm just saying that Youtube is full of Russian movies and they don't seem to be too interested in copyrights as long as the video's title is written in cyrillic. Many of them don't have subtitles, but great for those of us who speak the language even a little.

And yes, I understand and accept if I get brigged for this.

that is one stunning movie, I also found myself picking up the odd word from the S.T.A.L.K.E.R games as well lol

I know Russian like I know Japanese... not much at all.

That said, I do make it a practice to learn at least a little bit of other languages, most notably, the expressions for "Please" and "Thank you."

It's polite, for one thing. When I worked at Drexel University in Philly, there was a roach-coach that made cheesesteaks and other hot sandwiches... GOOD cheesesteaks, I might add. I used to stop there every day at lunch, because the folks there were friendly - a real, honest to God Mom & Pop enterprise, he drove the truck and cooked the hot stuff, she took the orders and prepared the cool stuff. Both spoke English like natives, but with a noticeable, but indeterminate accent.

One day, as I approached their truck, I heard the two fussing at each other in that manner unique to old married couples - absent vitriol or malice, just two people having a disagreement. In this case, a disagreement being conducted in a language other than English. After a few moments within earshot, I ventured to guess that the language they were speaking was Russian, based on limited exposure to the language from various media. So, when they had prepared my lunch and handed it down to me, I said to the lady, "Spasiba" (Sorry if the Anglicized spelling is poor).

Her face lit up like she'd just seen an old friend, and she asked me if I spoke Russian. I had to tell her, "No," since I didn't, but that I always wanted to be able to say thank you to someone in their own language when they'd been good to me, and this was one of those times.

спасибо. its really close to spaciba

Лучшая учеба - практика. Покупай билет на самолет и прилетай ко мне в Петербург. Сейчас самое красивое время - весна. Не жарко и не холодно.

Знаешь, мы практический соседы. Из здесь до петербурга на поезде только 5 часов и 30 минутов и это недорогой. Знаю что когда-то хочу бывать там, а теперь не знаю если говорю достоточно по-русский. Не хочу путешествовать в Россию и говорить по-англиский: по-англиский могу говорить где-нибуд.

А тогда у меня денег, времени и говорю немного болше, путешествую там.

Мы с женой в мае поедем в Котку. Можем встретится и спокойно поговорим по-русски. Будем в Котке 2 дня. Могу сообщить когда поедем, сейчас решаем вопрос с транспортом (или на машине или на автобусе).

Интересно. Котка далеко и недалеко. Далеко потому что на поезде надо делать пересадку много раз (спасибо, VR :x), а путь не долгий. Думаю что могу ехать там.

В последняя неделя в мае (24.5. - 31.5.) я к сожалению занят а если раньше приедете, с удоволствием можем встретиться там. И в любом случае добро пожаловать в Финляндию.

14 мая планируем

Значит выходные. Так знаю что лекци у меня тогда нет, а о работе ещё не знаю. Увидим.

Можно спросить почему приедете? Просто отдыхаете?

Edit in English: Eh, I think we sort of hijacked the thread. Sorry, Seth.

Да просто немного отдохнуть и визу открыть.

Sorry :salute:

Тогда Котка хороший город если тебя интересует мореплавание: http://www.merikeskusvellamo.fi/ru/. Но наверняка ты уже знал?

In case anyone else happens to visit Finland, there is a maritime museum in Kotka. I'd wager many people in Subsim would find it interesting. Here is the same link in English: http://www.merikeskusvellamo.fi/en/

Конечно знаю про этот музей.
Кстати для жителей Финляндии у нас безвизовый въезд на 72 часа, на пароме.
У нас тоже новый музей открыли в 2010 году. Вот тут можешь прочитать, что это такое http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projekti_613

http://cs610.vkontakte.ru/u595570/11...x_8091204b.jpg

Speaking of Russian movies:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVFns7IApII:yeah:

Xa Xa, another 9 Pota music video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQEeqqK3Qj0

Anybody here live in Moscow?