RL102-15 Russian basic grammar # 15
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I thought this lesson would never come but now that it's here, I guess I need to start studying again. Thanks for all of your hard work.
BTW, you are continually producing videos, when do you find time to eat , sleep, work, perform other necessary functions like rearranging your sock drawer, etc.?
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I shit myself when those demon voices came on at the start.
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Ya doomayoo da. So unless the verb is in present tense, you can only use the endings in the 1st person?
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How is that written in Cyrillic?
Кто смеёця без причны - это признак дурачины.
Like this?
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It's actually so that nobody confuses them with the Japanese.
Joking apart, Russians do smile, but the smile is sometimes considered "upside-down" as the corners of the mouth don't always go up. The smiling is more with the eyes. However, there is also a Russian proverb about causeless laughter which goes "Kto smeyotsya bez prichiny - eto priznak durachiny" - "Whoever laughs without cause - it is a sign of idiocy".
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I read somewhere that Russians rarely smile for fear of appearing stupid. Is this true?
Excellent lesson! Are you planning on ever doing another series? I'm nearing the end!
willowmix 1 year ago
@willowmix There will be more. This series needs another 4 or 5 lessons before I can even get onto the 103, but I need time to plan it and execute it.
usenetposts 1 year ago
Do the suffixes 'l' 'la' 'lo' and 'li' apply to all verbs when forming past tense? For example, is 'ya ponimal' i understood?
Also, could you elaborate on the prefixes and their effects on changing the forms and classes of verbs?
Thanks again for the vids!
Spark1390 2 years ago
You can only use the perfective aspect "ya ponyal" because the act of understanding is by nature perfective, Hence "ya ponimal" doesn't make logical sense. Ponyali?
usenetposts 2 years ago
wish i could pick up russian girls it must not be the way im telling them! ;p
lordmoggy 3 years ago 2
@lordmoggy It would probably be better if you just asked them, rather than told 'em!
usenetposts 2 months ago