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I've arrived in Moscow. After a miserable arrival, I ate some really good food, toured red square, and am having a good time. I bought a digital camera in Helsinki, so I'll upload some pictures (and post my train journals) when I get a chance to connect my laptop to the internet, but that might very well be a long, long while.
I'm in Moscow for a couple of days. My train to Irkutsk leaves 11:30 tuesday night. 80 hour train ride. Wish me luck, unless you don't like me, in which case, please don't wish me harm!
I'm in Moscow for a couple of days. My train to Irkutsk leaves 11:30 tuesday night. 80 hour train ride. Wish me luck, unless you don't like me, in which case, please don't wish me harm!
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Speaking of which -- anything totally awesome that I should try to catch?
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--Bingxian
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Be well.
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If you succeed, you can offend everyone by dressing him in a Yankees outfit and taking him to Fenway Park.
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I thought of a good pectapah word: vkoosna. It means tasty. It is the word they use to praise food.
oh-chen means very. plo-ha means bad (use flegm when you say the last sylable. sometimes it's transliterated plocha. It is a sound we don't have in english.
Actually there is a website, a very good one, that has little recordings of pronounciations of Russian words and sounds. If only I could remember...
nee znayoo means I don't know. ya nee panymayoo (rooskava yazika) means I don't understand (the russian language).
Have fun! Wish I was there!
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vkoosno = tasty.
Ochen = very. The n is very much like the spanish ñ The O is an "oh" sound.
A very common way to praise food is to say, "Ochen vkoosno."
Horosho = good.
Ploho = bad. The "h" sound (in both words) is hard to describe - it is like the ch in the German acht.
Ne = not. The n is yet again like a ñ, the e is sort of like an "eh" sound.
Ya = I/me.
Spasibo = thank you.
Izviniteh = Excuse me/sorry. Think of this as usually being used in an immediate apologizing/polite context. "Excuse me, can you ... / I am sorry I just did that."
Etoh = this.
Toh = that.
Tualet = bathroom.
Gde = Where
Kto = Who
Chto = What
Da = yes
Nyet = no
Privet = Hi
Poka = Bye
Expressions:
Menya zovut ... = My name is.
Ya hochu ... = I want ... (here the ch is a regular ch sound).
... kushat/est = ... to eat (either word works)
... pit = to drink (the t is soft, hard for me to explain)
Ya ne znayoo = I do not know.
Ya ne ponimayoo = I do not understand.
Ya ne ponyal [eto] = I did not understand [that].
Ya ne govoryu po russki = I do not speak russian.
Ya ploho govoryu po russki = I speak russian badly.
Please ask me anything else you think you need to know.
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Anything that I should eat?
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--Ben
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In case anyone tries to get you to eat a hamburger, explain that
Ya hochu kushat russkuyu yedu. = I want to eat Russian food.