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elizabeth  ·  2279 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: December 20, 2017

Born and raised in Montreal, Canada but both my parents are from Russia. We spoke Russian at home, watched movies, read books etc. Went to Russian Sunday school until I was 15 so while I'm not great, I have basic reading and writing skills too. But I noped out of trying once we started learning about the Деепричастие and the writing exceptions. No way knowing how to properly spell "falling star" properly will ever come in handy as a Canadian citizen, and all the rules seemed like overkill for me to be aware of.





FirebrandRoaring  ·  2279 days ago  ·  link  ·  

How's your spoken Russian?

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elizabeth  ·  2278 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I’d say it’s pretty good! I lack a little in slang but otherwise I’m good :) I only get flagged as a foreigner in Russia when mentioning brand names like Kleenex or Tylenol. Or if I say something dumb like look for hair conditioner and actually calling it кондиционер in russian.

FirebrandRoaring  ·  2278 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I had to google it. It actually is called "кондиционер", isn't it? I know I heard people talk about it.