12. Any word can be made into a verb by simply adding –ovat’. Example: "parkovat'" as in "to park a car" or "photografirovat'" as in "to photograph."
13. My Phonetics class is just like the scene in the Pink Panther where Steve Martin’s character goes to see the speech coach…almost exactly like it.
14. There are some things shown on Russian TV that would potentially break the FCC censors if they were shown in America.
15. That being said, a word on television. Most of it is pretty interesting. The other morning, I watched a show similar to a TLC show where they redo your house when you’re not there. There seem to be a lot of shows modeled on American shows (I think I may have seen Russian “Jersey Shore” or “Big Brother” the other night). I’ve tried to watch the news, too, but they talk really really fast and I don’t catch any of it. Two nights ago, though, I watched Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in Russian and I was able to pick up on some of it. I think that is because they were talking kind of slow and I knew what was happening and what was going to happen. But still. I also saw another American movie last week (I forget which one) and I could hear the English very quietly under the Russian, which was kind of good.
16. I may be able to drive standard better than some of these Russian drivers (including the bus driver that we had on our Architecture excursion).
17. Crossing the street (even at a cross walk) is like playing a big game of Frogger.
18. As much as I would love to wear high heels every day just like most Russian women do (and because it is fun), the sidewalks suck. And given my propensity for turning ankles, I feel that this may be a bad idea.
19. I’ve seen multiple tractors (of the farm variety) driving through the center of the city. I’m not really sure where they’re coming from, but they’re definitely there.
13. My Phonetics class is just like the scene in the Pink Panther where Steve Martin’s character goes to see the speech coach…almost exactly like it.
14. There are some things shown on Russian TV that would potentially break the FCC censors if they were shown in America.
15. That being said, a word on television. Most of it is pretty interesting. The other morning, I watched a show similar to a TLC show where they redo your house when you’re not there. There seem to be a lot of shows modeled on American shows (I think I may have seen Russian “Jersey Shore” or “Big Brother” the other night). I’ve tried to watch the news, too, but they talk really really fast and I don’t catch any of it. Two nights ago, though, I watched Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in Russian and I was able to pick up on some of it. I think that is because they were talking kind of slow and I knew what was happening and what was going to happen. But still. I also saw another American movie last week (I forget which one) and I could hear the English very quietly under the Russian, which was kind of good.
16. I may be able to drive standard better than some of these Russian drivers (including the bus driver that we had on our Architecture excursion).
17. Crossing the street (even at a cross walk) is like playing a big game of Frogger.
18. As much as I would love to wear high heels every day just like most Russian women do (and because it is fun), the sidewalks suck. And given my propensity for turning ankles, I feel that this may be a bad idea.
19. I’ve seen multiple tractors (of the farm variety) driving through the center of the city. I’m not really sure where they’re coming from, but they’re definitely there.
Yeah for Harry Potter in any language!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWOW Katie it sounds like you are having a grand time. I love reading all about it. Stay well...
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