My company covers the cost for all us Ex-Pats to take a Russian language course. It’s designed in a way to learn the essentials so you can meet people, eat, get around and get some help in emergency situations. The demands from work limits the amount of time I can study and practice, but the teacher tells me the best way to learn is to get a Russian girlfriend and shoots me a smile.
The class can be useful but sometimes borders on the impractical. We’ve gone through letters, numbers, common sayings and it’s a lot of back and forth to get my pronunciation down. Every once in while though, she will take a question or answer and just run with it, spitting out 4-5 phrases in some sort of unclear russian explanation that she expects me to understand. I nod my head to get through it and i find that she is satisfied if i repeat the last word that she says, and then write it down.
The other day I learned the Russian word for Eggplant. It’s spelled ‘Baklaжan’. This should really come in handy when I decide to buy the first, and only, eggplant that I’ll ever buy in my life. Or, I could possibly end up in an emergency situation where the only way to save a life, or stop the bus, or put out a fire is through the strategic use of an eggplant.
OR, if i find myself on Russian Jeopardy and the answer in the final round is about a magical vegetable that can be described as having a pleasantly bitter taste and spongy texture and comes from the same family as tomatoes, potatoes and sweet peppers. Too easy
The class can be useful but sometimes borders on the impractical. We’ve gone through letters, numbers, common sayings and it’s a lot of back and forth to get my pronunciation down. Every once in while though, she will take a question or answer and just run with it, spitting out 4-5 phrases in some sort of unclear russian explanation that she expects me to understand. I nod my head to get through it and i find that she is satisfied if i repeat the last word that she says, and then write it down.
The other day I learned the Russian word for Eggplant. It’s spelled ‘Baklaжan’. This should really come in handy when I decide to buy the first, and only, eggplant that I’ll ever buy in my life. Or, I could possibly end up in an emergency situation where the only way to save a life, or stop the bus, or put out a fire is through the strategic use of an eggplant.
OR, if i find myself on Russian Jeopardy and the answer in the final round is about a magical vegetable that can be described as having a pleasantly bitter taste and spongy texture and comes from the same family as tomatoes, potatoes and sweet peppers. Too easy
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