Writing, part IV

[kehlen-crow.livejournal.com]

Here is my variant of low-case letters.

Capital letters, I
Capital letters, II
Capital letters, III



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The first phrase contains all letters of the alphabet (stolen from an earlier entry in learn_russian)

Also, these are but random words I chose as examples, as such it's difficult to give an adequate translation, so please keep in mind that the English equivalents are only one of many possibilities.

Съешь ещё этих мягких французских булок, да выпей [же] чаю. а - бар, рак, сакля1, шаль б - собор, обломок, бросок, колба, било2, арбалет в, о, ъ, ь, ю (л, м, я) - владение, лом, вместимость, поле, семья, моя, юла3, кол в, о, ъ, ь, ю4 - вьюн, выгода, Льеж, вор, отёл, подъезд г - ограда, бугор, оглобля5, оргия е, ё - пение, семя, ёж, лепет, вепрь ж - жжение, кожа, жара, жвало з - коза, земля, знамя, ферзь, перевязь и, й - виток, сейчас, игра, мина, лейка к - скопление, круча, окалина, яблоко л, м6 - лимузин, пламя, сметана, кровля н - гланда, мина, сноб, Кришна о7 - см. "в"

Eat some more of these fresh French breads bread rolls, and drink some tea. bar, cancer, saklja, shawl cathedral, fragment, throw, flask, beater, cross-bow property, crowbar, capacity, field, family, my, whipping top, stake loach, profit, Liege, robber, calving, entrance fence, hillock, shaft, orgy singing, seed, hedgehog, babbling, wild boar burning, skin, heat, mandible goat, earth, banner, queen (chess), baldric coil, now, game, mine, watering-can cluster, steep, cinder, apple limousine, flame, sour cream, roof tonsil, mine, snob, Krishna see "в"

¹ - a house in the highlands of Caucasus. Russian explanation.
² - an instrument used to call people to churches before the bells came into use
³ - a children's toy
⁴ - ACTUALLY, you may always write these letters as in the previous example when the following are л, м and я. (That is why I have given two variants for every word in this line, yet I find the first of them more legible.
It is up to you to choose. (Moreover, if you look closely at my other posts - I write it this way and that, it is not a mistake).
⁵ - one of the shafts used to harness a horse. On the picture, they are on the floor, left and right of the pig.
⁶ - ATTENTION - you should always make this little "curve" while you start writing л and м - don't be too lazy (I have seen numerous Russians who don't, don't follow this bad example).
⁷ - ATTENTION - when you write this letter and attack the next one, using the first - lower variant of connection - don't hesitate to make the connecting line a bit too long - better more space than not enough.


Who will tell me what I have omitted?

UPD: Picture corrected, thank you oryx_and_crake

Comments

[ex-roumor.livejournal.com]

lol actually you write better than me

[kehlen-crow.livejournal.com]

If you only knew how much time it takes to write this way. Usually I write much much worse ;)

[oryx_and_crake]

Сьешь - wrong, it is cЪешь (please note that the purpose of this sentence is to use all the letters of Russian alphabet at least once, therefore if you misspell съешь, it, besides being a grammar error, defies the sentence's purpose)

[oryx_and_crake]

for the same reason, you should not omit мягких or же. Otherwise the sentence will not contain all letters of the alphabet.

[oryx_and_crake]

P.S. французская булка - bread roll

[kehlen-crow.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Mistakes corrected.

(I always misspell the words with "ъ").

[oryx_and_crake]

Could you correct the Russian text of your entry, too, please?

P.S. било, besides a standalone instrument, can also mean the bell's tongue.

[kehlen-crow.livejournal.com]

Sure. I was in a hurry, so forgot to do it.

As for the second remark, thanks again, but as I said, only one of the meanings of the words are mentioned in translation.

[apollotiger.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

(If only people took the time to write this legibly all the time—this is some of the rare cursive in Roman or Cyrillic alphabets that I can actually read!)

[kehlen-crow.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I understand you. While I can understand many French handwritings it still is a pain in the neck.

[katierinka.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And here's the example I use for teaching foreigners how to write in cyrillic: http://www.pompeev.ru/Images/fonts_4_04a.gif

[kehlen-crow.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I will include it in the very last post on the topic. Yet I think you will admit that reading several words with the same letter helps.