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[clownshoes.livejournal.com]

Having some problems with review questions for my Russian Culture final. Hoping someone here can help.

Translate and describe the cultural concepts beyond the literal meanings of these words/expressions:
тоска, душа, духовность, друг/дружба, одну минуточку

I know that душа is spirit, духовность is spirituality, друг/дружба is friend/friendship, and that одну минуточку is "one minute" (and I assume that this is referring to the Russian's emphasis on the event, not the actual time that the event starts... the meeting is at 7; a Russian will arrive around then... I don't care if you guys think this is acurate or not, the teacher said it's how it is, and I won't disagree with her on the final). However, I do not know what тоска means and what it entails.

How is the Russian attitude toward celebration of the New Year's Day different from the American way?

List 2-3 Russian proverbs, and how do they tell us about cultural values?

What words/expressions do you konw in Russian that express Russian culture and are hard to translate into other languages?

I figured to just pick бит (sp?) for this one, but if anyone knows another, please let me know.


Thanks guys.

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[clownshoes.livejournal.com]

"Byt."

[joliecanard.livejournal.com]

быт