Nice learning material. Clear examples.

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

The only cause why we cannot use it here is that this wonderful Russian textbook is for Japanese learners...
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/223/503176913_a9efb2151a_o.jpg

:)

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[nadyezhda.livejournal.com]

Why does it use 'zhe' in "Eto zhe prazdnik"? Is it an emphatic participle there?

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

Exactly. It's like, "normally I don't buy vodka, but Heck, it's a celebration, after all!" :)

[towarysc.livejournal.com]

Же is an analogue to German 'doch' or French 'donc', but unfortunately has no analogue in English... I usually translate it with 'why' when I have to (Why, it's a holiday!) but I don't know whether it works properly here.

Offtopic

[vakhitov.livejournal.com]

I remember a super-funny Cold war-era Russian textbook with verses like "наше-то дело - бетон". Do you by chance know where to download it?

Re: Offtopic

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

Go ahead:
http://aurinko25.livejournal.com/48505.html

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[vakhitov.livejournal.com]

Thanks a lot!

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[miconazole.livejournal.com]

How do loafers live?
At work, they steal pencils.

Hahaha! :))

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[oryx_and_crake]

http://www.belomors.ru/russian/lipson.htm

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[vakhitov.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much!

[sibir-muzhyk.livejournal.com]

Look at this
http://home.catv.ne.jp/ss/izuru/az/

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

Nice writing in English... "To already become in December is good"... I wonder how accurate their Japanese translations are!

[sibir-muzhyk.livejournal.com]

The Artificial Intelligence

on a "russian" page of chinese automobile site:
Trunk capacity is 110 gals - Багажника емкость 110 девочек

[serialcondition.livejournal.com]

ROFL

it strangely addictive is

[towarysc.livejournal.com]

Btw, why is vodka black???

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

Must be the Japanese idea of vodka... at least, some sorts of non-distilled Chinese rice vodka, huangjiu, are dark brown!
BTW this could be not just plain vodka, but a наливка - those, in fact, can be of a wide variety of colors, from whiskey-like golden to almost black or deep brown.

I'm only kidding, of course. I have postitvely no idea why vodka is portrayed black here :)

[towarysc.livejournal.com]

She's a liar, then!
(just so you know, I'm informed about the color of nalivka not worse then you are :-P )