У кого-то есть совет мне? - Does anyone have any advice for me?

[red-kitti.livejournal.com]

Вчера я узнала что я буду жить с русской семьей на два месяца в этой осенью. У кого-то есть совет мне??? Я xочу быть xороший гость и ничего не досадного делать... (Я не когда не жила в России; я бывала там раньше но только туристом.)

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Yesterday I found out that I will live with a Russian family for two months this fall. Does anyone have any advice for me? I want to be a good guest and not do anything annoying. (I have never lived in Russia; I've only been there before as a tourist.)

I'm particularly interested in polite things to say... (Also, should I use Вы with younger members of the family?)

Some weight-related issues

[oryx_and_crake]

(inspired by the discussion started by red_kitti)

Russian words for gaining weight are потолстеть/растолстеть (from толстый meaning fat) and also поправиться.

Russian word for losing weight is похудеть.

An overweight person is called толстый or полный (-ая).
А slim/thin/skinny person is худой (-ая) or стройный (-ая).

It is interesting that поправиться also means "to get well", and худой is a synonym for "bad". Most often you see it when you use the word хуже (worse) which is one of comparative forms for худой. Also there are proverbs:

Худой мир лучше доброй ссоры
A bad agreement is better than a good quarrel.

Добрая слава лежит, а худая бежит
The good reputation stays put; the bad reputation spreads around.

Please note that полный also means "full" or "complete".

It is clear that our ancestors identified body mass with health and thought that a thin person is sick or missing something.

Makes you think, eh?
:-)

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[red-kitti.livejournal.com]

Someone posted something in my journal that I don't exactly understand...

Can anyone tell me what this might mean?

"никем не отслеживается"

I'm not finding the verb in my dictionary (otherwise, I probably would be able to figure it out on my own).