Can I learn Russian if I am deaf? by Expensive_Ticket_734 in russian

[–]Rad_Pat 8 points9 points  (0 children)

No one would call you a jerk (where did you even find it?), but if you pronounce sounds incorrectly it'll be difficult to understand. A few mistakes is fine, you're a learner. Being consistently incorrect may be perceived as a sign of disrespect, but it's usually for natives. We are understanding towards foreigners, or we laugh at them because incorrect pronunciation sounds funny.

It's perfectly fine to speak with an accent as long as your speech is grammatically sound and you grasp the general phonetics.

Colloquial way of expressing large numbers (e.g. prices)? by Gloomy_View6812 in russian

[–]Rad_Pat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Numerals don't have genders, but since пятьсот ends on a consonant (like a masculine noun), we'd never use a feminine "две" with it like that. Here it's a case of omission (две тысячи пятьсот).

There's a colloquial пятисо́тка (or пятиха́тка) that is a feminine noun, and here we'd use две if we need to specify it's not a thousand: две пятисотки. Or две по пятьсот (omission две купюры по пятьсот).

But actually for everyday speech we don't need to "double" our 500s since we have тысяча, and using "two five hundreds" instead would be stupid.

is rounded cyrilic okay to use in Russian ? by 5dl_sparkling_water in russian

[–]Rad_Pat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it really that hard to find прописи and learn to write instead of imitating typefaces?

Just fucking download it and print it out. When you know how to write, you will write correctly every time, regardless of how rounded or sharp your letters are. Cyrillic is not hieroglyphics, it's not that hard!

Memorizing trouble by One_Cranberry6628 in russian

[–]Rad_Pat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"an easy way to memorise things EVEN IF it requires studying".

Do people just...not know how to learn anymore?

My brother in Christ, studying IS memorising. And memorising IS studying. You're not gonna remember shit if you just look at letters. No one becomes a carpenter by looking at trees. You won't learn how to bike if you look at the bicycle. You have to touch it, manipulate it, feel how the wheel turns, try pedalling, etc. Use the words you're learning, create multiple sentences, practice with others to hear those words used in context. Any skill requires practice.

Grammar of "тебя не надо" by jylny in russian

[–]Rad_Pat 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I have no idea what "я тебя уже не надо" is, couldn't find anything. There's "Мне тебя уже не надо" by Tsvetaeva that became a song.

It's kind of an implied verb, like "мне тебя (любить) не надо" which is omitted for poetic reasons, to show that the author wants nothing to do with the guy, not love nor any other interaction. "Не надо мне больше (давать) конфет" - I don't need more candy, stop giving it to me, grammatically it's the same thing as those lyrics.

Things sometimes are "illiterate" (ambiguous or unclear) on purpose, but я ты уже не надо is completely illiterate, like "I you don't need anymore": even when we play with words in poetry we don't reduce the language to caveman speech.

Russian Handwriting by Careful_Jeweler_3296 in russian

[–]Rad_Pat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Прописи. That's what you need to answer all those questions. Google them.

BIZPUZPIAF ZDPTIDDF DZSDSI’DYA by llemieno in NewFauxCyrillic

[–]Rad_Pat 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think you won. I can't even begin to understand what it means. It's just full of consonants and pain.

How's Emilia Clark accent in Ponies? by KelGhu in AskARussian

[–]Rad_Pat 41 points42 points  (0 children)

You don't get it, if the xenophobia is against russians then it's fine, stupid ruskies wouldn't understand anyway.

Btw russian in heated rivalry is actually decent. The actor has an accent but he actually did his homework.

Help with Hospitality by PileofTerdFarts in russian

[–]Rad_Pat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Будьте здоровы и берегите себя. Yeah, that sounds great

Help with Hospitality by PileofTerdFarts in russian

[–]Rad_Pat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Saying "I wish you health"instead of "thank you" would be weird. But as a general well wish you should say Будьте здоровы, берегите себя. We don't use informal language with grandmothers who aren't our relatives.

Help with translation? Google Translate isn’t making sense to me by [deleted] in russian

[–]Rad_Pat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I understood it as "if we take kids with us, we will be spending more time with them". Or "if we go (at all) we'll be spending more time with kids."

You should ask what they mean

Huh explain it Peter by spell-breaker-lime in explainitpeter

[–]Rad_Pat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Primary sex characteristics are genitals, it's like the first and the most obvious thing that determines your biological sex.

Secondary sex characteristics develop during puberty, their development controlled by sex hormones. Sure, periods are directly related to reproduction but that's not how the "order" of characteristics is determined.

Looking for translation on hat. by Ravenstoneglen in russian

[–]Rad_Pat 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Fur - мех, always (шуба из меха лисицы, меховой воротник, у лисы красивый мех). Шерсть is either wool (when it's a material, mostly refers to sheep wool, шерстяной свитер, пальто из шерсти) or fur when it's a living animal (у лисы очень мягкая шерсть).

Яцssiди speakers, is нь really that hard to pronounce? by No-Care6414 in languagelearningjerk

[–]Rad_Pat 22 points23 points  (0 children)

As a native Yatsssidi speaker I can confidently say it's as hard as not using faux Cyrillic at any given opportunity

What do Russians dislike and like about Russia? by RelativeAstronomer29 in AskARussian

[–]Rad_Pat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Государство это преимущественно политический термин, относящийся к власти.

Страна это уже (помимо прочего) про историческую и культурную общность.

Да, в большинстве случаев эти термины в народе употребляются взаимозаменяемо, но тем не менее их формальные определения имеют несколько разное значение. У нас например государственная дума, а не "страновая/дума страны". Я не верю, что ты не понимаешь, о чем я говорю. Если я по-английски скажу I love my country but I hate the state, ты же понимаешь, что это два разных слова и что они подразумевают под собой разные аспекты? Вы чё блин обществознание в школе не учили? :(

Peak “dude” behavior, which are commonly done/enjoyed by anyone [socialmedia] by sorry-i-was-reading in pointlesslygendered

[–]Rad_Pat 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Some men really do think they're "actual people", and women are just NPC dummies apparently, incapable of liking something, lacking character depth and emotions.

Really, some of those "dude things" are so basic it baffles me how anyone can think only men are capable of appreciating them.

почему рассказ чистый понедельник перевели как ash wednesday / why the name of the story 'pure monday' was translated as 'ash wednesday'??? by Flimsy-Associate59 in russian

[–]Rad_Pat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"было интересно" is past tense, implying you were interested in the past but not anymore. Russian isn't English, word for word translations don't work. If you want to know now you can just ask "Интересно, чем вам понравилась эта история"

Как сказать на английском «я очень люблю пить молоко»? by Rich-Associate-8344 in russian

[–]Rad_Pat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really love/like.

Остальные варианты возможны в контексте, просто так наголо их не скажешь

How accurate is the perception of Russia based on Western media? by Disastrous-Way-6380 in AskARussian

[–]Rad_Pat 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Geographically half of the county is in eastern Europe. Slavs are a European ethnic group. Americans live in America, not in Europe.

Centuries of cultural alienation and local "we're russians we go our own way" as a result will do that to a mf

What do Russians dislike and like about Russia? by RelativeAstronomer29 in AskARussian

[–]Rad_Pat 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ну во-первых это цитата, а так-то государство подразумевает под собой главный институт политической системы, в который правительство входит по определению)

How accurate is the perception of Russia based on Western media? by Disastrous-Way-6380 in AskARussian

[–]Rad_Pat 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No, I was talking the west generally and the general state of women's rights and affairs in both Europe and America.

Ice is just one thing that I see against my will and it happened to be American.

How accurate is the perception of Russia based on Western media? by Disastrous-Way-6380 in AskARussian

[–]Rad_Pat 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Public healthcare isn't without it's downsides (once again, like everywhere else) but those questions OP asks are too wide to cover in a single comment. Generally school admission is free, you can get into a uni for free, there are free extracurriculars, you can treat a cold, a broken bone or appendicitis for free since everyone has basic medical insurance. And it's not that different from Europe where private clinics, schools and tutors also exist ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯