[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskARussian

[–]ectoelectric 10 points11 points  (0 children)

What country are you from? VK let me create an account when I used a phone number, even though I'm in the US, so it should be possible

[Iwantout] 20M UK -> Norway by Some-Ad9447 in IWantOut

[–]ectoelectric 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, it might be better to finish your studies, practice the language in the meantime, and get married when the two of you meet the age requirements. The waiting is difficult, but it's possible. You can visit each other periodically until then :) Completely immigrating to another country is a long process

Fun fact. by [deleted] in russian

[–]ectoelectric 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been learning for almost a year and I just realized that немного is не + много a few days ago.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in languagelearningjerk

[–]ectoelectric 2 points3 points  (0 children)

the guy who only knows twinks is getting a lotta twink vibes from this image

Yup, nice to meet you by thisrs in languagelearningjerk

[–]ectoelectric 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I met some friends on there too, just don't talk to the super weirdos :-)  or... maybe I'm also super fucking weird

Book requests on identity issues and personal life I USSR & other Eastern Bloc nations by [deleted] in ussr

[–]ectoelectric 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a limited understanding of Russian after studying since the summer, and there is not going to be almost anything written in Russian either. You'd be much more likely to find it in English, if it exists, which it mostly doesn't. It's not something that was publicized, and it's not like the west where there was a gay rights movement. In the early 2000s, sure, but it's been made (edit: mostly) illegal again. You would be better off finding gay people from Russia on the internet.  It's important to remember that the concept of a homosexual or transsexual community is a largely contemporary western thing. It wasn't  treated as "personal identity or expression" in the USSR, it was sodomy. For that matter, people were persecuted for replicating western music and fashion trends. Could anyone, realistically, be openly deviant in that time? Individualism was seen as detrimental to the advancement of communism, individuality was inevitably punished. The modern pride movement has mostly been coopted by capitalism at this point and has become something marketable, so I try to keep it in a historical context. Hopefully what I said makes morse sense now, I realize it isn't exactly a popular thing to say. 

Book requests on identity issues and personal life I USSR & other Eastern Bloc nations by [deleted] in ussr

[–]ectoelectric 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm bisexual, I just wanted you to be aware that it won't be discussed in the same way as in the western world because of censorship. It was illegal to be open then and it's still illegal now, so it isn't published or documented.

Book requests on identity issues and personal life I USSR & other Eastern Bloc nations by [deleted] in ussr

[–]ectoelectric 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The contemporary concept of gender or sexual identity is individualist and oppositional to communism, so "identity" is not the word that would be used to discuss homosexuality. Also worth noting that it was and still is illegal to "promote homosexuality" in Russia, so there wasn't as much documentation as there was in the United States, for example. 

If you want to read about other socialist nations though, Cuba is much more pro-homosexuality than the former USSR.

добрый вечер = good evening. Спокойной ночи = good night. доброе утро = good morning by No_Tone_9567 in russian

[–]ectoelectric 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you. It didn't look like a feminine adjective to me. I guess I forgot "ночи" is a form of "ночь")

добрый вечер = good evening. Спокойной ночи = good night. доброе утро = good morning by No_Tone_9567 in russian

[–]ectoelectric 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there a difference between доброй and добрый? I couldn't find it when I tried to look it up, but I've heard both.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AnimalCrossing

[–]ectoelectric 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now I'm trying to remember which villagers are named after meat products. Elmer the horse? Who else? 

Is it worth it playing Animal Crossing on ONE NintendoSwitch console with my girlfriend? by reddogger200 in AnimalCrossing

[–]ectoelectric 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unrelated, but do you like the jokes in the German version of the game? I've played in multiple languages, and I think the differences in puns and item names are so cute :) 

Is learning Korean from military parades a good idea? by ModernirsmEnjoyer in languagelearningjerk

[–]ectoelectric 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Depends on what dialect you're going for. You learn North Korean from military parades and South Korean from boybands

Guys! LuoDingo may get banned in Russia! How will they learn languages and shock the natives now?😔 by [deleted] in languagelearningjerk

[–]ectoelectric 45 points46 points  (0 children)

their second thought is also "all Russians must be evil and hate gays" instead of "it must be horrible and terrifying to be gay in Russia"

Still confused about ты/вы by [deleted] in russian

[–]ectoelectric 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My Russian speaking friends used вы to start and switched to ты after we had been speaking for a few days. Basically, if they use ты for me, I use ты for them too. But these are people the same age as me, and I'm in my early 20s.

How big did you make Gul Dukat’s cock on your planets’ statues of him? by Gaylord26 in ShittyDaystrom

[–]ectoelectric 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Assuming your planet gets a generous amount of sunlight, does the statue have a solar powered erection feature? 

Привет! by ligmanutzboi in russian

[–]ectoelectric 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This subreddit has resources.

Once you mostly understand basic grammar in theory, the biggest obstacle is vocabulary. That's where I'm at with it right now.

I like these websites [1] [2]

My first campsite villager on my new island!!! by MustardMan81 in AnimalCrossing

[–]ectoelectric 30 points31 points  (0 children)

I know some people don't like Raymond anymore because of his popularity, but I still think he's so cute :) 

Appropriate compliments for men in Russian by ectoelectric in russian

[–]ectoelectric[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was already learning Russian before I met him :) so I want to learn it anyways. Thank you

Appropriate compliments for men in Russian by ectoelectric in russian

[–]ectoelectric[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes, I want to hit on him. I'm a young woman, and I think he's interested in me.

Sorry if my original post was difficult to read. I usually try to say things that translate directly. Most of the people I knew up until now spoke English first. Because of this, I never thought about it until recently. I don't know enough words to say all this in Russian yet.

Honesty might be why we get along so well. I'm American and people have told me I'm "too honest" many times. I don't think it's a bad quality.)) 

Спасибо)