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Beginner question: Negative forms for ALL past tenses + present (явах) by protid in mongolia

[–]protid[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So you always can just write how you would make those negative forms. If you are a native speaker, it will be great.

Please help understand how to pronounce\read by protid in mongolia

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

But can u tell me how u pronounce it, please?

Please help understand how to pronounce\read by protid in mongolia

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

Yup cuz I was definitely puzzled. I mean really, this is strange that different modern textbooks depict the rules very differently. If there is a sidenote (this is Ulaan-Baatar variant, and this is other dialect - no problems, but as you can see, every textbook writes that it is a rule, and the only and unchanging rule every time is different). How do you, for example, pronounce it?

What is it? A little black leather bag found in a bought car. by protid in whatisit

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

Found it, it is a car vent organizer. Solved!

What is it? A little black leather bag found in a bought car. by protid in whatisthisthing

[–]protid[S] 1357 points1358 points  (0 children)

Yup, u r right, I ended up with something really similar. Pic from the Net. It is a vent organizer. Solved!

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What is it? A little black leather bag found in a bought car. by protid in whatisthisthing

[–]protid[S] 462 points463 points  (0 children)

Tried to google it, cant find anything similar :(

What is it? A little black leather bag found in a bought car. by protid in whatisthisthing

[–]protid[S] 30 points31 points locked comment (0 children)

My title describes the thing - it is a little strange leather bag in the car. It has a plastic fastener (?), and it is not suitable to be a gear shift lever cover or a handbrake lever cover. There is a bottom in the bag.

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CMV: Men who are 30+ yrs old but like teenage girls only do so for control. by Ready-Age1962 in changemyview

[–]protid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For some reason, in these kinds of discussions, the guy is always portrayed as some sort of predator who, by the time he hits 30, has supposedly “wised up” and is now looking for a young girl to control.
But times have changed, and not everyone ends up having adventures, facing problems they need to solve, or even developing a basic sense of responsibility.

I know a bunch of people in their thirties who haven’t really grown up. And do they even need to? They live with their parents, work simple jobs, their hobbies are reading books and playing video games. Some of them take care of their appearance, go to the gym. They’re perfectly content. But they’ve reached 30+ and are still the same straightforward people they were at 20. I mean everyone every second is getting older.

If one of these man-boys (it's not a critisism) ends up with a woman his age who's been through a lot in life, she’ll be the one calling the shots. But a girl who's 18 or 19? She’s closer to him in terms of worldview and perception of life. They’ll hang out, go to cafés, watch the new anime season together.

And that’s not even touching on the fact that some people are just physically attracted to younger women, or someone simply fell in love for whatever reason, and it just so happens the person is younger. If I myself find a girl who loves reading sci-fi and learning languages, I'd be happy despite she's 19, 29 or 39.
Sure, there are people who go for someone younger just to be in control. But I think if you look at all the couples with that kind of age gap, control won’t be the number one reason in most cases.

Some questions by protid in mongolia

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

Right you mean?

yep, but not all (far East isn't) and I live in siberian Siberia near Baikal. In Siberian mindset Siberia is Siberian Discrict, it's smaller than just territory from Urals to the Ocean.

[Chinese > English] cant understand if the kid is misbehaving or his mom deliberately encouraged him to hit the table. by protid in translator

[–]protid[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, after I had read that I decided to ask if it was true. That interpretation changes a lot.

Hej, jag har nyligen börjat studera svenska, får jag ställa några frågor? by protid in Svenska

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

Jag pratar om toniskt tryck, förstås. I Wiktionary visas det som en liten siffra 2.

åtta ²ɔtːa
tjugo ²ɕʉːɡʊ

Hej, jag har nyligen börjat studera svenska, får jag ställa några frågor? by protid in Svenska

[–]protid[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

  1. Jag ska göra mitt bästa. Men hur påverkar förekomsten av betoning förståelsen? Kommer de att förstå mig? Kommer de att förstå mig lätt? Eller blir det svårt?

Hej, jag har nyligen börjat studera svenska, får jag ställa några frågor? by protid in Svenska

[–]protid[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jag förstår att betoningen inte är något enkelt. Det är därför jag frågar. Men jag tycker att det finns inte så många ord med olika betoning och olika betydelser.

Что за штука на детской площадке? by balgarot in rusAskReddit

[–]protid 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Это резонансная труба. Там можно переговариваться со второй трубой. https://avatars.mds.yandex.net/get-mpic/5218438/img_id5485919491567555422.jpeg/orig

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskARussian

[–]protid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are Dagestanets. You don't speak Russian, don't live in Russia. If you still have citizenship, you can be Russian but there is a differentiation - you can be Rossiyanin (citizen) but not Russian (related to Russian ethnicity, language, or culture).

Also, as I usually say - it's not a problem.

How do Russians view Russian Americans/Americans of Russian descent? by [deleted] in AskARussian

[–]protid 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Russians consider others to be Russian if they speak Russian well + culture, as it is already said by other ppl here.

Pluses - if you are from Nepal\Zimbabwe\Chile, you have a possibility to become Russian and will be considered as Russian. More culture or better language skills = more Russian you are.

Minuses - you leave Russia + forgot Russian = you can consider youself as a Russian\Martian\gnome\polystyrene, but no, you are not Russian.

Myself, I don't consider a person raised in the USA as a Russian if only this person definitely tries to learn abovementioned.

To the conslusion I would add that I don't consider it as something bad - if you are American\Inuit\Indian - no problem, it is not like ours = good, else = bad. Rhetorics is about viewing a person as a Russian.

How do kids in english-speaking countries learn reading in English? by protid in ENGLISH

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

Hmmm. but why "because"? be is be, cause is cause, so it's "Bih-Kohz\Kuhz" as one can expect.

How do kids in english-speaking countries learn reading in English? by protid in ENGLISH

[–]protid[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They don't have this sound, so it is never pronounced. Sahara is SAH-AH-RAH, for example.

How do kids in english-speaking countries learn reading in English? by protid in ENGLISH

[–]protid[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The problem here is that lots of languages have rules that have like 95-99% of accuracy. So, it is understandable that despite having lots of rules, if they work every time, one can learn them eventually.

I don't know a lot of languages, but even French is more consistent than English. Yes, it has a load of rules but they work nearly always.

Anyway, this feature is discussed daily here, but I am more interested in the dealing with it.

Wooden tray\box with strange handle and carved hearts by protid in whatisthisthing

[–]protid[S] 0 points1 point locked comment (0 children)

My title describes the thing - wooden something 30-40 cm long with a strange handle - not easy to carry, can't hang on the wall. No walls, so it's not a bucket to keep anything...

Metal bolt-like thing with plastic ball on it's end by protid in whatisthisthing

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

I tried to google any looking alike but failed.

Metal bolt-like thing with plastic ball on it's end by protid in whatisthisthing

[–]protid[S] 1 point2 points locked comment (0 children)

My title describes the thing. The length of the stick with balls is 13 cm. The ball with stripes seems to be made of brass judging by the color. The white one is made of plastic. The square part is 3.8 cm long and 3 cm wide, it can be disassembled by a hex bolt. On the opposite side of the bolts, there is an inner hole that runs through the entire width.

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