Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Cyrillic--Some Fun Russian Words

Here are some Russian words I have learned that I like.  Are they useful?  maybe.  Some words are just fun.
1. шоколад-Shocolad-chocolate
2. банкомат-Bankomat-ATM
3.  машины-Machina-car
4.  кошка-Koshka-kittycat
5.  птица-Pititsa-bird
6.  картофеля-Kartoshka-potato
7.  велосипед-Vilocipyet-bike
8.  икра-Ikra-caviar
9.  fotoaparat-camera

Chocolate was the first word we learned, by transliterating each letter from the ingredients list on a bag of cookies we bought at  a Hamtramck Polish/Eastern European Market.  It was an easy one, phonetically the similar.  In learning a new language, my thought is always start with learning food words; you have the motivation of not starving wherever you go.

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