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[kittydesade]

Маленькие девочки имеют богатые воображения, и маленькие девочки которые предоставлены dfgsjkdfhsgk;djfsgh fuck everything. Так нет сюрприз, что была маленькая девочка кто меняла мир навсегда.

Была только десят лет, и маленькя для её возраста. Она прожила всей жизнь в одной комнате, но большей комнате, полную игрушек и красивых платьев и все что маленькая девочка хотела. Она надо только спросить для что-нибудь и оно появлялось в её комнате на следующий день. Она имела даже репетитор, свободный голос (...or... no, because 'voice' is masc therefore all gender markers should be masc even if neuter pronoun might be more appropriate. That's why you got corrected in the first place, self, you know this.) что говорил ей и учил её из книг. Но была нет дверь, и одно правило был что она нельзя никогда открить коробку.

Когда она была маленькая, не открить коробку было легко. (yes, neutral, instincts right the first time) Она имела много вещи для свои занимания, и она была довольная с её игрушками и её уроками. Но как она выростла, коробка становился более интересная, и шептала о всех изумительных вещах внутри. (tbc when I get home)


Haven't done that for a couple of days both because it's been really busy at work (we're down two people and argh) and because I've hit that point again where every time I look at what I've done I'm convincing myself I suck at this and I'm never going to be any good at it and just go ahead and quit now before you try to speak Russian to someone and embarrass yourself. I hate this stage. It's basically level grinding. Also I hate this stage because I hate feeling bad about myself, but doesn't everyone?

One correction at a time. Seriously. There is no need to scream, throw your hands in the air, and give up on everything, self. No table flipping just because you didn't understand how to properly phrase a single fucking sentence.

(How I ever got through school without getting kicked out for either dropping classes when I got annoyed with them or for getting violent when frustrated I'll never know. Maybe it's just me in isolation.)

I did at least get the first draft of this week's Gods and Monsters done, which means tonight is edits and dime novels and tomorrow is all dime novels. If I get all my edits done. I've definitely hit the Gods and Monsters boggy middle part, which is sad because this should be the exciting end. And yet, not so much. The last uphill push of the boulder? Anyway, that'll be done soon, and then I can get back to freaking out about what happens when Black Ice goes live. Fun stuff!

... I think I need to rewatch Night Watch or something.

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[kikibug13]

That first paragraph is why some expression that sound good in English just become too cumbersome in other (especially Slavic) languages. It's not just you.

Она надо только спросить -> you're switching tenses here. Надо is present, the rest of the narrative is past. That's why I corrected it. :)

The voice thing is correct, now!

YEP, definitely much better. The neutral gender sneaks in when you don't suspect it, but, yes on instincts. That's why reading helps, gets you to have a feeling for what sounds right and what doesn't. But watching the movie probably will help, too!

[kittydesade]

I need to straighten that out at some point. I started with the first edit, thought I had figured it out, went on to the second edit and became mightily confused.

... oh damn. I missed that one. ... Come to think of it, that's past tense in the English too, so what on earth was I thinking. Or reading.

Anyway. No, yeah, my brain is too fried tonight for something that requires focus. But! Reading will be for tomorrow and Friday, aaand. I should probably put in page numbers, too, for accountability. (I read from [place] on page 1 to [place] on page 3, for example.)

[kikibug13]

*snugs * Plural makes things weirder, that's all.

And it happens! ANd mmm accountability. :D I hope reading does work out.