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[kittydesade]

... Apparently that was all she wrote for Russian review. Huh. On the one hand, ARGH PASSAGE TOOK FOREVER. On the other hand, woot, I can now read and comprehend, roughly, with a dictionary to hand, a short passage in Russian?

... holy shit. I can.

Um. Next chapter!


(Astrisks beside the ones I know already)
отец - father
сын - son
дядя - uncle
дедушка - grandfather
внук - grandson
брат - brother*
двоюродный брат - cousin
племянник - nephew
муж - husband

мать - mother*
дочь - daughter
тётя - aunt
бабушка - grandmother*
внучка - granddaughter
сестра - sister*
двоюрная сестра - cousin
племянница - niece
жена - wife

родители - parents*
дети - children

Professions! Based on pictures. This ought to be fun, considering the ambiguity of some of the pictures the last time they did this.

врач - doctor?
учитель - teacher
учительница - teacher
секретарь - secretary
медсестра/медбрат - nurse? (... that's the first time I've ever heard it called that...)
учёный - scientist?
бизнесмен - businessman
музыкант - musician
художник - artist
программист - programmer
зубной врач - dentist (mouth doctor? teeth doctor?)
архитектор - architect
писатель - ... writer?
менеджер - manager
инженер - engineer
фермер - farmer
библиотекарь - librarian (interesting how most of the words for library and librarian are biblio-something... except in English)
журналист - journalist
продавец/продавщица - ... shop clerk? they look like they're selling girl scout cookies
домохозяйка - homemaker/domestic
бухгалтер - bookkeeper/accountant?
юрист - lawyer


Oof. And now work. Thank god for long weekends. Even though I don't get one, I'm still working on Friday, as far as I know.