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[kittydesade]

Но пришла пора панельных пятиэтажек -- и дворы съежились, полысели, когда-то степенные дворники сменили пол и превратились в дворничих, считавших своим долгом отодрать за ухо расшалившихся мальчишек и укоризненно выговорить вернувшимся пьяненькими жильцам.
Then the age of five-story sectional housing arrived and the yards shriveled and became bare. The yard keepers who had been so grave and staid changed sex and became yard women who regarded it as their duty to give mischievous little boys a clip around the ear and upbraid residents who came home drunk.
But arrived the time of the five story panel [housing] -- and the courtyards shriveled, became bare/bald, sometime/at some point the sedate yard keepers changed[gave way] sex and turned/transformed into yard women, considering [it] their duty/debt?/duty to thrash? the ear of [misbehaving; colloquialism? Do I need a better dictionary?] young men and reproachfully pronouncing/lecturing returning drunk(en) tenants. OI LONG SENTENCE IS LONG AND COMPLICATED.


It's really funny to translate from the Russian to the English and see how many words the English translation added. And how much context got packed into the Russian.

Argh bank. The good thing is, I was super-efficient about my workout and my shower and everything else today. The bad thing is, that's a long-ass complicated sentence so being super-efficient still didn't help with the getting Russian done. For that sentence I probably needed the absolute full hour. And not to go off babbling on a context-unpacking spree in chat oops.

Still and nonetheless, it is still easier to understand the damn language. This makes me incredibly happy you guys you have no idea. And for those of you just joining us, yes, I am this weird. I learn languages for fun, because the way words fit together fascinates me (also why I write) and because it amuses me to be able to talk to ALL THE PEOPLE EVER. And play with other languages. Words are my sandbox! I want to collect all of them and fling them around in the air and make new castles and ... um.

Yeah, I'm just gonna go to the bank and stop cackling at you guys.

Comments

[kikibug13]

Dude, I remember when I opened Small Gods and could understand, albeit slow and laborious. And yes, so far so good.