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#AtoZChallenge – Y is for Ya ne ponimayu

Posted on April 28, 2012September 16, 2012 By tmycann 1 Comment on #AtoZChallenge – Y is for Ya ne ponimayu

I don't understand peopleMy penultimate A to Z blog challenge post. What a month! Doing 26 posts in a month seems like a mini NaNoWriMo–but I’m pleased with the background bits I’ve been able to share about Dust to Blood.

So today’s post reverts to language study, and another one of the very early phrases any beginning student learns: “Ya ne ponimayu” … “I don’t understand.”

When I did a Google image search for this phrase, then, I discovered some wit in Russia captioned this adorable cat picture with “Ne ponimayu ya lyudey” … “I don’t understand people.”

While we’re at it, I want to say “Thank you (very much)!” (in Russian: “spasiba” Спасибо!) for everyone who has been following along. I hope, someday, to also be able to say “You’re welcome!” (in Russian: “pazhAlusta” пожалуйста!) for sharing some basic Russian phrases with you and helping you explore a small corner of this fascinating culture.

Since Russian is the 8th-most-spoken language in the world, with an active population of 144 million speakers, some of these phrases might actually come in handy sooner than you might think.

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Comment (1) on “#AtoZChallenge – Y is for Ya ne ponimayu”

  1. zencherry says:
    April 29, 2012 at 4:25 pm

    OOOOOO but I love it when you speak Russian! 😀 Love the pic too. 🙂

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