Jordan Jonas
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that I thought in a lot of ways was richer than English. It's a very rich language. I remember there was a comedy act in Russian, but he was saying, you know, one word you can't have in English is, meaning like, I didn't drink enough to get drunk, you know, that type thing.
But it's just that you can make up these words using different prefixes and suffixes and like blend them in a way that is quite unique and interesting and honestly would be really good for poetry because it also doesn't have sentence structure in the same way English does. Yeah.
But it's just that you can make up these words using different prefixes and suffixes and like blend them in a way that is quite unique and interesting and honestly would be really good for poetry because it also doesn't have sentence structure in the same way English does. Yeah.
But it's just that you can make up these words using different prefixes and suffixes and like blend them in a way that is quite unique and interesting and honestly would be really good for poetry because it also doesn't have sentence structure in the same way English does. Yeah.
but slightly different. You could, like, and it would change the meaning if you took ya out and just said lublu tibia.
but slightly different. You could, like, and it would change the meaning if you took ya out and just said lublu tibia.
but slightly different. You could, like, and it would change the meaning if you took ya out and just said lublu tibia.
There's like a different emphasis or maybe, or ya tibia lublu or something, you know, like all these different. Or just tibia lublu also. Right, exactly. So it is rich, and it was interesting coming from an English context and getting a glimpse of that, and then wondering about all those Russian authors that we all appreciate that, oh, we actually aren't getting the full deal here.
There's like a different emphasis or maybe, or ya tibia lublu or something, you know, like all these different. Or just tibia lublu also. Right, exactly. So it is rich, and it was interesting coming from an English context and getting a glimpse of that, and then wondering about all those Russian authors that we all appreciate that, oh, we actually aren't getting the full deal here.
There's like a different emphasis or maybe, or ya tibia lublu or something, you know, like all these different. Or just tibia lublu also. Right, exactly. So it is rich, and it was interesting coming from an English context and getting a glimpse of that, and then wondering about all those Russian authors that we all appreciate that, oh, we actually aren't getting the full deal here.
yeah for sure and i've definitely seen that on like you know and if you listen to i think it probably was a putin speech or something and you just see that oh wow something major is being lost in translation you can actually see it happen i wouldn't be surprised if that wasn't the case with the you know that whole greatest tragedy is the fall of the soviet union that i hear him being quoted as saying all the time i bet you there's
yeah for sure and i've definitely seen that on like you know and if you listen to i think it probably was a putin speech or something and you just see that oh wow something major is being lost in translation you can actually see it happen i wouldn't be surprised if that wasn't the case with the you know that whole greatest tragedy is the fall of the soviet union that i hear him being quoted as saying all the time i bet you there's
yeah for sure and i've definitely seen that on like you know and if you listen to i think it probably was a putin speech or something and you just see that oh wow something major is being lost in translation you can actually see it happen i wouldn't be surprised if that wasn't the case with the you know that whole greatest tragedy is the fall of the soviet union that i hear him being quoted as saying all the time i bet you there's
Something in there that's being lost in translation that is interesting.
Something in there that's being lost in translation that is interesting.
Something in there that's being lost in translation that is interesting.
I'll just say that that was the tangibly the hardest part about learning the language is that humor comes last. And you have to wait that whole year or however long it takes you to learn a language to be able to start...
I'll just say that that was the tangibly the hardest part about learning the language is that humor comes last. And you have to wait that whole year or however long it takes you to learn a language to be able to start...
I'll just say that that was the tangibly the hardest part about learning the language is that humor comes last. And you have to wait that whole year or however long it takes you to learn a language to be able to start...
getting the humor you know some of it comes through but you miss so much nuance and it and and that was really difficult in interaction with people to like just be the guys you know when when there's humor going on and you're totally oblivious to it yeah everybody's laughing and you're all yeah trying to laugh along what do they make of you