I can understand. The most important is not of being in couple Lady, it's to be HAPPY "Il faut mieux être seul que mal accompagné" Lafontaine

QuoteOriginally posted by: trackstarIf I tried to get any closer, they would fly away.i've the same problem with women

Well ok, I lied a little bit - most of the time I am the bird that is flying away. No gilded cages for me!But you seem to live two lives edouard - some days you are married and other days you are waving the bachelor 4ever flag.I guess that is fairly common in France.

QuoteOriginally posted by: trackstarWell ok, I lied a little bit - most of the time I am the bird that is flying away.do you say that because of the many times i come and knock on your front door ???

You get the award for the being the worst gossip on Wilmott. I have never met a man who is so into rumor mongering before.Hmmm maybe you are not a man...

QuoteOriginally posted by: trackstarYou get the award for the being the worst gossip on Wilmott. I have never met a man who is so into rumor mongering before.Hmmm maybe you are not a man...jajajaja (spanish laugh)then gossip is by girls ?and, what if (like ppauper) i was an automate ? that reminds me a serious questioning (worths a new thread ?)how do english natives 'feel' as learning a languages that distinguishes between feminine and masculine. is that hard to catch that the french "guerre" (war) is feminine (war is a girl?) or that the spanish "libro" is masculine.i have wondered that since the time i had studied the german language. german have a third gender that is neutral (using das). and i remember i had difficulties to 'catch' that the german woman is neutral (das Mädchen) whereas the french "femme" is feminine. once again i hope that i don't sound insane asking that

Madchen is for a young woman, Frau is for a mature woman and she is Die Frau - feminine.It did not bother me to learn the genders of nouns, but they are sometimes hard to remember and I'm sure that non-natives speakers make lots of mistakes.Still, people understand. I suppose it is a bit like our "a" and "the". "A" is general: "A dog ran on the beach." "The" is more specific: "The dog ran on the beach." A little closer to (pointing to) this dog or that dog.But our Russian friends often omit the article completely."Red dog named Marx ran on beach."I still know what the Russky is saying.

Russian with Amy

QuoteOriginally posted by: CuchulainnRussian with Amynot so easy !

QuoteOriginally posted by: edouardQuoteOriginally posted by: CuchulainnRussian with Amynot so easy !For French speakers I think the words would be hard to pronounce? It's very phonetic.

Try Russian with zerdna. He doesn't cut you any slack at all!

QuoteOriginally posted by: trackstarTry Russian with zerdna. He doesn't cut you any slack at all!It would be nice to have online course from Zerdna in Russian. Count me in. I need a refresher. I would like to get to the stage where I can read Dostoyesvsky "Brothers Karamazov". May I remind you we have a learning Russian thread.

QuoteOriginally posted by: CuchulainnIt would be nice to have online course from Zerdna in Russian. Count me in. I need a refresher. Excellent idea - I will sign up too!Here is a primer on the Cyrillic alphabet:The discussion that I had with him concerned transliteration.

QuoteThe discussion that I had with him concerned transliteration.I think we should try to avoid and concentrate on learning the letters in situ. Someone posted this once Maybe native speakers can comment on its appropriateness..

Here is a nice Russian poetry website:From the Ends to the Beginning: A Bilingual Anthology of Russian VerseNot a huge collection, but some great poets and the translations are side by side with the originals. (In Cyrillic!)