The Cyrillic Alphabet
We love it when your email and comments ask us questions. This reminds us of things we want to tell you. Kathie C asked, "Can you speak Russian now?"
Da! That means "yes" and the true answer is "no" which looks like "he" in Cyrillic and sounds like "knee-ette" in English. Peggy can manage about 30 words of vocabulary. Bob is much better. It would take a lot of study to get the hang of this language. We are pleased that we can do transliterations of the alphabet: 31 letters including hard and soft marks that change the sounds. Not to mention the change of intonation depending on which of the 10 vowels follow which consonants. Eeekkk!
These are some signs in Novosibirsk and Akademgorodok.
First: Novosibirsk logo
Second: House address
Third: Memorial path sign
Fourth: Zoo entrance
This web-site, signs in Russian, shows 100 signs in Russian with hints as to translations. They are fun to see.
Da! That means "yes" and the true answer is "no" which looks like "he" in Cyrillic and sounds like "knee-ette" in English. Peggy can manage about 30 words of vocabulary. Bob is much better. It would take a lot of study to get the hang of this language. We are pleased that we can do transliterations of the alphabet: 31 letters including hard and soft marks that change the sounds. Not to mention the change of intonation depending on which of the 10 vowels follow which consonants. Eeekkk!
These are some signs in Novosibirsk and Akademgorodok.
First: Novosibirsk logo
Second: House address
Third: Memorial path sign
Fourth: Zoo entranceThis web-site, signs in Russian, shows 100 signs in Russian with hints as to translations. They are fun to see.
posted by Peggy W at Thursday, October 19, 2006
1 Comments:
It looks like the second sign might say "Akedemgorodok" - according to the first couple letters. Correct?
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