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Alexey

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Re: Random Friendly Messages Episode X

I SEE THE R WORD.

I'll take it to the next level:

Россия является привлекательным, я буду воровать его от зимы. *crosses fingers that Bing did it's job*

a) "Россия является привлекательным" - genders are messed up. "Россия" is feminine, while "привлекательным" is masculine/neutral. The correct would be "привлекательной". Not only that, the adjective "привлекательный", while being translated as "attractive", usually suggests sexual attractiveness except where context is VERY clear
б) "Я буду воровать" translates as "I will be stealing". Not a big deal, you'll say, but in Russian it suggests that you will be locked into the process of stealing, or that the only thing you care about is said process. If it's the result you want, you should say "Я украду его у зимы" or "Я сворую его у зимы"
 

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a) "Россия является привлекательным" - genders are messed up. "Россия" is feminine, while "привлекательным" is masculine/neutral. The correct would be "привлекательной". Not only that, the adjective "привлекательный", while being translated as "attractive", usually suggests sexual attractiveness except where context is VERY clear
б) "Я буду воровать" translates as "I will be stealing". Not a big deal, you'll say, but in Russian it suggests that you will be locked into the process of stealing, or that the only thing you care about is said process. If it's the result you want, you should say "Я украду его у зимы" or "Я сворую его у зимы"

Well, that's what I was going for with the adjective. Although I don't know if I could somehow make Russia male, because it's rendering to the character, not the country. I seriously doubt that however such a process isn't possible in Greek which uses a similar gendering for countries.

I actually think that's what I typed in on the English end, so it would make sense to come up that way on the Russian one. XD
 

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a) "Россия является привлекательным" - genders are messed up. "Россия" is feminine, while "привлекательным" is masculine/neutral. The correct would be "привлекательной". Not only that, the adjective "привлекательный", while being translated as "attractive", usually suggests sexual attractiveness except where context is VERY clear
б) "Я буду воровать" translates as "I will be stealing". Not a big deal, you'll say, but in Russian it suggests that you will be locked into the process of stealing, or that the only thing you care about is said process. If it's the result you want, you should say "Я украду его у зимы" or "Я сворую его у зимы"

Well, that's what I was going for with the adjective. Although I don't know if I could somehow make Russia male, because it's rendering to the character, not the country. I seriously doubt that however such a process isn't possible in Greek which uses a similar gendering for countries.

I actually think that's what I typed in on the English end, so it would make sense to come up that way on the Russian one. XD

Then you need "Россия привлекательный, поэтому я украду его у зимы". If "Россия" is the name of the character rather than the country, then the gender of the character is what matters
 

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Yes, very good!

Россия привлекательный, поэтому я украду его у зимы! This was way too much hassle for a joke
 

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Why is my name lowercase? Or are you referring to winter? Winter finds Russia sexy???
 

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Why is my name lowercase? Or are you referring to winter? Winter finds Russia sexy???

I kinda assumed it was about the season.
Otherwise it's "Россия привлекательный, поэтому я украду его у Зимы"
 

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Hello. I came up late, as promised :((
 

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Zexy, hello!
 

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Hey, Zeems!
Indeed, I will be able to bend time if I become a pretty powerful wizard!
become time-bending wizard
 

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If I was a wizard I would purposefully be late just to prove that wrong
 

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No, a wizard is never late
[video=youtube;HvWCnqY-GWQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvWCnqY-GWQ[/video]
 

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I love the time 13:37.

Best time.
 

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battling sometime sounds like a nice idea
 

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I should really get back into shiny hunting.
 
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