Russian Language and Culture

grandfather-дедушка(dedushka)

MiG-29 cost about $11 million.

Я не знаю русский язык - Ya ne znayu russkiy yazik

this is how you pronounce it -

ya ne ZNA-yu RUS-skiy ya-ZIK

they have a funeral and when the funeral is done the parents and family go out for supper. After supper they go out drinking. They can also bring lots of alcohal to the grave or cemetarry. when they are almost passed out another relative comes and picks them up and takes them to his/her house.

Befana is an old woman who delivers gifts to children throughout Italy on Epiphany Eve (the night of January 5). She is similar to Santa Claus. There is no Russian word for Befana, since this is an Italian custom.

ёж - 'yozh' with a short 'o', as in yacht sound.

Many of the countries in Asia and Eastern Europe have wildly different languages, and people need to be able to communicate with each other for political and commercial reasons. Thanks to the former Soviet Union (also the simple fact that Russia is geographically close to a lot of these countries), Russian became the lingua franca as opposed to some other language spoken in the region such as Polish or Uzbek.

they speak awesome.

Vodka is such an indelible and integral part of Russian culture that the spirit's name was taken from the Russian word for water, voda. (The addition of the "k" is a diminutive, so, vodka actually means "little water.")

Check out this definitive Russian Vodka guide. It's got all the info on what Russian vodka's are the best, where they are distilled, and what they are made out of.

http://russianwomenblog.hotrussianbrides.com/page/The-Definitive-Guide-to-Russian-Vodka.aspx

Hi the colour "pink" means "lesbian" in russian culture

Чай , Ponounced chaye or smth

Russian people love the pork.

Sleep in the grave is spelt like - спать в могиле

Sounds like - spatʹ v mogile

Шах и мат (shah i mat).

Mama and papa

Xiu Xi / 休息 can be translated to 'rest' as in to take a rest or relax.

Wu Shui / 污水 can be translated to 'contaminated water'.

Her Imperial Highness, or in direct contact, Your Highness. (this form of address for the Four Romanov Girls- all Grand Duchesses. ) Czarevna- roughly Imperial Princess or Crown princess- Daughter of the Czar also applied to these Ladies. one interesting bit of protocol, Special Agent Dimitri was correct in addressing Anastasia as ( Your Grace) as she was ( alone fo the Romanov Sisters) Underage at the time of the massacre. ovger l8 she would be (Your Highness) Under l8 (Your Grace) Your Grace is the standard form of address for a regular (not Grand or Imperial) duchess such as the Duchess of Bedford ( missing since l937) Turns for l00 M.P.H., Your Grace! made an interesting speed command!

Russian astronauts return to earth using space capsules.The space capsules have a parachute on it like the early NASA capsules.

It means publicity, or openness. When Mikhail S. Gorbachev (1931-) became general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in March 1985, “perestroika” (“restructuring”) and “glasnost” (“openness”) programs resulted in changes to the economy , internal affairs and international relations.

7 for large cities (10 with area code)

6 for smaller cities(10 with area code)

5 for towns (10 with area code)

Vrata smerti, Врата Смерти

The Russian word "Prikol" in literal translation means to spike through.

But in folks language it means "a joke" or "something funny".