I am really enjoying my adventure into the Russian language.
I find the words for animals are very pretty.
Bird is птица which sounds like peteetsa
to western ears. The word for
deer оленъ is a woman’s name in
Britain, that is Eileen. The little bee
is пчела which roughly sounds like
another name, Petula. What a happy thing to turn off the T.V. and spend some
time on something as worthwhile as learning another language. My chances of meeting a Russian speaker are
not great where I live, deep in the countryside, but no doubt I could do
something about this if I really tried. Just as I had written this I went off
to discover if I could watch Russian T.V. online and found Kino 1 TV.RU. That
is not quite like talking to someone face to face but I think it might well
help me. I seem to be falling in love with Russia. So far it is with its history and
language. I know little about modern day
Russia. That is a further area to
explore.
First of all thanks to Fat Prophet for your interest. I see from your blog you are having trouble commenting. To get back to my assessed service. Criticism albeit constructive is harder for some to take than others. I felt a little crushed after my assessed service but then remembered I had recorded it on my dictaphone. I listened to it all through and although my assessors were quite right about me speaking a little quickly and rushing from item to item, I was actually very pleased with the content of my sermon and how I presented it. So I have decided to take heart. I highly recommend other trainees to record your services. You can hear your good points and your bad and there is no argument about it, it is all caught on the recorder.
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