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<?xml-stylesheet href="/style/rss/rss_feed.xsl" type="text/xsl" media="screen"?><?xml-stylesheet href="/style/rss/rss_feed.css" type="text/css" media="screen" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Clipmarks | gazco's clips</title><link>http://clipmarks.com/clipper/gazco/date/2008/5/11/</link><feedUrl>http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/gazco/date/2008/5/11/</feedUrl><ttl>15</ttl><description>Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!</description><language>en-us</language><item><title>Language of the week: Russian</title><link>http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/FA29C7AB-C593-43FD-A633-7293ED71EB52/</link><description>&lt;b&gt;clipped by:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/gazco/"&gt;gazco&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;clipper's remarks:&lt;/b&gt;  I wanted to start this new blog to help people who visit other countries and cultures to get the best out of those places. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;A knowledge of a language, however small, always helps you an incredible amount when visiting another country. &lt;br&gt;&lt;div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"&gt;&lt;div style="background-color:"&gt;&lt;div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Clip Source: &lt;a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://languageoftheweek.blogspot.com/2008/05/russian.html" title="http://languageoftheweek.blogspot.com/2008/05/russian.html"&gt;languageoftheweek.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;A href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/flags/rs-lgflag.gif"&gt;&lt;IMG border="0" alt="" src="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/flags/rs-lgflag.gif" /&gt;&lt;/A&gt;Welcome to the first entry of Language of the Week! The first language is Russian. Below, you will see basic phrases , first in English, how they are pronounced in Russian, and how the are spelt using the Russian alphabet, Cyrillic. The letters in bold on the pronunciations are ones that are pronounced with emphasis. For a clearer view of the Russian characters, click on each word in Russian for a larger view.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Hello    (&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Zdr&lt;SPAN&gt;a&lt;/SPAN&gt;stvui&lt;SPAN&gt;)        &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_pUPdZ4s0Enw/SCb1QIWQGJI/AAAAAAAAAAU/X9zmcMEKlj4/s1600-h/zdrastvui.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199112477313341586" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_pUPdZ4s0Enw/SCb1QIWQGJI/AAAAAAAAAAU/X9zmcMEKlj4/s320/zdrastvui.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Goodbye    (&lt;/SPAN&gt;Da Zvid&lt;SPAN&gt;a&lt;/SPAN&gt;niya&lt;SPAN&gt;)    &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_pUPdZ4s0Enw/SCb4f4WQGKI/AAAAAAAAAAc/nL8NpTCzmgA/s1600-h/da+svidaniya.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199116046431164578" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_pUPdZ4s0Enw/SCb4f4WQGKI/AAAAAAAAAAc/nL8NpTCzmgA/s200/da+svidaniya.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;What is your name?          (&lt;/SPAN&gt;Kak teb&lt;SPAN&gt;ya&lt;/SPAN&gt; zav&lt;SPAN&gt;u&lt;/SPAN&gt;t&lt;SPAN&gt;?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_pUPdZ4s0Enw/SCb5rIWQGLI/AAAAAAAAAAk/ZBWsHYch13Y/s1600-h/kak+tebya+zavut.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199117339216320690" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_pUPdZ4s0Enw/SCb5rIWQGLI/AAAAAAAAAAk/ZBWsHYch13Y/s200/kak+tebya+zavut.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;I am called...    (&lt;/SPAN&gt;Meny&lt;SPAN&gt;a&lt;/SPAN&gt; zav&lt;SPAN&gt;u&lt;/SPAN&gt;t&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;...&lt;/SPAN&gt;) &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_pUPdZ4s0Enw/SCc-N4WQGNI/AAAAAAAAAA0/w5gSWuNef-4/s1600-h/menya+zavut.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199192703007463634" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_pUPdZ4s0Enw/SCc-N4WQGNI/AAAAAAAAAA0/w5gSWuNef-4/s200/menya+zavut.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Yes    (&lt;/SPAN&gt;Da&lt;SPAN&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_pUPdZ4s0Enw/SCc-vYWQGOI/AAAAAAAAAA8/lO_gZA30Wak/s1600-h/da.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199193278533081314" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_pUPdZ4s0Enw/SCc-vYWQGOI/AAAAAAAAAA8/lO_gZA30Wak/s200/da.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;No    (&lt;/SPAN&gt;Nyet&lt;SPAN&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_pUPdZ4s0Enw/SCc_NoWQGPI/AAAAAAAAABE/ZTWMdGx0H4I/s1600-h/nyet.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199193798224124146" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_pUPdZ4s0Enw/SCc_NoWQGPI/AAAAAAAAABE/ZTWMdGx0H4I/s200/nyet.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Thank you (&lt;/SPAN&gt;Spas&lt;SPAN&gt;i&lt;/SPAN&gt;ba&lt;SPAN&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_pUPdZ4s0Enw/SCc_0oWQGQI/AAAAAAAAABM/nzYWWHNkkOc/s1600-h/spasiba.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199194468239022338" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_pUPdZ4s0Enw/SCc_0oWQGQI/AAAAAAAAABM/nzYWWHNkkOc/s200/spasiba.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Please / You're Welcome (&lt;/SPAN&gt;Pazh&lt;SPAN&gt;a&lt;/SPAN&gt;lusta&lt;SPAN&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_pUPdZ4s0Enw/SCdAZIWQGRI/AAAAAAAAABU/k-yxdD1qst8/s1600-h/pazhalusta.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199195095304247570" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_pUPdZ4s0Enw/SCdAZIWQGRI/AAAAAAAAABU/k-yxdD1qst8/s200/pazhalusta.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"&gt;Tags: &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/language/" rel="tag"&gt;language&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/blog/" rel="tag"&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/blogs/" rel="tag"&gt;blogs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/countries/" rel="tag"&gt;countries&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><clipSource>http://languageoftheweek.blogspot.com/2008/05/russian.html</clipSource><pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 20:04:29 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>