Category Archives: Русский
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Здесь были мы
Leave a commentJuly 30, 2013 by anelim
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Half-life (период на полуразпад)
Leave a commentJuly 16, 2013 by anelim
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Follow the Moskva, Down to Gorki Park
Leave a commentMay 25, 2013 by anelim
Turns out there is a Gorki Park cafe in Berlin. I sat in it last night, therefore it exists. It …
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Sprachlos in Berlin (nicht mehr)
Leave a commentMay 24, 2013 by anelim
Sprache ist mehr als blut. (Franz Rosenzweigs, zitiert in Victor Klemperers “LTI”) Das Russische Wort für “deutsch” ist немец [nemetz]: …
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Classic Accordeon Virtuosos in the Berlin…Metro
Leave a commentMay 15, 2013 by anelim
A few months ago, at Potsdamer platz, a pair of amazing musicians left me and my fiancé speechless for half an hour. …
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Urban Berlin
2May 1, 2013 by anelim
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Migrant dreams
6April 29, 2013 by anelim
Had a weird dream last night. I was talking to a friend (not sure which one) about nostalgia for home. …
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Linguistic question!
3February 28, 2013 by anelim
Chat échaudé craint l’eau froide Once bitten, twice shy Парен каша духа … Как по-русски? … Weiss jemand von euch, …
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Back to my third home (with hedgehogs)
Leave a commentJanuary 8, 2013 by anelim
As I get off the airport bus, I see the TV tower at Alexanderplatz lost somewhere high above, in the …
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revolution in my head
Leave a commentDecember 3, 2012 by anelim
I really have to keep consciously labelling everything I hear as either “German” and “French” in that French class. I …
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Russen und Deutschen
Leave a commentNovember 10, 2012 by anelim
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Ears, tongues, and teeth (or Phones, languages, and dentists).
Leave a commentNovember 5, 2012 by anelim
Today I made my first (short) phone call entirely in German. It wasn’t easy, so I’m proud! The first thing …
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Ne me quitte pas
Leave a commentOctober 11, 2012 by anelim
Even in Berlin, I still love Regina Spektor! This evening’s soundtrack included several versions of her lovely song Ne me …
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Words
Leave a commentOctober 10, 2012 by anelim
Last week I rode on a bus and didn’t have a book to read, so instead I remembered what I …
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My language (‘Foreign wife elegy’)
Leave a commentOctober 5, 2012 by anelim
(thanks RG) My language has its own world where he doesn’t know how to live, but he should learn my …
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Berlin reminds me of…
Leave a commentSeptember 18, 2012 by anelim
Did a friendly pixie leave a glass of water by my bedside? I’m thankful for the water, almost floating in …
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n days in Berlin 