Journal 95
Monday - 11-29-10
Today started as every Monday does -- too early! I was off to my day of class at the university, doing most of the same-old, same old. Though Tamara Evgen'evna was right when she'd guessed that I wouldn't have written anything for class that day... (Last Wednesday, she'd suggested that I start writing all of the sentences/fuller ideas that we' hae been putting together, based on the subject matter we have been going over.)
In class with Galina, reading, "The Brothers Karamazov," aloud, I was pleasantly surprised to discover the verb, "mankirovat'" -- which is essentially the French verb, "manquer" (mahn-kay) -- which means, "to miss," or,"to be missing." She said that it was an older verb, very literary -- but I didnt care; I'm probably going to start using it all the time, and start confusing a fair number of Russian people... Just because it's a little piece of French for me...
[Update - Well, I did just that -- start using the verb, that is; and Galina was right! Almost everyone I used it with was like, "What?" Muwah ha ha! Gotta love it when a foreigner tells a native speaker a word in their own language. =^__^= '']
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I was supposed to have a lesson with Roma, with Vitaly tonight, but I got a message from Roma that said Vitaly had cancelled our lesson... =>_<= I obviously wasn't too thrilled about that one. I only had two lessons last week (one alone, and one with Roma), so, of course, I am starting to worry myself again... And that's not even taking into account the fact that I haven't actually spoken with Vitaly myself, since I was at my last lesson... Not good... I kept trying to find out from Roma why Vitaly cancelled our lessons, but either he never heard me, or he didn't know himself - so I never found out either.
Roma and I still practiced however, and it wasn't a bad evening of things. I even heard one of my favorite Cha Chas again tonight! Though, it's awful cruel -- I think this is a song that doesn't really "exist," so to speak. Which is to say, that I have recorded some of the lyrics in order to do an internet search for the song, and I have found NOTHING!! It's very frustrating!! I'll try again tomorrow though... I am determined to find this song!!! Ha ha ha!
Artëm loves my cookies. (I brought some to dance.) He he he!
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