Tim MakMay 1, 2024

Good morning to readers; #Kyiv remains in #Ukrainian hands.

There are moments in our lives that unexpectedly become pivotal.

Like when Alessandra learned there is no word for privacy in #russian making her think about how each #language carries the different culture of its people...

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The words private or personal do exist in Russian, but the idea of privacy, a private, secretive realm each person has a right to, does not.

Alessandra realized that it wasn’t organic to Russian society, shaped by almost a century of communal living.

May 1, 2024 at 2:44pmWeb
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This is what led Alessandra to study #Russian - she wanted to expose her assumptions about the world. But it was hard to enjoy studying Russian: late nights trying to memorize participle endings and despite memorizing the rules finding there were endless exceptions to them.