So, Russian is great. Have I said that already? Because it's really great. Russian grammar time! (It's funnier than it sounds, trust me)
In Russian, to possess something requires the genitive case of a noun. This changes the word to mean "of the word". For example, Batman in the genitive case is Batmana "of Batman". This gets better when you see that the Russian word for poster is Vatman. So, a poster belonging to Batman is a 'Vatman Batmana', a "Poster of Batman". As you can see, that's a wee bit ambiguous. Is it Batman's poster, is it a poster with Batman on it? Never fear! Russian has found a way around this!
In order to remove the confusion, we can turn Batman into an adjective, "Batmanski".
This means that Batman's Batman poster is "Batmanski vatman Batmana"!
And this is why I love Russian!
I decided I'd write another poem as well:
Where, o where is thy salvation?
Across the many waters, a rising nation
A land of promise for thy sons
But the strife and wars, already begun
Fly for your life from a brother's sword
For thee and thy house, thou wilt serve the Lord
Raise up a people in truth and power
and look for salvation in every hour
Now their armies are gathered, innumerable host
Clash on your borders like waves on a coast
But scatter them quickly like night before day
and remember you fathers who showed you the way
Rise up false prophet and call for a sign
Mix lie with truth in cunning design
Now fall to your knees, your falsehood is done
and witness The Christ, God's own Son
Stop in your hunting, kneel now in prayer
Wrestle for freedom from evil's snare
And ask not for yourself, but for love of your brother
For salvation that comes with great care from another
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Whoever guesses what story is being told here gets 15 Missionary points, redeemable in 2 years for like... a piece of chocolate or something... I dunno.
Anyway, things are going pretty great here! Our district is awesome!
Slava Ukraine!
I'm loving his poems! This one is obviously about Nephi, but I'm not certain he's the central character. I hope someone else has some ideas. I'm still studying it (:
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