My browser extension was supposed to turn that into a kitty!

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thanks for the laff, DFW

A BA-bushka in a ba-BUSH-ka.

Bábushka is a little old lady, and a babushka is the kerchief.

While the ч in "конечно" is pronounced as a "tch" as a stand alone letter, at the end of an unstressed syllable, it goes soft and is pronounced like a "sh." An unstressed "o" is pronounced like an "a" too..........

Therefore, the word "конечно" is really pronounced "kan-YESH-na" in Russian.
But keep it up! It's a start, and shows you've got the initiative. Most people don't even get that far!

And not interrogate real Russians.

And most of it was in various highly formatted military message types although where you really learned things was when folks just started chit chatting and gossiping because they were bored.

exchange! Delight in the subtleties of language! Can't get enough of that.

конечно is translated by google as "Certainly of course naturally" in a way that implies OK, no problem .... to dismiss.
But this misses the very significant idea "I agree"............ кон is cognate with com.. as in 'com' munication , community, conclave = together

кон- and com-. The proto-Slavic root кон- means "final" or "last"; the implication in конечно is "that's the end of it."

Had fun with that as a youngster. Knew both languages, not well, but with no one to talk to…faded away.
Understood enough to know when I was in trouble and try to defend myself to the laughter of the elders.

Hansel and Gretel? K&R

How are you going?

I'd certainly want to bundle him into a big oven.

Made it to a local rally last Saturday, which was energizing. Several women I met said they had felt so alone, and I was happy to say firmly, “You are not alone.”

That and a couple of other things I’m doing have been beneficial for my state of mind. Hope the same for you

“ Falls diese Oma bei dir klingelt und nach Eiern fragt
nicht aufmachen”-

If this grandma rings your doorbell and asks for eggs-

Don't open.

"Man muss Eier haben um Deutschen zu sprechen !"

“The poor German children have no eggs? What does he mean there?”

“You have to have balls (slang usage of ‘eggs’) to speak to Germans”

Witch hunt.

Hansel and Gretel saved themselves.

Yuck 😿

and yikes! I CAN'T UNSEE THAT!

😂😀

He went back down the stairs laughing so hard I was worried he would trip..

Ugly inside AND outside.