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Come on, we're used to people not bothering to learn those forms... we have our own immigrants!

It's hellishly difficult, I admit that. The grammar is just mad. I haven't mentioned the fact these numerals are in fact declined - so they have different forms (ALL OF THEM!!!) depending where they come in a sentence.

Well, honestly, unless we find a way to upload a programmed Russian version, people will have to do with incorrect Russian here. My programming skills are non-existent!

Ok, if in English you have one table and two, three, ten, hundred tables, in Russian you have to play a different game. A basic form of table is 'stol' (no articles in Russian) 1. So if you have one table, you have 'odin stol' - one table, then from 2 to 4 you have 'dva stola, tri stola, chetyre stola', from 5 to 10 you have 'pyat stolov, shest stolov, sem stolov' 2. From 11 to 20 you only have 'stolov' form. 3. Then come 21 tables - 'dvadtsat odin stol' (since it contains that word 'odin'), 22-24 tables (dva, tri, chetyre) - dvadtsat dva stola etc., 25-30 - dvadtsat pyat stolov. Then you put into a loop: 31 tables - 31 stol, 43 tables - 43 stola, 67 tables - 67 stolov etc. Right up to 111 4. Then 111-120 you get 'stolov' again 5. After which you enter the loop at point 3: 121 stol, 144 stola, 189 stolov Now this makes life difficult with the translation, because you've got to program the correct forms for replies, for instance if there are 1471 of them it's 'otvet', if there are 4362 of them, it's 'otveta', if there are 6787 or 5111, it's 'otvetov'. The numerals 1 and 2 also have gender forms...

I think Hydro might have heard about the antics of numerals in Japanese, but the niceties of numeral agreement in Russian are quite entertaining too - and those were new. The thing is that translating the site is turning out to be difficult because of those.

Someone's got to teach you to live with the trashbag pants... (hint: you can change your own status)

You're forgetting the noun forms after numbers in Russian

Мы всегда идем ногу в ногу со временем!

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Wow, is that a new combination from Gaby?

Я что-то не вижу всей...

There's an easier way

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I'd imagine they're close to the present Chopin, but I'd have to see and compare to see if it is truly so.

I think it might be good to include what Yulia thought about the two performance of Chopin we've seen so far, so I translated that. The translation can be found here:

Sorry for interrupting such an animated conversation with such trivialities, but with Yulia's permission, I translated what she had to say about Chopin's choreography, as it stands now: Right after Makuhari: "I love the beautiful step sequence after the 3A exit before the entry into the jump combination (which I hope will be worked on and refined). All the musical accents have been reflected not just in the arm and body movement, but skating moves as well. The axel is still sandwiched (counter – 3A - [change of edge] counter]" "A short summary of the step sequence (as much as we can see from the video). The pattern remained the same. But the first cluster of difficult turns (on the right foot) is quite different from the previous version of the Ballade and if shifted to the start of the SS. There are only two clusters of difficult turns (I think that either Jeff and Yuzu will work on that or they adjusted the SS in compliance with the latest changes in the rules – it’s only the first executed cluster on either leg which will count in as a difficulty feature). A new exciting mini-sequence of steps and turns have emerged – could that be a place for the third cluster? – bracket on the left foot, chasse, then rocker and bracket on the right foot. All the steps and turns counting in are distributed evenly along the pattern and they alternate with figure skating elements (the thing I love was the Ina Bauer with the arms raised before the second cluster)". "This program feels more mature. He’s not rushed in it. Just as the music doesn’t have any superfluous moments, Yuzu’s skating doesn’t have any superfluous moves." After Makuhari and Kobe: "A short summary of what we saw in Kobe and Makuhari. The entry into 4Lo in both shows got ‘longer’ (if one compares it with the entry into 4Lo in LGC) and changed its trajectory not only because of smaller rinks, but to fit the timing. He added two backward power three turns just before the spread eagles – and I think he did it so that the entry steps and the jump itself would fit the musical phrasing. You can see the entry trajectory in the picture below. What struck me right in Makuhari is the renewed skating choreography in the middle of the program starting from the exit of the sit spin right to the entry of the jump combination. This feligree of steps and turns (which includes quite a few of difficult ones) includes his favourite 3A which is fitted in so seamlessly that it creates the illusion of a jump in the middle of the step sequence. I don’t believe we will see anything comparable in difficulty and flow of moves from one element to another among the top-tier skaters. There’s an interesting balance of sit spin positions with the foot change. The difficult leg-forward spin on the left foot is done in two positions (the cannonball or shoot the duck spin and a difficult variation of the position both over three revolutions). His incredible musical arms don’t stop working during the sit spin. In today’s broadcast I took special note of the wide embracing arm movement when he took the free leg after the camel spin changing into the A-spin in the last spin combination. It fits the music perfectly. The pattern of steps and turns in the step sequence hasn’t changed since Makuhari. He probably doesn’t need to change it. The step sequence and the combination spin after it is the musical culmination of the program and are done so fast that the risk of mistakes increases. But I’m sure Yuzu will execute those to the maximum level and GOE – especially after we’ve seen the power and pizzazz of LGC. The arrow in the first picture shows the position where Yuzuru does those backward power 3turns. after that you've got 'кораблик" - spread eagle. The second picture is the two sit spin variations on the left foot.

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Свой человек - я о том же...

Я пока еще нет - мне больше Бетховен в зубах завяз... с 9 симфонией.

Ладно, я тогда буду время дополнительно здесь озвучивать...

Тогда странно!

а какой часовой пояс стоит на профиле?

все, мы вычислили, что ты из часового пояса Екатеринбурга...

На нашем календаре стоит 11.30...