I've taken private Russian lessons here in Rio de Janeiro. Most of the Russians don't speak English, but where I'll work, English is the main language. I won't stay at work the whole time, so, learning Russian is necessary.
I remember my first day at "Instituto de Cultura Eslava" (Slavian Culture Institut) that I wouldn't have problems learning Russian because there are some words that sounds Portuguese - my native language. But some of the words I learned so far I learned in English, but what they mean changes in Russian. Check it out:
Most - Bridge
Glass - Eye
Machina (Machine) - Car
Rradio - Radio
Magazin (magazine minus e) - Store
List - Leaf
And to make me even more lost in translation, Russians use the cyrilic alphabet. This is subject for the next posts, because I'm 2 lessons to complete learning the Russian alphabet.
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