CollectA 2009/2010 catalogue

Many thanks for the scans, Martin!!!

By the way, I find the name "Koala na strome" very funny - in Russian thieves' talk "na stryome" means staying alert while other members of the criminal group are doing a crime action

Kiryuha wrote:

Many thanks for the scans, Martin!!!

By the way, I find the name "Koala na strome" very funny - in Russian thieves' talk "na stryome" means staying alert while other members of the criminal group are doing a crime action

oh my... i think many people around the world are taking my language and russian language in the same box our actors in US movies are always russians
But for the rest of our members "Koala na stromě" means "Koala on the tree"

MartinH wrote:

oh my... i think many people around the world are taking my language and russian language in the same box our actors in US movies are always russians
But for the rest of our members "Koala na stromě" means "Koala on the tree"

:) In Ukraine the Czech language is known for having some funny words for our ears. For example, are there such words in Czech as "padlo" and "litadlo"?

yeeeah "pádlo" (paddle) means big ear and "letadlo" (plane) means somebody with big ears but... in a good way :)

MartinH wrote:

yeeeah "pádlo" (paddle) means big ear and "letadlo" (plane) means somebody with big ears but... in a good way :)

And in Ukrainian "padlo" means "rascal". And "letadlo" just sounds funny - "letat'" means "to fly".

...Thank you very much, Martin! We are still not have Collecta catalogue in Russia. As the Czech language is Slavic too as Russian, I understand almost all words! Thanks!
...Especialy I liked "koala na strome" ("striom" in Russian criminal slang is "be on the alert"), "sova palena" ("palenyi" is "burned" and in Russian criminal slang is "disclosed"...)

MartinH wrote:

yeeeah "pádlo" (paddle) means big ear and "letadlo" (plane) means somebody with big ears but... in a good way :)

... and "padlo(a)" in Russian criminal slang is "bastard, son of a bitch"...

Kiryuha wrote:

MartinH wrote:

yeeeah "pádlo" (paddle) means big ear and "letadlo" (plane) means somebody with big ears but... in a good way :)

And in Ukrainian "padlo" means "rascal". And "letadlo" just sounds funny - "letat'" means "to fly".

cool :) you speak czech :)

Sergey wrote:

...Thank you very much, Martin! We are still not have Collecta catalogue in Russia. As the Czech language is Slavic too as Russian, I understand almost all words! Thanks!
...Especialy I liked "koala na strome" ("striom" in Russian criminal slang is "be on the alert"), "sova palena" ("palenyi" is "burned" and in Russian criminal slang is "disclosed"...)

really? Thats funny

Sergey wrote:

MartinH wrote:

yeeeah "pádlo" (paddle) means big ear and "letadlo" (plane) means somebody with big ears but... in a good way :)

... and "padlo(a)" in Russian criminal slang is "bastard, son of a bitch"...

how do you know criminal slang?

THanks for these Martin, they're great!

MartinH wrote:

Sergey wrote:

MartinH wrote:

yeeeah "pádlo" (paddle) means big ear and "letadlo" (plane) means somebody with big ears but... in a good way :)

... and "padlo(a)" in Russian criminal slang is "bastard, son of a bitch"...

how do you know criminal slang?

...It,s frome some films and books about it theme. It,s wide-known facts...

...By the way, it,s really the many same words:

(novelty) Czech - "novinka" - Russian - "novinka"
(elephant african) - (C) "slon africky" - (R) "slon afrikanskiy"
(rhinoceros white) - (C) "nosorozec biely" - (R) "nosorog belyi"
(moose) - (C) "los" - (R) "los"
(bear grizzly) - (C) "medved grizzly" - (R) "medved grizzly"
(wolf) - (C) "vilk" - (R) "volk"

....and etc. ...................

Sergey wrote:

...By the way, it,s really the many same words:

(novelty) Czech - "novinka" - Russian - "novinka"
(elephant african) - (C) "slon africky" - (R) "slon afrikanskiy"
(rhinoceros white) - (C) "nosorozec biely" - (R) "nosorog belyi"
(moose) - (C) "los" - (R) "los"
(bear grizzly) - (C) "medved grizzly" - (R) "medved grizzly"
(wolf) - (C) "vilk" - (R) "volk"

....and etc. ...................

Well, I must say, Polish language is similar to both Czech and Russian. It's not strange because it's the same group of languages. But when I try to understand Czech language while Czech friends speaking it's not very easy to understand-much easier is reading for me. But names of animals are very very similar indeed

And I need to say: thank You Martin for showing CollectA catalog here. Děkuji :)

Sergey wrote:

...Especialy I liked "koala na strome" ("striom" in Russian criminal slang is "be on the alert"), "sova palena" ("palenyi" is "burned" and in Russian criminal slang is "disclosed"...)

While koala was "na striome", sova zapalilas'
I also liked "Kolekcia lesnich zverat" very much - in Russian "zveriata" means animals too, but in a childish form, like "beasties" :)

Well, I must say, Polish language is similar to both Czech and Russian. It's not strange because it's the same group of languages. But when I try to understand Czech language while Czech friends speaking it's not very easy to understand-much easier is reading for me. But names of animals are very very similar indeed

And I need to say: thank You Martin for showing CollectA catalog here. Děkuji :) [/quote]

ooooh... děkuji :)) Prosím :)

OK children,

and the next lessons are in german.

Admin wrote:

OK children,

and the next lessons are in german.

Yes, thanks to You Torben we all know at least 3 words in German

ana wrote:

Admin wrote:

OK children,

and the next lessons are in german.

Yes, thanks to You Torben we all know at least 3 words in German

good to know

[quote="Kiryuha"]

Sergey wrote:

...Especialy I liked "koala na strome" ("striom" in Russian criminal slang is "be on the alert"), "sova palena" ("palenyi" is "burned" and in Russian criminal slang is "disclosed"...)

While koala was "na striome", sova zapalilas'


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Administrator wrote:

OK children,

and the next lessons are in german.

Ana wrote:
Yes, thanks to You Torben we all know at least 3 words in German

I know one - I know one gesundheit

ana wrote:

Well, I must say, Polish language is similar to both Czech and Russian. It's not strange because it's the same group of languages. But when I try to understand Czech language while Czech friends speaking it's not very easy to understand-much easier is reading for me. But names of animals are very very similar indeed

That's true.
But when it comes to Polish, there's another situation with me: I can understand about a half of what is being spoken, but reading is rather hard for me as I don't know most of the the Polish spelling rules.

Admin wrote:

OK children,

and the next lessons are in german.

dobře! means ok :))

so! what abou that catalogue? y´all like it, huh?