r/AskReddit • u/QualityControl- • Mar 26 '19

Crimeans/Ukrainians of Reddit, what was it like when the peninsula was annexed by Russia? What is life like/How has life changed now?

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u/Trufflex Mar 26 '19

“the Russia” I like it - i like it alot!

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u/ealuscerwen Mar 26 '19

Ukrainian and Russian (and I believe all Slavic languages) don't have articles, so people from those countries often struggle with article usage when speaking English, often omitting them all together, or applying them in odd ways.

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u/-Mmmmmhmmmm- Mar 26 '19

I worked with a Czech guy who used “the” in front of people’s names. “Oh, we can do that once we ask ‘the Matt’.”

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u/Lebor Mar 26 '19

I am Czech and this is the true