My Little Ceramic Friends

As previously promised, here's a picture of my little classical Russian toys:

I've been slacking on my mini-blog-Russian-lessons, so this seems like the opportune time. 

First, we have the куритца = kuritsa = chicken. I was disappointed with the painting of the куритца because I really liked it before it was painted. But it's still cute I guess.

Next, there's the лощадь = loshad = horse. The лощадь is my favorite! He's very красный = krasnie = red, and majestic. 

Last we have the рыба = reba (like the country singer) = fish. The fish is technically not really a traditional Russian toy figure like the chicken and the horse. But fish are all over in Russia, so I figured he should count! Never have I seen so many types of dried/smoked/somehow preserved fish in a normal grocery store. I'll take a picture for you all someday.

So there you have it, four new Russian words! Extra points if you can slip them into an everyday conversation just to confuse someone. I do that with English all the time... not to confuse people, but just because I now speak a highly adapted dialect called Russlish that comes from wanting to practice Russian and also trying to make people understand me when I don't know the words for things. But it's better than nothing!