Чому Француженка вивчає українську мову?
тому, що це мова серця!
(Why a French woman is learning Ukrainian?
Because it's the language of the heart!)
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I fully agree with this comment :) but "because it's difficult" is not a reason not to try! To tell you the truth, I speak Ukrainian poorly - even if I'm working on it everyday since January 2014... but I now dare to write a few words in that language to my friends - and it's a personal victory as they understand what I'm saying. :)
In fact, my interest for Ukrainian language & culture is an old story - as I explained in an older post. I was 8 years old and I wanted to sing the beautiful folk songs of this country... :) Writing poetry in French, my mother tongue, drove me to Vakarchuk's songs... and his music is the reason explaining that I finally decided to learn this language.
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Since I started to learn Ukrainian, several things have changed in my soul... and I've finally found who I am! :) I'm not joking. This is a very strange feeling... But there are no surnatural causes to this. Indeed, this is very logical because thanks to this:
- I've improved my own poetry writing skills - as I'm translating Vakarchuk's lyrics into French (a hard work that I'll have to explain later... but I really enjoy doing this!)
- I created this blog in English and I can use this language in a different way than the one I'm used to at work.
- I've got virtual friends all over the world with whom I share the same interest for Okean Elzy music.
- I can finally use my knowledge of Russian language with the members of the official fan-club. Until then, I didn't know what to do with it...
- I'm finally learning Ukrainian... which is of no use at all, as most people think - from Los Angeles to Vladivostok and from Oslo to Pretoria... not to mention Ukrainians who seem puzzled by this strange idea. :)
- Family & friends now understand why I learn it: I'm giving a hand to Slava for his communication in France... :) They kept telling me "This is of no use... you're wasting your time!" and it was sometimes complicated to explain that "I'm wasting my time the way I want!" :)
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| "Do you speak Ukainian? YES!" |
So, the other day I came to this conclusion:
- French is the language of my soul
- English is the language of communication
- Russian is the language of culture
- ... but Ukrainian is the language of my heart! I know that since I'm 8 years old... Why did I wait 30 years to finally speak with my heart?
It seems that this personal feeling found resonance with him as he also shared it on Twitter - to tell you the truth, I was just amazed about this: if I'm used to be inspired by his words, I never thought that one day he could relay my ideas! :)))
I think that this is due to the fact that he could have said some of these words too. And I suppose that this true declaration of love of a French woman to Ukrainian language is rather surprising and can have a positive impact on his readers. :)
Well. We'll have to speak of this when we will meet! For sure, this day will come... For the time being, we can only share feelings on the web! :)
'Відчуваю - Vidchuvayu' - 'I'm feeling"
