Marat's spanish

[noemi]

Hey guys and gals,

I was just wondering whether or not Marat reads and writes in either spanish or english. thanx ;D

noemi

[Vassily]

hmmmz... Ruth? You there?

He definetely reads English. Probably reads Spanish. Probably writes in english with many mistakes. Dunno about Spanish.

[sirius]

question now is..while in spain..did he ONLY play tennis. or did he also go to school a little.

[MariaV]

Umm, guys & girls... I read in one article a looong-loong time ago that he first went to one evening school type of school there.... and didn't particularly like it there and quit kinda, said it didn't make any sense to study there or smth. like that. But I still think he can read & write SOME Spanish & English but yeah, dunno how well. He kept studying in a Russian school then if I'm not totally wrong. *yeah, asking Ruth for help*

[sirius]

ruth...is ur computer fixed yet?? hope it works out soon!!!!!!

[Annie]

Ohhhhh, the pressure.... ;D hope I can help out here

Ok, I know when he lived in Spain he did some evening classes, so I don't think that would be possible if he couldn't read or write Spanish He's fluent in Spanish, both written and spoken - I don't think he could live for so many years in Spain and not be 100% intergrated.

As for English, that's a little bit more tricky, because he's not always honest about it For a long time, I had assumed Marat's written English (and his ability to read English) was poor, or at least, not as a good as his spoken English. This is simply because he always avoided reading/writing in English and often made excuses for it. In an Early ACE Magazine interview, he said 'I don't read anything in English because my English isn't good enough' and when he was at Liverpool, he went out of his way to avoid writing anything in English, again citing his 'bad english'.
When I took the birthday book we all signed to Elite, I asked if he would be ok reading it, an they were really surprised by my question! They were like 'yeah, of course he will be fine - his english is great, he has no problem reading it.'
So I guess Marat is either very self-concious about his English, or just likes lazy excuses

OK, that was a bit of a waffle - hope I managed to answer your question ok, Noemi

[Rucinski]

All I know is that his spanish is perfect, he even have spain accent and it sounds really hot in him . I've lisened him many times and it's really good and for someone that speaks that good is obvious that he can read and write in spanish

[Damita]

Rucinski said:

All I know is that his spanish is perfect, he even have spain accent and it sounds really hot in him .

So true! i was amazed when i heard his speech after the final in Madrid. I've heard him speaking Spanish before, but not a lot, and when watching the ceremony i was very impressed and it does sound hot, yes ;D

[Rucinski]

He spoke very good at that ceremony, and it was so hot when he thanked the girls

[christina]

Damita said:

So true! i was amazed when i heard his speech after the final in Madrid. I've heard him speaking Spanish before, but not a lot, and when watching the ceremony i was very impressed and it does sound hot, yes ;D

lol, even i was impressed and that was sat next to my many weird language speaking stepmum and her friends ;D ;D nevermind that i didnt understand a great deal

[MariaV]

Yeah, he speaks Spanish absolutely fluently. The speech in Madrid was SOOOOOOOOO GREAT! Good memories on this not so good day!

[Damita]

MariaV said:

Good memories on this not so good day!

We're doing the best we can

[:-Anuschka-:]

I totally agree with the "hot" thing... The first time I saw him he was in an interview, and speaking in spanish... I remember seeing in the bottom of the tv "Marat Safin - Russian", and I was like "What?!"
Almost died of instant love... hehehe
You know? The first time I heard that interview about the favourite song, I was so distracted that couldn't distinguish his voice from the other man, and didn't understand what had happened. I mean, I knew he spoke fluently, but no so much!! It really amazed me , and it was a really pleasant surprise.
And the speech after Madrid... oh, my!!! I was at work and everybody was looking at me, probably thinking: Why does she have such a stupid expression on her face?! Hahahaha!!!
And almost every player of my country say that he's really nice, that speaks perfectly and is always joking around with them.

[pau]

oh yes his accent is HOT!!!!!! is like spanish but not too spanish ( I hope you can understand me), about his writing I don't know, but he speaks spanish very good!! The first time I heard him speaking spanish was in Madrid, I was so amazed how good he did it, and of course I was so happy he was speaking the same language I speak!!! and when he spoke to the girls, good lord!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D

[noemi]

Thanks guys and gals!! That really answered my question. Now that i've read everything I'm really curious... about that madrid speech. Does anyone know where I can see it? ;D ;D ;D