I plan to check it out

*sorry I’m a bit late replying, been offline for a week*!

Mette
Denmark

Dalius,
Lithuania

The language selector for the video lists my native language as “Byelorussian”. The country name is Belarus and the correct name of the language is “Belarusian”.
A quick Google search confirms that “Belarusian” is used way more frequently.
Try searching for “Byelorussian” in Britannica online and it will come up with the results for “Belarusian language”
http://www.britannica.com/ebc/article-9356924?query=belarusian&ct=
Google itself lists the language name as “Belarusian” on the Preferences page ( http://www.google.com/preferences )
See also http://www.pravapis.org/art_belarusian_adjective.asp for the discussion of the issue.

There’s a program I use for saving streams, I’ll give you a link to my server so you can get it as well. It’s a bit cumbersome in use but it works, perhaps one day I’ll make a replacement.

As is obvious from my clumsy grasp of declensions, I’m not an English-speaking Belarusian (but thanks for the compliment!), but an American of mostly Belarusian descent (with a bit of Russian and Ukrainian/Carpatho-Rusyn in the family tree) who learned some Belarusian from his grandparents, learned a little bit more researching my family’s roots and never gets to use it much in America. I still have relatives in Belarus, with whom I endeavor to keep in touch (with the help of a dictionary and a grammar book, and when the mail gets through!).

My first name is Gregory, “Hryshka” being the diminutive of it in the “rodnaja mova” (as you’d obviously know), which is what my grandparents called me — and my relatives in Belarus still do, when they can write.

P.S. And your technical help was also very valuable! I’m ashamed to say, I still don’t know how to grab streaming videos. ;))

Marcel: Vielen Dank. I’m also pleasantly surprised that finally there’s some more interest in Belarus’ internal affairs in Germany, on a higher political level.

owndotexe: Thanks!!

> We NEVER hear anything about what’s going on over there. Damn media.

It’s just natural. Journalist choose what’s newsworthy to their audiences. When the country was on the brink of revolution, we did make it to top news almost everywhere…

> Віншую Вам! Vinšuju Vam!

Nice try! Actually it’s a bit different, it’s just one letter that makes all the difference: “Віншую Вас! Vinšuju Vas!”

Accusative (”vas”) is needed here because “you” is a direct object here (you are congratulating me directly). Dative (”vam”) is used for indirect objects. For example, in the sentence “I’ll give you the book”, “the book” is the direct object, while “you” is the indirect object, so it would be “vam” in that case.

P.S. I actually thought you are an English-speaking Belarusian, because of the nickname/name that you use. It’s very Belarusian. So, how come? :)