Language Barriers

Halleuiah! I have overcome technological oppression to make this post.

For the last two weeks, my Russian family has mostly said "tak" and "shura" to me. I kept asking my Russian teacher for the translation, but to no avail. Finally, my host sister said it in the kitchen and I couldn't take it anymore- I asked her what "shura" meant. She was puzzled and slowly explained that some people have nicknames and "Shura" was a nickname- for the cat.