Hello guys, today we are going to speak about Russian endings. Let’s have a look at a couple of comments to a super funny Russian cartoon ‘Masha and the Bear’ («Маша и Медведь»). You can find it here. Little by little we will study them and this will help you to understand Russian endings better and to speak like a native yourself! (далее…)
A great way to learn a language (especially when you are tired and lazy) is to read jokes! Jokes without any dull grammar notes. If you don’t agree, skip this page. But if you do, here are some Russian anecdotes in English for you. (далее…)
Hello my dear students! Today we are going to have a peep at Maxim again! Erm.. To its headlines, to be exact. As we have already noticed, Maxim writers like to play on words in headings, and that’s exactly what we need – witty puns to study Russian! So here is the Russian pun of the day – «2014. Что ты несёшь?!» What’s funny about this Russian pun? (далее…)
Hello my dear students, I hope you like Maxim! What are we going to do with a magazine that publishes pictures of naked girls? – you might ask. Honestly? I have no idea! You may do anything you like with the magazine (after the lesson only), but I will tell you about the ‘puns’ that are very common in Maxim article headings. (далее…)
Hi guys! To tell the truth, I decided to write this article after writing the two other ones – about most popular Russian girls’ and boys’ names. I felt it a bit unfair that my husband’s name wasn’t in the second list. His name is not a rare one, but it still has some peculiarity: it’s among those names which are used both for males and females. (далее…)
Hi everyone! Today I am going to tell you about a word that Russians love as their own mothers but totally hate when they hear foreigners saying it. That is the word «давай». However the good news is that unlike 91% of Russian words, davai in Russian doesn’t change its form and stays the same regardless of a pronoun, nouns’ gender, verb tense or internal politics. (далее…)
This time we will talk about ways how to say friend in Russian. There are a few names for them depending on how close people are to each other. Read the article and you will learn when it’s appropriate to call somebody your friend or not! So how to say friend in Russian? The most commonly used words for describing people close to you are «знакомый», «приятель» and «друг». (далее…)