Hi everyone! You probably know that in English ‘house’ does not always mean ‘home’ and not every house can be your home. Does house in the Russian language mean the same? Read and learn. Actually, when Russians learn English they always get confused with these two – a house and a home. ‘What’s the difference?’ they ask. (далее…)
Hi everyone, today we are going to talk about bad language! There are two Russian swearwords I want to talk about – «хрен вам» and «фиг вам». They seem like an address to somebody, but they are not. Both these Russian swearwords mean pretty much the same thing – ‘like hell it will happen!’ Or ‘not bloody likely’ in American slang. Let’s check out some examples. (далее…)
Hi everybody, today we are going to talk about the famous Russian alcoholic drink vodka. All foreigners know only one word – ‘vodka’ but in Russian there are dozens of names for it! Among those there are two words derived from «водка» which are commonly used and show who drinks it and who doesn’t! So, the first Russian word for vodka («водка») is «водочка». (далее…)
Today I will tell you about a Russian word for Russian that we like to pronounce in the German way. As you might know, the phrase ‘the Russian language’ in Russian is «русский язык». The word «русский» means ‘Russian’ and the word «язык» means ‘language’. Sometimes in colloquial speech Russian folks don’t like to say «русский» but «руссиш» — from a German word ‘Russisch’ (‘Russian’). (далее…)
Today we will talk about a Russian expression which may confuse you a great deal, because sometimes it can mean exactly the opposite to its word-for-word translation! So here is the expression – «да конечно» or «да конечно, ага». The word «да» means ‘yes’ in the Russian language and the word «конечно» means ‘sure’. And «ага» is a colloquial form of ‘yes’ in Russian. (далее…)
Today we will talk about 5 special Russian adjectives. What’s special about these five? It’s not a secret that languages borrow words from each other. But Russian is an exception. I’m joking. 🙂 It is not. Listening to Russian speech you will very often hear some words that sound similar to English. They have the same roots as English, German, Spanish and many other European languages. (далее…)
Hi everyone, today we will learn how to say See you later (or See you soon) or just See you in Russian. There are many ways, but let’s start with the two most commonly used. So, if you want to say see you in Russian you say «Пока». «Пока» simply means ‘bye’. Despite its informal sound, we can say it most of the time – to everyone. You can also hear how Russians say «пока-пока». (далее…)