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9 most common Russian insults in which animal names are used

Hello everyone, today we will be talking about nine specific Russian insults. Unfortunately, they are very commonly used, but keep in mind that they are used only when people are abusing each other, when they really mean to insult. Technically, these words are animal names and when used out of insulting context they just mean animal names 🙂 (далее…)

Easy Russian words Letter that means I am

Lesson 3. Eight easy Russian words that you may learn in one minute

Hello guys! Here we are going to talk about 8 easy Russian words that you can learn in no time. It is possible because these words consist of one letter only and are very easy to remember. Other good news is that they are very commonly used and you will hear and recognize them in every conversation. Ok, let’s have a look at these easy Russian words. (далее…)

Russian curse words

Three Russian curse words that you should learn as soon as possible

Otherwise, when you accidentally hit your fingers with a hammer, you will have nothing to say. And yes, hello again, guys! 🙂 Today we will be studying three Russian curse words that you should really know. You will hear them a lot, once you stopped listening to dull Grammar books. Listen how they sound and learn to pronounce them with proper intonation. (далее…)

Russian exclamations

Lesson 2. Two simple Russian exclamations that Russian alphabet teaches you!

Hello guys! In Lesson 1 of Learn to Read Russian video curse I told you that there was not much use in learning the Russian alphabet, but still there is at least one reason why you shouldn’t ignore the alphabet completely. That’s because there are two very often used Russian exclamations that derive right from the alphabet – ЁПРСТ! and ЁКЛМН! (далее…)

Russian surnames

Russian surnames meanings: goats, smiths and priests. 20 most common Russian surnames

Hello guys, this time we are going to talk about Russian surnames meanings. I prepaid a list of 20 most common Russian surnames. They have existed for centuries, but still it’s easy to define what they mean. They rooted from personal names, occupation and trades, animal names, and so on. Ok, let’s have a look at the Russian surnames and Russian surnames meanings. (далее…)

Alphabet

Lesson 1. Learning Russian Cyrillic alphabet and Russian letter names

Hello guys! This is Lesson 1 in my Learn to Read Russian video course and it is about learning Russian Cyrillic alphabet and Russian letter names. Well, a traditional way to start learning a foreign language is to get acquainted with its alphabet. That makes sense and is what we are going to do, but we are not going to make another dull lesson out of learning Russian Cyrillic alphabet. (далее…)

Longest Russian word Longest Russian noun Longest Russian verb Longest Russian adjective

What is the longest Russian word in each part of speech? Examples and translation

What is the longest Russian word? Sorry, guys, but this time I am going to disappoint you: the longest Russian word is the name of some stuff in chemistry and there is no point or use mentioning it, because neither I nor you will be able to read it, or memorize or show off reciting it. I’d better tell you other longest Russian words and try to adequately translate them. (далее…)