Yes, that’s probably how a common Russian greeting can be translated. Because Russians enjoy playing with words and wrapping the same idea in different ways. When it comes to (warm) greetings, we cannot be satisfied with only one way of saying how are you in Russian. That’s simply because we have so many ways to greet each other. Here are the 5% of them. (далее…)
Hi guys, today we will talk about the pronoun ‘you’ and what the Russian words for you are. Actually, there are three Russian words for you. The first Russian word for you is «ты» which means you, but it’s not a simple ‘you’, it’s ‘you’ with a context. We use it when addressing friends, close relatives such as parents, children, grandparents. (далее…)
And that’s true. There are no such words as ‘madam’ or ‘miss’ or ‘senora’ in the Russian language. You won’t believe it, but Russians like to have long and boring discussions about not having a proper way to address strangers instead of coming up with one. So what do we have now? Things are a bit saner in the Russian language when addressing male strangers. (далее…)
Hi everyone! Today I am going to teach you how to know another person’s attitude towards you depending on how he says ‘Hello’ in Russian. First of all, the most common way to say ‘Hello’ in the Russian language is «Привет». You can say it to members of your family, to work colleagues, friends, classmates and so on. Avoid saying «Привет» to strangers in the street! (далее…)