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 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…)