Hello again, guys! And today we will continue to look at some comments made on a «прикольный мультик» ‘Masha and the Bear’ – «Маша и Медведь». This will help you to not just understand Russian written and colloquial speech better, but also learn when Russians make mistakes in their writing! (далее…)
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…)
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…)
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…)
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…)