Did you know that the word Magazine looks and sounds (well, not 100 percent, of course) as a Russian word for a shop – магазин? I have been pulling together this list for months, so you are about to read something very special. 🙂 This is a list of so called English words in Russian, which sound very similar to each other in both languages, but have absolutely different meanings. Some still confuse even me sometimes. (далее…)
Hello everyone! I wouldn’t say I’m a great TV buff, but I do like watching some nice series. It took me a while before I decided to try Game of Thrones. ‘A while’ means the whole 4 years, dammit! So, the good thing was that when I started watching it, there were already four cool seasons for me to enjoy. And what we are going to do today is to listen how Game of Throne heroes’ names sound in Russian. (далее…)
Hello my dear students, I hope you like Maxim! What are we going to do with a magazine that publishes pictures of naked girls? – you might ask. Honestly? I have no idea! You may do anything you like with the magazine (after the lesson only), but I will tell you about the ‘puns’ that are very common in Maxim article headings. (далее…)
Not always. Today I will tell you about two Russian words – a noun and an adjective derived from the same root – that mean directly opposite things! Here are these words – «фигня» and «офигенный». They are ve-e-e-ery commonly used. «Фигня» is a noun and can be used in lots of different situations. (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 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…)