Hello everyone! I bet you have been waiting for the part 2, haven’t you? Oh, yes, I know you like these naughty articles of mine, don’t you? Ok, no more teasing: today I am going to teach you two nice phrases in Russian, in which we mention Japanese stuff. Read, listen and learn them and you will sound more Russian than many Russians sound. (далее…)
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…)
I bet if you ever talked to Russians or heard them talking, you’ve heard this Blin: «Блин!» or «Да блин!» Or «Ну блин!» Or «Блии-и-и-и-н….» If you type the word «блин» in a Russian-English dictionary, it will tell you that it means… a ‘pancake’. A pancake? O_o What is the word ‘pancake’ doing at the beginning of every other Russian sentence? Let’s answer this question! (далее…)
Hi everyone, today we are going to talk about bad language! There are two Russian swearwords I want to talk about – «хрен вам» and «фиг вам». They seem like an address to somebody, but they are not. Both these Russian swearwords mean pretty much the same thing – ‘like hell it will happen!’ Or ‘not bloody likely’ in American slang. Let’s check out some examples. (далее…)