Hello everyone! The Russian language is full of secrets and surprises, and you will never get bored exploring it. Just look at the word please in Russian – «пожалуйста». Generally, it helps us to be polite when we ask, request or demand – both in English and Russian. But there is another meaning of please in Russian. We say «пожалуйста» in the situations, where you would say ‘Here you are’ or ‘Take it’ in English. (далее…)
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…)
Hello guys! In Lesson 1 of Learn to Read Russian video curse I told you that there was not much use in learning the Russian alphabet, but still there is at least one reason why you shouldn’t ignore the alphabet completely. That’s because there are two very often used Russian exclamations that derive right from the alphabet – ЁПРСТ! and ЁКЛМН! (далее…)
Hello, guys! Today I’m going to tell you about a Russian word for friend. More, two Russian words for ‘friend’! You can use one of them any time, but another… I recommend you to use it only with people you know really well. Otherwise you might have some problems. And they are not just communicational ones. There are many ways to address a friend in the Russian language. (далее…)
Hi everyone! Today I am going to tell you about a word that Russians love as their own mothers but totally hate when they hear foreigners saying it. That is the word «давай». However the good news is that unlike 91% of Russian words, davai in Russian doesn’t change its form and stays the same regardless of a pronoun, nouns’ gender, verb tense or internal politics. (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…)
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…)