Hello everyone, today we will be talking about nine specific Russian insults. Unfortunately, they are very commonly used, but keep in mind that they are used only when people are abusing each other, when they really mean to insult. Technically, these words are animal names and when used out of insulting context they just mean animal names 🙂 (далее…)
Hello guys! This time I am going to tell you about the Russian word for Cheers. When do we say ‘Cheers’? When our glasses are full and we are eager to make them empty. ‘Cheers’ sounds like a command and takes its place at the table. You can hear Cheers whatever drinking company you join. But in Russian there is no one specific word for such occasions. (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…)
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…)