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…)
Yes, that’s probably how a common Russian greeting can be translated. Because Russians enjoy playing with words and wrapping the same idea in different ways. When it comes to (warm) greetings, we cannot be satisfied with only one way of saying how are you in Russian. That’s simply because we have so many ways to greet each other. Here are the 5% of them. (далее…)
Hi guys, today we will talk about the pronoun ‘you’ and what the Russian words for you are. Actually, there are three Russian words for you. The first Russian word for you is «ты» which means you, but it’s not a simple ‘you’, it’s ‘you’ with a context. We use it when addressing friends, close relatives such as parents, children, grandparents. (далее…)