Сдать/ сдавать хвосты This Russian idiom literally means «to give your tails» – and denotes the following: – to pass an exam again, because it was not passed before – or to pass all exams that you have to pass, to write all the papers that you have to write, to read all the books […]
«Green» vocabulary – names of the grass, plants, trees and parts of it in #Russian. ствол – trunk ветка – branch лист – leaf цветок- flower корень – root каштан – chestnut сосна- pine кипарис – cypress ель – fir-tree яблоня – apple-tree вишня – cherry тополь – poplar ива – willow пальма – palm […]
Dear friends, Today is March 8th (восьмо́е ма́рта) –it’s a Women’s Day (Междунаро́дный же́нский день). This the holiday for all women, including mothers, grandmothers, daughters, and girlfriends. March 8th is an official public holiday in Russia. This beautiful spring holiday is most often celebrated in the family circle with a festive meal and champagne. Another […]
Happy Maslenitsa! – watch Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London and ambassador for the annual London Maslenitsa Festival of Russian culture, inviting everyone to join the festival in Trafalgar Square. Full details www.maslenitsa.co.uk
How to learn the Russian alphabet How to learn the Russian alphabet? I hope you have already seen the Russian alphabet Video 1 and Video 2 I know, that it’s quite difficult to learn by heart the Russian alphabet . Today, I’d like to show everyone how easy it is to learn the Russian alphabet […]
Looking for an effortless apple cake? Try Russia’s most popular dessert and you’ll always have your go-to recipe. This simple dessert is known to everyone in Russia, but it actually originated in Britain in the 18th century and was known as “Charlotte”. This apple bread pudding was first invented by peasants, but the Russian version […]
Click on the photo to enlarge New vocabulary for you! Public places. банк – a bank овощной магазин- a greengrocery школа – a school мэрия- a city- administration стадион -a stadium вокзал – a railway station почта – a post аэропорт – an airport театр – a theatre замок – a castle бассейн – a […]
You already know that Russian alphabet consists of 33 letters: 10 vowels (а, е, ё, и, о, у, ы, э, ю, я), 21 consonants and 2 signs (hard and soft). There are 2 letters in Russian alphabet which are not pronounced: soft sign Ь and hard sign Ъ. These two letters are silent. They don’t […]
Dear Ladies! Happy Women’s Day! Women’s Day is a much bigger deal than Valentine’s Day in Russia. This has been the case ever since women gained suffrage in 1917. This means that single men are not exempt from buying flowers as their female friends, mothers, sisters, and grandmothers must also be acknowledged, alongside partners. Brightly colored tulips and […]
Learn Russian =learn cases! The Prepositional case is the sixth and final case in Russian grammar, though due to its relative simplicity it is often learned before the more complex genitive, instrumental and dative cases. How to use and how to form Prepositional case of Russian nouns – read more. The prepositional case is used to […]
Do you know what does the word “salary” mean? I’m sure you know that 🙂 This word is written similar in many other languages: In French –salaire In Italian – salario In Spanish – salario in Dutch – Salaris The word “Salary” comes from the Roman practice of using salt as money. So, it comes […]
You already know who is Fyodor Dostoevsky and Leo Tolstoy. And it’s time to know about Anton Chekhov. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov Анто́н Па́влович Че́хов, 29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) was a Russian playwright and short story writer, who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short fiction in history. His career as a playwright produced four […]
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Russian personal pronouns The personal pronouns in Russian are arguably the easiest to learn. There are two words of “you” in Russian: ты and вы 1) ТЫ: is used when speaking to friends, children, family members. 2) ВЫ: 1) is used for respect and politeness, addressing to unknown people. (Note, that when Вы is used […]