Collocations with the verb делать (do)

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The verb делать means to do or make something (in Russian it’s the same thing). Any activity can be expressed by this verb. How to use the verb To understand the idea better, let’s look at the the following examples: Что ты делаешь?  – What are you doing? Том делает красивую мебель из дерева. –…

Most Difficult Words to Pronounce in the Russian Language

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Russian is hard. You can learn the alphabet in some minutes, but reading and pronouncing can make you crazy. Particularly with regard to some “annoying” words. When determining the “difficulty” of a word, one can be guided by the number of letters and the number of words from which it is composed, since the longest…

Preposition для: when do we use it?

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The preposition “для” indicates the beneficiary of something and is used with the genitive case. It means “for” or “to” in terms of purpose or intended recipient. To clarify, let’s examine some examples. In the sentence “Подарок для моей мамы” (A gift for my mom), “для” is used to convey that the gift is intended…

What are Adverbs of Time in Russian (+Example Sentences)

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Adverb of time is meant to denote when exactly an action is taking place: today, now, always, daily etc. In this post I’ll make a list of adverbs of time in Russian with example sentences. I hope this will help you understand how to use them. сегодня [seevodnya] – today Какое сегодня число? – What’s…

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Vegetables in Russian: Vocabulary List with Pronunciation

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We already know how to talk about food in Russian. Now it’s time to learn the vegetables names to enhance your vocabulary. картофель [kartofyel’] – potato (informal картошка [kartoshka]) огурец [aguryets] – cucumber (pl. огурцы) томат, помидор – tomato (pl. томаты, помидоры) морковь [markof’] – carrot (informal морковка [markofka]) свёкла [svyokla] – beetroot перец [pyeryets]…