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There are many verbs in English that describe speaking. In this post, you will learn all of them. Well, If I don’t forget to mention some. Говори́ть to speak, to talk Я говорю по-английски. – I speak English. Они все говорят, что невиновны. – They all say they’re innocent. Я уже говорил со своим адвокатом. – … Read more
In this lesson we’re going to learn how to express indifference in Russian. There are many ways to do that, so let’s get to know them. Ways to say ‘I don’t care’ Here are some phrases that has the same meaning. You can translate them all to “I don’t care”: Мне всё равно. Мне безразлично. … Read more
Sleeping takes a huge part in our lives. And we talk about it all the time, don’t we? “Oh, I didn’t sleep well”, “I want to sleep.”, “I woke up early”, etc. Now it’s time to learn how to speak about sleep in Russian. Here’s some very useful vocabulary for you. First, I have a … Read more
You’re about to learn some new adjectives and phrases that will help you describe the size of literally anything. Let’s begin with the basics: This was the masculine version. Don’t forget that adjectives in Russian also have feminine and neuter forms. And plural! So, we have: крошечный – крошечная – крошечное – крошечные маленький – … Read more
There are so many things you can find in your own home. But can you name them all in Russian? I doubt it. Even I, being Russian myself, can’t. Well, at least we can learn the basics. That’s what we’ll do today. Let’s start with rooms. Rooms in Russian комната [komnata] – room коридор [karidor] … Read more
An adverb is a word that provides greater description to a verb, adjective or another adverb. It answers questions like “How?”, “Where?”, “Why?”, etc. Adverbs in Russian do not change in form, so they are quite easy to remember. Adverbs of time (наречия времени) сейчас [sichas] – now теперь [tiper’] – now потом [patom] – … Read more
Let’s learn some new vocabulary. This time we will look at some words that refer to body parts. It’s crucial know the names of each part of your body if you study Russian. So, today’s lesson is pretty basic. We’re going to begin with this picture that describes perfectly basic body parts. Head (голова) голова [galava] … Read more
Russians use this word all the time. For example, you may hear a phrase like this: Блин, как же мне надоело мыть посуду! Which actually means “I’m sick of doing dishes”. But if you search the first word in a dictionary, you might be surprised because it’s actually… food! And it really is. Blin (блин) … Read more
Future tense in Russia has two types: simple future and compound future. Simple future is more common but it can be really hard to learn. Let me explain why. We’ll start with compound future, because it’s much easier to remember. Compound Future in Russian It is made up of two verbs. Here’s how its form … Read more
Hi! Do you like to chat with russian folk? Or maybe you prefer to spend you free time reading posts from russian users on social media? If it is so, you might find some words they speak extremely difficult to understand. Internet era has come to Russia as well, and our language started to change … Read more