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Neuter noun changes to its genitive form, о —> а, е —> я, but the word сердце its genitive is now сердца , why?

Nowadays I'm learning Russian but I don't know which books help me. Could you tell me them ?

I'm an American who unfortunately speaks no Russian. I play French horn, and have played a piece called "Russian Christmas Music" by composer Alfred Reed. I would like to learn...

If you want to talk about paying a bill at a hotel or restaurant, which verb would be more commonly used: платиь/заплатиь or оплачивать/оплатить ? My dictionary gives both...

Hi, Is there a difference in the use of и то и другое and оба or are they more or less synonymous? Many thanks

Hi, When do you use же in the phrase то же самое to mean "the same"? Is it usual to drop the же when talking about masculine words or in conjunction...

I'm translating a Dutch non-fiction book set in Lithuania around 1940, and two names of Russian girls are mentioned. Dutch has a different transliteration system from English, so the spellings...

I am used to thinking that neuter substantives in ALL IndoEuropean languages have identical forms in the nominative and accusatve. How does it happen that the accusative of оно...

Google translates this as "Angle Worker" but I have also seen a translation as "The Female worker of England" Here is a link to the image https://www.moma.org/collection/works/7520 Thanks.

Hi, Is there a difference between замкнутый цикл and замкнутый круг? I take it to be that the former is neutral in tone and the latter is rather more negative -...

In my dictionary, the stress on the word микроволновый is shown as being on the third syllable, however it gives the stress as being on the fourth syllable in микроволновая...

I came across this word in a series of old satirical cartoon cards depicting a child dressed to portray various Russian political types from around the time of the Revolution:...

I’ve run across two verbs which mean “to be located” – “помещаться” and “находиться”. Are they interchangeable? If you wanted to ask where something is,...

In a grammar book I saw “давайте читать только по-русскии” – “Let’s read only in Russian” In a video teaching Russian food vocabulary the hostess said “Давайте откроем...

"Не бойся собаки, что лает, а бойся той, что молчит да хвостом виляет" Can you explain that что-construction in the proverb above? I know that there is another version with reads...

Is there much of a difference between the words парад and шествие or can they be used pretty much interchangeably? Many thanks.

I am curious about the possible meanings of любит. I fed Google Translate the following sentence “She likes him but she doesn’t love him” and got the following...

In a book about Russian grammar I came across a sentence containing the word “прескверный” which corresponded to “foul” in the English translation of the sentence. I couldn’t...

I have watched some Russian military dramas on the Internet. When soldiers give a response to an order they often say something which sounds something like “есть”. ...

I am a very new learner of Russian language, so which footsteps should I follow?

My textbook say "I don't understand the content of the film" should be translated as "я не понял содержания фильма" it says the word "content" is an abstract noun, and coupled...

Is it normal for a female to say “спасибо дорогой” to a male friend? Because in english it seems a bit weird to use dear to a friend of the opposite...

What is the difference in meaning between учение and обучение? And also, how in Russian can you express the idea of apprenticeship, that is to say when you learn a...

I've seen both в 90-ые годы and в 90-ых годах used and I'm not sure if there is any difference between the two - perhaps you could clarify. Many...

What is the difference in meaning and/or usage between the verbs обновлять and возобновлять? Thank you.

What kind of job can I get with Russian language?

How to translate the following sentences: tomorrow when he's working, I'll tell him tomorrow when he's working, I'll have told him tomorrow when he's working, I'll be practicing singing tomorrow when he's working, I'll...

What does this Russian saying mean? Я настолько в себе уверена, что сама кричу кукушкам сколько им жить осталось! I'm not asking for a literal translation of it: I want to...

I've come across 3 verbs that all mean "ask" in some way or the other -- спрашивать, просить, and задавать. But what is the difference between them? Thanks!

In an episode of the series Anna the Detective a young lady who has been living abroad with her aristocratic Russian mother returns to Russia and goes into a stable...