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Please tell me which Russian words may soon be borrowed in English.

I have seen English translations of Pasternak's poem "February" but I have been unable to find the original Russian version on the Internet. Could you help me with this? Thank...

Hi, I’d like to know what’s the difference between Куда-то vs куда-нибудь ? Could it be ok to ask : Вы едете Куда-то на новогодние праздник? Thanks, Silvia

What are the 11 types of verb conjugation in Russian and how do you know which on applies to which specific verb?

Aprendi ruso básico com o método soviético "Russo para Todos". Isso foi em 1989 e já esqueci o que aprendi. Minha questão é: o método continua sendo válido para a...

Hi. I don't really get this: я не xочу думать дождь, - молчу я. я не люблю дождь. можно, я буду думать солнце. I understand that "молчу я" means "I am quiet",...

I would like to know the prices of Russian lessons and the equipment I need for the lessons.

As far as I can tell, снижать and уменьшать mean about the same thing -- to reduce, lessen, diminish. Is there a real difference? Thanks!

Nowadays I'm learning Russian,but l don't know which books help me.

When we use past/present verbs and howe can we differentiate between them?

How do we pronounce the Russian alphabet and get its accents?

My Russian-English dictionary gives, for “living room”, гостин|ая ой. This genitive singular ending suggests to me that even though the word is a noun, it declines like an adjective....

Hello dear teacher my name is Muhammad zeeshan I'm from Pakistan. My question is that these classes are completely free of cost or I have to pay fee for this?

Teria as regras para conjugação dia verbos no passado e futuro? Спасибо

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.