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Russian abbreviation ЭВМIs the abbreviation ЭВМ still used for computers or is it now an old fashioned term?
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Russian verb “to teach”My dictionary translates “she taught me Russian” as Она учила меня русскому языку. So if you teach someone something do you put the subject taught in the dative case, and...
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The verb “говорить”I had believed that Говорить corresponds to “speak/hablar” and сказать to “tell/decir” but after looking at Russian verb books and playing around w Google Translate (admittedly an imperfect source) I...
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Russian prepositions от and изWhen asking how to get somewhere from somewhere else should you use из or от?
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Russian language menuI'm supposed to be creating a menu in the Russian Language, for an Italian Restaurant. It's almost complete, except for this one item which I can't seem to put together. Google...
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The Russian verb статьI am getting the impression that the verb стать has a wide variety of meanings, rather like "get" in English or "llevar" in Spanish. For example, I see "вдрук...
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Russian DeclensionThe grammar tables in THE NEW PENGUIN RUSSIAN COURSE give just one example of a masculine noun ending in the soft sign - писатель, for which they give the accusative...
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Feminine Endings for Adjectives whose Masculine Nominative ends in ийI note from grammatical tables that the feminine genitive, dative, instrumental and prepositional for of the adjective русский is русской, and the equivalent for последний is последней. Suppose I...
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B2 level of RussianHello! To check your general level of Russian, not only grammar, you have to do the whole test, including reading, writing, speaking and listening.
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Abbreviations of Russian grammar termsI am looking for abbreviations for grammatical terms in Russian. can you direct me to a source. all my dictionaries give abbreviations for the English terms but not the Russian....
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Russian translation of “вместо батареек”In the story без паники! we have the phrase “вместо батареек”, “instead of batteries”. I looked up battery in my Russian Dictionary and got “батарейка”. My understanding...
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Translation of a Russian phraseHow to translate the Russian phrase "Я желаю тебе счастья, здоровья и долгих лет жизни"?
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Russian Genitive caseI ran across this sentence in a Russian instructional video “Я могу запомнить около 50 новых русских слов в день” My understanding is that a direct object is only in the genitive...
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Russian Expression “Кто тебя напугал?”In the short story «Без Паники!» which appears in New Penguin Parallel Text Short Stories in Russian the author writes “кто тебя напугал?” which the translator renders as “what...
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Russian songsI found the song on youtube, and maybe it is the song about Internal troops. But I couldn't find the title and lyrics of the song. So could you tell...
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Position of pronouns in RussianIn English an object pronoun always follows a verb, and in Spanish it always precedes the verb. It seems like there is no rule for that in Russian. For...
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The difference between знать, узнать, узнаватьВ чем разница между знать, узнать и узнавать?
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What is my level of Russian?Hello, I have a question. I would like to know my level of Russian.
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The verb тащитьЗдравствуйте! Я изучала глагола тащить но я не поняла оттащить, дотащить, притащить, затащить, т.д как могу я найти хорошую книга для этих глаголов? Я не могу изучать а интернете.
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New Russian wordsЗдравствуйте! Я нахожу новые слова каждвый день, но у меня есть проблемы. Например, я изучала попёрхиваться и поперхнутся, они различные или одинаковые? Я спросила, потому что, например, стесняться и стеснится...
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The difference between Брать and братьсяЗдравствуйте! Мне надо задать вопросы. В чём разница между взять и взяться или брать и браться?
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What is the difference between these words: Грабёж, ограбление, хищение, воровство, разбой. Thank you!What is the difference between these words: Грабёж, ограбление, хищение, воровство, разбой? Thank you!
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Does двигайся mean move?Is it well written? Does also mean push? Or "strive"?
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Difference between “на”, “для” и “за”.Пожалуйста, объясните мне, какая разницаWhat is the difference between the prepositions "на", "для" and "за"?
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Russian Texbook “Русский класс”I have bought the "Русский Класс Средний Уровень В1" book. I study Russian Language at home myself. But I can't check my answers in its study book 'рабочая тетрадь'. Is...
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Difference between болезнь and заболевание, ОРВИ and ОРЗ?What, if anything, is the difference between болезнь and заболевание; between ОРВИ and ОРЗ? Also, would you pronounce ОРВИ as a single word (like вуз for example) - and if...
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Speaking Russian like a nativeI already speak Russian language I know maybe 60-65% of it, how many hours a day and how months do I need to to practice to speak Russian like a...
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What is the difference between Заеб*ть and Заеб*тьсяWhat is the difference between Заеб*ть and Заеб*ться?
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Russian Everyday Speech ExpressionsYou have answered my question about the meaning of где то and how to use, You said that it is everyday speech. What I want know is where I can...
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Difference between за один, за одного, за два and за двоихWhat it the difference between за один , за одного, за два, за двоих and so on, and how to use them?
