#learn Russian

[eto-ena]

here's a comp of completely random pictures in russian that make me giggle: pt 2

[a product review]

★★★★★ Great product

Experience of using

Less than a month

Advantages

Boils water

Disadvantages

Uses electricity

Comment

That's how kettles work, what can I say.

— Mikhail Andreevich, I won't be at work today

— Thank you

Your region: Samara

[Yes, save me...] ("Да, спасибо")

[No, friend...] ("Нет, другой")

[A questionnare book for children]

17. What do you usually do when you are alone

Listen to music or panic

— Take 💩 for a walk

— Take shit for a walk?

— I couldn't find dog emoji

Smart eyes.

(he's a genius)

Have a good day!

[ofspringone]

i am fighting tears this language is a punishment even my ginger tea isn't helping

[bdsmchan]

Russian necrovocabulary

@chupachai for you personally, dear 🖤

умерший (m, single), умершая (f, single) – deceased, dead покойный, покойная – deceased [derived from покой (peace)] покойник, покойница – deceased [derived from покой (peace)] усопший, усопшая – deceased [derived from church-old Russian «to fall asleep»] почивший, почившая – deceased [pretty outdated, derived from old Russian «to fall asleep»] преставившийся, преставившаяся – deceased [church-old Russian, from an old Russian verb with meaning “to transit, to transfer”] погибший, погибшая – perished, a person who died an unnatural violent death

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мертвый, мертвая – dead мертвец – dead труп - corpse

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умереть – to die погибнуть – to die an unnatural violent death, to perish [this is important; we will not say умерший, умереть about a person who was stabbed with a knife or hit by a car or died in an accident or killed in the war; we will not say погибший, погибнуть about a person who died of old age or illness] скончаться – to pass away уйти из жизни – to pass away

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These verbs are often used in relation to animals, in relation to people it sounds very rude or vernacular

околеть – to die издохнуть – to die сдохнуть, подохнуть – to die

----------------------------------------------------------- Some expressions with the meaning «to die», many of them are pretty sublime:

почить – to die [perfect form of the obsolete verb "почить", to fall asleep] уснуть вечным сном, уснуть навеки - to sleep an eternal sleep, to fall asleep forever приказать долго жить – to order to live long отправиться к праотцам - to go to the forefathers отдать Богу душу - to give God a soul отправиться на тот свет - to go to that world отойти от мира сего - to depart from this world отойти в лучший мир - to depart to a better world отойти в мир иной - to depart to another world испустить последний вздох - to breathe a last breath испустить дух - to give up the spirit сойти в гроб - to descend into the coffin сойти в могилу - to descend into the tomb лечь в сырую землю - to lie down in the damp earth

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почить в бозе - to rest in god [an outdated ecclesiastical expression, can be used by very religious people or in an ironic, mocking way]

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Colloquial, slightly rude expressions:

протянуть ноги – to stretch legs [pretty vernacular] сыграть в ящик – to play box надеть деревянный тулуп - put on a wooden sheepskin coat надеть деревянный макинтош - put on a wooden mackintosh отдать концы - give up the ends дать дуба – to give oak помереть - to die

---------------------------------------------------------- Colloquial, vulgar or criminal expressions:

отбросить копыта – to drop the hooves отбросить коньки – to drop the skates склеить ласты - glue the fins [criminal] окочуриться - I believe that this verb has the meaning of "harden", a reference to rigor mortis скопытиться - to be knocked off the hooves ----------------------------------------------------------- стать героем – to become a hero ))))) [internet slang]

[nearlydark]

I just went down a rabbit hole of new (to me) language learning resources since I’ve been away from the community for some time and holy shit there are some really cool things?? This app/site Clozemaster seems pretty helpful; you fill in a word in a sentence, each language seems to have 10k+ sentences, but I guess it’s better to know the basics in a language before doing this (I can get by in Polish on there rn basically from knowing Russian and Ukrainian lmfao but otherwise I would have no clue on most of the words). I also found Readlang, which would be pretty helpful when trying to read an e-book bc you can see the translation right there on the page (I was basically doing this for Russian; downloading pdfs of books and highlighting words I didn’t know and then looking them up lmfao fuck). Technology is amazing sometimes

[downbad4fyodor]

For anyone who speaks Russian, has learned to speak Russian, or has learned another language in general:

I’m talking to a guy right now who comes from Russia, and he’s mentioned that his parents might be moving to the US, as well, who only know how to speak Russian. So I would like to learn how to speak Russian so that communication is a little bit easier. Does anybody know how to start learning and everything?

I’ve looked up the alphabet already because an irl friend mentioned to start there, but I tend to overcomplicate things and I know that some languages aren’t that easy (like Japanese) but I’m not entirely sure. I’ve also tried Duolingo but it doesn’t help me with symbols or anything, it just expects me to learn by the words and that’s not helping me at all, either.

does anyone have any good tips on how to start learning Russian?

[strawberrymleko]

Week 1: Apr 28 - May 4 🦋

Polish 🇵🇱

Duolingo Units 1-6: basic greetings, basic verbs, some basic use of accusative and instrumental cases, people, food

Colloquial Polish Units 1-3: basic greetings, a few verbs, basic questions, accusative case

Clozemaster

Watched Dzień Świra on yt with English subtitles

Put all new words into flashcards

Russian 🇷🇺

Clozemaster

Ukrainian 🇺🇦

Clozemaster

Pics: Rose Garden near the Natural History Museum in LA 🌹

[letz-smoke-zaza]

just me feeling extra smart since I started learning cyrillic alphabet 🧘🏽‍♀️

06/07/2024 - 15:33

[russianblg]

Russian Verbs

Иметь- To have (present tense)

Я имею

Он/она/оно имеет

Мы имеем

Вы имеете

Они имеют

Examples:

Я имею много друзей - I have many friends

Ты имеешь талант - you have talent

Он имеет большой дом - He has a big house

Мы имеем общие интересы - We have common interest

Иметь" (imet') is a more general verb that can be used to indicate possession or ownership of tangible and intangible things. It is often used when talking about possessing something more permanent or long-term.

Есть" (est') is used when referring to the immediate availability or presence of something. It is commonly used to talk about temporary possession, current circumstances, or the availability of something at a given moment

Я (Ya) - есть (yest')

Ты (Ty) - есть (yest')

Он/Она/Оно (On/Ona/Ono) - есть (yest')

Мы (My) - есть (yest')

Вы (Vy) - есть (yest')

Они (Oni) - есть (yest')

Examples:

Я есть учитель. (Ya yest' uchitel') - I am a teacher.

Ты есть студент. (Ty yest' student) - You are a student.

Он есть доктор. (On yest' doktor) - He is a doctor.

Мы есть друзья. (My yest' druz'ya) - We are friends.

Вы есть гости. (Vy yest' gosti) - You are guests.

Они есть ученики. (Oni yest' ucheniki) - They are students.

In many cases, both "иметь" and "есть" can be used interchangeably to express possession. However, using "есть" often emphasizes the presence or availability of something in the present moment, while "иметь" is more neutral and can refer to both present and long-term possession.

[kymuryacademia]

October 9th, 2023

I was feeling so lazy today...but I tried to be productive. I studied Calculus and properties of variation, and reviewed some concepts, since I have Physics and Calculus classes today.

And I studied about nouns in Russian and some grammar rules.

[polyglot-thought]

[Russian→English] @olivka.or October 26th 2023 Instagram Reel — Color Coded Translation

Link to original post

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что я сделала хахвпхзпвз

chto ya sdelala khakhvpkhzpvz

what have I done khakhvpkhzpvz

NOTE: “khakhvpkhzpvz” seems to be keyboard smashing, a stand in for “ha ha ha” or “LOL”

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Please correct me if I made a mistake

[langguessr]

You can now learn languages with LangGuessr! Pick your level from 1 to 20, from the most common to the most obscure words, translate the words you know and memorise the ones you don't.

This is a learning method I developed to work best for myself, if it works for any of you then all the better!

List of languages currently available (more coming soon!):

- Bosnian - Bulgarian - Catalan - Croatian - Czech - Dutch - Esperanto - Finnish - French - Galician - Georgian - German - Greek - Hebrew - Hungarian - Italian - Kabyle (Berber) - Latin - Lithuanian - Mandarin - Polish - Portuguese - Romanian - Russian - Serbian - Spanish - Swedish - Turkish - Ukrainian - Yiddish

[eto-ena]

Here's a list of great VK public pages in Russian that I adore: pt 1

If you're learning the language, I think these might help you get more familiar with not only reading and spelling, but with how Russians actually communicate. And these pages are pretty cool too, so you can just check them out even if learning the language isn't the main goal.

1. покажи нам кусочек своей жизни/show us a piece of your life

A rather cool page where people share random pictures from their phones with a bit of info about themselves. Every post has its own aesthetic but more importantly, these posts feel very real and authentic. Here's what some of these posts look like.

"I'm majoring in geo in Moscow, sing in choir, and right now I'm writing my thesis a bit worried about my future. But I'll be fine. Kindness to all"

"the life of a physics teacher 💫"

2. пушистые морды/fluffy faces

Another page that accepts post suggestions. Here you can share your adorable pet (it's mostly cats).

"his name is Oleg"

3. мам ну не читай/mom don't read it

Did you have a diary when you were a kid? I cringe every time I read my old diaries. But this page collects all the weird diary entries and posts them. Not sure where they take them from, but they're all pretty hilarious.

"the door to the future"

"the page of positivity"

I'll be back with a part two!

[ofspringone]

Finished the book i've decided to read on a whim it was pretty good read ngl.Electricity is shit here,our lights went off again so i had to light a candle while studying russian.The old books were my great grandmother's they are older than my entire family i think.And yes i still have old cassettes of mortal combat lol.Me and my lil brother were addicted to this video game.

[pobeda147]

March 16, 2023

Today, instead of 3 hours of work, it turned out only 1 hour. So I had free time. I spent this time writing in some languages:

* Old Russian/Old Church Slavonic

* Japanese

* Arabic

* Chinese Mandarin

in fact, of these languages, Old Russian and Chinese come very easily to me. but Japanese and Arabic are very difficult, but they can be useful in work. so the phrase for today is "if you feel like you can't do anything, keep going forward" 🔥

[soulbutterlanguages]

I studied Russian everyday for two hours and this is what I learned. 

Let me tell you, this challenge was a LOT. It was very difficult to fit everything I wanted to accomplish in the span of two hours in addition to finding two hours a day to study. 

This video discusses: 

- my plan for the week

- the resources used

- time management

- the notion setup

- how it went / what I learned

[easy-russian]

Russian nouns that get "ы" ending in the plural.

You can learn more on my blog: https://easy-russian.com/complete-guide-to-forming-plural-nouns/