#learn Russian

[russianblg]

слушать" (slushat') To listen

Я слушаю (Ya slushayu) - I listen

Ты слушаешь (Ty slushayesh') - You listen (informal singular)

Он/Она слушает (On/Ona slushaet) - He/She listens

Мы слушаем (My slushaem) - We listen

Вы слушаете (Vy slushayete) - You listen (formal singular and plural)

Они слушают (Oni slushayut) - They listen

Examples:

Я слушаю музыку. (I listen to music.)

Ты слушаешь радио. (You listen to the radio.)

Он слушает аудиокниги. (He listens to audiobooks.)

Мы слушаем концерт. (We are listening to the concert.)

Вы слушаете лекцию. (You are listening to the lecture.)

Они слушают звуки природы. (They listen to the sounds of nature.)

[clever-ludicrous]

I haven’t been really active lately but I came across something I wanted to share.

It’s a free language learning app called Lingo Legend, and I’m honestly a bit surprised by how much I’m enjoying it.

It’s basically just a vocab game where you’re a farmhand. The game is split between working on your farm and going on adventures.

You can choose what theme of vocab — though it doesn’t seem to be possible to put in your own — and set the pace you wish to play. There’s a daily energy limit, which you can refill by watching ads but there are no ad interruptions.

Supported languages are:

French, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, Dutch, German, Italian and Portuguese.

Maybe I’m just late to the party and everyone already knows about it but I rarely see it talked about.

[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

[russianpod101]

Your Face in Russian! 👀 PS: Learn Russian with the best FREE online resources, just click here https://www.russianpod101.com/?src=twitter_infographic_face_060525

[kymuryacademia]

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January 14th, 2025

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Hey everyone! I've been diving deep into my Russian studies lately, and I’m excited to share some pictures of my new Russian notebook with you all.

Things have been going pretty well so far! I’m also planning to work on some coding projects soon and will be sharing updates here, so stay tuned!

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[sentimentalniy-vals]

✧ Russian grammar - Comparisons of equality (Part 1) ✧

First grammar post! And on a topic that I personally have found very difficult to grasp despite how basic it is, firstly because of how different it is from my mother tongue and secondly because of how little info there is online. Examples are from different sources, so you've probably seen them elsewhere. Also part 1 because this is longer than what I expected dfgfghj

Anyway, hope this is helpful! 💖

☆ General information ☆

To make comparisons of equality and to express the concept of “the same” in Russian, there are different structures and words that have each a number of particularities. Here I'll cover the two words/structures used when there are two or more things that are the same.

☆ Одинаковый ☆

It means the same as in identical.

Used when there are two or more things that are all identical.

Used almost exclusively in the plural form.

Its synonyms are идентичный, равный, симметричный, такой же.

It’s an adjective, so it always accompanies a noun, and it cannot be used in a comparison (this means that there’s not a second element to be compared to).

Examples:

Давай купим одинаковые костюмы. – Let’s buy identical suits (=two or more who have the same properties).

Он и Викрам носят одинаковые туфли. – He and Vikram are wearing the same shoes (=Each has a pair of shoes and they both look identical)

Мой парень покупает мне помаду и не может выбрать, потому что они все розовые, одинаковые. - My boyfriend is buying me a lipstick and can't pick one because they are all pink, identical/the same (=There are multiple lipsticks and they all look identical).

У нас с тобой одинаковый ��вет волос. - You and have the same hair color (=There are two people and both have two hair colors which happen to be the same).

У этих рубашек одинаковый размер. – These shirts have the same/identical size (=Multiple shirts have multiple sizes but they are all the same one).

It has an adverb form – одинаково, which means the same/equally.

As an adverb, it always references a verb.

Examples:

Мы одинаково плохо водим машину. – We are equally bad drivers.

Сергей и его отец выглядят одинаково. – Sergey and his father look the same.

Ольга и Лена весят одинаково. – Olga and Lena weight the same.

Я люблю моих детей одинаково. – I love my kids equally.

☆ Так, такой, etc. + же ☆

Also means the same, and it has multiple forms but many common characteristics.

Most important one is that it's used in comparisons (that means there's an element being compared to another one)

The second part of the comparison may be omitted, but it can be retrieved.

The second part of the comparison starts the question word (Так -> как, Столько -> сколько, Тогда -> когда, Там -> где, Туда -> куда. Exception!! такой -> как).

Note, however, that the question word is subject to change if the second sentence doesn't have the same type of verb as the first one. For example, in Положи мои вещи туда же, куда ты положила ключи we use куда because положить indicates movement, but in Положи мои вещи туда же, где ты нашла ключи we use где because найти is a verb of location.

Такой же:

It's an adjective.

It can accompany a noun or be placed before an adjective (but in both cases it references a noun).

Used in comparisons with the structure Такой же (прил./сущ.), как – The same (noun) as/As (adj.) as.

Examples:

A: Дай мне этот словарь. Б: И мне, пожалуйста, такой же. – A: Give me this dictionary. B: And give me the same one, please (we could say И мне такой же словарь, как у него).

Я хочу такой же велосипед. – I want the same bicycle (here again we could say Я хочу такой же велосипед, как у кого-то).

Просто купи мне такую же помаду, которая у меня была раньше. – Just buy me the same lipstick I had before.

Этот город такой же маленький, как мой родной город. - This town is as small as my hometown.

Они такие же высокие, как вы. – They are as tall as you.

У неё такая же кофточка, как у тебя. – She has the same blouse as you.

Ты такой же дурак, как и твой отец. - You are as much of an idiot as your father.

Гастроскопия - такая же неприятная процедура, как и колоноскопия. - Gastroscopy is a procedure as unpleasant as colonoscopy.

Так же:

It's an adverb.

It references a verb.

Used in comparisons with the structure Так же (нареч.), как – As (adv.) as.

Examples:

Андрей прекрасно играет на гитаре. И я хочу научиться играть на гитаре так же. - Andrey plays the guitar very beautifully. And I want to learn to play the guitar like that (we could say Я хочу научиться играть на гитаре так же прекрасно, как он).

Виктор учится хорошо. Андрей учится так же. - Viktor studies well. Andrey studies similarly.

Они прибыли так же быстро, как вы. – They arrived as fast as you.

Вера так же хорошо плавает, как и ты. – Vera swims as well as you.

Надеюсь, вам понравится так же сильно, как и мне. – I hope you like it as much as I do.

Столько же:

It means as many, as much.

Used with quantities.

Used in comparisons with the structure Столько же (сущ. на род.), сколько – As many/much as.

Examples:

Они купили столько же яблок, сколько и вы. ­– They bought as many apples, as you.

Моей кошке столько же лет, сколько этому дому. – My cat is as old as this house (lit. My cat has as many years as this house)

Ольга весит столько же, сколько и Лена. – Olga weights as much as Lena.

Туда же:

It means to the same place, in the same place (it indicates direction, movement).

Used in comparisons with the structure Туда же, куда – To/in the same place as.

Examples:

Положи мои вещи туда же, куда ты положила ключи. – Put my things in the same place where you put the keys.

Я иду туда же, куда и все. – I am going to the same place as everyone.

Тогда же:

It means at the same time.

Used in comparisons with the structure Тогда же, когда – At the same time as.

Examples:

Они работают тогда же, когда и мы. – They work at the same time as we do.

Студенты пошли на выставку тогда же, когда и я. – The students went to the exhibition at the same time as me.

Там же:

It means in the same place.

Used in comparisons with the structure Там же, где – In the same place as.

Examples:

Я нашел карандаш там же, где и ты. - I found a pencil in the same place as you.

Я буду там же, где и всегда. - I will be at the same place as always.

Автобусная остановка там же, где и раньше. - The bus stop is at the same place as before.

☆ Recap ☆

Одинаковый and Так, такой, etc. + же are used when there are two or more elements that have the same characteristics. Одинаковый puts them in a group and says that all of them are the same, while Так, такой, etc. + же makes a comparison of equality between element A and element B.

That's all for part 1! It's a bit confusing but maybe between my explanations and the examples it will be much more understandable.

[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

[pippinandme]

I have decided to learn Italian and Russian. And since my birthday is in August and I'm hopefully starting a degree course in September, I've decided to make that my general deadline.

I can't afford to pay for anything, but I'll get whatever second-hand books I can find, and watch videos, and speak it whenever I can, stuff like that.

If anyone's interested I plan to post the words/phrases I learn here. (lack of consistent regularity, It'll just be every so often)

Also if anyone has any tips, or even would like to help me, that could be fun.

If anyone even sees this...

[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?

[easy-russian]

[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]

the man hadn't met the russian i think🧍🏼‍♀️

[russianpod101]

Most Common Adjectives in Russian 🔎 PS: Learn Russian with the best FREE online resources, just click here https://www.russianpod101.com/?src=tumblr_infographic_adjectives_6_071025

[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.