Olga JarrellOct 22, 2021Дом "переезжает"A mini-lesson based on one of the Facebook videos published by "Voice of America". It focuses on the prefixed verbs переезжать / переехать.
Olga JarrellOct 14, 2021Какой vs. Каков Оба вопросительных сло́ва, КАКОЙ и КАКОВ, означа́ют “what kind of”. Кака́я же ме́жду ни́ми ра́зница?
Olga JarrellSep 11, 2021бояться vs бояться заThe preposition за changes the meaning of the verb бояться. боя́ться – to be afraid of something or somebody The verb takes the genitive...
Olga JarrellJul 2, 2021Что взять с собой?Пора собираться в поездку, паковать чемоданы и думать, что взять с собой. Какие вещи нужно взять обязательно, а что можно и не брать?...
Olga JarrellJun 30, 2021ПУТЕШЕСТВОВАТЬ vs. ЕХАТЬ / ЕЗДИТЬIf you translate the English sentence "I traveled to Russia last year." like "Я путеше́ствовал(а) в Росси́ю в про́шлом году́.", I'm...
Olga JarrellMar 24, 2021ПОЛИТИК vs. ПОЛИТИКАWhen you hear or see the sentence “Мы говори́м о поли́тике”, do you know what we talk about: politics or a politician? 🤔The...
Olga JarrellJan 12, 2020You Expect Them to Be Masculine Nouns, but They Are NotQuite a few English nouns ending in a consonant have corresponding cognates in Russian. The confusing thing is that these English nouns...
Olga JarrellMar 4, 2017В Аляске или на Аляске? Prepositions НА and В with geographical namesI am constantly receiving lots of questions about the proper usage of the prepositions ‘in/at/on’ with geographical names. Here is my...
Olga JarrellMay 22, 2016A little bit of grammar: INSTRUMENTAL CASE. ТВОРИТЕЛЬНЫЙ ПАДЕЖThe instrumental case is commonly used with the preposition “C” (with). Take a look at some good examples in the poster. VOCABULARY...
Olga JarrellFeb 16, 2016A little bit of grammar: GENITIVE CASE. РОДИТЕЛЬНЫЙ ПАДЕЖSome cases of the genitive case are explained in the posters below. Examples from everyday life. #grammar #genitivecase #cases...
Olga JarrellFeb 16, 2016A little bit of grammar: PREPOSITIONAL CASE. ПРЕДЛОЖНЫЙ ПАДЕЖPrepositional case is the first Russian case to start a challenging adventuture through the Russian cases. Its main usage is showing a...
Olga JarrellFeb 16, 2016A little bit of grammar: ADJECTIVE-NOUN AGREEMENTAdjective-noun agreement simple rule: Adjectives must agree in gender and number with the nouns they describe. You can see the examples...
Olga JarrellFeb 16, 2016Words easily confused: если vs. лиHow would you translate this sentence into Russian “I don’t know if I speak Russian well?” If you turn to the Google Translate for help,...