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Дом "переезжает"
Olga Jarrell
  • Oct 22, 2021

Дом "переезжает"

A mini-lesson based on one of the Facebook videos published by "Voice of America". It focuses on the prefixed verbs переезжать / переехать.
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Какой vs. Каков
Olga Jarrell
  • Oct 14, 2021

Какой vs. Каков

Оба вопросительных сло́ва, КАКОЙ и КАКОВ, означа́ют “what kind of”. Кака́я же ме́жду ни́ми ра́зница?
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бояться vs бояться за
Olga Jarrell
  • Sep 11, 2021

бояться vs бояться за

The preposition за changes the meaning of the verb бояться. боя́ться – to be afraid of something or somebody The verb takes the genitive...
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Что взять с собой?
Olga Jarrell
  • Jul 2, 2021

Что 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?...
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ПУТЕШЕСТВОВАТЬ vs. ЕХАТЬ / ЕЗДИТЬ
Olga Jarrell
  • Jun 30, 2021

ПУТЕШЕСТВОВАТЬ vs. ЕХАТЬ / ЕЗДИТЬ

If you translate the English sentence "I traveled to Russia last year." like "Я путеше́ствовал(а) в Росси́ю в про́шлом году́.", I'm...
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ПОЛИТИК vs. ПОЛИТИКА
Olga Jarrell
  • Mar 24, 2021

ПОЛИТИК vs. ПОЛИТИКА

When you hear or see the sentence “Мы говори́м о поли́тике”, do you know what we talk about: politics or a politician? 🤔The...
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You Expect Them to Be Masculine Nouns, but They Are Not
Olga Jarrell
  • Jan 12, 2020

You Expect Them to Be Masculine Nouns, but They Are Not

Quite a few English nouns ending in a consonant have corresponding cognates in Russian. The confusing thing is that these English nouns...
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В Аляске или на Аляске? Prepositions НА and В with geographical names
Olga Jarrell
  • Mar 4, 2017

В Аляске или на Аляске? Prepositions НА and В with geographical names

I am constantly receiving lots of questions about the proper usage of the prepositions ‘in/at/on’ with geographical names. Here is my...
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A little bit of grammar: INSTRUMENTAL CASE. ТВОРИТЕЛЬНЫЙ ПАДЕЖ
Olga Jarrell
  • May 22, 2016

A little bit of grammar: INSTRUMENTAL CASE. ТВОРИТЕЛЬНЫЙ ПАДЕЖ

The instrumental case is commonly used with the preposition “C” (with). Take a look at some good examples in the poster. VOCABULARY...
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A little bit of grammar: GENITIVE CASE. РОДИТЕЛЬНЫЙ ПАДЕЖ
Olga Jarrell
  • Feb 16, 2016

A little bit of grammar: GENITIVE CASE. РОДИТЕЛЬНЫЙ ПАДЕЖ

Some cases of the genitive case are explained in the posters below. Examples from everyday life. #grammar #genitivecase #cases...
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A little bit of grammar: PREPOSITIONAL CASE. ПРЕДЛОЖНЫЙ ПАДЕЖ
Olga Jarrell
  • Feb 16, 2016

A little bit of grammar: PREPOSITIONAL CASE. ПРЕДЛОЖНЫЙ ПАДЕЖ

Prepositional case is the first Russian case to start a challenging adventuture through the Russian cases. Its main usage is showing a...
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A little bit of grammar: ADJECTIVE-NOUN AGREEMENT
Olga Jarrell
  • Feb 16, 2016

A little bit of grammar: ADJECTIVE-NOUN AGREEMENT

Adjective-noun agreement simple rule: Adjectives must agree in gender and number with the nouns they describe. You can see the examples...
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Words easily confused: если vs. ли
Olga Jarrell
  • Feb 16, 2016

Words easily confused: если vs. ли

How 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,...
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