Olga Jarrell
Обратная связь или фидбек?
Фи́дбек is one of the neologisms recently borrowed from English and very often replaces the traditional Russian equivalents of the...
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Olga Jarrell
- Nov 27, 2020
"Чёрная пятница", киберпонедельник и День без покупок
Сразу после Дня благодарения, четвёртого четверга ноября, наступает главное маркетинговое событие года – “чёрная пятница”.
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Olga Jarrell
- Nov 25, 2020
Word of the Day: БЛАГОДАРИТЬ
For thanking people, we usually use the verb “to thank” in English. Russian, on the other hand, uses the noun «спасибо».
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Olga Jarrell
- Sep 13, 2020
На дворе осень. Пора...
Что значит "на дворе"?
Обычно "двор" – это участок земли (a piece of land) перед домом - yard. Иногда мы говорим, что "дети играют во дворе
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Olga Jarrell
- Dec 9, 2019
Word of the Day: КУХНЯ
КУХНЯ is not only KITCHEN, where food is prepared, but also CUISINE - a way, method, and/or style of cooking used by a certain group of...
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Olga Jarrell
- Dec 9, 2019
Word of the Day: БАРИСТА
Если вы любите кофе ☕️, вы знаете what BARISTA means. В русских электронных словарях уже есть слово БАРИСТА listed and defined as...
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Olga Jarrell
- Nov 27, 2019
Word of the Day: УЛИЦА
В русском языке есть несколько слов для обозначения разных типов улиц. In Russian, there are a few words to denote different types of...
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Olga Jarrell
- Apr 13, 2019
Word of the Day: ПОДХОДЯЩИЙ
подходя́щий (present active participle) = appropriate, right, suitable, proper подходя́щая компа́ния = good / right company Так. Если я...
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Olga Jarrell
- Jan 21, 2019
Word of the Day: ОБЩЕЕ
In English, we often use the phrase “to have in common” to state some difference or similarity among things or people. Have you ever been...
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Olga Jarrell
- Dec 21, 2017
Word of the Day: Ураган, циклон или тайфун? A Hurricane, Cyclone, or a Typhoon?
Одни́м из са́мых стра́шных и разруша́ющих стихи́йных бе́дствий явля́ется тропи́ческий цикло́н. Урага́н, тайфу́н и цикло́н – это ра́зные...
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Olga Jarrell
- Aug 6, 2016
Word of the Day: БЕЗЛИМИТИЩЕ
Almost every Russian who watches TV once in a while is familiar with the word безлими́тище. It is frequently used in advertisements of...
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Olga Jarrell
- Jun 24, 2016
Word of the day: ПОХО́Ж
похож – похожа – похоже – похожи = a short-form adjective from похожий = to look alike; resemble похож на (что? кого́? - Accusative)...
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Olga Jarrell
- May 30, 2016
Words of the day: ИМЕЙЛ
The word ИМЕЙЛ is officially in the Russian dictionaries. 😃 Even though we can use the Russian analog ЭЛЕКТРО́ННАЯ ПО́ЧТА or ЭЛЕКТРОННОЕ...
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Olga Jarrell
- May 5, 2016
WORD OF THE DAY: душа́
Everyone who is somehow related to the Russian language or/and culture heard of so-called “the mysterious Russian soul” (зага́дочная...
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Olga Jarrell
- Apr 17, 2016
WORD OF THE DAY: заби́ть
The inspiration for writing about this word came from one of my student’s questions: "What will it be in Russian if I need to say ‘save a...
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Olga Jarrell
- Apr 14, 2016
Word of the day: БУДЁНОВКА
You might have seen this distinctive hat among numerous Russian souvenirs, but do you know what it is called? It is the budyonovka...
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Olga Jarrell
- Mar 2, 2016
Word of the day: ФОРТОЧКА
Do you know what ФОРТОЧКА (fortochka) means? It’s a small window within a window - one of the characteristic features of many Russian...
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Olga Jarrell
- Feb 20, 2016
Word of the day: сладкий
Learn some "sweet" vocabulary" with these posters and see if you can answer the follow-up questions. Вы любите сладкое? Вы сладкоежка? Вы...
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Olga Jarrell
- Jan 17, 2016
Word of the day: БОРЩ
Borsch is a masterpiece of the Russian cuisine. It takes about seven hours to make it if you follow the classic recipe. However, it’s...
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Olga Jarrell
- Jan 9, 2016
Word of the Day: КАТАТЬСЯ / ПОКАТАТЬСЯ
This Russian verb is very important to know when talking about sport activities.
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