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Word of the day: ПОХО́Ж
похож – похожа – похоже – похожи = a short-form adjective from похожий = to look alike; resemble похож на (что? кого́? - Accusative)...

Olga Jarrell
Jun 24, 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...

Olga Jarrell
May 30, 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...

Olga Jarrell
May 21, 2016


TIME EXPRESSIONS in tables
Time expressions in Russian are very useful. Hardly any communication either orally or in writing could go without them. This graphic...

Olga Jarrell
May 15, 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...

Olga Jarrell
May 5, 2016


Pussy Willow Sunday - Вербное воскресенье
Palm Sunday is always celebrated a week before Easter. In the Russian Orthodox Church, the Sunday before Easter is known as Pussy Willow...

Olga Jarrell
Apr 29, 2016


Easter - Пасха
Easter, also known as Paskha (Па́сха), is one of the most important Russian holidays. The Russian Orthodox Church celebrates Easter...

Olga Jarrell
Apr 28, 2016


Easter of My Childhood
Growing up in Russia of the 60s-70s in the atheistic society, I didn’t know much about Easter as a religious holiday. Even though in...

Olga Jarrell
Apr 27, 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...

Olga Jarrell
Apr 17, 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...

Olga Jarrell
Apr 14, 2016


НА ЗДОРОВЬЕ or ЗА ЗДОРОВЬЕ?
I agree with the poster that there is no such toast as "На здоровье". Why are НА ЗДОРОВЬЕ and ЗА ЗДОРОВЬЕ so misused, and what is...

Olga Jarrell
Apr 3, 2016


Words easily confused: CLASS vs. КЛАСС
The word CLASS looks like a true cognate of КЛАСС, but, unfortunately, these words can act like false cognates in many usages. Even some...

Olga Jarrell
Apr 3, 2016
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