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- Aug 31st, 15, 15:48
- Forum: Russian culture
- Topic: Slavic languages
- Replies: 2
- Views: 14131
Re: Slavic languages
two great answers in a row
- Aug 31st, 15, 15:45
- Forum: Russian culture
- Topic: the origin of Russian tea drinking
- Replies: 2
- Views: 14041
- Aug 26th, 15, 16:52
- Forum: Russian vocabulary
- Topic: что ты хочешь? please correct the sentences
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3908
Re: please correct the sentences
thanks for the answers and the corrections
- Aug 11th, 15, 14:02
- Forum: Russian vocabulary
- Topic: что ты хочешь? please correct the sentences
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3908
что ты хочешь? please correct the sentences
Привет!
Could you please tell me if all of these phrases are correct:
- что ты хочешь?
- какая ручка ты хочешь?
- какой карандаш ты хочешь?
- что упражнение ты делаешь?
Что is neuter, right?
Many thanks!
Could you please tell me if all of these phrases are correct:
- что ты хочешь?
- какая ручка ты хочешь?
- какой карандаш ты хочешь?
- что упражнение ты делаешь?
Что is neuter, right?
Many thanks!
- Jul 27th, 15, 16:19
- Forum: Russian culture
- Topic: Slavic languages
- Replies: 2
- Views: 14131
Slavic languages
Hello, As a Russian learner I got curious to know what other languages could I learn in the future based on my knowledge of Russian. What Slavic languages are the closest to Russian? Do Russian people understand the Ukranian language easily? Is the cyrillic alphabet the same for all the Slavic langu...
- Jul 10th, 15, 14:58
- Forum: Russian culture
- Topic: the profession of тамада
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5224
Re: the profession of тамада
thanks!!!!!! good advice: "except in a funeral..." ;D
- Jun 9th, 15, 19:12
- Forum: Russian culture
- Topic: the profession of тамада
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5224
the profession of тамада
Привет! I've been asking about Russian weddings and it seems that someone called тамада is present at every wedding and their job is to entertain the guests, like an animator. I wonder what is expected from such an animator at a wedding? telling jokes, singing, etc? do they earn much money? do peopl...
- May 13th, 15, 22:28
- Forum: Russian culture
- Topic: the origin of Russian tea drinking
- Replies: 2
- Views: 14041
the origin of Russian tea drinking
Привет всем! This time my question is about tea :) I've read that Russians love drinking tea. There is even a word for that: чаепитие. What is the origin of this tradition? I guess that in the ancient Russia there was no tea import, so what other drink was popular back then? I've tried searching for...
- May 4th, 15, 22:13
- Forum: Russian vocabulary
- Topic: what is дурной / дурно
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2216
Re: what is дурной / дурно
AlexD wrote:Hello!
"вам дурно?" means "Are you sick?"
"валять дурака" is idiomatic expression. It means to do silly things.
thanks! ;D
- Apr 30th, 15, 21:18
- Forum: Russian vocabulary
- Topic: what is дурной / дурно
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2216
what is дурной / дурно
Привет всем!
I came across the following phrase: вам дурно? and I'm not sure how to translate it because дурак / дура mean "a fool" and from the context I guess that it's not about that
By the way, what is валять? from валять дурака
Спасибо!
I came across the following phrase: вам дурно? and I'm not sure how to translate it because дурак / дура mean "a fool" and from the context I guess that it's not about that
By the way, what is валять? from валять дурака
Спасибо!