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hi Boris, the phraseologism "медведь на ухо наступил" has the only meaning. the one that you mentioned - someone has a tin ear. so, in the examples you gave us, it only applies to the first one: - [at concert] "did you hear how wrong that violinist played?" - "no, sorry, мед...

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- Сколько вы здесь живёте? means How long have you been living here? but it would be better to say Как долго instead of Сколько in this case.

you want to say "how many of you live here?". in Rusian it will be Сколько вас здесь проживает?

hi, "Я знаю, это не нечто мы привыкли говорить о" - так не говорят по-русски. "this is not something we are used to talk about" is translated as "Это не то, о чем мы привыкли говорить". you can't put "говорить о" at the end of the sentence like in English with...

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overall, there's no difference))

привет! no, in this case the verb doesn't change form when using it in a question like: "Do you speak Russian" as opposed to making a statement like: "You speak Russian". In English, when we adress another person, we use only YOU, but in Russian we can adress someone as ТЫ or ВЫ ...

Reading a lot in Russian will certainly help
Good luck!

hi,

СЕБЯ is a reflexive pronoun that has no nominative case.

you are welcome))

hi,

он/ она/ оно/ это ГОВОРИТ

Вы ГОВОРИТЕ

hi,

this song is called "Сделай меня счастливым"