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by Taras
Apr 5th, 15, 18:25
Forum: Russian vocabulary
Topic: Suffixes of adjectives
Replies: 1
Views: 1939

Re: Suffixes of adjectives

Hey there, 'холодненький' is a diminutive-hypocoristic form of 'холодный'. A diminutive-hypocoristic adjective means that the speaker wants to express their love (meaning 'fondness and being willing to take care') for the object and thinks the object is cute. Besides when using a diminutive-hypocori...
by Taras
Mar 24th, 15, 23:04
Forum: Russian grammar
Topic: Genitive plural of "человек"
Replies: 6
Views: 3972

Re: Genitive plural of "человек"

Hello everyboy! Lilith, it's so sweet of you to greet every boy, but I think girls are worth greeting too :P. As for your question, yes, the genitive plural of 'человек' is 'людей'. However, the collocation 'несколько человек' is much more wide-spread than 'несколько людей'. The phrases 'мало челов...
by Taras
Mar 24th, 15, 03:03
Forum: Russian vocabulary
Topic: Pronunciation of "здравствуйте"
Replies: 2
Views: 2373

Re: Pronunciation of "здравствуйте"

'Здрасьте' is a less formal version of 'Здравствуйте', but it's more formal than 'Привет'. Russian speakers usually say 'Здрасьте' to adults who the speakers know well, but who are not the speakers' friends (e.g., their teachers, colleagues, neighbors). To say hello to an adult you see first time (e...
by Taras
Mar 22nd, 15, 14:21
Forum: Russian culture
Topic: Does my Russian cursive look okay?
Replies: 14
Views: 14989

Re: Does my Russian cursive look okay?

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by Taras
Mar 20th, 15, 19:00
Forum: Russian grammar
Topic: Instrumental case with быть and являться in the past tense
Replies: 3
Views: 2774

Re: Instrumental case with быть and являться in the past ten

My pleasure! I'm glad I don't need to learn Russian since I already know it. :D The Russian cases and the Russian grammar in general are really difficult to master, so I wish you every success in learning Russian!
by Taras
Mar 19th, 15, 12:16
Forum: Russian culture
Topic: Does my Russian cursive look okay?
Replies: 14
Views: 14989

Re: Does my Russian cursive look okay?

Sentences with the sequence of tenses, like 'Они думали, что я всё зна л ', are correct and are used now and then, but they are much less common than the corresponding sentences without the sequence of tenses, like 'Они думали, что я всё зна ю '. If you search for 'Я думал, ты зна ла ' in Google, yo...
by Taras
Mar 18th, 15, 00:14
Forum: Russian grammar
Topic: Instrumental case with быть and являться in the past tense
Replies: 3
Views: 2774

Re: Instrumental case with быть and являться in the past ten

Hi there, there is a rule in Russian that objects of verbs 'быть' and 'являться' usually take the instrumental case. This rule applies also to several other verbs listed here . Note that 'быть' has only the past tense and the future tense while 'являться' has all the three tenses. I don't know why t...
by Taras
Mar 15th, 15, 16:04
Forum: Russian culture
Topic: Does my Russian cursive look okay?
Replies: 14
Views: 14989

Re: Does my Russian cursive look okay?

'Вчера я ничего не знала' is an absolutely correct sentence and it means only 'Yesterday I knew nothing'. The situation gets different if you add 'я думала', because 'Вчера я думала, что я ничего не знаю' means 'Yesterday I thought I know nothing nowadays ', and this Russian sentence is much more co...
by Taras
Mar 14th, 15, 23:55
Forum: Russian culture
Topic: Does my Russian cursive look okay?
Replies: 14
Views: 14989

Re: Does my Russian cursive look okay?

Your first two sentences sound like 'Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away...' :D You'd better say 'Вчера я думала, что я всё знаю', not 'знала'. The variant with 'знаю' does not have the sequence of tenses, like in colloquial English. In Russian the sequence of tenses is not used almost alw...
by Taras
Mar 14th, 15, 20:02
Forum: Russian grammar
Topic: When to use являться and when быть?
Replies: 5
Views: 3491

Re: When to use являться and when быть?

To my way of thinking, a phrase with 'является' in the present tense is more formal than the corresponding phrase without the 'является', and that's the only difference between these two phrases. So Он является лучшим футболистом в мире (He's the best footballer in the world) is more formal than Он ...

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