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by Taras
Mar 12th, 15, 14:30
Forum: Russian grammar
Topic: What English words of russian origin do you know?
Replies: 5
Views: 3458

Re: What English words of russian origin do you know?

Guys,
just a remark - the nominative case of the Russian equivalent of 'chocolate' is 'шоколад', not 'шоколада'. The latter is the genitive form of 'шоколад'.
by Taras
Mar 11th, 15, 21:50
Forum: Russian culture
Topic: Does my Russian cursive look okay?
Replies: 14
Views: 14990

Re: Does my Russian cursive look okay?

https://ilrussian.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/script-practice-sheets.pdf has very detailed explanations of how to write Russian cursive letters. However, the upper hook of 'к' should be a little bit more noticeable than that they write because without this hook 'к' and 'н' look almost the same. Anot...
by Taras
Mar 11th, 15, 00:36
Forum: Russian vocabulary
Topic: Грамота
Replies: 6
Views: 4086

Re: Грамота

The original of your message is Если книг читать не будешь, скоро грамоту забудешь. According to http://slovarozhegova.ru/word.php?wordid=5653, 'грамота' has two meanings. The first meaning is the ability to read and write (умение читать и писать). Looking at http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.co...
by Taras
Mar 9th, 15, 15:57
Forum: Russian grammar
Topic: How to reach the next level of mastery?
Replies: 1
Views: 2088

Re: How to reach the next level of mastery?

I'd advise you to try formulating sentences in Russian which contain new words or just words difficult for you to remember. If it is possible, say the sentences aloud in order to practise your pronunciation (however, I don't think it's a good idea to do that while walking in the street since people ...
by Taras
Mar 7th, 15, 18:43
Forum: Russian culture
Topic: Does my Russian cursive look okay?
Replies: 14
Views: 14990

Re: Does my Russian cursive look okay?

Christa, your Russian handwriting looks exactly how Russian children in their first three years at school write :P It's predictable because you only study how to write in Russian, just like an 8 year old Russian girl :D But don't cry - your Russian cursive is easily understandable and quite good for...
by Taras
Mar 1st, 15, 20:25
Forum: Russian vocabulary
Topic: Russian slang: cool and awesome
Replies: 2
Views: 2438

Re: Common Slang in Russia

Hi there, 'awesome' and 'cool' in the sense of 'good' can be translated as кла́ссный, клё́вый, круто́й, отпа́дный, прико́льный, ку́льный, офиге́нный, офиги́тельный, обалде́нный, охрени́тельный, чё́ткий; 'earn money' is the meaning of the following expressions: руби́ть капу́сту, руби́ть бабло́, руби́...
by Taras
Mar 1st, 15, 19:33
Forum: Russian vocabulary
Topic: Computer Terms in Russian
Replies: 1
Views: 2843

Re: Computer Terms in Russian

Hi, 'download' in Russian is 'загрузить', window - окно, open file - открыть файл. You can just change the display language of your computer from Russian to English or whatever you prefer (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/install-or-change-a-display-language). If you really need to read a...
by Taras
Feb 18th, 15, 21:17
Forum: Russian grammar
Topic: What English words of russian origin do you know?
Replies: 5
Views: 3458

Re: What English words of russian origin do you know?

Perestroika, glasnost, pelmeni, to kerzhakov, a tsar, a sputnik, valenki, vodka, vint (card game). Probably words 'vareniki' and 'khinkali' have been borrowed from the Russian language too. You can find much more English words having been borrowed from Russian here: http://www.multitran.ru/c/m.exe?a...
by Taras
Feb 7th, 15, 13:19
Forum: Your first post to say hello
Topic: привет!
Replies: 1
Views: 1822

Re: привет!

Hi joanrehe,
'Happy birthday!' in Russian is "С днём рождения!" :)
by Taras
Jan 27th, 15, 15:25
Forum: Russian grammar
Topic: Gender of nouns- Accusative case
Replies: 1
Views: 2079

Re: Gender of nouns- Accusative case

All right, Elaisa! In fact, Russian nouns change not only in the accusative case. Moreover it happens seldom that a non-nominative form of a Russian noun is the same as its nominative one. Look at these examples: Nominative книга стул Genitive книги стула Dative книге стулу Accusative книгу стул Ins...

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