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What is the name of this Russian Folksong [closed]
Where can I find different versions of this Russian Folksong
o the steppes
Googling 'O the Steppes" of course returns nothing.
This song is a real hit with me and I want to find out how other ...
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How polite is the sentence "Вы не скажете, где лифт?" which is asked using negation?
Presently I am learning Russian & I am at Beginner level. I have seen this sentence in a book.
Вы не скажете, где лифт
Initially I thought that it was a printing mistake and it should be like
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Why is it wrong to say/ write "иностранец мне показывал свой паспорт" rather than "иностранец показывал мне свой паспорт"
As Russian has flexible word order, the following sentences should mean the same.
А) иностранец мне показывал свой паспорт
Б) иностранец показывал мне свой паспорт
But, as per DuoLingo, First ...
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What does м ж.-д. stands for in the screenshot below？
What does the м ж.-д. stand for in the screenshot below? Source: brks.info
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Use of instrumental and nominative cases with "быть" and "стать"
I was practicing my Russian with a friend when she wrote the following:
"когда я пришёл на фестиваль, народу было не очень много, но позже очереди за едой стали слишком длинные."
In this ...
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How to translate "Adorkable" into Russian?
The word "Adorkable" is a portmanteau of "Adorable" and "Dork." That neatly encapsulates this trope. Adorkable characters are "dorky" in some fashion. Maybe ...
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Is it becoming the norm for Russians to handwrite in block letters in informal situations?
Is it more common to see block letters nowadays, especially on the internet? For example, I've linked to a Twitter artist who (among many others) seems to handwrite in block letters in their comics. I ...
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Difference between "толстовка", "свитшот", "худи", "кофта" and "пуловер"?
Could someone give me some insight on these Russian words from the perspective of a native Russian?
From what I've seen, many websites use these words interchangeably, and some of those websites even ...
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Rendering emphatic "that" in Russian
Below are two uses of that in the sense of настолько. In the first example, it just means not very, but in the second one, it means (emphatically) to the extent you’re implying(!). How is this ...
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What are the lyrics to this song translated into english? [closed]
Улыбка - Крошка енот - Moscow Boys' Choir DEBUT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANNQrVKUjws
The video says its from the song or poem Smile from "Baby Raccoon".
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About grapes (виноград) and grapes (винограды)
I understand that in Russian, виноград is a collective noun implying the plural “grapes”. However, when looking into it in Wikislovar (https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%...
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Russian slang: "the letter Х"
Someone told me that in Russian slang, people ask each other: Kак дела? (How are you?), to which the obvious answer is Хорошо (Good).
But there's another word that starts with "x" and means ...
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How can I figure out if an adjective is hard or soft without seeing its ending?
I can't determine whether the adjective is hard or soft without seeing its ending. I need to be able to tell if the adjective is hard or soft without seeing its ending.
What I mean is, how can I tell ...
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Strange use of 'и': для этого и делается
I was listening at Navalny's phone call and at some point he says:
ровно для этого и делается доклад
It is supposed to translate to:
this is exactly what the report is for
What I understand so far:...
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Why has the word Жид (Jew) become a taboo in Russian?
As far as I know, it is a neutral word in some Slavic languages, and it was legal in Russian before the Russian Revolution. However, now, it's completely illegal and, thus, Russians utter it only to ...
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