Archive for the 'Learn Russian' Category
April 28, 2014
Russian Word of the Day – older sister (noun)
Learn a little Russian everyday with the free Russian Word of the Day Widget. Check back daily for more vocabulary!старшая сестра (starshaya sestra) older sister (noun)Наша старшая сестра сидит с ребёнком, когда наших родителей нет дома.Nasha starshaya sestra sidit s rebyonkom, kogda nashikh roditeley net doma.Our older sister babysits when our parents are out.Старшая сестра держит свою младшую сестру.Starshaya sestra derzhit svoyu mladshuyu sestru.The older sister is holding her younger sister.иметь старшую сеструimet' starshuyu sestruhave an older sisterстаршая сестра и младшая сестраstarshaya sestra i mladshaya sestraolder sister and younger sisterOwn a blog or website? Share free language content with your readers with the Russian Word... Show more
December 16, 2013
Russian Word of the Day – sweet potato (phrase)
Learn a little Russian everyday with the free Russian Word of the Day Widget. Check back daily for more vocabulary!сладкий картофель (sladkiy kartofel') sweet potato (phrase)Ямс также называют сладким картофелем.Yams takzhe nazivayut sladkim kartofelem.A yam is also called a sweet potato.Сладкий картофель хорош печёным или жаренымSladkiy kartofel' horosh pechyonym ili zharenymThe sweet potato is great baked or fried.засахаренный сладкий картофельzasaharenniy sladkiy kartofel'candied sweet potatoпечёный сладкий картофельpechyoniy sladkiy kartofel'baked sweet potatoцелый сладкий картофель и нарезанный сладкий картофельtseliy sladkiy kartofel' i narezanniy sladkiy kartofel'whole sweet potato and cut sweet potatoOwn a blog or website? Share... Show more
June 19, 2013
Russian Word of the Day – bread (noun)
Learn a little Russian everyday with the free Russian Word of the Day Widget. Check back daily for more vocabulary!хлеб (hleb) bread (noun)Каждым воскресным утром мы покупаем хлеб, торт и печенье в пекарне.Kazhdym voskresnym utrom my pokupayem hleb, tort i pechyen 'ye v pekarne.Every Sunday morning we buy bread, cake, and cookies at the bakery.нарезанный хлеб и булочкиnarezannyi hleb i bulochkisliced bread and bread rollsнарезанный хлебnarezannyi hlebsliced breadOwn a blog or website? Share free language content with your readers with the Russian Word of the Day with Audio Widget. Click here for instructions on how to embed and customize this free widget!
April 21, 2011
Russian Word of the Day – silver (adjective)
Learn a little Russian everyday with the free Russian Word of the Day Widget. Check back daily for more vocabulary!серебряный silver (adjective)серебряная ручка выглядит дорогоThe silver colored pen looks expensive.красить в серебряный цветcolor silverOwn a blog or website? Share free language content with your readers with the Russian Word of the Day with Audio Widget. Click here for instructions on how to embed and customize this free widget!
May 21, 2010
Five Tips To Avoid Common Mistakes
The Focus of This Lesson is Tips to Help Russian Students Overcome Common Errors
Tip 1: Learn Your Cases
There are no cases in English. That means that nouns and adjectives always stay the same no matter what their function and position in the sentence is. It's different in Russian. The endings of nouns and adjectives change depending on their function.
Of course, it's possible for a native speaker to understand someone who speaks like this but...
It can be irritating because you are slaughtering their language
It can be totally confusing!
Tip 2: Watch Your Word Stress!
Like in English, word stress is extremely important. In Russian, you don't say all the syllables of the word with the same... Show more
May 13, 2010
Russian Grammar is Easy!
This blogpost is a brief overview of different tenses and articles found in Russian language.
Tenses
The Present
In English, you use a different tense in the present depending on whether it's an action that happens regularly or it's happening now. In Russian, you use just one tense in the present, no matter whether the action happens regularly or is happening now.
The Past
The past form of regular verbs in English end in -ed. You have to learn irregular verbs individually. In English, there are many irregular verbs. Guess what? In Russian, there are hardly any irregular verbs in the past tense!
If the subject is masculine, the ending is -л:
Он видел фильм.
"He saw the film."
If... Show more
May 6, 2010
Introduction to Russian and Top 5 Reasons to Study
This Lesson Focuses on the history of the Russian languages and the top 5 reasons to study!
Russia is the largest country in the world with a population of over 140 million people. It spans eleven time zones and contains the largest forest reserves in the
world as well as a quarter of the earth's fresh water within its lakes.
The Russianlanguage has recieved numerous influences throughout history, including influences from Polish, German, and even Slavic.
A lot of academic and intellectual vocabulary was used from languages such as Dutch, French, German, and even Latin. So by learning Russian, you get a sense
of history, and the better you know it, the more familiarities you'll pick up from other languages too.
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June 14, 2009
The Secret Behind Successfully Learning Russian Effortlessly
How to Really Learn Russian in Just Minutes a Day and Stick with it
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The Myth
What if I told you mastering Russian wasn't that hard. That actually learning the language itself is not nearly as difficult as you may have heard. And that the problem to progressing is an age old one...failure to execute.
The Real Issue
Said another way, "People don't progress 'cause they don't do! If you don't do the work, you won't reach your goals."
It's a bold statement, but think about it.
How many things have you tried, only to give up at some later point in time. Exercising daily, diets, hobbies, etc. Language learning is no exception.
We tend to start out... Show more
December 25, 2008
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year From RussianPod101.com!
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year from everyone here at RussianPod101.com! We're grateful to have listeners just like you, and we're eagerly waiting for the upcoming year to learn Russian together!
And when the New Year comes around, be sure to make a resolution to study Russian with RussianPod101.com!
Have a healthy and happy holiday season.
From the RussianPod101.com Team!