Russian Roundup – October 2015
There’s been a trend going on this month, a no-Russian trend 🙁 Unless… does eating борщ count? Because if so, then it’s all good! We’re all fall leaves and huge pots of borsch around here. I did get … Read More
There’s been a trend going on this month, a no-Russian trend 🙁 Unless… does eating борщ count? Because if so, then it’s all good! We’re all fall leaves and huge pots of borsch around here. I did get … Read More
Russian hip hop has the same issues that both American hip hop and 7th grade have: oh man, guys, we gotta look cooler than everybody else. Try harder to act cool, чуваки! Case in point- Ugh, I’m so … Read More
How to stay healthy? This edition of the Street Russian Project has nine pieces of familiar advice…. but in Russian! Let’s go 🙂 #1. Попробуй новый спорт / Try a new sport: #2. Иди … Read More
The words below come from a Google search of Какие фразы и слова вас бесят?, or What words and phrases drive you crazy? 😉 They’ve been categorized and explained here for your amusement. Here’s a preview: 7 things … Read More
Мне так стыдно- I didn’t study Russian at all this month. Did you? There’s only one solution for this: let’s just wait for October to start 😉 In the meantime, I’m pretty sure these videos at least count … Read More
Honestly, Russian hasn’t been on my mind much this month. I’m currently studying in a Spanish immersion school, so my brain is trying to dredge up verbs en español instead of по-русский. Playing Cards Against Humanity was pretty much … Read More
We’re lucky: some things translate literally between English and Russian, like бедный как церковная мыш, or “poor as a church mouse”. Others are not phrased in quite the same way, but are pretty easy to guess. For example, If … Read More
On the most basic level, ловить = to catch. There’s an endless amount of things you can лови (catch): рыбу (a fish) такси (a cab) вора (a thief) мяч (a ball) снежок (a snowball) мышей (mice) шпиона (a spy) … Read More
Happy end of the month! 🙂 Was July a good month for your language learning efforts? I got some learning in, like going to this Russian dinner party (discovered there that Зоя is a common name for a female goat … Read More