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
Planning to someday move to a place where Russian is spoken? This Street Russian Project is especially for you: get ready to look for a place to live! : ) Of course, even if you already have a place … Read More
This a really dorky confession, but I read reference books for fun. When I was a little girl, it was the English thesaurus- I’d sneak peeks at it during boring school lessons and try to find strange words. When I … Read More
Take a listen to this silly but catchy song that hit Russian airwaves in 2006. It’s one of several remakes (including a slightly-off Dutch version) of the Persian-English song “Temptation”. The original version seems to be more about love than … Read More
Welcome back to the Street Russian Project! Рада тебя видеть : ) Hot weather has returned to us in the western hemisphere and it’s making me dream of cool summer drinks like these: Below you’ll find all kinds of beverages … Read More
Happy end of June!! : ) Did you set any New Year’s resolutions earlier this year? Are you halfway to the goal? I skipped out on January New Year’s goals so now I’m setting some Not-So-New Year goals instead, like … Read More
Sergey Babkin was half of the musical duo 5’nizza (read: пятница, Friday) and is still quite the local celebrity in his birthplace of Kharkiv, Ukraine. Even though the group disbanded almost a decade ago, I’d noticed his face plastered all … Read More