Often the Russian vowel Ы is one of the hardest Russian letters for native English speakers to pronounce. This is because Ы simply has no equivalent in the English language. When I first started
Continue readingWord order matters a lot in English. If we change the word order of an English sentence, its meaning could drastically change as well. Take a look at the two sentences below:The dogs bites the man.The
Continue readingIn our last post we talked about how Russian makes a distinction between going once in a single direction and going multiple times in one or more directions. We also saw how Russian distinguishes going
Continue readingIf I'm honest the dative case was one of the most challenging cases for me to use when I first started learning Russian. The case is used in a variety of ways, not all of which make that much sense when
Continue readingIf you've never learned a language which uses grammatical gender, then the Russian language might seem more strange than it should. If you've studied languages that does use grammatical genders like Spanish,
Continue readingWhat difference is there in saying, "I drank the glass of milk" verses saying "I drank up the glass of milk"?. When you say "drank up" you imply that you finished drinking the entire glass of milk.
Continue readingЯ пью кофе с молоком.I drink coffee with milk.Ольга разговаривала с Борисом.Olga was talking with Boris.Они говорили с родителями.They
Continue readingAs far as Russian cases go, the prepositional case isn't all that bad. The noun endings are simple with next to no exceptions. Moreover the case is super common, which makes learning it very useful. Let's
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