Archives for: "August 2008"
Корица
The Russian word for cinnamon is корица. What color is cinnamon? It's brown, right? And what is the Russian word for brown? It's коричневый. Wow, what a coincidence. de der Zimt es la canela fr la canelle more »
Зима
The Russian word for winter is зима. In Arizona, the winter is short and warm compared to the winter in Russia which is much longer and colder. Every time Americans ask me about the Russian winter, I say «Зима в России очень холодная и долгая» “The… more »
Розмарин
As part of my introduction to urban gardening, I decided to grow rosemary, which in Russian is розмарин. I chose this plant because it's tough and drought tolerant, and I wanted one plant that I wouldn't accidentally kill right off the bat. de der… more »
Мята
I was raised in a city and am completely bereft of farm knowledge. Such a situation is not to be tolerated! I decided to begin a bit of container gardening as my first step in the process of remediating my ignorance. Today I purchased a peppermint… more »
Сварить or заварить
If A Russian has made soup, he might describe that by saying я сварил суп “I boiled up some soup.” Using that as a starting point, a foreigner might try to use that same verb when making tea. If you do that, the Russians will understand you, but they'll… more »