Archives for: "April 2009"

Медведка

by Tanya  

Image courtesy of Wikimedia commons I guess the world of insects is not well known to широким слоям населения the general public , unless you are a biologist or smth. Myself I got a little exposure to the insect world when I visited my Ukrainian… more »

Попса

by Don  

Попса is a slangy and somewhat deprecatory Russian word for pop music. Sample sentences: В принципе я люблю классическую музыку, но, правду сказать, я только слушаю попсу. In theory I like classical music, but to tell the truth I only listen to pop. —… more »

Мясо

by Laura  

Russians often use the word мясо to mean “red meat,” so if you say «Я не ем мясо» or «Я не ем мяса», you may still be served chicken or fish. “Vegetarian” is вегетарианец or вегетарианка. Вегетарианцы не употребляют в пищу мясо, птицу, рыбу и… more »

Кинология

by Don  

One interesting word in Russian is кинология. The -логия ending corresponds to -logy in English and means "the study of." Every first semester Russian student knows that кино means the movies, so one could be forgiven if one thought that the word meant… more »

Псина

by Don  

Y'know, you just never stop learning when you study a foreign language, and last month for the first time I encountered the word псина. The primary meaning of the word is dog meat: В 1984-ом году в Корее запретили продажу псины. The sale of dog meat was… more »

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