Archives for: "December 2009"
Не (часть первая)
The word for not in Russian is не. It can be used to negate nouns, verbs, prepositional phrases, and most other parts of speech: Он не студент. He is not a college student. Я живу не в Москве. It's not Moscow that I live in. Он не понимает тебя. He… more »
Я
The word я ‘I’ is a personal pronoun that declines like this: Nom я Acc меня Gen Pre мне Dat Ins мной In American English there are a couple of problems with the word ‘I.’ First off, in conversational English we often say ‘me’ where we should say ‘I’ in… more »
Он
The word он is a personal pronoun that declines like this: Sg Nom он Acc (н)его Gen (н)его Pre нём Dat (н)ему Ins (н)им The «н» versions of the pronoun occur when the pronoun is the object of a preposition. Он refers to masculine singular nouns, which… more »
И (часть вторая)
As students advance in their study of Russian, they eventually encounter the words тоже and также, both of which can be translated as “also.” The difference between the two is complex.¹ But if you are a really sneaky Russian student, then you can… more »
Как долго идти
Today we'll learn about asking “How long does it take to get to such-and-such a place.” Probably the easiest way is to use the phrase «как долго» “how long” followed by a unidirectional infinitive and the prepositions от/до. (От and до are usually used… more »