Archives for: "January 2010"
Шпилька
Heaven knows why, but the other day I took an online Russian test and was dismayed to discover that I didn't know the Russian word for hairpin. You may wonder why I was dismayed. After all, why does a foreign man need to know that word when he is never… more »
Бежать
Бежать is the determinate (unidirectional) form of the verb бегать “to run.” It is one of the four most irregular verb stems in the Russian language: to run Imperfective Infinitive бежать Past бежал бежала бежало бежали Present бегу бежишь бежит бежим… more »
Гриб
The Russian word for mushroom is гриб, a perfectly regular end-stressed noun: Sg Pl Nom гриб грибы Acc гриб грибы Gen гриба грибов Pre грибе грибах Dat грибу грибам Ins грибом грибами There is a huge cultural difference between Russians and Americans in… more »