Archives for: "May 2010"
Концерт
Концерт is the Russian word for concert. In terms of declension it is a perfectly regular noun, but bear in mind that it is a на word: when you talk about going to or being at a concert, you must use the preposition на instead of в, and when returning… more »
Блузка, кофта
The most common words for blouse in Russian are кофта and блузка. The former is a perfectly second-declension noun, and the latter is affected by a spelling rule and has a fill vowel in the genitive plural: Sg Pl Nom блузка блузки Acc блузку Gen блузки… more »
Кулон
My grandmother used to have a big box of jewelry. It was always carefully placed on the second shelf of her armoire. When I was little, I loved playing with it, pretending I was an exotic princess. I have no idea why my grandmother trusted me with her… more »
Каждый… по…
Sometimes the Russian word каждый ‘every’ has an interesting interaction with the preposition по + dative singular. In effect, the по means ‘apiece’ or ‘each’. We call this the ‘distributive’ meaning of по: Учительница дала каждому ученику по учебнику.… more »