Archives for: "October 2010"

Животное

by Don  

The word for animal in Russian is животное. You will notice that it resembles the word живу ‘I live,’ and indeed the root жив- means ‘live.’ In fact in Old Russian the word живот meant life, although nowadays it means stomach. You'll note that животное… more »

Привозить/привезти

by Don  

The verb pair привозить/привезти is usually translate as ‘to bring.’ It conjugates like this: Imperfective Perfective Infinitive привозить привезти Past привозил привозила привозило привозили привёз привезла привезло привезли Present привожу привозишь… more »

Приносить/принести

by Don  

The verb pair приносить/принести is usually translated as ‘to bring.’ It conjugates like this: Imperfective Perfective Infinitive приносить принести Past приносил приносила приносило приносили принёс принесла принесло принесли Present приношу приносишь… more »

Привет

by Don  

Привет is a friendly greeting that is usually transated into English as ‘hi.’ It is a friendly greeting used among people who are already on good terms: — Привет, Лен! — Здравствуй, Тань! “Hi, Lena.” “Hello, Tanya.” — Привет, Борь! Как дела? — Ой, не… more »

Нитка

by Bella  

С миру по нитке — голому рубаха. Just a thread from everyone in the world, provides a man a shirt. Literal translation: A thread each in the whole world- a shirt for the naked. I like this quote. It's very Russian to take a sentimental concept like… more »

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