Archives for: "November 2010"
Хрен (часть первая)
One spice that Russians really like is хрен horseradish. Many American families never buy horseradish; I don't think my mother ever had it in our household, so it's worth pointing out that the horseradish root looks like this: The root is then ground… more »
Встречаться/встретиться
When you want to say ‘to meet’ in the sense of ‘to get together’ with someone, then you can use the reflexive verb встречаться/встретиться. It is conjugated like this: Imperfective Perfective Infinitive встречаться встретиться Past встречался… more »
Встречать/встретить
Sometimes you are walking down the street and suddenly come across someone you haven't expexted. To describe that situation in Russian you can use the verb встречать/встретить, which means ‘to meet.’ It is conjugated like this: Imperfective Perfective… more »