Archives for: "February 2011"
Пять
The most common Russian word for five is пять, which declines like this: Nom пять Acc Gen пяти Pre Dat Ins пятью When пять occurs in oblique cases (oblique means a case other than nominative or accusative), it works pretty well like we would expect from… more »
Флешка (часть вторая)
Nowadays everyone seems to have a flash drive to transfer files from one computer to another. You stick it in a USB port on your laptop and —bang!— you're in business. The most common Russian word for flash drive is флешка. Even though the third letter… more »
Вот это самое
One of the most useful words in the English language is whatchamacallit. We use it to indicate an object whose name we've forgotten. For instance, let's say you and your sister are in the kitchen and you can't remember the word collander but you need… more »
Выступать/выступить
The verb выступать/выступить gets a lot of use in Russian. One of its meanings is “to appear in a public place for the purpose of performing or making a public statement”. It conjugates like this: Imperfective Perfective Infinitive выступать выступить… more »
Чтобы (часть четвёртая)
We previously noted the use of the word чтобы in sentences like this where someone in the first clause wants someone else in the second clause to do something. I want my daughter to write a letter to her grandmother. The translation of such sentences… more »