Archives for: "February 2012"
Влюбляться/влюбиться
One of the verbs that means ‘to fall in love’ is: Imperfective Perfective Infinitive влюбляться влюбиться Past влюблялся влюблялась влюблялось влюблялись влюбился влюбилась влюбилось влюбились Present влюбляюсь влюбляешься влюбляется влюбляемся… more »
Любить/полюбить
One of the verbs that means to love is: Imperfective Perfective Infinitive любить полюбить Past любил любила любило любили полюбил полюбила полюбило полюбили Present люблю любишь любит любим любите любят No such thing as perfective present in Russian.… more »
Любовь
Love... it comes in so many forms... specifically nouns and verbs, and today we are going to talk about the Russian noun любовь, which is a third declension noun, complicated by a fleeting vowel: Sg Pl Nom любовь любви Acc Gen любви любвей Pre любвях… more »
Глаз (часть пятая)
I find my relationship with Luludya goes much more smoothly if I give her grandmother a certain sum of money every Friday. Last week I was a bit late with her gift. Honestly, I wasn't skipping it on purpose — I know better than to try anything like that… more »
Глаз (часть четвёртая)
The eyes are the mirrors of the soul, but sometimes something robs them of that ethereal connection. For instance, we can get something in our eye. In Russian this often includes the word соринка, which means ‘a little bit of junk’: У меня соринка в… more »