Archives for: "July 2012"

Шоколадная картошка

by Don  

You probably know that chocolate is шоколад in Russian and that potato is картошка. So what if you wanted to say ‘chocolate potato’? In English you simply put the two nouns together in a row. In Russian you can't normally put two nouns together like… more »

Конфорка

by Don  

Here's a picture of my stove here in Казань. It's a gаs stove. A gas stove is a good stove. An electric stove is a bad stove. You can NOT properly warm a tortilla on an electric stove. Oh sure, you can sort of warm it up, but it just isn't the same. I'm… more »

Следовать (часть первая)

by Don  

One of the verbs that means ‘to follow’ in Russian is Imperfective Perfective Infinitive следовать последовать Past следовал следовала следовало следовали последовал последовала последовало последовали Present следую следуешь следует следуем следуете… more »

Огород

by Don  

The word огород means a chunk of land near your house where you grow vegetables, in other words a vegetable garden, although in English we usually just say garden. It might also have berries and apples, but it's essential to have either vegetables or… more »

Аквариум

by Don  

My language partner, Alan, and I went to an exhibition of exotic fish at one of the museums on ул. Кремлёвская. That set me thinking about aquariums. The word is fairly straight forward in Russian. Sg Pl Nom аквариум аквариумы Acc Gen аквариума… more »

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