Archives for: "July 2012"
Шоколадная картошка
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
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)
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 »