Archives for: "March 2014"
Translating humor, part I
One of the most popular second-year Russian textbooks is “Russian Stage Two: Welcome Back!” One of the things that is nice about the book is that it is accompanied by a well-produced and engaging video that gives a plot arc to the text. In class my… more »
Крыса
The Russian word крыса means 'rat,' as in the animal. It declines as such: Sg Pl Nom крыса крысы Acc крысу крыс Gen крысы крыс Pre крысе крысах Dat крысе крысам Ins крысой крысами Photo Credit: vadim.tk (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons… more »
Уходить/уйти
The verb pair уходить/уйти is usually translated as “to leave, depart” or in some contexts just “to go.” Notice that there is an й in the perfective infinitive: Imperfective Perfective Infinitive уходить уйти Past уходил уходила уходило уходили ушёл… more »