The road to success in foreign language learning might be full of bumps and slopes and, as humans, we all stumble in it. Usually those people who start this road with high expectations and no equipment end up scrambling out of a slumpy countryside trail. And those who are more prepared, either mentally or physically end up heading to the Disneyland adventure, full of fun and exciting moments. One way to be prepared to take this road is to know some of the mistakes that most people make and, therefore, try to avoid them, so that you will stumble less. As the proverb goes: “forewarned is forearmed”. School «Native Russian» has done the research. And here are the top 5 main mistakes of those who study the Russian language:
Как насчёт (how about something or someone) is a very functional phrase that can be used either as a question, a suggestion or an offer. As shown in the examples, it takes the genitive case.
In a nutshell, remember that задавать/задать is used when you want to say that you have a question to ask. Use спрашивать/спросить to ask that question, remembering the proper rules as explained in the Bitesize graphic. And use просить/попросить to either request something from someone (an object), or to request someone to do something (an action). These three verb pairs will be our next Words of the Week in which we will provide the complete conjugation along with some additional sentence examples.
If you are thinking about learning Russian Language I can definitely say that it is the best idea! Let’s talk about the reasons why you should do that.
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Russian is one of the most spoken languages in the world and the most spoken language in Europe. It is the most widely spoken among Slavic people. It is a native language for more than 154 million people. Russian is spoken by over 222 million people worldwide: 140 mln – Russia, 60 mln –CIS & Baltics, 10 mln – Eastern Europe and Balkans, 5 mln – Wesern Europe, 2.8 mln – Asia, 4.2 mln – others. And you can easily become one of them!
The most important thing when learning a foreign language is your mindset and motivation. Many foreign students have this idea that Russian language is tough, difficult, challenging. They struggle when they are learning it and as a result – they don’t like it. They lose interest. This is a very common tendency among language learners. Even those people who have deep interest in the language, when facing some obstacles on the way sooner or later start to consider a thought about giving up. In fact, most foreign students struggle and fail because of psychology and not because of the methods or teachers.
Tomorrow is an International Woman’s Day. It is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. In ex-USSR countries it lost its political meaning and is widely celebrated as a day of spring, love, warmth and all women. During this day all men remind their women how they love them and thank women for who they are. Mothers, sisters, daughters, friends, lovers or wives are given flowers and presents and this day was made as a government holiday so nobody works.
In this article I will help you to make compliments in Russian so you can always tell some warm words to your sweetheart.
March 8th is nearly here! Do you have big celebration plans yet? If not, it’s high time to think about how you would like to surprise your favorite women in your lives: your Moms, sisters, wives, daughters, girlfriends, co-workers. If you didn’t know yet, March 8th is the International Women’s Day and it is widely celebrated in Russian speaking countries.
Russian Alphabet (in English, with English examples)
The Russian alphabet consists of 33 letters. Some of them are similar to Roman (English) letters and have a similar pronunciation (к,м,о) while some of them only look similar (с,в). The most common letter in Russian is о, whilst in the English language it is e.
The Russian alphabet has two non-vocalised letters: soft sign Ь and hard sign Ъ. As you might guess, the soft one indicates that the preceding consonant is soft. The hard sign means the opposite. The last letter of the Russian alphabet, Я, is also a pronoun which means I or me in Russian.
The Russian alphabet is derived from the Cyrillic script which was developed on the basis of the Greek alphabet.
Positives and Negatives of Dating with Russian or Ukrainian Girl
Russian and Ukrainian women are popular all over the world. But often men doubt if it is worth to start such relationship with us as we are too mysterious and unpredictable for them. So let’s talk about positives and negatives of dating with Russian or Ukrainian girl
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Positive
Ukrainian and Russian girls are very beautiful. We care much about our appearance as we know that it is our power. New dresses, SPA, fitness club, diets. All this sacrifice to be beautiful and to attract your attention
Negative
We need much time for all this stuff and sometimes men are driven mad waiting for us for hours when we dress up before going out or ask them to buy a new dress though we have already 35 of them.
The most important thing when learning a foreign language is your mindset and motivation. Many foreign students have this idea that Russian language is tough, difficult, challenging. They struggle when they are learning it and as a result – they don’t like it. They lose interest. This is a very common tendency among language learners. Even those people who have deep interest in the language, when facing some obstacles on the way sooner or later start to consider a thought about giving up. In fact, most foreign students struggle and fail because of psychology and not because of the methods or teachers.
Tomorrow is an International Woman’s Day. It is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. In ex-USSR countries it lost its political meaning and is widely celebrated as a day of spring, love, warmth and all women. During this day all men remind their women how they love them and thank women for who they are. Mothers, sisters, daughters, friends, lovers or wives are given flowers and presents and this day was made as a government holiday so nobody works.