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When is the Russian letter "o" pronounced [a]?
Sometimes, the Russian letter o is pronounced [o], but other times it's pronounced [a]. How do I know when to pronounce it [a]?
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Аналог/перевод шутки "that's what she said"
Есть ли в русском языке какой-то аналог шутки "that's what she said?" Если нет, то как правильно это можно перевести?
Вот страница на urbandictionary и примеры использования данной шутки в контексте.
В одном из переводов сериала The Office эту фразу…
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What does "короче" mean?
My tandem-partner says короче. I asked her to tell me the meaning, but she refused to teach me 'bad Russian' (I don't know if she was kidding, though).
I've seen короче in Lingvo but that source doesn't provide the expected meaning.
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What's the verb for "email" in Russian?
How do you say "email" (as a verb) in a single word?
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Where to find parallel English-Russian novels to learn Russian?
Where can I find licence-free dual language English-Russian novels? I think this is one of the most effective way of learning language, because of no time needed to search words in dictionary, and the translation is always before eyes. However,…
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Do "русый" and "русский" have a common root?
Does the name of the hair color русый come from the name of the people/land?
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Почему Евклид, а не Эвклид?
Why is Евклид spelled with Е in Russian? All the other words and names with Greek origin starting with E that I can think of are spelled with Э in Russian.
Эратосфен, эвтаназия, эвристика
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Is Евклид indeed an exception? Or maybe I've…
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How would you translate "sleepover" into Russian?
I am fully bilingual but for the life of me, I cannot think of how to tell my little one that we are having a "sleepover" in Russian. Help!
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Russian word for female teacher
I am unclear as to whether the word for a female teacher is учитель, учительница or училка. I believe it could be the first as, although the word is masculine, it refers to a profession and is like врач which I believe could refer to either a man…
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What's the difference between помнить and вспомнить?
Looking помнить and вспомнить up in a dictionary yields the same results. Is there any difference between them?
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"Я считаю Пушкина более талантливым поэтом, чем Блок" or "чем Блокa"?
Here I am sitting late in the evening, struggling with a home test devised by a university teacher of mine, and here is a question in the test:
Как корректно закончить следующее предложение?
Я считаю Пушкина более талантливым поэтом, чем ... .
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"Отведать тунца" - what does this idiom mean?
I frequently play gomokunarabe, a Japanese strategy game, on an international server and sometimes face Russians as opponents, as a variant of this game is apparently popular in Russia and known as "пять в ряд."
Recently I saw a Russian player using…
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In Russian, how do you idiomatically express the idea of the figurative "overnight"?
In conversation, I just said:
Нельзя заснуть и наутро уже все знать и уметь. Будь терпеливой. Ты получила права совсем недавно. То, что ты сумела столько продержаться с нами, – уже само по себе подвиг.
I went on a motorcycle ride with my…
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Are the Russian “рыжий” and French “rouge” (red) related? / Как связаны русское «рыжий» и французское «rouge»?
While I since had learned that linguistics works in much more mysterious ways than simply “if words sounds alike, or also mean similar things, they must be related”, for a long time I presumed that the Russian word рыжий (red, ginger (of hair)) was…
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Why "ничего не понимaю" ? Isn't "я ничего понимaю" enough?
There is already a negation included in ничего, in the statement "Я ничего не понимaю". I cannot figure out why instead of using "Я ничего понимaю" one uses that expression that apparently contains a double negation (is the particle не emphasizing…
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