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Any website or app, where I can talk with russians?
Privet :)
Is there any app or webiste where I can talk with native russian speakers for free?
With talk I mean really talk and not just write.
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"Они братья" but "Это упражнения" - why different pronouns?
Let's take two example sentences:
Вот пара ребят. Они братья.
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Вот пара предложений, которые я выписал в тетрадь. Это упражнения. Я выписал их из учебника.
Why can't we say:
Вот пара предложений, которые я выписал в тетрадь. Они…
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Differences in punctuation marks between Russian and English
What are main differences in punctuation marks between Russian and English? I found the following:
In Russian, a signature is often follwed with the period mark. In English, no period after the signature.
Сложноподчинённые предложения. In…
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Why "две ванные"?
As I understand it, ванная is a substantive adjective (just learned that googling for an answer for this) that acts as a noun, but still declines like an adjective. Shouldn't it be the genitive plural ванных following the numbers 2, 3, and 4?
Thanks…
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Examples using "народ" versus "люди"
What are the differences in usage between народ and люди? I'd like to see some examples to explain such differences.
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Is it standard to omit "что" in "оказывается, что"?
When I was giving a lecture, I was saying бывает, что whenever I wanted to say "It turns out that..." (thinking of it as "It happens that..."), and afterwards someone told me that I should have said oказывается instead of бывает. So starting in the…
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Learning Russian - Can someone explain what that means?
I am learning Russian and I've stumbled upon this piece of text.
I can't quite figure out what it says...
Однажды я гулял по лесу, вижу колодец. Подхожу к нему, захожу в лифт,
сажусь на велосипед, завожу мотоцикл, тут Бац, ко мне кондуктор
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Johny the B
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Невестка и сноха
Есть два русских слова:
невестка:
Замужняя женщина по отношению к родным её мужа: отцу, матери, братьям,
сестрам, женам братьев и мужьям сестер.
и сноха:
Женщина по отношению к отцу и матери её мужа, невестка.
По моим наблюдениям, обычно…
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"Наверное" and "наверно"
What is the difference between "наверно" and "наверное"? Is there any slight difference in their meaning or in their usage?
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Годы or годах for "in a decade"
When referring to an event in a specific year, it is в этом году with этом replaced by the year in prepositional, e. g., в 1956-м году. But for decades I have seen both в 1950-х годах and в 1950-е годы. What is the difference in usage between these…
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Hard things about Russian
What are the most notorious things for which Russian is known as one of the hardest to learn?
Trident D'Gao
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What do I call somebody being a smart ass in Russian?
What do I call somebody being a smart ass in Russian?
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Well, I would say smart asses are: arrogant, annoying, think they are witty and funny, but they are not, think everybody cares of what they say, but nobody does, but still have something…
Trident D'Gao
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How to say "timestamp" in Russian?
Timestamps are widely used in programming. I am trying to write a description of my code in Russian, and I'm stuck at timestamps. Wikipedia suggests the term временная метка, but quite reluctantly, as if there was no "official" term. I wonder if…
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Усатый нянь or what to call a male nanny (babysitter)?
Following the question about common feminine suffices for profession titles.
Word няня has several meanings. According to gramota.ru:
1. Работница, занимающаяся уходом, присмотром за детьми (в семье, в детском саду, в яслях).
2. Разг. Санитарка в…
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Why года instead of лет?
My Russian textbook gives the example, «Я родилась в июне сорок восьмого года.» Shouldn't genitive год following eighth be лет instead of года? Is this a mistake in my textbook? If not, could you please explain what's going on here? Is года in…
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