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Using "его" и "это"
I can't seem to find a great example of when to use "его" vs "это" and was hoping somebody could shine some light on this!
For the phrase, "I remembered it", I believe it's "я помнил его" and for "It is good": "это хорошо"
Why in this instance of it…
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"In Moscow" - "В Москве", why "In Sochi" is still "В Сочи"
When you say "in Moscow" or any other city or place you change the ending - Москва, в Москве. Why you don't change ending for Sochi ?
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Is there a way to determine what nouns take the ending "-у" in the locative case?
While researching this question, I encountered something called местный падеж according to the wikipages for пол and берег.
A teacher once told me that there are certain words that take the ending -у in this case and that there are three rules that…
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How to translate LOGIN and REGISTER?
How can i translate LOGIN and REGISTER in webdesign context?
How can also translate CLIENT LOGIN - EMAIL - USERNAME - PASSWORD - LOGOUT ?
What i have found are these:
LOGIN - логин
REGISTER - регистрировать
CLIENT LOGIN - Логин клиента
EMAIL -…
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n-th: как написать/произнести?
If I want to write the word "n-th" (as in n-th solution, n-th derivative,...), is it more conventional to write n-ый/n-ая/n-ое or n-й/n-я/n-е, or are both styles equally common? In terms of pronunciation, is it always э́ный/э́ная/э́ное (e.g.,…
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What's the origin of saying: "Ну ты молоток!"?
Basically the title.
I have just had a discussion with some of my friends and we could not come up with the origin of this saying. The best we could come up with was that it sounded closer to "молодец" или "молодчина" but could not tie "молоток" to…
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Why can't we say "I'll win" in Russian using only one word for "win"?
Why can't we say "I'll win" in Russian using only one word for "win"? Of course, we can use "одержу победу" (any other synonyms?). Maybe in the past it was possible and then for some reason the word became archaic?
Any info is appreciated!
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How can one figure out if there is an implicit noun for a noun that declines like an adjective, and if so, what it is?
Certain nouns that decline like adjectives are adjectival nouns where it is standard to suppress the noun, e.g. ванная is short for ванная комната, and it is not too hard to guess what the implicit noun is (if, say, one is an English speaker). On…
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Etymology of "С дуба рухнуть"
The expression С дуба рухнуть means: crack up, go nuts. For example:
Ты что, с дуба рухнул?
Have you lost it?
What is the etymology of this expression?
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Are there rules for shortening words? Like "здрасте" instead of "здравствуйте"?
In my previous question, several answers mentioned different ways здравствуйте can be shortened, namely здравствуй and здрасте. Are these special cases, or is it common to shorten words like these?
Different languages tend to deal differently with…
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What do people in Russia say about doing some hard tedious work?
I wonder what people in Russia say about doing some hard tedious work.
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Origin of the Russian word for water "voda"
The most of sources I encountered (Vasmer, Mellory-Adams etc) assert the Russian word "voda" "вода" originates from the same PIE root as English word "water", i.e. from the PIE form u̯odr. This is allegedly supported by adjective водный which…
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Is there a Russian analogue of British Council or Goethe-Institut?
As far as I know, for English, German, French there are state organizations promoting these languages abroad. Does Russia have anything similar?
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What to say in a toast?
Before I start, I want to point out that although I want to learn Russian, my current level is 0.
I recently saw the movie "The Deer Hunter" (Great movie). One of the characters is of russian ascendence, and in the beggining there is a wedding full…
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To say "my brother and sister," do I use мои because it's two of them or one each of моя and мой?
I'm studying Russian from a grammar for Italians.
Here's one sentence from an exercise, with slots to insert possessives:
Это моя семья. Вот ___ папа и ___ мама, а это ___ брат и сестра.
I'm pretty sure I have to insert мой and моя in the first…
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