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"Тот же" or "такой же"
How do I say I have the same book? Is it:
У меня есть такая же or та же книга.
What's the difference between the 2 variants?
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What did крестьянин из государственных mean in the 1897 census?
What did the phrases крестьянин из государственных and крестьянка из государственных mean in the Russian Imperial Census of 1897? State-owned serfs had been emancipated long before, in 1866.
If I search the Web for those exact phrases, in quotation…
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Двадцать один хорош(?) год - declension after number 21
EN: I know that number 21 (in nominative) demands nominative singular (21 год) and, although number 22 (in nominative) would demand genitive singular from the upcoming noun (22 года), an adjective describing "22 года" would demand genitive plural.…
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Какое наклонение у глаголов в репликах "Проходим!", "Не задержимаемся!" и т.д
Довольно часто в разговорной речи я слышу, что в побудительных фразах используются глаголы множественного числа первого лица настоящего времени.
Например, контроллер в автобусе: "Садимся, не задерживаем рейс".
На приеме окулиста: "Смотрим на первую…
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Каким правилом определяется какая буква, а или ы, будет во множественном числе существительного
Часто есть сомнения о том, как правильно существительно будет писаться во множественном числе. Например:
Корпуса или корпусы.
Сервера или серверы.
Конвееры, но ведь может быть и конвеера? Хотя понятно что это не верно.
При чем я знаю, что как в…
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When to not use свой?
For answers to my workbook, I wrote the following:
После уроков мы ходили в лабораторию к своему профессору.
В воскресенье мы поедем в гости к своим друзьям. Мы уже звонили своим друзьям и сказали им об этом.
But what the answer key to the…
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Difference between университет and институт
What's the difference between a университет and a институт? The former is translated as "university" and the latter as "institute" in both my textbook and on Wiktionary, but there's no explanation of the difference, and the two bring up similar…
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Difference between "пиар", "реклама" and "пропаганда"
Over the last decade words with the root "пиар" ("пиар-компания", "пиар-технологии", "пиар-акция", "чёрный пиар", "пиарить") became quit popular on Russian media. In this regard, I would be interested to know differences in use of "пиар" and…
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Does «Энергия-Буран» mean "Energy Blizzard"?
I've just recently begun to try to learn Russian. Right now I'm focusing on the alphabet and phonetics. Because I'm a space nerd, I've been using the Roscosmos Twitter page to help me. What I've been doing is looking at a post, reading each word…
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Usage of the particles "так и"
I've seen these particles used in a metaphoric sense, where a fantastic, implausible scenario is presented for effect:
Тебе, наверное, женщины на шею так и вешаются.
Он так и покатился со смеху.
In these cases in English we say The women must…
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"Ужинать дома" - why in genitive?
In the sentence:
Моя подруга будет ужинать дома
what means дом to be in genitive? I actually expect it to be in prepositional case with some preposition like в, is that wrong?
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What's a good translation for "HP" / "Hit Points"?
"HP" (standing for "Hit Points" or "Health Points") is a term commonly found in sci-fi and fantasy role-playing games. Can anyone give me a clue as to how to translate this into Russian?
Specifically, I need the abbreviation equivalent if there is…
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Enumerations in Russian - is an "и" needed?
When listing things in Russian using commas, do you use an "и" before the last thing, e.g. "столы, стулья и полки", or should it just be "столы, стулья, полки"?
I've seen some internet pages omitting the "и", but it's not explained anywhere, so I…
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Distinguish meanings of их
I came across a sentence on Duolingo that said
Я пишу стихи, а потом читаю их маме.
I know that this sounds pretty 'out there,' but how do you know whether the sentence means
I write poems, and then read them to mom.
or
I write poems, and then…
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Is "тройбан" derived from "ебан тремя"?
"Тройбан" is a slang word for "три" (a ruder version of 'three'). There is also a word "трояк" (less rude and more common). The affix "як" can be attached to some other numerals to make it more informal, e.g. "двояк", "пятак".
But the affix "бан"…
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