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Other meanings of "идти" besides "to go by foot"?
I was reading my copy of The New Penguin Russian Course and I read about the verb идти (to go by foot); I was excited because I finally knew the meaning behind a song that I sometimes listen to (а снег идёт). But the following does not make sense:…
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Difference between "объединяйтесь" and "соединяйтесь"?
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I recently saw a translation of the well-known motto "Workers of the world, unite!", but when I looked into it, I found out that there are at least two possible translations:
Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь!
Пролетарии всех стран,…
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How does one hear the stress in Russian words?
How can I hear which syllable is considered stressed in a Russian word? And: how, exactly, should stress in Russian pronunciation be realised?
My problem
I realise that to stress a syllable is to emphasise it, but there are various ways to do that,…
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The use of К (Dative) vs. В (Accusative)...?
In the following sentence:
Мужчина идёт к дому Павла.
Is translated as:
The man goes to Paul's house.
Could the same sentence be written as:
Мужчина идёт в дом Павла.
I don't really understand the difference of use between К and В. The resources…
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Difference between шоссе and автострада?
What are the differences between these two words? Is автострада just the same thing, but less used? Or do they have different meanings?
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Moving a preposition to after the object
Curious as to what the Russians think about Japanese cars, I did some research and saw an article with the following title:
Не престижа ради, а токмо драйва для
I knew that ради is an exceptional preposition that can jump to after the object…
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Use of preposition у in questions about the magnitude of a quantity
Today, Duolingo taught me that it's Какая глубина этого озера?, but Какая ширина у этой улицы?. My questions are
Is that a case of binary grammaticality? I. e., would Какая глубина у этого озера? or Какая ширина этой улицы? be ungrammatical or…
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Difference between быть and бывать
What is the semantic difference between быть and бывать?
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How to complete "налей мне" and "отдай мне обратно": "чаёк," "чайка," or "чайку"?
Here is a question in a test:
Как корректно закончить следующие предложения?
Налей мне ... .
(а) чаёк
(б) чайка
(в) чайку
Отдай мне обратно ... .
(а) чаёк
(б) чайка
(в) чайку
I am at a loss as to how to answer this and why. With Sentence 1, I…
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What are the words (and phrases) of politeness, with English equivalent?
What are the basic words and phrases of politeness in Russian, and their English equivalents (preferably explained in English)?
I know that words, phrases, and occasions for politeness differ among languages, so if there is a phrase appropriate to…
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Как правильно пишется "33%-ный" прописью?
Правильно ли писать тридцатитрёхпроцентные сливки?
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Is "же" necessary in "такая же, как"?
(a) Эта машина такая же, как та машина.
(b) Эта машина такая, как та машина.
(c) Эта машина не такая же, как та машина.
(d) Эта машина не такая, как та машина.
Are all of these sentences correct? Is "же" necessary in "такая же, как"?
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Омыть или вымыть?
Есть глагол несовершенного вида "мыть", а в совершенном виде бывают и "омыть", и "вымыть".
Насколько я понимаю, глагол "вымыть" гораздо популярнее, хотя приставка "вы-" обычно обозначает движение из внутренней части чего-либо. Но если же речь идёт…
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Как правильно использовать "внесите пароль" или "введите пароль"?
Какой вариант больше подходит для использования на страницах сайта?
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В доме Пушкиных? Пушкинских? Пушкинов?
I'm a beginner in Russian, and am trying to read a short biography about Pushkin. I came across this sentence:
В доме Пушкиных была большая библиотека.
I see that Пушкиных is used as instrumental plural form of Пушкиный, but I thought that it could…
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