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Как называется явление, когда два глагола стоят рядом в одной форме

Пойди принеси воды, зайди купи хлеба, сядь посиди, приди взгляни, попробуй разберись. Или Пойти разобраться, зайти купить, попробовать найти. Надо ли их разделять запятой? Думаю, что не надо. Но хотелось бы правила из достоверного источника. И…
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"I don't have time for this" preposition

So I had to translate this sentence and I thought it'd be just У меня нет времени за это, but I have a lot of trouble when using certain prepositions. In this case for example, I would have no idea whether to use за or для, so my first question is…
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How do you say: "You sound German" in Russian?

I know that "это звучит ужасно' means "that sounds terrible" but how do you say: "You sound German/Russian/American" et cetera in Russian?
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How formal is the phrase "ни фига себе"?

How formal is the phrase "ни фига себе"? I know it is used to express shock but is it formal at all or something used just among friends?
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What does "сошелся" (or "сошёлся"?) mean?

I'm reading Tolstoy's Исповедь, and in the second chapter it says: Двадцати шести лет я приехал после войны в Петербург и сошелся с писателями. Did he live together with other writers? What is the infinitive form of that word?
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Pronouncing long decimal numbers

I know that there isn't a very simple way to pronounce decimals in Russian. They translate literally as "X wholes, X tenths/hundredths/etc.", where X is feminine. As such, 0.1 becomes ноль целых, одна десятая; 0.01 becomes ноль целых, одна сотая —…
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What is the difference between the prefixes по and у in verbs of motion

I have been studying Russian for a while and have looked at a number of grammar books for Russian by I fail to see the nuance between 'по' and 'у' For example: Мой самолёт улетит... vs. Мой самолёт полетит... Thanks
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Is "Трудно быть богом?" (as in the title of the book) a valid question in written or formal Russian?

Prompted by our Hard to Be a God book challenge1 on Literature SE, we've been trying to gather some attention by posting to relevant chat rooms. An interesting discussion sparked in the Russian Stack Overflow chat: a user mentioned that it is…
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At what age are students addressed as вы instead of ты by their teachers?

I know that University professors are nearly always on вы with their students. School-age children are always addressed as ты by adults. So at what stage in the education system does the switch from ты to вы happen?
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What is the Russian translation for "I (don't) feel like doing..."?

I was wondering, how would we translate "I feel like doing something." and the negative version in Russian? This is a fixed expression in English, so I suppose a similar idiomatic expression would be possible in Russian, even if with a different…
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Why do Russian speakers call Vladimir Putin "Vladimir Vladimirovich"?

Everything is in the title, sorry if I misspelled it. Why do Russian speakers call Vladimir Putin "Vladimir Vladimirovich" ?
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Forming Russian nouns from verbs

I've noticed a couple of patterns in regards to forming nouns from verbs. 1) Removing the -ть from verbs ending in -бить/быть, -вить, чать and -ять and adding -тие (for example: разбить --> разбитие, закрыть --> закрытие). *However, I've noticed…
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What does "на" mean in expressions relating to time?

This is somewhat related to a previous question of mine. Question: What does "на" mean in expressions relating to time? My guess had been that "на" used in expressions related to time somehow indicated that the action would occur after the amount of…
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What's the difference between "Ива́нович" and "Ивано́в"?

Are both Ива́нович and Ивано́в derived from the given name Ива́н (Ivan)? Ивано́в is a surname, how about Ива́нович?
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Meaning of "уж уволь"

What is the meaning of the expression "уж уволь," as found in the lyrics of this Kino song, "Malysh"? Is it something like "G-d help me already"? How commonly is it used?
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