First of all, sorry if it's a recurring post. So, I'm really enjoying learning Russian on Duolingo but I saw something about the grammar that's very new to me: Words declination.

Duolingo's a funny and effective way - at least for me - to learn the basics but I'm wondering if their teaching on declination are good. I'm now learning some plural words. If that's not the case, I'd like to know if there's a youtuber or something else that helped you with learning. I intend to have a notebook to note words and mainly their declinations - which I know they'll be a struggle for me.

I googled it yesterday and felt a bit overwhelmed trying to look for a pattern on it so I could ease my learning.

There are two lines from the song Как Жаль by Татьяна Буланова the translations of which I want to verify.

1. Но ка́нула любо́вь в лета́

Is this correctly translated as "But love has faded into the years"? It's so close to the phrase кануть в Лету so I want to make sure I've not missed something.

2): Что в се́рдце мне не жить твоём

Is this translated as "That my heart will no longer live in yours" or "That I will no longer live in your heart"?

Thank you in advance!

Could any of you who come across this post write me some abbreviations from the Russian language that you know, of course, with the complete word of that abbreviation?

Как понять данную цитату? А что такое 'воздать'?

Слова «Не мстите за себя, возлюбленные, но дайте место гневу Божию. Ибо написано: Мне отмщение, Я воздам, говорит Господь» тоже не очень понятные

A science fiction story written by a Soviet Russian author: the story took place at some sort of a science campus, and the world was suddenly becaming cold, like heading towards absolute 0 temperatures; in the end woman ran outside, froze, and shattered into pieces. the story is about 50-30 years old I think

In English there is a world play: denial isn't a river in Egypt. I'm currently translating a song, is there a corresponding phrase in Russian?

Всем привет ,

kinda of a long rant of my experience as whole and how it directly/indirectly affected my Russian language journey )

the biggest teacher of Russian is the Russian people themselves and there no amount of drills and grammar can replace that )

I am an Egyptian foreign student in Russia doing my masters in IT , I've been here for nearly two years now in a medium-sized city in central Russia.

I've been through a lot in these wild 2 years and to list some of my experiences here as follows : I learned Russian from scratch , I lived in dorm with other foreign students , made friends with other Russian students , I worked in a warehouse with illegal immigrants and drunk скуфы ,rented a flat while barely speaking Russian, got first hand experience with Russian police and a whole lot of wild shit , so it's safe to say I can give a good perspective on what is really to be a foreign student in Russia and my thoughts on learning the language , Russian society and how it interacts with outsiders.

First the Russian people :

Russians have some distinct characteristics that set them apart from other peoples and here I can compare them with Arabs hence I am one)

- Very reserved and formal in their interactions : on the good side most people around you are very polite and courteous all the time but sometimes it takes the form of very aloof and cold interactions , this is a stark contrast to Arabs who are very warm and overly friendly and outgoing , that's why the first advice given to newcomers don't smile all the time and crack jokes with everyone you see because it could be seen as rude , this advice is rarely followed but in my experience Russians who have experience with foreigners understand the culture difference and appreciate it , also this is the biggest selling point for Arabs dating Russian girls))

-Direct and to the point style of communication : cutting down the smiling and joking is one thing , but it took me a LONG time till I got used of the Russian way of communicating .

as Arabs the rudest thing you could do is getting to the point in a couple of sentences this means you have zero respect for whoever in front of you , so the minimum to start to talk to someone on the phone or in person is the obligatory "hi how are you sir ? is everything fine ? mind if I ask you this and this" and especially on the phone ending with "thank you so much god save you all the best goodbyex3 " while here I've seen entire conversations start and end in 3 seconds and it was such the culture shock to me , while yes every one is not the same and it's not that extreme , but in general Russians are direct and to the point even after they get to know you , the big positive of this is there is never a situation of ambiguity you know exactly what everyone want and mean by what they say , and it made learning the language waaay easier hence I only need to say здравствуйте and conjugate with вы and that's it and I don't need to memorize extra 2-3 sentences to start asking for something like in French or Arabic.

-effects on language learning : so if you are from Latin America or especially the Arab world not only learn the words , learn the mannerisms and style of communication because it caused A LOT of misunderstandings and miscommunications most obvious example : was loud voice in buses and in the street ,and people will believe you are fighting while you are just talking)) and give the weirdest looks ever.

the next two factors directly affect how you are seen and understood by normal Russians on the street :

- Linear thinking : might be the core reason of many cultural aspects of Russians , Linear thinking is the belief that if you put x and y together you have z and think of life as a mathematical equation and disregard its intricacy and fine tuning , this is reflected of prevalence of brutish behavior in some people , lack of innovation , creativity and imaginative thinking in big firms and state body , and the copy paste nature of businesses in most sectors where you either have state monopoly or a handful of companies doing the same exact thing and this lead us to the next point.

-Cultural bubble : as I mentioned I am in a model soviet era city in central Russia , and as the rest of non-MСК/СПБ Russia sometimes you feel USSR is still living in people minds , not politically per se but in the way of thinking , and linear thinking might me a direct result of the iron curtain which never really got removed , some Russian people sometimes feel like they don't even want to think in a different way of doing things or acknowledge that there is an entire world out there which is not СНГ and foreigners who are not ""churkas"" from central Asia and black people who are not African Americans from hip hop songs or bbc porn videos or living in the jungle , and the political regime embrace and enforce this bubble by never putting any effort to promote other languages than Russian and it's one of the biggest strong points of control of the current regime.

and hence people (young and old , educated and non-educated) ONLY know Russian, you have the biggest control on what they think by feeding them whatever agenda you want and no one will be even able to know any better hence fb, instagram , even youtube and discord are blocked along with VPNs , and VK is owned by gazprom)) , creating a level of ignorance only matched by the US anglophone bubble.

I do master's in Russian with some top-tier programmers and all red diplomas students who can't hold a 2 min conversation in English same is said about professors , this directly affect career prospects for Russian ИТишники while Belarus and Ukraine have way better time outsourcing to foreign markets due to better English proficiency even before recent conflict.

-effects on language learning : DON'T EVEN THINK of speaking English even in airport, even with teachers who teach foreigners Russian, even the damn international students staff, most Russians lack the most basic of sentences in English to the level it becomes funny and even you will see other foreign students only knowing Russian with their native language , BUT Russians are very very accepting of foreigners speaking their language (except the thick central Asian/Caucasian accent which has some racial prejudice similar to Chicano English / Ebonics English in the US) , so yes they don't mind mistakes and wrong pronunciation but very rarely if ever they will adapt their speak for you to understand (except for language teachers ofc) not because they are purist it's because you might be the first ever foreigner they meet who is not from СНГ ,so at the beginning some people you will just not understand even with translator and it's not your fault))

these were the most obvious points an outsider will see in the Russian people . and any criticism or negative points above are from a place of love and respect for the Russian people who accepted me as a guest and helped me in every step of the way.

this is getting very very long and I really have a lot to share so I am happy to discuss more in the comments or DMs ))

There's a game my dad used to play with my mom. She'd open a Russian/English dictionary on a random page, pick an English word, cover the translation, and he'd guess the meaning. He didn't know English. But half the times he at least guessed a semantic field. For example, spine - спина. Or stand - стан, стенд, что-то об утверждении на поверхности, укреплении.

What do you think about this game?

Hello everybody!

I really think there is no need to introduce myself. All you must know you will know directly in talk with me. But I can help you learn Russian in return for good friendship in perspective or maybe back practice in English (or German, I'm also learning German now :D)

But if you are wondering, I'm native Russian speaker, live in Russia and have passed school exams of Russian on five.

Leave your comments, I'll message you.

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Привет всем!

Я правда думаю, что нет необходимости представляться. Всё, что вы должны знать, вы узнаете непосредственно в разговоре со мной. Но я могу помочь вам в изучении русского языка взамен на добрую дружбу в перспективе или, может быть, обратную практику в английском (или немецком, я немецкий тоже сейчас изучаю :D)

Но если вам интересно, русский язык мне родной, я живу в России и сдала соответствующий госэкзамен на "пять".

Оставляйте комментарии — я вам напишу.

Что означает эта цитата? О чем это говорить про Блока как личность?

In the song "Бег по острию ножа," the singer says the phrase "Это знаки-маки." What does "знаки-маки" mean in this context?

- Я[I] руча́юсь[vouch] вам[you] за[for] него́[him] как[as] за[for] себя́[myself].

- Я[I] потяну́л[pulled] её[her] за́[by] руку[hand].

- Мы[we] вошли[entered] в[in] комнату[room] и[and] сели[sat down] за[at] стол[table].

- Концерт[concert] слышно[audible] за[a] километр[kilometer] от[from] парка[park].

- Олег[Oleg] сел[sat down] за[behind/at] руль[steering wheel] Во́лги[Volga].

- Гость[guest] напра́вился[headed] за́[out] город[town].

if i got any of the definitions wrong, don't need all of the sentences, or picked crapy sentences, just tell me (i got all the example sentences from an article and translated them myself)

МОЛОКО
Найліпша пожива в світі, то тота, котром звір кормит своих дітей, — молоко.

Из молока выростают мускулы, кожа, шерсть, кости, когти, зубы. Молоко претворят слабе львятко в мощного льва, рык котрого потрясат скалы. Огромный кит, як и маленька морска свинка, вскормлены молоком.

В молокі єст всьо, што потребно дитині: в нем єст и вода, и толщ, и цукер, и білок, и соли.

Толщ плават в молокі в виді множества дробненькых капельок. Так як толщ лекший 

В торжественны дни сыр ставят на стол. Сыр тот товаришит чоловіку от колыскы до гробу. Умераючи, властитель сыра оставлят го своим дітям.

Швейцарскы газеты писали о сырі, котрому минуло 120 літ. Того “діда” покраяли і зіли недавно. Был дуже смачный.

I really wanna learn Russian, because I like the language alot and would like to visit Russia one day. I can already read Russian. But, I simply don't know where to start from to start learning it. And how long does it take to be fluent in Russian? I really need some advice

Сливти? Is it something like curse word or?

Should I have used the prepositional case in "в тикток" and in "на ютуб"?

I was raised to call pants shtanih but now that I’m teaching my daughter Russian (I’m a native but forgetting) and this video just called pants briuke and I’m curious if they’re the same thing or…?

i’ve been learning russian since january and at first i found the cursive quite easy but honestly the further i get the more difficult i find it😅 here’s some from today! any tips would be appreciated!

who teaches or has learned Russian, is it difficult? share your experience

That would be a thousand times more practical and logical knowing that it’s already used for masculine animate nouns and for some verbs like «ждать», «желать», «достичь»… For example Ненависть побеждает любовь… I know Russians would anyway interpret it as hate beats love but to respect the interchangeability of the language, wouldn’t it be better if it was Ненависти побеждает любовь or Ненависть побеждает любви?

Sorry, I meant object, not subject

My current goal is to have a basic text conversation with people in the Russian channel of the deadlock discord server. Is there a good free resource optimized for this?