/r/russian

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This is a subreddit for people looking to learn Russian and all things related to the Russian language. Though Russian is encouraged, most discussions are in English.

Это сообщество для людей, изучающих русский язык, и для обсуждения всего, что с ним связано. Использование русского приветствуется, но обсуждения чаще всего ведутся на английском.


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Welcome to /r/Russian, a subreddit for people looking to learn Russian and discussion of the Russian language and culture. Though users are welcome to speak Russian, most discussions are in English.


Looking to learn Russian? Check out our Wiki, which can be accessed HERE.


Join the official WhatsApp group by messaging +79787064535! Please introduce yourself first!


Discord servers:

https://discord.gg/UZnxnBM

https://discord.gg/ccVGqWFSA2


Resources

Rules

No politics

Political content (comment or post) with no relevance to the Russian language will be removed, and users who post this content will be banned. /r/russian isn’t the place to post about current events in Russia or other Russian-speaking countries. Discussions about language policy topics, like Russian orthographical reforms and the status of Russian as an official language, are fine.

Be civil

Personal attacks and other forms of disrespectful conduct aren’t allowed. This includes harassing users elsewhere on Reddit as a result of a disagreement in this subreddit. Disrespectful posts will be removed and may result in a ban.

Focus on the Russian language

/r/russian is a language-learning subreddit, not a place to post anything and everything in Russian. Of course, if you're learning Russian, you're likely to have questions about articles, videos, books, movies, and other works in Russian that you encounter. You may also want to ask native speakers to proofread something you've written. These posts are fine! On the other hand, if you just want to share a funny picture of a cat with a caption in Russian, there are other places to do that. (For memes, funny videos, and adorable animals, try /r/pikabu.)

Limit promotional posts

If you have a YouTube channel, blog, app, or other resource related to the Russian language that you’d like to share, you’re welcome to post it here. However, we do have some guidelines for promotional posts:

  • Don’t make more than one promotional post every 14 days. Additional posts will be removed.
  • If you make promotional posts, engage with the community in other ways, such as answering questions. Users who post to /r/russian solely for promotional purposes may be banned.
  • Resources promoted on the subreddit should be relevant to Russian learners. Use of the Russian language alone does not establish relevance — for example, Russian-language fashion blogs and gaming channels don’t belong here.
  • Dishonest promotional posts and links to dishonest promotional content (like fake reviews) aren’t allowed.
  • Where applicable, ensure that users can access some portion of your promoted resource without payment. If you’re promoting a series of video lectures or a book, for instance, let users watch one lecture or read one chapter for free.

No discussion of piracy

Don’t request or provide access to unauthorized copies of books, films, music, and other copyrighted works. This includes, but is not limited to, asking for or posting links to free PDFs of commercial textbooks. These posts will be removed, and multiple violations of this rule may result in a ban.

No unethical requests

If you're studying Russian in school and need help with your homework or exams, don’t ask others to simply do the work for you. These requests are unethical and will be deleted. However, questions about work you've already done are completely appropriate (and even encouraged).

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honestly I didn't find the Russian cases aren't that difficult

I had a friend of mine that kept telling me that Russian is way too difficult and it's the best I don't learn it. but after some research I found it to be very straightforward. the only part where I remotely had problem is with adjectives and that's it. moral of the story: don't be scared to learn Russian

4 Comments
2024/12/02
15:48 UTC

1

Какая разница между "спрятать" и "запрятать"?

2 Comments
2024/12/01
19:47 UTC

1

What are some good beginner (A1) textbooks I can find online for free

I have tried to look but all the options are not what I need

1 Comment
2024/12/01
20:22 UTC

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How do you use „же“

I've seen this word used a few times already, but can't the meaning of it. How do you use this word?

10 Comments
2024/12/02
12:08 UTC

5

Gemini prompt change suggestions?

Я часто использую Gemini for language learning. На данный момент я акцентирую свое внимание на расширение своего словарного запаса. Как вы видите, я написала промпт для того чтобы оно генерировало мне 3 слова разных уровней. В начале промпт работал, однако спустя пару запросов Gemini начал гнать. Оно либо выдает одни и те же слова, либо просто вовсе не выдает. Я думаю мой промпт нестабильный. Есть ли у вас предложения насчет того как можно изменить этот промпт? Может вы знаете какой нибудь существующий промпт для таких целей и желаете поделиться?

12 Comments
2024/12/02
12:02 UTC

5

I need assistance. Нас или наш.

Yes, I’m using Duolingo. (Sorry) No, it’s not the only thing I’m learning from.

Today I learned: У нас есть ребёнок. We have a kid/child. Да, у наш есть сестра. Yes, we have a sister.

Due to my last post or two here I’ve been trying to learn more about cases. (This seems to be a common issue) and unless I’m stupid- which is possible, I don’t believe this to be the case. Why does у нас, turn into у наш?

We (me and you) have a child. We -me and my sibling (me and you) have a sister.

We have a child. We have a sister. It’s the same “we have” is it not?

Ready to be destroyed with learning.

Спасибо.

7 Comments
2024/12/02
10:30 UTC

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Дневник после 5 лет изучения

Мое путешествие:

Я сильно желаю путешествовать, осматривать мир вокруг меня, испытывать твёрдость характера и знание, а посредством этого, наточить его. Желаю преодолеть барьеры к счастью и радоваться силу свою совершенному в полной мере. Вперёд в величие идя, посмотрю с нежностью на мои начала, но и даже буду считать их необходимыми, даже если недостаточными, но происходя от этой недостаточности, необходимость исправлять характер.

С помощью словаря нашел слова с точными смылслями. Мне еще надо улушить активный словарный запас для лёгче писания.

3 Comments
2024/12/02
10:08 UTC

4

Learning Russian for russians)

Are there any sites or apps to improve knowledge of Russian for schoolboys, prepare for ВПР or ЕГЭ in Russian.

4 Comments
2024/12/02
09:39 UTC

8

I've got the basics, how do I get more vocab now?

I've been learning russian for some months, and I've grasped the basics of the diferent cases and learnt some basic vocabulary, but im at a point where whats holding me back is actually integrating more words, and I really don't know how to go about it

At the moment im reading a book called "short stories in russian" my teacher gave me, I'm just a couple of chapters in and can grasp what's happening based on context, even tho I only recognize about 30 to 40% of the words, but I feel like this is not good enough

Sooo, I need ideas Things that I can do, both passively and actively that might help? Or some insight about how to actually use (and get) comprehensible input? Some recources or studying techniques that have helped you maybe? Whatever you feel that might be usefull

Thanks im advance!

6 Comments
2024/12/02
08:42 UTC

3

Christmas Music

What are some common holiday songs that Russians hear this time of year? Спасибо

6 Comments
2024/12/02
04:26 UTC

0

Meme..

Meme

2 Comments
2024/12/02
03:58 UTC

179

Based on a true story.

29 Comments
2024/12/02
03:22 UTC

0

What are some Russian words that look exactly like Polish than Ukrainian?

10 Comments
2024/12/02
01:45 UTC

32

What are the most funny Russian words for an English speaker to pronounce, in Russian?

58 Comments
2024/12/02
00:56 UTC

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Русские реалити-шоу

Приветик! Учусь русский и я бы хотела посмотреть какие-то русские реалити-шоу как например Холостяк или другие. К сожалению у меня нет такого высокого уровня русского и поэтому мне надо субтитров. Вы можете мне порекомендовать какие-то сайты где можно смотреть разные шоу с субтитрами? Спасибо!

11 Comments
2024/12/01
21:55 UTC

7

Your favorite russian podcasts?

Hello, i've listened to most of the russian with max podcasts and feel pretty good in my listening skills and would like some podcasts not meant to be geared to russian learners. I'm interested in history, psychology, interview type podcasts and maybe some news podcasts (I get reddit is against eastern media as a lot of it is propoganda but since I only get the western side of stories I would also like to hear some of this pro-russian stuff since I never get to hear about it even if it is bad!). Any other interesting suggestions would be much appreciated, it doesn't have to fall into one of the categories as I'm quite open minded to other stuff and am mainly doing it to expand vocab. Thanks!

11 Comments
2024/12/01
20:38 UTC

1

Duolingo and a lil more

For those who speak Russian natively or through resources other than duolingo, (question 1) what is your opinion on duolingo when it comes to Russian? Like, would you recommend it to a certain extent? (Question 2) Now for when I try to learn Russian, do I need to worry about learning all dialects of Russian, or can I be able to learn Russian fluently from one dialect (most likely the Moscow / standard dialect) and be able to communicate with a Russian who speaks another dialect. Sorry if it’s too much to ask lol, I just want to get in the right track, or atleast close to the right track.

26 Comments
2024/12/01
20:05 UTC

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Изучающие язык как вы понимаете этот вопрос:что вы думаете о героине?

10 Comments
2024/12/01
18:24 UTC

1

Need help with translation.

I wanted to know the name of the second song that he sings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yM0UprhD8w

2 Comments
2024/12/01
15:34 UTC

0

Can you learn good Russian 🇷🇺 with Duolingo

I just started Russian and was wondering will it work, many thanks in advance

18 Comments
2024/12/01
17:16 UTC

89

Russian handwriting

Hi! I'm learning Russian at university (I've only just started) and this is my Russian handwriting! What do you think? Is this legible and how can I improve? I think it looks pretty but being able to read it is more important, of course :)

32 Comments
2024/12/01
16:36 UTC

0

Why does past tense verbs have two form? And how to use them?

Ignoring the addition of gender (а/о/и) at the end, why does past tense verb have two forms.

For example, написал and написано both mean wrote. Or создал and создано both mean created.

13 Comments
2024/12/01
16:23 UTC

1

Does anyone know if I can get Russian literature printed in both English and Russian in the same text?

Especially if it classic literature. Like annotated version?

5 Comments
2024/12/01
15:38 UTC

257

Ещё один парадокс языка

Как вам такое? ))

27 Comments
2024/12/01
15:26 UTC

0

Горький юмор

Как переводится данный литературный термин ?

(юмор сатира, циничный юмор не то, это другое)

10 Comments
2024/12/01
13:01 UTC

0

when to use these letters?

hi i have added a russian keyboard to my phone so i could pratice learning it more, and i have been seeing a few letters with some accents on top when i hold the key for some seconds. я́, ю́, ъ, и́, ѳ, ы́, а́, о́, э́, є, е́ and у́. it's been a few months since i have started learning russian, so if any letter is from another language i apologize for the mistake.

14 Comments
2024/12/01
12:48 UTC

116

??? help explain

why are the words formatted that way? hmm. i'm barely fluent so dont be too harsh lol.

85 Comments
2024/12/01
12:22 UTC

0

Russian media for/during learning

I'm just wondering if any of the people learning Russian language watch Glad Valakas, for example. I'm a native, and I can barely imagine a non-native speaker or an advanced to the point of being "almost native" speaker understand, even if not enjoy, all of his gimmicks. I suppose his content may be used for learning the language nuances and cultural things. Do you know other examples? Не слишу.

0 Comments
2024/12/01
12:18 UTC

1

Similar Artists/Songs?

Who can recommend me similar artists or songs? What’s this genre called also?

https://youtu.be/nF7rdPtRCME?si=3cwG3ATAq-IVQlbQ

2 Comments
2024/12/01
11:20 UTC

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