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Это одно и то же? (Just?)
I'm not asking to be funny or anything, but genuinely curious.. why does the russian language seem to prefer these 16+ letter/8 syllable words over more simplistic words? I just saw the post in this sub with the word for “highly qualified’ that’s apparentely “высококвалифицированный”. That’s 23 letter and 9 syllables. Like seriously they could've made the word for 'higly qualified' like half as long as it is. In english its far harder to find words of this length or complexity and when you do they're typically acedemic words that are rarely used in in typical conversation. I feel like far more Russian words are unnessecarily longer than they really need to be. Didn't the russian language go through a reformation abt a century ago, and they still kept it this complex? Is it purposefully like this to disuade ppl from learning it? I'm just wondering what the reasoning is.
Обратите внимание, что я не носитель языка, поэтому вам придется объяснить мне каламбур.
Соседний колхоз
Просит навоз
Хуй, не дадим,
Сами съедим!
Встретил такое слово в поговорке
В целом понимаю что колхоз эта советская штука
А может кто-нибудь на пальцах объяснить что на самом деле это было?
Соседний колхоз
Просит навоз
Хуй, не дадим,
Сами съедим!
Встретил такое слово в поговорке
В целом понимаю что колхоз эта советская штука
А может кто-нибудь на пальцах объяснить что на самом деле это было?
Someone was mentioning there is a famous Russian poem about aristocrats eating sausages, possibly by Myakovsky.
Does anyone know the name?
Thanks!
Hi, as you can probably tell I'm very much a beginner.
In response to the question "твоя?", should you say наша or нашей? I want to say "it's ours", basically. I recognise that it's nominative vs genitive case, however I'm unsure which case would be the right one to use here. Thank you!
Я знаю эти слова отдельно , но что они обозначают вместо взяты как-то не очень понятно
Это одно наречие , состоящее из 3-х частей или это 3 разных слов , обозначающие что-то новое?
Братух, закаляй дух, повышай дан. Братан, тебе не зря этот стайл дан.
Если знаете любые анекдоты про Штирлица, то можете накидать как можно больше
кто-нибудь знает эту песню?
I'm pretty new to Russian
The song is Psycho Dreams by Kill Eva. Maybe it’s just me hearing it wrong? I wanted to make sure it’s not some rule I wasn’t aware of, as I know that’s common (e.g., о sounding like а).
I have been talking with a friend recently, I’m learning Russian and she’s trying to be more proficient at English. We both play the guitar, and when we’re discussing playing, we frequently have to draw diagrams to explain what we are talking about. Can I have someone tell me the most accurate, oft used russian words/phrases for these guitar terms?
Strings, frets, neck, nut, bridge, upstroke, downstroke, arpeggio, picking, alternate picking, tremolo picking, sweep picking, tube amp, solid-state amp.
Thanks in advance to any person that can help me fill these gaps.
Или есть где то сайт который содержит всякие штуки, анекдоты?
ive heard mixed opinions about it mainly about duos wording issues, and if its not then are there any better places to learn russian?
Всем привет! I ran into some grounds of imperatives and the aspect isn’t entirely clear and I need a clarification. For organization, here’s what I know:
• Imperfective for repeated, “important that the process happens.” Perfective for one-time, “the result is what matters.”
• Negative imperatives have imperfective for not to do something in general (i.e. “don’t touch the souvenir”), perfective for warning (i.e. “don’t do it or you’ll die”).
What’s left to be clear for me are the positive imperatives. I’ve heard of people saying:
• Imperfective for invitations, perfective for authoritative orders.
• Perfective for polite requests, imperfective for more “snappy and impatience” of a command.
So… how do positive imperatives work with politeness, commands (authoritative), invitations? It seems to me that imperfective is for inviting (which is polite, no?), yet it is more rude? Meanwhile, perfective is for polite requests but also for “bossy commands”?
These statements seem to differ by people, and it’d be great for this matter to be clear and concise. I apologize if this post seems to be rude or not worth asking.
P.S. if I misunderstood something in “here’s what I know,” please correct me as I’m not well-versed with aspect.
Большое спасибо за ваше время!
Это устойчивое выражение? Что оно обозначает?
Переводится как combination of circumstance, и это тоже не очень понятно
I saw it in both Tsoi's Igla and Slovo Patsana. When they are arranging the cup guessing game, they say something like "i came from america on a green broomstick, the broomstick broke and i went to kolyma..." and on and on. Im curious what the origins are and any more information about it if possible, as well as the full song.
Saw this insta post. I can make out a word or two but can't find it using search. Help please!!
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5K8yoXIIuG/?igsh=MWl2bDQ2Ynd3NWRrZA==
When I say "bitchy", I am referring to a vulgar way in which someone (most commonly referred to women) is acting in a very crabby and very moody way.
By "acting like a bitch", I am referring to a vulgar way in which someone is called a coward for not going through with something. I suppose calling someone a "pussy" has the same connotation.
So, can anyone help improve my knowledge of Russian profanity? Haha
Как перевести «апрель начался неудачно» или «апрель прикалывается над тобой» «тебе не везёт в этом месяце» на Английский сленг?
They seem similar to me.