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@languagespeakingdemon
Hello! I'm a native Russian speaker, I can help you practice speaking and writing and answer your questions about the Russian language. I can also teach you how to use gender neutral pronouns for yourself or others as I am nonbinary myself.
I don't ask for anything in return, I just wanna hang out. We can chat here on Tumblr or somewhere else
Привет! Я хочу спрашивать как нон-байнари людей говорят "я был/была" или "я устал/устала" по русски? Я знаю что по испанский они говорят "rapide" не "rapido/rapida" (значит быстро), и по немецкий мы говорим "Ärzt*in" или "Ärzti" не "Arzt/Ärztin" (значит врач). И я также хочу спрашивать, если русски нон-байнари людей использоваят "оно"? Немецки нон-байнари людей, мы использоваем "оно/es" больше, то английски нон-байнари людей использоваят "оно/it".
Извините мой русский, я изучаю для три месяца, но я не хотел использовать Гугл-трансляция много разы или спрашивать по английски язык. Я буду спрашивать по английскому языку, если вы не понимаете ;-; я также не знаю, если "вы" или "ты" это обычно. Stardew valley говорит "вы" для меня и я думаю что это не профессионал контекст.... Может быть "вы" больше обычно, то "Sie" по немецкому.
Русские небинарные люди используют "они" и "оно" примерно одинаково часто. Окончание зависит от местоимения: они - были/устали, оно - было/устало
К незнакомым людям принято говорить "Вы", но это сильно зависит от ситуации и человека. Я предпочитаю когда незнакомые люди обращаются ко мне на Вы, с некоторыми исключениями. Кто-то хочет чтобы к ним обращались только на ты
(I don't know if this phrasing is too complex for you, if it is - send me another ask and I'll clarify. I can understand your Russian, but there are mistakes)
Хэй, привет. Слышал.а у тебя есть варианты, как выражаться нейтрально?
Спасибо большое за ответ <3
Я просто не знаю как сделать так, чтобы это не звучало странно на языке
Странно звучать будет в любом случае
Если про местоимения - есть два основных варианта: они/их и оно/этого(как обычное "оно/его", но "его" и аналогичные части заменяются на "этого" и т.п.). Про "они" я уже отвечали здесь. Если речь идёт о незнакомом человеке - в моём круге общения принято использовать "они"
Есть ещё нео-местоимения, но они встречаются очень редко
Если про существительные, то всё сложнее. Широко принятых нейтральных слов практически нет, но есть малоизвестные, новые слова, их можно найти здесь. Я сами в основном использую маскулинные термины про себя, хоть я и полностью небинарные, просто потому что это более "нейтрально" из привычных слов
Есть так же "gender gap", которая используется на письме, обычно о теоретическом человеке. Вы её использовали в своём вопросе, "слышал.а", но обычно её пишут через _ или (), слышал_а, слышал(а). Можно использовать и на существительных: кассир_ша, водитель_ница. Мне лично это не очень нравится, в итоге читается женский вариант(на нём обычно фокус) и нейтральности не получается
Извиняюсь за поздний ответ, надеюсь он Вам хоть немного помог
Hii, I’m trying to learn Russian by incorporating it into my general vocabulary/replacing English words with Russian ones. Do you have any common words or phrases and would be a good starting place for a beginner? Also sorry if this is a very broad question, I’m very lost. Thanks, x
You should start with the most common words in Russian, you can find lists and probably even videos of that online(videos are better for learning pronunciation). You can learn names of your household objects and say them out loud as you see them in your daily life. You can then try to not just name them, but say what they do, if you want to practice verbs. Also search for videos with phares for beginners, try to connect words with phares
A list of 100 most common words: https://www.russianpod101.com/russian-word-lists/?coreX=100
While your method can be okay for memorizing vocabulary, please remember that Russian isn't just English grammar with different words. For now it may be too early to start actually learning the grammar, but when you feel ready - find yourself a textbook and, again, videos. Find channels you like, watch as much as you can, write down notes. Writing things down by hand is also a good tool for memorizing things, you should write everything down if you are able. Re-read your notes often, repetion is also important
A pretty good channel for beginners: https://www.youtube.com/@EasyRussianVideos
You can also listen to podcasts about Russian and just in Russian, listen to radio, find music that you like
Russian radio: https://radio.pp.ru/?_gl=1*kpp3wr*_ga*MjA3MjE1NjM1OC4xNzAxMDE2MzI3*_ga_0M8S7FSMVJ*MTcxOTU5MDk5Ny4yNi4wLjE3MTk1OTA5OTcuMC4wLjA. Russian Made Easy Podcast: https://russianmadeeasy.com/
Gay little noun case graph I quickly made for my friends
The Day Of The Letter Ы!
The 2nd of February is the day of the letter Ы
Nobody is sure when the holiday was established, but the letter has been around for ages, though it started as a digraph of letters Ъ and I (еръ and и)
Better practice your prononciation of Ы today :P
Russian word of the day: Сытый
Сы́тый - adjective, qualitative
Root сыт
Ending ый, if masculine
Other endings: fem. сытая neut. сытое plural сытые
It means full, as in the oposite of hungry
There's also the phrase сыт по горло (full up to the throat) that means to be sick/tired of something
Short forms: masc. сыт fem. сыта neut. сыто plural сыты
The Day Of The Letter Ы!
The 2nd of February is the day of the letter Ы
Nobody is sure when the holiday was established, but the letter has been around for ages, though it started as a digraph of letters Ъ and I (еръ and и)
Better practice your prononciation of Ы today :P
Russian word of the day: Ядовитый
Ядови́тый - adjective, qualitative
Root яд - poison/venom
Suffix овит - qualitative suffix
Ending ый, if masculine
Other endings: fem. ядовитая neut. ядовитое plural ядовитые
Have trouble differentiating between poisonous and venomous? Good news: they're the same word in Russian!
You can also use it metaphorically to describe spiteful words or people
Or about a really bright color that hurts your eyes
Short forms: masc. ядовит fem. ядовита neut. ядовито plural ядовиты
im also a native russian speaker but im confused how do you use they/them in russian. can you please provide example. hope you have a great day )
It's really simple: you just replace gendered endings with plural ones:
Саша очень талантливые | Sasha is very talanted
Ты бы хотели сходить в кино? | Would you like to go see a movie?
But you keep the singular form when it's neutral:
Саша играет с котом | Sasha is playing with the cat
Саша пойдёт гулять? | Will Sasha go on a walk?
And you use the plural form after the pronoun:
Они пойдут гулять | They will go on a walk
Они будут есть суп | They will be eating soup
That last one is not a hard rule, you could use singular (пойдёт, будет) here, but it doesn't flow as well, in my opinion
Overall it's very simillar to speaking to someone using Вы, only you replace it with ты
Hope this helps!
(The translations are kinda useless here, but I added them just in case)
when talking about myself in russian (I use he/them) would I use он/они interchangeably? If so, how would non-neutral nouns work? I apologize if this makes no sense, I'm still new to russian and I only know the basics as of now.
Yes, you can use them interchangeably. There are very few gender neutral nouns in Russian, so you would probably have to stick to masculine nouns(which are considered to be the "basic"/"neutral" form)
If you really want neutral words to describe yourself, here's a list of some newly created ones, but be warned that none of them are widely used or even known by the general public(or recognized as real words) and in my opinion some of them are a bit awkward https://ru.pronouns.page/dictionary
I would advise to start with masculine nouns for yourself at the beginning and maybe coming back to the constructed neutral forms once you're more advanced in the language
(Ang if you're worried about the rule that an adjective's gender must match the gender of the noun it's describing I personally give you permission to not worry about it. I think this rule should be left behind for trans reasons)
Russian word of the day: Небо
Не́бо - inanimate noun, second declension, neuter
Root неб
Ending о - neuter ending
Plural form: небеса
Means sky, in it's plural form also means heaven(s)
Hi! I am 16 and am adopted from Kazakhstan. I need help understanding the different types of Russian verbs. I know present tense conjugations but am trying to understand how to use past/future tenses. Also, there are multiple verbs for every action. How do I know when to use which one? Can you help me? Thank you.
Hello! This is a big question and it's kind of hard to answer without examples. Which words exactly do you need help with? I think every language has multiple verbs for the same/similar actions, you just learn their connotations and intuit when to use them
Conjugation in the past and future tense is actually comparatively simple in Russian
In the past tense the verbs are conjugated by gender and number, but not by person, so only four endings are ever possible: -_, -а, -о, -и
In the future tense there is a differentiation by aspect (Russian has two) Verbs in the perfective aspect are conjugated exactly like in the present tense, the only difference is the future tense prefix (there is a specific set for each verb)
иду - пойду, идёт - пойдёт, идём - пойдём
In the imperfective aspect the modal verb is added, only it is conjugated while the semantic verb stays in the infinitive. The most common modal verb is "быть (буду)", but many verbs can be modal
буду идти, будет идти, будем идти
начну идти, начнёт идти, начнём идти
Wiktionary usually has conjugation tables, so you can check there if you're having trouble with a specific verb
Russian word of the day: Бабочка
Ба́бочка - animate noun, first declension, feminine
Root баб
Suffix очк - diminutive suffix
Ending а
Plural form: бабочки
Butterfly. The distinction between moths and butterflies is different in Russian, so some moths are also called бабочки
Bow tie. Full word is галстук-бабочка(butterfly tie), but when it's clear from context that you're not talking about an insect, people just say бабочка
A type of knife, which is also called a butterfly knife in English sometimes. Full word is нож-бабочка, but just like the bow tie it gets shortened to бабочка. Be careful next time you wish for butterflies in your stomach
Can you just use they/them in Russian as a genderneutral pronoun like in English, or is there a neopronoun people tend to use or something?
You can use they/them(они/их) similarly to English, that's what I use. Many people also use оно/этого(it/its, but without the inanimate object connotation). There are neopronouns, but they are not commonly used, most people stick to he, she, it or they
Russian word of the day: Лапша
Лапша́ - inanimate noun, first declension, feminine
Root лапш
Ending а
Plural form: лапши́ (that a stressed и, not a й)
It means noodles
There's a saying "вешать лапшу на уши" which literally translates to "to hang noodles on someone's ears" and means to lie, to deceive
The ukrainian kids at work taught me counting out games in russian and ukrainian today (like eenie meenie, miney, mo ...). We played заморозка (playing catch with "freezing" when you get caught). I asked them to write them down because i thought this might be interesting
(Elementary school kids wrote these and I don't know if the spelling is 100% correct. Please do correct if you know!)
(Russian) Чики пики ножку выкинь а выкиаивать нельзя потомушто мы друзья стакан лимон вый ди вон дабавь воды и выйдиш ты
(Ukrainian) Сив метелик на травичку i сказав якусь дурничку раз, два, три, це напевно вийдеш ти
Here's the corrected version for the Russian: Чики-пики, ножку выкинь, а выкидывать нельзя, потому что мы друзья Стакан, лимон, выйди вон, добавь воды и выйдешь ты
It's interesting I've never heard those before, I wonder if those are regional
The считалочки I know are:
Вышел месяц из тумана, вынул ножик из кармана, буду резать, буду бить, всё равно тебе водить
Эники-беники, ели вареники (it has a few continuations, but I've always just used this part)
Раз, два, три, четыре, пять Вышел зайчик погулять Вдруг охотник выбегает, Прямо в зайчика стреляет Пиф-паф, ой-ой-ой, Умирает зайчик мой It also has a few continuations with a happy ending, but people usually don't get to them, because it's too long :P
