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iconic songs in hebrew because why not

[most songs are old and the list + lyrics is in english because it’s for non-hebrew speakers and hebrew speakers alike]

hallelujah laolam (hallelujah to the world) - winner of eurovision 1979, [lyrics]

shir ahava yashan (old love song), hava alberstein - the hebrew version of a song in spanish [i couldnt find the lyrics in english]

gavriel, ofra haza - every song she sang is iconic tbh [lyrics]

le’orekh hayam (along the seashore), ofra haza - [lyrics]

badad (alone), zohar argov - the forever alone song [lyrics]

maya, yoni rechter - [lyrics in hebrew]

hi kol kakh yafa (she’s so beautiful), kaveret - [im adding the lyrics in hebrew]

natati la khayay (i gave her my life), kaveret - [lyrics]

yo ya, kaveret - [lyrics]

hamagafayim shel barukh (baruk’s boots), kaveret - [lyrics]

khalalit (spaceship), gazoz - [lyrics]

tesha bakikar (9 o’clock at the square), gazoz - [lyrics]

yom shishi at yoda’at (friday you know) - [lyrics] (this is such an iconic song imfao)

le’olam be’ikvot hashemesh (forever following the sun), sheri - [lyrics]

hagalshan sheli (my surfboard), dani sanderson - OKAY U DONT KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I’VE HEARD THIS SONG [lyrics]

adon shoko (mr chocolate milk), arik einstein - [lyrics]

shabat baboker (saturday morning), arik einstein - [lyrics]

brakim u’reamim (lightning and thunders), hakeves hashisha asar (the 16th lamb) - this was my favorite song as a kid and it’s basically a song made for rainy days it still holds a special place in my heart [again, lyrics in hebrew]

hayalda hakhi yafa bagan (the most beautiful girl in kindergarten), the 16h lamb - this song is gay okay? [lyrics]

boker tov (good morning), utz lee gutz lee (Rumpelstiltskin), aric levi (it’s a really funny song it basically means lion lion) - i love this song so much. it’s the opening song to the Rumpelstiltskin musical, presenting the characters [lyrics in hebrew in the youtube’s bio]

atta pele (you are wonder), ester rada (originally song is by hava alberstein) - [lyrics in hebrew]

halikha lekeysariyah, also called eli eli (walking to Caesarea) , regina spektor - this was covered by many artist, but the original song was written by chana senesh, and is important to a lot of jewish people. i picked this version because i like it a lot. [lyrics]

khashmal zorem bekapot yadikha (electricity flows through your hands), ester rada, original song sang by ruti navon - [lyrics in hebrew]

neshika ladod (a kiss for your uncle), tipex - [lyrics]

lama halakht mimenu (why did you walk away from us), tipex and sarit hadad - epilepsy warning for the link for the clip [lyrics]

khikiti lo (i’ve waited for him), sarit hadad - [lyrics]

malkat hashoshanim (queen of roses), eden ben zaken - [lyrics in hebrew]

barbie, ben el tavori and liraz static - a bit sexiest but it’s a good song [ a terrible translation but okay. lyrics]

kvish hakhof (the beach road), ben el tavori and liraz static - it’s a really cute song [lyrics in hebrew]

feel free to add!

[escapetoluna]

How to learn a language when you don’t know where to start:

General Plan:

Weeks 1 and 2: Purpose:

Learn the fundamentals sentence construction

Learn how to spell and count

Start building a phrase stockpile with basic greetings

The Alphabet

Numbers 1 - 100

Subject Pronouns

Common Greetings

Conjugate the Two Most Important Verbs: to be and to have

Basic Definite and Indefinite Articles

Weeks 3 and 4: Purpose:

Learn essential vocabulary for the day-to-day

Start conjugating regular verbs

Days of the Week and Months of the Year

How to tell the time

How to talk about the weather

Family Vocabulary

Present Tense Conjugations Verbs

Weeks 5 and 6: Purpose:

Warm up with the last of the day-to-day vocabulary

Add more complex types of sentences to your grammar

Colours

House vocabulary

How to ask questions

Present Tense Conjugations Verbs

Forming negatives

Weeks 7 and 8: Purpose:

Learn how to navigate basic situations in a region of your target language country

Finish memorising regular conjugation rules

Food Vocabulary and Ordering at Restaurants

Money and Shopping Phrases

Present Tense Conjugations Verbs

Weeks 9 and 10: Purpose:

Start constructing descriptive and more complex sentences

Adjectives

Reflective verbs

Places vocabulary

Weeks 11 and 12: Purpose:

Add more complex descriptions to your sentences with adverbs

Wrap up vocabulary essentials

Adverbs

Parts of the body and medical vocabulary

Tips for Learning a Foreign Language:

Learning Vocabulary:

What vocabulary should I be learning?

There are hundreds of thousands of words in every language, and the large majority of them won’t be immediately relevant to you when you’re starting out.Typically, the most frequent 3000 words make up 90% of the language that a native speaker uses on any given day. Instead try to learn the most useful words in a language, and then expand outwards from there according to your needs and interests.

Choose the words you want/need to learn.

Relate them to what you already know.

Review them until they’ve reached your long-term memory.

Record them so learning is never lost.

Use them in meaningful human conversation and communication.

How should I record the vocabulary?

Learners need to see and/or hear a new word of phrase 6 to 17 times before they really know a piece of vocabulary.

Keep a careful record of new vocabulary.

Record the vocabulary in a way that is helpful to you and will ensure that you will practice the vocabulary, e.g. flashcards.

Vocabulary should be organised so that words are easier to find, e.g. alphabetically or according to topic.

Ideally when noting vocabulary you should write down not only the meaning, but the grammatical class, and example in a sentence, and where needed information about structure.

How should I practice using the vocabulary?

Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check - Use this method for learning and remembering vocabulary. This method is really good for learning spellings.

Make flashcards. Write the vocabulary on the front with the definition and examples on the back.

Draw mind maps or make visual representations of the new vocabulary groups.

Stick labels or post it notes on corresponding objects, e.g when learning kitchen vocabulary you could label items in your house.

How often should I be practising vocabulary?

A valuable technique is ‘the principle of expanding rehearsal’. This means reviewing vocabulary shortly after first learning them then at increasingly longer intervals.

Ideally, words should be reviewed:

5-10 minutes later

24 hours later

One week later

1-2 months later

6 months later

Knowing a vocabulary item well enough to use it productively means knowing:

Its written and spoken forms (spelling and pronunciation).

Its grammatical category and other grammatical information

Related words and word families, e.g. adjective, adverb, verb, noun.

Common collocations (Words that often come before or after it).

Receptive Skills: Listening and Reading

Reading is probably one of the most effective ways of building vocabulary knowledge.

Listening is also important because it occupies a big chunk of the time we spend communicating.

Tips for reading in a foreign language:

Start basic and small.  Children’s books are great practice for beginners. Don’t try to dive into a novel or newspaper too early, since it can be discouraging and time consuming if you have to look up every other word.

Read things you’ve already read in your native language. The fact that you at least know the gist of the story will help you to pick up context clues, learn new vocabulary and grammatical constructions.

Read books with their accompanying audio books. Reading a book while listening to the accompanying audio will improve your “ear training”. It will also help you to learn the pronunciation of words.

Tips for listening in a foreign language:

Watch films in your target language.

Read a book while also listening along to the audio book version.

Listen to the radio in your target language.

Watch videos online in your target language.

Activities to do to show that you’ve understood what you’ve been listening to:

Try drawing a picture of what was said.

Ask yourself some questions about it and try to answer them.

Provide a summary of what was said.

Suggest what might come next in the “story.”

Translate what was said into another language.

“Talk back” to the speaker to engage in imaginary conversation.

Productive Skills: Speaking and Writing

Tips for speaking in a foreign language:

If you can, try to speak the language every day either out loud to yourself or chat to another native speaker whether it is a colleague, a friend, a tutor or a language exchange partner. 

Write a list of topics and think about what you could say about each one. First you could write out your thoughts and then read them out loud. Look up the words you don’t know. You could also come up with questions at the end to ask someone else.

A really good way to improve your own speaking is to listen to how native speakers talk and imitate their accent, their rhythm of speech and tone of voice. Watch how their lips move and pay attention to the stressed sounds. You could watch interviews on YouTube or online news websites and pause every so often to copy what you have just heard. You could even sing along to songs sung in the target language.

Walk around the house and describe what you say. Say what you like or dislike about the room or the furniture or the decor. Talk about what you want to change.This gets you to practise every day vocabulary.

Tips for writing in a foreign language:

Practice writing in your target language. Keep it simple to start with. Beginner vocabulary and grammar concepts are generally very descriptive and concrete.

Practice writing by hand. Here are some things you can write out by hand:

Diary entries

Shopping lists

Reminders

What could I write about?

Write about your day, an interesting event, how you’re feeling, or what you’re thinking.

Make up a conversation between two people. 

Write a letter to a friend, yourself, or a celebrity. You don’t need to send it; just writing it will be helpful.

Translate a text you’ve written in your native language into your foreign language.

Write a review or a book you’ve recently read or a film you’ve recently watched.

Write Facebook statuses, Tweets or Tumblr posts (whether you post them or not will be up to you).

Write a short story or poem.

Writing is one of the hardest things to do well as a non-native speaker of a language, because there’s no room to hide. 

There are lots of ways to improve your writing ability, but they can be essentially boiled down to three key components:

Read a lot

Write a lot

Get your writing corrected

[kaparaonyou]

Hebrew in ~300 words עִבְרִית בְּכְ־300 מִּלִּים

Attention! I made some mistakes on the original post due to how similar the vowel points look on the HTML editor, hopefully enough people will see this on my blog and see that I’ve fixed them. Sorry :(

As a part of this post about beginning to learn a language, I’d decided to translate 300 basic words and phrases into Hebrew.

Note: all words will be written in defective spelling (ktiv haser) and with vowel points for ease of pronunciation

A hyphen (מָקָף) indicates the preposition / conjunction is immediately attached to the next word, and a dot underneath the hyphen is a dagesh, a bowel point indicating change in pronunciation of ב, כ, פ from the expected mid-word soft pronunciations (v, kh, f) to the hard ones (b, k ,p, respectively).

First Verbs

Verbs are given in their simplest form: 3rd person, male, past tense. modal verbs are exceptional in Hebrew, so they are given in their most common form.

be - no equivalent. The subject and the complement are simply put one after the other in the case of an adj. (which is conjugated according to number and gender), and connected with a 3rd person pronoun conjugated accordingly in case of a noun complement (הוּא/הִיא; הֵם/הֵן)

there is - יֵשׁ, past הָיה

have - יֵשׁ לְ־ (there is to subj.) past הָיָה לְ־

do - עָשָׂה

go - הָלַךְ

want - רָצָה

can - m יָכוֹל / f יְכוֹלָה

need - m צָרִיךְ / f צְרִיכָה

think - חָשַׁב

know - יָדַע

say - אָמַר, הֵגִיד

like - אָהַב (same as love)

speak - דִּבֶּר

learn - לָמַד

understand - הֵבִין

Conjunctions

that (as in “I think that…” or “the woman that…”) - ּשֶׁ־ (i think that…, the woman that… all tenses), הַ־ּ (the woman that… alternative to present tense)

and - וְ־

or - אוֹ

but - אֲבָל

because - in decreasing order of frequency - כִּי, בִּגְלַל שֶׁ־ּ, מִשֹּוּם שֶׁ־ּ, (מִ)כֵּיוָן שֶׁ־ּ, etc.

though - in decreasing order of frequency - לַמְרוׁת שֶׁ־ּ, עַל אַף שֶׁ־ּ, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁ־ּ, etc.

so (meaning “therefore”; e.g. “I wanted it, so I bought it”) - אַז, לָכֵן

if - אִם

Prepositions

When used with pronouns, Hebrew prepositions are always conjugated with a specific ending for each pronoun.

of - של

to - אֵל (direction), לְ־ (all other uses tbh)

from - מִ־ּ

in - ְבְּתוֹך (inside), בְּ־ (in general)

at (a place) - בְּ־

at (a time) - בְּ־

with - עִם (with a noun), אֵת (with a pronoun, conjugated as ָאִתִּי, אִתְּך, etc.)

about - עַל

like (meaning “similar to”) - כְּמוֹ, כְּ־

for (warning, this one has several meanings that you need to take care of) - בִּשְׁבִיל (intended to)

before (also as a conjunction) - לִפְנֵי/לִפְנֵי שֶׁ־ּ

after (also as a conjunction) - אַחֲרֵי/אַחֲרֵי שֶׁ־ּ

during - תּוֹךְ כְּדֵי

bonus: direct obj. marker - אֵת (used with a defininte noun, conjugated ָאוֹתִי, אוֹתְך but אֶתְכֶם, אֵֶתְכֶן

Question Words

who - מִי

what - מָה

where - אֵיפֹה

when - מָתַי

why - לָמָּה

how - אֵיךְ

how much - כַּמָּה

which - אֵיזֶה

Adverbs

a lot - הַרְבֵּה

a little - קְצַת, מְעַט

well - טוֹב

badly - רַע

only - רָק

also - גַּם

very - מְאֹד

too (as in “too tall”) - מִדַּי (lit. (more) than enough)

too much - יוֹתֵר מִדַּי

so (as in “so tall”) - m כָּזֶה, f כָּזֹאת; or כָּל כַּךְ

so much - כָּל כַּךְ הַרְבֵּה

more (know how to say “more … than …”) - יוֹתֵר

less (know how to say “less … than …”) - פַּחוֹת

than - מִ־ּ

as … as … (e.g. “as tall as”) - … כְּמוֹ …

comparative (more, -er) - יוֹתַר

superlative (most, -est) - הֲכִי

now - עַכְשָׁו, כָּעֵת

then - אַז

here - פֹּה, כָּאן

there - שָׁם

maybe - אוּלַי

always - תָּמִיד

usually - בְּדֶרֶךְ כְּלַל

often - הַרְבֵּה, לְעִתִּים קְרוֹבוֹת

sometimes - לִפְעָמִים, מְדֵּי פַּעַם

never - אַף פַּעַם (used with neg. verb / copula)

today - הַיּוֹם

yesterday - אֱתְמוֹל

tomorrow - מַחַר

soon - תֵּכֶף

almostֹ - כִּמְעַט

already - כְּבָר

still - עָדַיִן

even - אַפִלּוּ, אַף, גַּם

enough - מַסְפִּיק

Adjectives

the, a (technically articles) - הַ־ּ, no indef. article 

this - m הַזֶּה, f הַזֹּאת

that - m הַזֶּה, f הַזֹּאת or  m הָהוּא, f הָהִיא

good - טוֹב

bad - רַע

all - כָּל הַ־ּ

some - כַּמָּה

no - שׁוּם

any - שׁוּם

many - הַרְבֵּה

few - קְצַת, מְעַט

most - רֹב הַ־ּ

other - אַחֵר

same - m אוֹתוֹ הַ־ּ , f אוֹתָה הַ־ּ

different - שׁוֹנֶה

enough - מַסְפִּיק

one - m אֶחָד, f אַחַת

two - m שְׁנַיִם, f שְׁתַּיִם

a few - כַּמָּה

first - רִאשׁוֹן

next - הַבַּא (in time), לְיַד, עַל יַד (both in place)

last (meaning “past”, e.g. “last Friday”) - שֶׁעָבַר, הַקּוֹדֵם

last (meaning “final”) - הָאַחֲרוֹן

easy - קָל

hard - קָשֶׁה

early - מֻקְדַם

late - מְאֻחָר

important - חָשׁוּב

interesting - מְעַנְיֵן

fun - כֵּיף, כֵּיפִי

boring - מְשַׁעֲמֵם

beautiful - יָפֵה

big - גָּדֹל

small - קָטַן

happy - שָׂמֵחַ

sad - עָצוּב

busy - עָסוּק

excited - מִתְרַגֵּשׁ, נִרְגָּשׁ

tired - עָיֵף

ready - מוּכָן

favorite - הָאָהוּב עַל …

new - חָדָשׁ

right (meaning “correct”) - (e.g. a right answer) נָכוֹן; (e.g. to have the right answer) צוֹדֵק

wrong - לֹא נָכוֹן, שָׁגוּי; טוֹעֶה

true - נָכוֹן

Pronouns

Conjugated as:

subject

‘singular’ prepositional ending - בְּ־, כְּ־, לְ־, מִ־ּ, עם, את, של, בשביל, etc.

‘plural’ prepositional ending - עַל יְדֵי, אַחֲרֵי, מְאֲחוֹרֵי, עַל, אֵל, etc.

ס stands for the preceding prepostion

I

אֲנִי

סִי

סַי

you m

אַתָּה

סְךָ

סֶיךָ

you f

אַתְּ

סָךְ

סַיִךְ

he

הוּא

סוֹ

סָיו

she

הִיא

סָהּ

סֶיהָ

* it

m זֶה f זֹאת

we

אֲנַחְנוּ

סָנוּ

סֶינוּ

you (pl.) m

אֲתֶּם

סְכֵם

סֶיכֵם

** you (pl.) f

אַתֶּן

סְכֵן

סֶיכֵן

they (pl.) m

הֵם

סָם

סֶיהֵם

** they (pl.) f

הֵן

סָן

סֶיהן

* There is no neuter gender (it), so inanimate nouns are referred to by the corresponding male or female third person pronouns and conjugations

** Many speakers these days make no distinction between male and female second and third person pronouns (you, they), so these conjugations are gradually becoming obsolete.

Nouns

Hebrew nouns come in two genders, masculine and feminine, however unlike many other languages, the definite article is identical for all genders and inflections, therefore it is not included.

everything - הַכֹּל

something - מָשֶׁהוּ

nothing - כְּלוּם

everyone - כֻּלָּם

someone - מִישֶׁהוּ

no one - אַף אֶחָד / אַחַת (used in negation)

(name of the language you’re studying) - עִבְרִית

English - אַנְגְּלִית

thing - דָּבָר

person - בֵּן אָדָם (lit. son of Adam)

place - מָקוֹם

time (as in “a long time”) - זְמַן

time (as in “I did it 3 times”) - פַּעַם

friend - חָבֵר

woman - אִשָּׁה

man - אִישׁ

money - כֶּסֶף

country - מְדִינָה

(name of your home country) - ישְׂרָאֵל

city - עִיר

language - שָׂפָה, לָשׁוֹן

word - מִלָּה

food - אֹכֶל

house - בַּיִת

store - חָנוּת

office - מִשְׂרַד

company - חֵבְרָה

manager - מְנָהֵל

coworker - קוֹלֶגָה

job - עֲבֹדָה

work (as in “I have a lot of work to do”) - עֲבֹדָה

problem - בַּעֲיָה

question - שֶׁאֱלָה

idea - רַעֲיוֹן

life - חַיִּים

world - עוֹלָם

day - יוֹם

year - שָׁנָה

week - שָׁבוּעַ

month - חֹדֶשׁ

hour - שָׁעָה

mother, father, parent - אֵם, אַב, הוֹרֶה/הוֹרָה

daughter, son, child - בַּת, בֵּן, יֶלֶד/יָלְדָה

wife, husband - אִשָּׁה, בַּעַל

girlfriend, boyfriend - חָבֵרָה, חָבֵר

More Verbs

work (as in a person working) - עָבַד

work (meaning “to function”, e.g. “the TV works”) - עָבַד

see - רָאָה

use - הִשְֹתַּמּשׁ

should - הָיָה צָרִיךְ

believe - הֶאֱמִין

practice - הִתְאַמֵּן (practice a skill), פָּעַל (practice one’s beliefs) 

seem - נִרְאָה, נִדְמָה

come - בָּא

leave - עָזַב

return - חָזַר

give - נָתַן

take - לָקַח

bring - הֵבִיא

look for - חִפֵּשׂ

find - מָצַא

get (meaning “obtain”) - הֵשׂיג

receive - קִבֵּל

buy - קָנָה

try -  נִסָּה

start - הִתְחִיל

stop (doing something) - הִפְסִיק

finish - סִיֵּם, גָּמַר

continue - הִמְשִׁיךְ

wake up - הִתְעוֹרֵר

get up - קָם

eat - אָכַל

happen - קָרָה

feel - הִרְגִּישׁ

create (aka “make”) - יָצַר, עָשָׂה

cause (aka “make”) - גָּרַם לְ־

meet (meeting someone for the first time) - פָּגַשׁ, נִפְגַּשׁ

meet (meaning “to bump into”) - פָּגַשׁ

meet (an arranged meeting) - נִפְגַּשׁ

ask (a question) - שָׁאַל

ask for (aka “request”) - בִּקֵּשׁ

wonder - תָּהָה

reply - הֵגִיב

mean - אָמַר

read - קָרַא

write - כָּתַב

listen - הִקְשִׁיב

hear - שָׁמַע

remember - זָכַר

forget - שָׁכַח

choose - בָּחַר

decide - הִחְלִיט / הֶחֱלִיט

be born - נוֹלַד

die - מֵת

kill - הָרַג

live - חַי

stay - נִשְׁאַר

change - שִׁנָּה (for someone to change something), הִשְׁתָּנָּה (for something to change itself)

help - עָזַר

send - שָׁלַח

study - לָמַד

improve - שִׁפֵּר (for someone to improve something), הִשְׁתַּפֵּר (for somthing to improve itself)

hope - קִוָּה

care - הָיָה לְ־ אִכְפַּת (word or word, there-was to-subj. care)

Phrases

hello - שָׁלוֹם

goodbye - שָׁלוֹם / לְהִתְרָאוֹת

thank you - תּוֹדָה

you’re welcome - אֵין בְּעַד מָה, עַל לֹא דָּבָר

excuse me (to get someone’s attention) - סְלִיחָה

sorry - סְלִיחָה

it’s fine (response to an apology) - זֶה בְּסֶדֶר

please - בְּבַקָּשָׁה

yes - כֵּן

no - לֹא

okay - אוֹקֵיִי, בְּסֶדֶר, סַּבָּבָּה (slang)

My name is _____ - קוֹרְאִים לִי _____

What’s your name? אֵיךְ קוֹרְאִים לְךָ/לָךְ?

Nice to meet you. - נָעִים לְהַכִּיר

How are you? - מָה שְׁלוֹמְךָ/שְׂלוֹמֶךְ?, מָה קוֹרֶה?

I’m doing well, how about you? אֲנִי בְּסֶדַר, מָה אִתְּךָ/אִתָּך?

Sorry? / What? (if you didn’t hear something) - סְלִיחָה / שׁוּב?

How do you say ______? - אֵיךְ אוֹמְרִים _____?

What does ______ mean? - מָה _____ אוֹמֵר?

I don’t understand. - לֹא הֵבָנְתִּי.

Could you repeat that? אַתָּה/אַתְּ יָכוֹל/יְכוֹלָה לַחְזֹר עַל זֶה?.

Could you speak more slowly, please? אַתָּה/אַתְּ יָכוֹל/יְכוֹלָה לְדַבֶּר יוֹתֵר לְאַט?

Well (as in “well, I think…”) -  not really one word as in English. טוֹב can be said, but oftentimes simple filler sounds are used (אֶמממ, אֶההה, etc.)

Really? - בֶּאֱמֶת?

I guess that … - -אֲנִי מֵנִיחַ/מְנִיחָה שֶׁ.

* It’s hot. (talking about the weather) - חַם.

* It’s cold. (talking about the weather) - קַר.

* As these are one word sentences, they’re rarely said as is, usually coupled with a preposition indicating who or what is cold. (E.g. I’m cold - קַר לִי; It’s cold outside - קַר בָּחוּץ

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Links for Russian/English Parallel Texts

Here are some links for Russian and English Parallel texts with audio. This includes 2 novels.

Ana Karenina by Tolstoy

Notes from Underground by Dostoyevsky

Other Informative Articles with Audio

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Antonyms in Russian 💫

·       бе́дный - бога́тый (poor - rich)

·       безопа́сный - опа́сный (safe - dangerous)

·       большо́й - ма́ленький (big - small)

·       всегда́ - никогда́ (always - never)

·       гря́зный - чи́стый (dirty - clean)

·       дли́нный - коро́ткий (long - short)

·       дорого́й - дешёвый (expensive - cheap)

·       друго́й - похо́жий (different - similar)

·       живо́й - мёртвый (alive - dead)

·       интере́сный - ску́чный (interesting - boring)

·       краси́вый - уро́дливый (beautiful - ugly)

·       лёгкий - сло́жный (easy - difficult)

·       ме́дленно - бы́стро (slow - fast)

·       ме́ньше - бо́льше (less - more)

·       молодо́й - ста́рый (young - old)

·       мя́гкий - твёрдый/жёсткий (soft - hard)

·       но́вый - ста́рый (new - old)

·       норма́льный - стра́нный (normal - weird)

·       пра́вый - ле́вый (right - left)

·       пусто́й - по́лный (empty - full)

·       ра́но - по́здно (early - late)

·       свобо́дный - за́нятый (free - busy)

·       споко́йный - не́рвный (calm - nervous)

·       тёмный - све́тлый (dark - light)

·       тёплый - холо́дный (warm - cold)

·       тяжёлый - лёгкий (heavy - light)

·       у́мный - глу́пый (clever - stupid)

·       хоро́ший - плохо́й (good - bad)

·       ча́сто - ре́дко (often - seldom)

enjoy! (: 

[haxyr3]

One of the reasons why this is good is that antonyms help to understand meanings.

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Learning Russian Book Masterpost

Teach Yourself Beginner’s Russian Grammar [Daphne West]

A Basic Modern Russian Grammar [Eugenia Nekrasova]

Routledge Grammar - Basic Russian - A Grammar and Workbook [John Murray, Sarah Smyth]

Routledge Grammar - Intermediate Russian - A Grammar and Workbook (second source)

Using Russian: A Guide to Contemporary Usage, 2nd ed [Derek Offord, Natalia Gogolitsyna] (second source) (third source) (fourth source)

Using Russian Vocabulary [Terence Wade]

A Comprehensive Russian Grammar, 3rd ed [Terence Wade] (second source)

A Reference Grammar of Russian (second source) (third source) (fourth source)

Colloquial Russian: The Complete Course for Beginners

Colloquial Russian 2

                                               (More under the cut)

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I dont know whom I should ask this to, hopefully someone will see it on here, but I’d like to read about colonialism and post colonialism, could someone suggest some texts/books?

For now, I read a bit of Aimé Césaire and Frantz Fanon, about the Bandung conference, and little things. I’m trying to read Can The Subaltern Speak, but it’s a bit difficult to grasp all the concepts Spivak is referring to. (I’m like a complete beginner and not really used to academic texts but trying to learn)

Thanks in advance for anyone able to help me !

[russianprojectnotes]

 Here’s a short list to start you off:

General Reading 

John McLeod, Beginning Postcolonialism

Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth 

Frantz Fanon, Black Skin White Masks

Edward Said, Orientalism 

Chandra Mohanty, “Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial Discourse”

Ngugi Wa Thiong’o, Decolonizing the Mind

Albert Memmi, The Colonizer and the Colonized 

Literature (if you’re interested)

Binyavanga Wainaina, How to write about Africa

Amitav Ghosh, The Shadow Lines

Amartya Sen, The Argumentative Indian

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of the Yellow Sun

Tayeb Salih, Season of Migration to the North

Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart

Ngugi Wa Thiong’o, A Grain of Wheat

If you need anything else on this subject, shoot me a message! :)

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parts of the body - russian

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Russian vocab doodles (spot the cool guy)

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who are your fav langblrs? 💚

Eep I’m always afraid to list people because I don’t want to miss anybody! But here are some blogs I really love:

@fremmedsprak @cocostephh @finnjamaria @squeezieslangblr @language-amante @kaz-studies @pastel-languages @russianprojectnotes @francaise-de-coeur @languages-and-tea @blackteaandlanguages @languageprince @unclepolyglot @therussianmajor @polyglotfantasy @polskieserce @langsandlit

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Oh my god, thank you! 😍❤️

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Not as daunting as it seems! There are four ways to change a verb from its infinitive form into the past tense, depending on the subject of the sentence.

Sample verb: РАБОТАТЬ - to work. Take only the stem, РАБОТА, and add the ending according to the gender of the noun that is the subject of the sentence.

Pronouns that go with each ending.

To say ‘I worked’ or ‘you worked’, the ending you use depends on your own gender, and the gender of the person you’re speaking to. A girl talking to her dad will say, ‘Я работала и ты работал - мы работали.’ (‘I worked and you worked - we worked.’)

More examples!

1. Анна раньше так не думала. - Anna had never thought so before.

2. Вчера он читал книгу. - Yesterday he read a book.

3. Я не знала, что у него есть брат! - I did not know that he had a brother! (In this case, the speaker is a woman.)

4. Студенты изучали музыку. - Students studied music.

That’s all! Happy studying!

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Hi Eugenia! I've seen так used as "yes" in many movies and tv shows can you please explain when it's appropriate to use так as yes? I've also seen it in many expressions for example "like this" - "вот так". It seems так has many meanings besides "so" and I find it quite confusing! Thank you.

Hi Anonymous, 

так may mean a lot of things: 1) this way, so, in that fashion, like this: Я делаю это так, а ты можешь делать по-другому. I do that this way, and you can do that another way. 2) ‘so’, ‘such’ as  part of complex conjunctions: Это было так давно, что все уже забыли. It was so long ago that everybody’ has forgotten about that. 3) Colloquial: simply, just, nothing, with no consequences: Я так это не оставлю! - I won’t let you get away with that! Почему ты грустный? - Да так, ничего. Why are you so sad? -  Oh, nothing, nevermind. 4) ‘So’ as a particle indicating a very high degree of something (similar to ‘quite’): Он так вырос! - He grew up (so much)!5) A particle usually used in a dialog to confirm that you are listening and waiting for the development of a story:- Ну, она пришла ко мне. Alright, she came to see me. - Так. Ok. - Мы попили чай. We had a cup of tea.- Так, а дальше что? Ok, and then?6) A particle indicating that you are thinking something over: -Таааак, кажется, у нас проблемы. Okkaay, I think, we are in troubles. 

Small words in Russian are usually more confusing than long ones :)

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A list of 308 films compiled on Letterboxd

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Russian qualifying phrases

Here are some more Russian phrases I learned from my penpal Andrei! I think these are especially useful because a lot of them transfer well to writing, and more still are useful for self-expression.

I consider — я считаю

I think — я думаю

In my opinion — по моему мнению

In my humble opinion (IMHO) — по моему скромному мнению

I suppose — я полагаю

It seems to me — мне кажется

In the very beginning of… — в самом начале

As far as I understand — насколько я понимаю

As far I see — насколько я вижу

As far as I’ve been informed — насколько я знаю (на сколько меня проинформировали)

As far as I know — насколько я знаю

As far as I’ve understood from — насколько я понял из..

From my personal experience — из моего личного опыта

As far as I imagine — насколько я себе представляю

What concerns me = As far as I’m concerned — что касается меня

I’m afraid to be wrong but — я боюсь показаться неправым, но..

I’m not completely sure but — я не совсем уверен, но..

Probably — вероятно

I doubt — я сомневаюсь

It’s dubious — сомнительно, что

Even though — хотя

At least - хотя бы

So to speak — так сказать

From my point of view — с моей точки зрения

To say frankly — говоря откровенно

To say honestly — честно говоря

Don’t get offended, but — не обижайся. но..

No offense, but — без обид, но..

Without any doubt = Undoubtedly — без сомнений

I’m absolutely sure — я абсолютно уверен

It’s clear — ясно, что

Even though it’s clear — хотя ясно, что 

It’s obvious — очевидно, что

I’m convinced — я убежден

First of all — прежде всего (во-первых)

More likely — более вероятно

The most likely — наиболее вероятно

As it’s well known — как хорошо известно

To make a long story short — короче говоря

Generally speaking — в общем говоря

First and foremost — в первую очередь

Saying objectively — говоря объективно

By my deepest persuasion — по моему глубокому убеждению

Judging by (some indications) — судя по некоторым признакам 

Eventually — в конечном счете

After all — в конце концов

Finally — наконец й

Anyway - как бы то ни было, во всяком случае

Basically - по существу, в основном

Carefully - тщательно; осторожно 

Certainly - точно; определённо 

Elsewhere - где-то в другом месте 

Exactly - точно 

Hopefully - с надеждой; будем надеяться 

Immediately - немедленно; сразу 

Occasionally - иногда, изредка, время от времени 

Perhaps - может быть, возможно, наверно 

Quickly - быстро 

Regularly - регулярно, постоянно 

Seriously - серьёзно, всерьёз 

Suddenly - вдруг, внезапно

[wonderful-language-sounds]

Do you have any links to books/pdfs for Russian? Not like literature but more learning Russian.

I have so many books and links, my friend, that I am not posting most since they are on my laptop and I would have to upload >1 GB of books. But I hope that the following is more than enough.

The New Penguin Russian Course (my rec for beginners!!)

60 Lessons in Russian

10,000 Russian Words by Frequency

A Basic Modern Russian Grammar

A Comprehensive Russian Grammar

A Reference Grammar of Russian

Assimil Russian (with audio)

Big Silver Book of Russian Verbs

Colloquial Russian (with audio)

Colloquial Russian II

DLI Basic Russian

DLI Intermediate Russian

DLI Intermediate-Advanced

DLI Russian Binder I

DLI Russian Binder II

DLI Russian Phase I

DLI Russian Phase II

DLI Russian Phase III

DLI Advanced Russian

Essential Russian Grammar

FSI Russian Fast Course

How to Pronounce Russian Correctly

Hugo’s Russian in 3 Months (with audio)

Intermediate Russian: Grammar and Workbook

In-Flight Russian

Just Listen n’ Learn Russian (with audio)

Linguaphone Russian (with audio)

Living Language Russian: Beginner-Intermediate

Michel Thomas Russian (with audio)

Oxford Russian Verbs & Grammar

Peace Corps Russian Language Lessons

Peace Corps Russian Language Competencies

Peace Corps Workbook

Pimsleur Russian (with audio)

Routledge Modern Russian Grammar

Russian 

Russian - A Self-Teaching Guide

Russian For Dummies

Russian Grammar

Russian in Exercises 

Russian Phrasebook

Russian Pronunciation

Russian Verbs of Motion

Say it Right in Russian

Schaum’s Outline of Russian Grammar

Teach Yourself Russian 1962

Teach Yourself Russian 1996

Teach Yourself Russian 2000

Teach Yourself Russian 2003

If you want to know which ones I like, here is a link to it. I can post, if you want, other specific Russian books if I have them, like stories and such, at a later date.

[russiangrammar]

This is a fantastic list of resources!

[russiangrammar]

Just found out about this amazing resource called 3ears! 

It has a selection of films, TV shows, (such as Кухня and Как я стал русским), as well as Russian-language songs and other video clips. As shown in the screenshot above, you can find a transcript below each video, and each word in the transcript is highlighted when it is spoken or sang in the video. If you click on the word, it will show you the exact point in the video the word is said. You can drag the word to the side of the screen and you’ll see the definition, declension or conjugation, and other example usages of a word. 

I would really recommend 3ears as it’s really useful for learners who want to find out all the unfamiliar words and slang in sitcoms and films, especially when there is a lot of quickly spoken conversational dialogue.