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internet glossery in russian

Веб страница (f) — Web page  — Página web

Социальные сети (n, plural) — Social media — Redes sociales

Трафик (m) — Traffic — Tráfico

Браузер (m) — Browser — Navegador

Чат (m) — Chat — Chat

Мем (m) — Meme — Meme

Твит (m) — Tweet — Tuit

Просмотры (n, plural) — Hits — Visitas

Вирус (m) — Virus — Virus

Спам (m) — Spam — Correo basura

Гифка (f) — Gif — Gif

Сайт (m) — Website — Sitio

Сервер (m) — Mainframe — Servidor

Сигнал (m) — Signal — Señal

Контент (m) — Content — Contento

Комментарий (m) — Comment — Comentario

Лайк (m) — Like — Me gusta

Тэг (m) — Tag — Tag

Ссылка (f) — Link — Enlance

Роутер (m) — Router — Router

Вкладка (f) — Tab — Pestaña

История (f) — History — Historia

Соединение (m) — Connection —Conexión

Авторизация (f) — Authorization — Autenticación

Адрес (m) — Address — Dirección

Селфи (n) — Selfie — Autofoto

Главная страница (f) — Home page — Página principal

Профиль (m) — Profile — Perfil

Поиск (m) — Search — Buscador

Личные сообщения (n, plural) — Direct messages — Mensages personales

Поделиться (verb) — Share — Compartir

Подписаться (verb) — Subscribe — Seguir

Добавить (verb) — Add — Añadir

Удалить (verb) — Delete — Eliminar

Ответить (verb) — Respond — Responder

Листать (verb) — Scroll — Pasar por

Загрузить (verb) — Upwnload — Cargar

Скачать (verb) — Download —Descargar

Изменить (verb) — Change — Cambiar

[asphodelly]

Some curious facts about Russian Alphabet

📌 The majority of the Russian words that start with "Ф" [f] are borrowed from other languages in fact! Pushkin was proud, that he used just one word that begins with it - "флот" [flot] (navy) in "The Tale Of Tsar Saltan"

📌 It's hard to believe, but there're over 70 words in Russian that start with "Й" [j]. Truth be told, even native-speakers can't name more than 5-6 of them ("йод" [yod] (iodine), "йога" [yoga] (yoga) - are the most popular)

📌 The craziest fact is that in Russian we have words, which start with "Ы": Ыныхсыт [ynykhsyt] and Ытыккюель [ytykkyuel'], for example. That's pretty cute, isn't it? 😹This is just the names of geographic features, so you can breathe out, we actually don't use them at all.

Thank you for reading! I hope, it'll help you to memorize Russian Abc :3

[asphodelly]

A few examples of irony in everyday Russian grammar

✏️ Only in Russian you can face a sentance composed just of three vowel sounds: "Э, а я?" [eh, a ya?] (Whoa, but what about me?).

✏️ Only in Russian you can make a sentence of five letters going one by one in Cyrillic Alphabet: "Где ёж?" [gd'e j'ozh?] (Where's the hedgehog?).

✏️ A phrase "Да нет, наверное" [da n'et nav'ernoe] ( Yes no, maybe) is probably the worst thing ever for poor Russian learner students. In this case "Да" serves as a kind of interjection. The way the whole sentence sounds sort of expresses our uncertainty or lack of confidence, when we're not sure about something.

✏️ That's hella funny, but "Чайник долго остывает" [ch'ay'n'ik dolgo ostyvaet] (The teapot cools off for a long time) и "Чайник долго не остывает" [ch'ay'n'ik dolgo ne ostyvaet] (The teapot doesn't cool off for a long time) mean exactly the same.

[asphodelly]

Etymology of Russian swear words and their proper use

🙈 Ублюдок — Bastard 🙈

The form "ублюдок" [ubl'udok] comes from the primary word "блудить" [blud'it'] (to fornicate). Originally it was used to call half breed and illegitimate children from purebred parents among the people.

❗️Now we can call it someone, who behaves low and dishonest as if he hasn't any basics moral compass.

🙈 Подонок — dirtbag, scum 🙈

Previously "подонок" [podonok] (which was formed from the word "дно" — low, bottom) meant moody residues of alcoholic drinks at the bottom of a glass, that nobody wanted to finish.

❗️ Eventually it got a new meaning and now we use it if we want to say how dirty, disgusting and foul someone is.

🙈 Сволочь — asshole, jerk, prick 🙈

"Сволочь" [svoloch'] originally meant "dump". The form "сволочь" comes from the verb "сволакивать" [svolak'ivat'] that means "to fold". The rubbish was fold on the streets. Time passed and "сволочь" became a group of people gathered and shouted loudly somewhere on the street.

❗️ We use it when we want to call someone disgraceful and nasty.

I hope, it was interesting! Now, you know what to do if someone has a lot of nerve 💕

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Traditional Russian Foods That You Need to Try Russian cuisine includes many delicious meals such as soups, porridges, jams and preserves, tasty pastry. Russian huge territory holds a whole range of cultures and food traditions. The country’s different geographic landscapes and climatic features made Russian menu one of the most diversified cuisine in the world! Meat eaters and vegetarians can easily find their perfect meal options. 

Popular Russian food includes traditional Russian recipes and also dishes of other slavic nations. For instance, world-famous borscht is originally a Ukrainian dish, but it became beloved by Russians and you can find it in every Russian restaurant’s menu. Therefore, let’s not be too specific about geographical nuances and name the most delicious dishes that you need to eat in Russia. 

Russian pelmeni 

Russian pelmeni is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Russian kitchen. In the Urals and Siberia people started to cook them more than 600 years ago. If you have a look on one piece of pelmeni you’ll see that its shape resembles the auricle of the ear. And this similarity determines the origin of its name which means “bread ear”. Recipe is pretty simple - just wrap some finely ground meat into dough and put it into boiling water for a few minutes. 

Vareniki   

Vareniki can be seen as vegetarian pelmeni since they are usually stuffed with potato , mushrooms, cabbage, cottage cheese. In addition to savoury options there are also sweet ones with cherries, strawberry and other berries. 

Solyanka 

Russian Solyanka is a hearty, thick soup that’ll keep you warm in rainy cold days. In general, main ingredients are salty smoked meats, sausages, olives, pickles, sometimes carrots. But they are always subject of change since recipe hugely depends on cook preferences. The name of the dish солянка means “salty”, which is derived from the word соль – salt. The variety of ingredients in the soup gave birth to a phrase “сборная солянка”, which means a mixture of nearly everything.

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Tоngue Twisters аre nоt just sауings thаt аre difficult tо prоnоunce quicklу!

The Russiаn wоrd fоr “tоngue twister” is “скороговорка” skаrаgаvórkа. It cоnsists оf twо pаrts: “скоро” = fаst аnd “говорить” = tо speаk, tо sау. Sо, the literаl trаnslаtiоn intо English wоuld be sоmething like fаst sауing. In Russiаn, the wоrd “скороговорка” is used оnlу fоr these specific phrаses аnd dоesn’t define everуthing thаt is hаrd tо sау (like, fоr exаmple, а single wоrd оr а nаme). Prаcticing Russiаn tоngue twisters is а gооd wау оf enhаncing уоur Russiаn prоnunciаtiоn аs theу use а vаrietу оf techniques tо mаke them difficult tо sау. Уоu cаn dо it аt уоur Russiаn lessоns with уоur tutоr оr when studуing уоurself. А tоngue-twister is а phrаse thаt is designed tо be difficult tо аrticulаte prоperlу. Tоngue-twisters mау relу оn similаr but distinct phоnemes (e.g., s s аnd sh ʃ), оr оther feаtures оf а lаnguаge. Оne оf the hаrdest tоngue-twisters in the Russiаn lаnguаge, аre "На дворe трава, на травe дрова. Нe руби дрова на травe двора". Mаnу tоngue-twisters use а cоmbinаtiоn оf аlliterаtiоn аnd rhуme. Theу hаve twо оr mоre sequences оf sоunds thаt require repоsitiоning the tоngue between sуllаbles, then the sаme sоunds аre repeаted in а different sequence. Fоr exаmple, in the sequence: "Шла Саша по шоссe и сосала сушку" requires а speаker tо switch rаpidlу between the s s аnd sh ʃ sоunds. Sоme Russiаn tоngue twisters аre shоrt but sоme аre lоng. Аll оf them thоugh help develоpment оf cleаr speech fоr nоn-nаtive speаkers аnd even nаtive-speаkers. Using tоngue twisters is аn аbsоlute must fоr аnуоne whо uses their vоice prоfessiоnаllу like аctоrs, singers оr news reаders. "Шесть мышат в шалаше шуршат" Hоw tо wоrk with Russiаn tоngue twisters? Chооse the оne уоu like аnd trаnslаte it if уоu cаn. Stаrt reаding it verу slоwlу аnd sауing eаch wоrd cleаrlу, then repeаt it fаster keeping the right prоnunciаtiоn аnd lоgicаl intоnаtiоn. Trу tо memоrise it аnd sау it reаllу fаst withоut mаking mistаkes. Tо enhаnce уоur prоnunciаtiоn repeаt tоngue twisters everу dау.Just fоr fun, trу sоme оf these Russiаn tоngue twisters аnd see hоw уоu dо.

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 3 Things That Russian Textbooks Teach You Wrong 1. We Don't Introduce Ourselves with Меня зовут (My name is) or Я - (I am) “How do you do it then?” you may ask. Well, by simply saying our names. It looks like this: My friend wants me to meet her new boyfriend. She says he will be waiting for us in a cafe with a couple of his friends. When we arrive, my friend waves her hand at her boyfriend so that I understand who the guy I came to see is and says, Это Ваня (This is Vanya). And then it's my turn to introduce myself. What do I do? I shake hands and say my name, Настя. He says, Ваня. And then I do the same thing with the others. We simply say our own names and shake hands. In a more formal situation I would use my full name: Анастасия (Anastasia). We actually say Меня зовут Анастасия when we introduce ourselves in front of a big audience, in the first entry of a blog, or in a presentation video. 2. We Don't Say Where We Are From By Saying Я - русский (I'm Russian) You would hear “I'm Russian” mainly followed by “and so…” For example, “I'm Russian and so I'm fine when it's -20 degrees.” Or, “I'm Russian and so I can eat ice cream when it's -20 degrees,” etc. To say where you are from in Russian you have to use a structure similar as in English: I'm from... We say, Я из России. 3. We Don't Only Use Future Tense to Talk About Future Events In the same way English speakers use the present continuous tense to talk about personal schedules, Russian speakers use the present tense. You can use present tense to talk about future events, and most importantly, sometimes with no distinct difference from the future tense. Why do you need to know this? Because future tense in Russian is a bit more complicated than present tense. That said, you shouldn't deprive yourself of talking about the future just because you're a beginner. It's now February. And if I have just booked my flight to Athens I can say: Я еду в Афины в Августе (I'm going to Athens in August). It's morning and I'm talking with my boyfriend about my plans for today: В 12 часов я иду на работу. В 15 я встречаюсь с подругой. At 12 p.m. I'm going to work. At 3 p.m. I'm seeing a friend