How To Learn Polish (For Russian Speakers)
There are many differences between Russian and Polish but there's no denying that knowing Russian gives a huge head start with Polish.
Category: Russian
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Why Some Languages Sound More Beautiful Than Others
It's nice to appreciate the beauty or the fascination a language provides, but that's a lousy reason to learn.
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Hard + Soft Consonants: Intro To Russian Palatalization
There are two characters in the Russian alphabet that will leave you perplexed for a long time as you take on the challenge of this new language: the soft sign (ь) and the hard sign (ъ).
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How To Understand Russian Vowel Reduction
In a nut-shell, Russian vowel reduction describes the way in which unstressed vowels are pronounced with less phonetic clarity than stressed vowels.
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Various Russian And Italian Language Idiosyncrasies I've Learned
Each language feels different when it hits your ear, and feels strange as it exits your mouth — often leaving your tongue twisted into a new, uncomfortable shape.
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When And How To Use зачем And почему In Russian
Recently, one of my Russian friends pointed out to me that I had used зачем incorrectly, and that these two words are most definitely not interchangeable.
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How To Differentiate The Russian Prepositions в And на
Unlike English, where we have several prepositions to make distinctions about locations, Russian primarily uses only two. It's often confusing, and seemingly arbitrary, choosing between в and на.
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Why It's Easy To Learn The Russian Alphabet
The Russian alphabet is easy. Today, I'd like to show everyone how easy it is to learn the Russian alphabet and understand what you read.
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The Magical Aspects Of Russian Verb Construction
Today I want to share the amazing formula with which Russian verbs become perfective or imperfective.
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Russian For Beginners: How To Understand Russian Prefixes
Unlike the rag-tag collection of prefixes in the English language, the Russian prefixes are complete and clear, and rather well-defined.