Russian Vocab

Could you please add animals?

The courses are great. However, the vocabulary is missing some important elements like the name of animals, like the bear, the lion, etc. These are important when reading books with children and in my opinion, should be covered at Level 1.

1 reply - Last post by Margaret-RocketLanguages - February 12, 2023

Translation not included

Это ваши вещи? This expression appears at 11.3  under the heading   Talking about “Your  (Formal/Plural Things) ”. However, no English translation is included. An oversight perhaps? Thank youMalatok

1 reply - Last post by Margaret-RocketLanguages - December 18, 2022

"Red Square" in Russian Language

Is “Square” in Russian a masculine or feminine noun? I saw the words “Red Square” which was transliterated as “Krashnaya (Red/feminine adjective) ”Plowshat" (Square/ masc/fem?).   I thought from the spelling of Square (Plowshat) that it was a masculine no...

1 reply - Last post by Evgenia - Rocket Russian Tutor - May 9, 2022

ты or тебя and вы or вас

ты = you, singular, informal тебя = you, as in а у тебя So ты and тебя means you.  Since both of these words mean you, why are they spelled differently? On a similar note: Вы = you, plural, formal вас = you, as in а у вас So Вы and вас means you. ...

3 replies - Last post by Evgenia - Rocket Russian Tutor - September 21, 2020

Looking for games to play and learn Russian.

Hi, Are there any games that help to learn Russian on this web-site? Thank you!

1 reply - Last post by Evgenia - Rocket Russian Tutor - January 27, 2019

Turn left/right in Russian when giving instructions.

Hi. When giving directions сверните налево/направо seems to be used here. But I’ve heard поверните налево/направо used too. Are they both ok? Anyone know which is best or most common? Thanks for any help!

2 replies - Last post by U-pies - September 23, 2018

поживаете или дела?

здравствуйте. I am looking for some clarification on these similar phrases. как дела - Lesson 1.0, How are you? как у вас дела - Lesson 1.6, How are you? (formal) как вы поживаете - Lesson 1.6, How are things? как ты поживаешь - Lesson 1.6, How are you? (...

4 replies - Last post by maryhunt1996 - May 3, 2016

Russian Homos

Привет всем! I was wondering if someone would like to share a few common Russian words that are homophones? Specifically, words without similar meanings. Words like есть more so than words like язык. Not to say that the tongue in your mouth and the langua...

1 reply - Last post by Evgenia - Rocket Russian Tutor - August 30, 2015

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