This is a guest post by my friend Jamy Russell! Thank you so much for this Jeremy. Your suggestions are spot on! This is a great post.. Read on, please! Beginner mistakes to avoid when learning Russian Russian is tough. Ask Angelos, who’s been spending the last several years learning and perfecting his Russian. It [...]
A year ago, I made this video in which I started talking about Russian Verb Prefixes. A difficult subject, I know. BUT. There is a but. Those who master these prefixes will have a powerful advantage in understanding the language and even coming up with a word they didn't know before! This is the first [...]
Last week I received an email from Paige who lives in LA. He wrote to me: I've been hanging out with Russian people around L.A. (where I live) and I've found some people like hanging out with. The problem is, I'm having a really hard time understanding most real people talking. When I'm listening to [...]
Hi guys, As I was walking in the centre of St. Petersburg, I saw this love message written with paint on the street! I hope you enjoy the video! Please subscribe!!! Best, Angelos
Hi guys, In this video I ask my Russian students to translate a few English phrasal verbs for me to Russian. Phrasal Verbs - List come up with something - придумывать work out - тренироваться calm down - успокоиться get up - вставать hold on - подождать go out - встречаться give up [...]
Yesterday I spent the whole day in the forest on the outskirts of St. Petersburg picking berries and mushrooms. Well, I didn't manage to find not even one proper edible mushroom but anyway. In this video you will see three popular types of berries that Russian love to gather in the forest. I'm talking about [...]
Today's lesson is about certain nouns that take the prepositional case in -у. Some masculine nouns, mostly one syllable nouns, take the ending -у in the prepositional case after the prepositions в and на. For example, in the forest - в лесу (лес becomes лесу) Я живу в лесу. - I live in [...]
Hi guys, I went to the cinema yesterday and I found some great film quotes written at the cafe on the bar. I loved them! I hope you like them too! Best wishes, Angelos PS: I recently made a course on how to learn the Russian Cases through only one film, the most [...]
Привет, I had to do some boring computer work this morning but the sunny weather changed my plans. I grabbed my book Какой падеж? Какой предлог? (Which Case - Which Preposition) and started reading outside. Russian Cases are not easy you know. I decided to ask people to help me. Complete List of examples follows [...]
Today I asked my students Igor and Oleg to translate English words that describe emotions and personality characteristics. Enjoy the Video! Words that appear in this video независимый - independent агрессивный - aggressive чувствительный - sensitive испорченный - spoiled тревожный - anxious очаровательный - charming разумный - sensible непослушный - naughty, rebellious общительный [...]
