English Phrasal Verbs Translated to Russian

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 [...]

By |2017-08-22T19:22:55+03:00August 22nd, 2017|Beginner, Grammar, Videoblog|1 Comment

Learn Russian in the Forest Picking Berries

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 [...]

By |2017-08-14T11:57:51+03:00August 14th, 2017|Beginner, Videoblog, Vocabulary|0 Comments

They teach me the Cases on the street again

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 [...]

By |2017-07-31T15:06:03+03:00July 31st, 2017|Grammar, Videoblog|1 Comment

Emotions in Russian

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 [...]

By |2017-07-29T13:06:13+03:00July 29th, 2017|Videoblog, Vocabulary|0 Comments

Russian Soul – Videoblog in St. Petersburg

Всем привет! It was a beautiful sunny day today in St. Petersburg! I was walking along my favourite street in the centre, Фурштатская улица. I often see elderly people sit on the benches along this street. I had this idea to ask them what is Русская душа - Russian soul. Enjoy the video! Angelos [...]

By |2017-07-27T18:20:26+03:00July 27th, 2017|Videoblog|0 Comments

Russians and Valentine’s Day

What does St. Valentine's Day mean to Russians? How do Russians confess their love? What is their favourite love poem? To answer the above questions, I asked a few people on the streets of St. Petersburg. To be honest, it was probably the most difficult video I have ever done. Because love is a personal [...]

By |2017-02-13T12:42:52+02:00February 13th, 2017|Videoblog|0 Comments

Nadya explains Turgenev

Hi Explorussians, I was at Liden & Denz Language Institute in St. Petersburg the other day answering your comments on YouTube. Fatih left the following comment: "In Russia they say O великий, могучий, правдивый и свободный русский язык!" I hadn't heard that phrase before, I looked it up and found that it is from a popular [...]

By |2017-08-03T13:00:13+03:00January 31st, 2017|Poetry, Videoblog|0 Comments

Verb Aspects explained by Peterburgians on the street

Hi guys, Today's topic is verb aspects, ie. imperfective and perfective verbs. However, it will NOT be me talking grammar. It will NOT be a Russian teacher talking grammar either. It will be random people I chatted in the centre of St. Petersburg. I got insanely beautiful explanations! I thought everyone around me was a linguist! :) Enjoy the video! [...]

By |2017-01-18T10:37:40+02:00January 18th, 2017|Grammar, Imperfective and Perfective Verbs, Videoblog|1 Comment