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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
This is a new video series on Russian verb prefixes. What is a prefix? It's a group of letters that you can add to the beginning of a word to change its meaning. In the English language we have prefixes. For example, the prefix "un". clear - unclear fold - unfold Prefixes are an [...]
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! [...]
Hi guys, This is the second video I'm filming at Liden & Denz Institute of Languages in Saint Petersburg. Our teacher Anna explains the difference between an imperfective verb and its perfective pair. I hope you like it. Greetings from the wintery Saint Petersburg, Angelos Verb Aspects - The Video Verb Aspects - The [...]
Hi guys, A few weeks ago I made a video about the Instrumental Case on the plane to Saint Petersburg. The other day, I was in a Stolovaya and the menu again was full of the Instrumental Case. So, I decided to make another video. Hope you like it! Instrumental Case in a Stolovaya - [...]
Saturday afternoon in Saint Petersburg. I'm walking along Gorokhovaya Street. Cold. Idea comes to mind: "Learn Russian through Shop Signs!" I don't have a clue how to say "shop sign" in Russian! I ask some random guys on the street. It's called Вывеска! Filming... Learn Russian through Shop Signs - The Video Learn [...]
Привет Explorussians, I'm writing this article from Saint Petersburg, Russia (Cанкт-Петербург, Петербург, Питер). I arrived here two days ago and I'm planning to stay for three months. Yes, I'm going to be here for the whole winter and it's cold. It's veeery cold. But it's beautiful. I mean, it's veeeeeeeeeeery beautiful. Here, I'll not be making snowmans. OK, maybe [...]
