😉Главное правило утра: не моргать, а то уснёшь.
[ glavnaye pravila ootra: ni margat' a to oosn'yosh ]
🇬🇧 The main rule in the morning: don’t blink, otherwise you’ll fall asleep.

• Моргать (imperfective)
  [ margat' ]
🇬🇧 to blink

• Моргнуть (perfective)
  [ margnut' ]
🇬🇧 to blink, wink

❗But here is some Russian grammar magic for you.

🔻If you add prefix про- to 'моргать', you will get a new meaning:

• Проморгать (perfective)
  [ pramargat' ]
🇬🇧 to miss something

• Не проморгай своё счастье!
[ ni pramargaj svayo schast'ye ]
🇬🇧 Don't miss your happiness!

🔻Аnd again...if you add ending -ся to 'проморгать', you'll get an old meaning of the verb again:

• Проморгаться
   [ pramargatsya ]
🇬🇧 to regain clarity and distinctness of vision by blinking

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• Балдеть (imperfective)
  [ bald'et' ]

Meaning:
1. To rejoice, to enjoy, to experience pleasant sensations.
2. To rest, do nothing

• Сова балдеет, когда её гладят.
[ sava baldeyet, kagda yeyo glad'at ]
🇬🇧 The owl gets excited when you pet it.

❗️But prefix o- can completely change the meaning of the verb:

• Обалдеть (perfective)
  [ abald'et' ]

Meaning:
To lose the ability to think, become stupefied, shocked

• Я просто обалдел от этой новости!
[ ya prosta abaldel at etay novasti ]
🇬🇧 I was just shocked with this news!

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👋Доброе утро, мои товарищи!

• Зевать (imperfective)
  [zi-vat']
  To yawn

💢 But if you add prefix ПРО- to the verb зевать, it will change its meaning:

• Прозевать (perfective)
  [pra-zi-vat']
  To miss, to sleep away

• Не прозевай свою остановку, дружище!
[ne pra-zi-vay sva-yu as-ta-nof-ku, dru-zhi-shche]
🇬🇧 Don't miss your bus stop, buddy!

❗Also:

• Зевнуть (perfective)
   [ziv-nut']
   1) To give a yawn
   2) To miss, not to notice something, to be mistaken

• Я зевнул ферзя и проиграл.
[ya ziv-nul fir-zya i pra-ig-ral]
🇬🇧 I blundered my queen and lost (chess).

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👋 Бодрое утро всем!
Есть любители кофе?

• Лакать (imperfective)
  [la-kat']
To lap
+
• Вылакать (perfective)
  [vy-la-kat']
To lap up

• Смотри! Наш Шарик лакает твой кофе!
[smat-ri Nash sha-rik la-ka-yet tvoy  ko-fe]
🇬🇧 Look! Our Sharik (a typical name for a Soviet/Russian dog) is lapping your coffee!

💢 BUT if you use prefix НА- and suffix -CЯ, you will get an entirely different meaning of the verb 'лакать':

• Налакаться (colloquial)
  [na-la-kat-tsa]
  To become/get drunk

Its synonym is:
• Набраться (colloquial)
[nab-rat-sa]

• Когда ты успел так налакаться, Джо?!
[ kag-da ty us-pel tak na-la-kat-tsa dzho]
🇬🇧 When did you manage to get so drunk, Joe?!

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👋Доброе утро, товарищи!

🔻Prefix ПЕРЕ- means:

🔢 to move from one place to another:

• ПЕРЕехать (perfective)
  [pi-ri-ye-khat']
  To move to a new place

🔢 to go through:

• ПЕРЕходить (+an object) (imperfective)
  [pi-ri-kha-dit']
  To cross (a road)

🔢 a repeated action or the same action done differently:

• ПЕРЕдумать (+infinitive) (perfective)
  [pi-ri-du-mat']
  To change one's mind

• Oй, я передумал кусаться!
[oy, ya pi-ri-du-mal ku-sa-tsya]
🇬🇧 Oh, I changed my mind about biting!

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🔻 Prefix ПРИ- means 'incompleteness of an action', in this case the action was not completed.

• Прилечь (perfective)
  [pri-lech]
  To lie down (not to sleep for a long time (e.g. night), just for a while

Also:
• Прикорнуть (perfective, colloquial)
  [pri-kar-nut']
  To take a nap, to fall asleep (usually  for a short period of time) leaning against something

• Кисуля прикорнула на солнышке.
[ki-su-lya pri-kar-nu-la na sol-nysh-ke]
🇬🇧 The kittie took a nap in the sun.

🎧🗣👇 Listen and practice.

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🌼Доброе утро, товарищи!

• Подснежник (подснежники) masc.noun
 [pad-snezh-nik (pad-snezh-ni-ki)]
 SLT: Under the snow (flower)
 Snowdrop(s)

🔻From Old Greek γάλα — "молоко" (milk) and ἄνθος — "цветок" (flower).

🔻In 'подСНЕЖник' prefix ПОД- means 'under'. Like in:

• подЗАТЫЛьник(и) (from 'затылок' (nape), masc.noun)
[pad-za-tyl'-nik(i)]
Cuff on the nape

• подЖОПник(и) (from 'жопа' (buttoсks, butt), masc.noun) (low colloquial ⚠️)
[pad-zhop-nik(i)]
Kick-ass

⏺Check other meanings оf prefix ПОД- over there 👇.

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• Подвинуться (perfective, reflexive: the action is being performed by the subject upon oneself)
  [pad-vi-nu-tsa]
  To move aside/over

🔻This verb comes from:

• Подвинуть (perfective)
  [pad-vi-nut']
  To move (something from one
   place to another)

🔻Prefix ПО- has several meanings (as almost everything in our great and mighty Russian 😅) but here it means to perform a small action, to move something but a bit.

💢 In spoken Russian you can also come across the following collocation:

• Извини - подвинься!
  [iz-vi-ni pad-vin'-sya]
  SLT: Sorry - move over!
  Oh, no, that won't do!
  Thanks but no thanks!

🔻It is used to express refusal, disagreement or objection:

• Ты хотел, чтобы я уступил тебе место? Ну, извини-подвинься! Я тоже устал.
🇬🇧 Did you want me to give you my seat? Well, no way! I'm tired too.

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👋Всем доброго воскресного утра!

• Пить (imperf.)
   [pit']
   To drink

• Попить (perf.)
  [pa-pit']
  To drink something for a while (попить чаю)

• Выпить (perf.)
   [vy-pit']
   1) To drink some liquid up
   2) To take an alcohol drink

• Запить (perf.)
   [za-pit']
   To wash something down (e.g. a pill)

• Напиться (perf.)
  [na-pi-tsya]
  1) To satisfy one's thirst
  2) To get drunk

• Перепить (perf.)
   [pi-ri-pit']
   1) To drink too much
   2) To drink more alcohol than someone else
   
▶️Synonyms to 'пить' (revision)

🎧🗣👇 Пейте, дети, молоко, будете здоровы!

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🌝Доброе утро, товарищи!

🔻With the help of prefix НА- and suffix -СЯ verbs with the meaning of complete satisfaction with the action are formed:

• НАгулятьСЯ
  [na-gu-lya-tsa]
  To walk enough

• НАговоритьСЯ
  [na-ga-va-ri-tsa]
  To talk enough

• НАестьСЯ
  [na-yes-tsa]
  To eat enough

• НАпитьСЯ
  [na-pi-tsa]
  To drink enough or
  to get drunk

• НАработатьСЯ
  [na-ra-bo-ta-tsa]
  To work enough

Еxample (see the video):
• Всё, возвращаемся домой. Мы нагулялись!
[fsyo, vaz-vra-shcha-yem-sya da-moy. my na-gu-lya-lis']
🇬🇧 That's it, let's go home. We've walked enough!

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🔢🔢🔢 Приставки с глаголом 'ходить' / Prefixes with the verb 'to go/walk':

• Ходить (imperf. multidirectional)
[kha-dit']
To walk, to go

1. ПРИходить
[pri-kha-dit']
To come

2. Уходить
[u-kha-dit']
To leave

3. Входить
[fkha-dit']
To enter

4. ВЫходить
[vy-kha-dit']
To come out, to exit, to leave

5. ЗAходить
[za-kha-dit']
To go in, to enter, to come over

6. ПЕРЕходить
[pi-ri-kha-dit']
To cross, to move, to shift

7. ПРОходить
[pra-kha-dit']
To pass, to go through, to take place

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👋Доброе утро, товарищи!

1. Ругать (imperf.asp.)
[ru-gat']
To scold, criticize someone

2. Поругать (perf.asp.)
[pа-ru-gat']
To spend some time scolding
(mildly) someone.
🔻Prefix ПО- indicates an action limited in time.

3. Отругать (perf.asp.)
[at-ru-gat']
🔻Prefix ОТ- gives it a complete meaning and more negative connotation compared to simply “поругать”.

4. Наругать (perf.asp.)
[na-ru-gat']
❌ This form is grammatically incorrect, used in informal speech, particularly by children or uneducated people.

🔻The actions of these verbs are aimed at 1 object (ругать/поругать/отругать кого? whom?).

❗But:
• Ругаться (imper.asp.)
[ru-ga-tsa]
=
• Поругаться (perf.asp.)
[pa-ru-ga-tsa]
To quarrel, argue

• Выругаться (perf.asp.)
[vy-ru-ga-tsa]
To swear, rap out an oath

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