🔢🔢🔢 Cognate words to 'Папа' (father, dad, daddy):

🔻You all know these masculine nouns:
• Папа [pa-pa]
And
• Отец (official style) [a-tets]

🔻There is a colloquial form, which might have been derived from the ancient Slavic root 'бат-', meaning elder or chief:

• батя [ba-tya]

🔻Some modern deminutive  forms:
• папочка [pa-pach-ka]
• папуля [pa-pu-lya]

🔻Also some derogatory forms:
• папка [pap-ka]
• папаня [pa-pa-nya]
• папаша [pa-pa-sha]
• папашка [pa-pash-ka]

🔻Adjectives:
• Отеческий [a-te-chi-skiy]
  Referring to father

• По-отечески [pa-a-te-chi-ski]
  Fatherly, paternal

🔻Interestingly, 'отечество' [a-te-ci-stvo] (fatherland) also stem from the word отец.

🔻In Russia, a person's name was traditionally followed by the name of their father: Иван Яков сын (Ivan Yakov's son). This is where the tradition of using patronymics, in addition to the first name, originated.

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Baba Yaga: The Enigmatic Witch of Russian Folklore

• Баба Яга (костяная нога)
[ba-ba ya-ga (kas-tya-na-ya na-ga)]

🔻Баба Яга (or sometimes just Яга /Ягуся (demin.) is a complex and fascinating figure in Russian folklore, a powerful witch who lives in a hut on chicken legs in the depths of the forest.

🔻She's often depicted as a terrifying old woman with a long, crooked nose, wild hair, and a fiery gaze.

🔻She's a guardian of the crossroads between the human world and the spirit world, a powerful force that can be both helpful and harmful depending on her mood.

🔻Baba Yaga's iconic hut on chicken legs is often described as being surrounded by a fence made of human bones.

🔻The most iconic Baba Yaga was portrayed by Georgy Milllar in the USSR (see the video).

🔻The Bayun Cat is often depicted as Baba Yaga's faithful companion.

See also ▶️Кот Баюн

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🔢🔢🔢 Комплименты мужчине / Compliments to a man:

1. Эта рубашка идеально подходит к цвету твоих глаз.
[e-ta ru-bash-ka i-di-al'-na pat-kho-dit k tse-tu tva-ikh glas]
This shirt looks perfect with your eye colour.

2. Спасибо, твои букеты для меня всегда особенные.
[spa-si-ba tva-i bu-ke-tu dlya mi-nya fsig-da a-so-ben-ny-ye]
Thank you, your bouquets are always special to me.

3. У тебя потрясающее чувство юмора!
[u ti-bya pat-ryi-sa-yu-shche-ye chu-stva yu-ma-ra]
You have an amazing sense of humor!

4. Ты невероятно умный и талантливый.
[ty ni-vi-ra-yat-na um-nyj i ta-lan-tli-vyj]
You're incredibly intelligent and talented.

5. Ты всегда такой решительный и уверенный.
[ty fsig-da ta-koy ri-shy-til'-nyj i u-ve-ren-nyj]
You're always so decisive and confident.

6. Ты моя опора в трудные моменты.
[ty ma-ya a-po-ra f trud-ny-ye ma-men-ty]
You're my rock during tough times.

❓А Вы делаете комплименты мужчинам?

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🇷🇺 Кофе на вынос: Сперва захвати кофе, а потом мир.
🇬🇧 Coffee to go: Grab the coffee first, then the world.

🗝
• Захватить (perf.)
[za-khva-tit']
1) To take something with you, to grab
2) To conquer (the world)

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🔢🔢🔢 Expressions with РАЗ Part-2:

1. Вот тебе и раз!
     [vot ti-bye i ras]
     SLT: Here to you and one
🔻It means surprise, disappointment, or a sense of irony: "Fancy that!", "Well, there you go!"

2. Раз-два и в дамки
    [ras-dva i f dam-ki]
    One-two and you're a queen
🔻A playful expression used in a game like checkers, signifying a quick and easy promotion to a queen or benefit.

3. Разок-другой
     [ra-zok dru-goy]
     Once-twice
🔻This is a simple way to say "a few times" without being specific about the exact number.

4. Как раз
    [kak ras]
   Just right, exactly
🔻It means something is perfect or perfectly timed: "just in time" or "exactly what I needed."

5. На раз-два
    [na ras-dva]
    In a snap / quickly
🔻It means that something is done easily, "in a jiffy" or "like a flash"

• Вот тебе и раз! Миньоны и Игра Престолов!
[vot ti-bye i ras. mi-n'yo-ny i ig-ra pris-to-laf]
Fancy that! Minions and Game of Thrones!

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