• Как пить дать
[kak pit' dat']
SLT: how to give something to drink

Meaning:
Certainly, without a doubt

🔻Though initially the verb дать changed its forms, nowadays the phraseological unit как пить дать is unchangeable.

🔻It is used as an adverb in a sentence.

Origin:
It originated from an ancient tradition of offering water to travellers. It was considered such a common courtesy that no one doubted that they would be given something to drink. And it was considered rude to refuse.

Example:
• Как пить дать, завтра будет снег!
[kak pit' dat' zaf-tra bu-dit snek]]
It will definitely snow tomorrow!

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▶️ПИТЬ + prefixes (Revision)

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Somewhere in the Russian Far East:

🇷🇺 Да заходи, не бойся. Здесь нет никакой собаки.
🇬🇧 Come on in, don't be afraid, there's no dog here.

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Snow vs a savvy Russian

• Смекалистый (masc.adj.)
  [smi-ka-lis-tyj]
  Savvy, keen

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💙 Russian village

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👋Доброе утро, товарищи!

Prepositions ДО and ПОСЛЕ

1⃣До
[da]
Before, prior to

🔻To describe time, when one action or event has taken place before another mentioned action or event, we use the structure: preposition ДО + genitive case:

• Наш кот такой ласковый до завтрака!
Our cat is so cuddly before breakfast!

🔻 ДО can also mean until/till:

• Пока! До понедельника!
Bye! Till Monday! (See you on Monday!)
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2⃣После
[pos-li]
Аfter

🔻To denote action which is followed by some event, we use the structure: preposition ПОСЛЕ + genitive case:

• После завтрака нашего кота лучше не трогать!
It's best not to touch our cat after breakfast!

🔻 ПОСЛЕ can also be an adverb with the meaning ПОЗЖЕ, ПОЗДНЕЕ later, afrterwards (at some time subsequent to a given time):

• Я сейчас занят, поговорим после.
I'm busy now, Let's talk later.

❓А вы добрые ДО или ПОСЛЕ завтрака? Make up your own examples.😉

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Even bear in Russia are polite

🔻The most polite Russian bear was filmed in Kamchatka. The clubfoot approached the fishermen's vat, took only one fish, and slowly walked away.

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🎵Я помню чудное мгновенье...
(by Alexander Pushkin)

I can recall that magic moment
When you first came into my sight
Like fleeting vision, like an omen
Of pure beauty and delight.

So often in my dark surrender,
In stressful days of mundane race
I heard your voice so sweet and tender
And dreamed of your delightful grace.

As years passed and storms got stronger
I lost my dreams to mundane race
I could recall your voice no longer
I could not see your lovely face.

Inprisoned in my desperation
Dragged into misery and strife,
Without God and inspiration
Without tears, love and life.

And then one day my soul awoken
And you came back into my sight
Like fleeting vision, like an omen
Of pure beauty and delight.

My heart beats fast in admiration
And resurrected spirit of
Divinity, and inspiration
And ever tears, life and love.

Translated by Nina Milova
Video: AI + Проект Голос Рифм

🇷🇺text is here▶️: https://telegra.ph/YA-pomnyu-chudnoe-mgnovene-12-04

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A German tells a journalist about a service in Moscow that he considers the best in the world.

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🤍Kamchatka, Koryaksky volcano

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👋Приветствую!

• Пригодиться
[pri-ga-di-tsa]
=
• Пригождаться (imperf.)
[pri-gazh-da-tsa]

Meaning:
To be useful or necessary; to come in handy.

• В хозяйстве всё пригодится.
[v kha-zyayst-ve fsyo pri-ga-di-tsa]
Everything comes in handy in the house.

🔻Пригодиться can be used to refer to both objects and people.

Also:
• Пригодный (для + genitive) (masc.adj.)
[pri-god-nyj]
Suitable for

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🇷🇺 Лучший твой подарочек - это я!
🇬🇧 Your best present is me!

❓Do you remember from what Soviet song/film/cartoon this line is?

• Подарок (подарки)
(masc.noun)
  [pa-da-rak (pa-dar-ki)
=
• Подарочек (подарочки) (diminutive form)
  [pa-da-ra-chik (pa-da-rach-ki)]
  Gift(s), present(s)

🗝Ну, погоди! ⏪Soviet cartoon

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The sounds of Baikal lake🎵

🔻Winter Baikal is a real miracle of nature, representing picturesque blocks of the most transparent ice in the world.

🔻The lake freezes completely only in January-February, but you can admire the ice already at the end of November in the bays and coves of the Small Sea.

🔻Through the frozen surface of the lake, 1.5 meters thick, you can see the bottom in the smallest details, while the water at great depths acquires a rich bright blue color, and this spectacle can be admired endlessly.

🔻When you walk on the ice, you get the illusion that there is the thinnest fragile glass under your feet. These unusual experiences on the verge of extreme sports attract travelers from all over the world.

🔻In fact, there is nothing to be afraid of, since Baikal ice 1 meter thick can support the weight of a helicopter.

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🇷🇺 Криминальная Россия:
В Московском метро пассажиры спасли пьяного тиктокера от смерти и сразу после этого набили ему морду.
🇬🇧 Criminal Russia:
In the Moscow metro, passengers saved a drunk TikToker from death and immediately after that beat his face.

• Набить кому-то морду (low colloquial⚠️)
SLT: To beat someone's muzzle
To beat someone's face

🔻Морда (морды) is a rude word for лицо (лица) face(s).

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🧡 Karelia, island Kizhi

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Life in Vladivostok is like:

🔻A giant crab the size of a car was spotted in Vladivostok.

🔻The catch did not fit in the trunk, so the fisherman had to tie it to the roof of the car.

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🇷🇺The beauties from the Moscow Cossack Choir performed the folk song Белым снегом (With White Snow) in the heart of the capital, so that the snowflakes would quickly cover Russia with a white blanket and give its inhabitants a drop of New Year's mood.

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