If you can you read it, you're either advanced in Russian or a Russian.😎

🔞🤚 PLEASE DON'T READ this post if you mind foul language!

Твою (ж) мать!
[ tvayu (zh) mat' ]

🔻The full expression is: "Ёб твою мать!"  (**ck your mother)

🔻However, the verb ёб (past tense to f*ck) is obscene and its use in polite society is unacceptable.

🔻Therefore, this verb is excluded from the phrase, leaving only its ending: "...твою мать!"

😉And decorum is observed, and everyone understands what the phrase means.

🔻Most often, this phrase is used simply as an interjection or an intensifying particle and does not mean anything serious like "Ёкарный бабай!" (see my early post about it).

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#foul_language

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Что это?
[ shto eta ]
🇬🇧 What's this?

Please share you ideas in the poll over there ⬇️.

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🥂 Штрафна́я (рю́мка)
[ shtrafnaya (ryumka) ]

Meaning:
🔻A 'penalty' /extra glass, shot glass, etc. of wine, vodka, which a late guest should drink.
🔻It's a kind of funny punishment for late guests, like a 'penalty' glass of vodka.
🔻The adjective is often used without noun 'рюмка'.

🍷Ты опозда́л! (Нале́йте) штрафну́ю ему́!
[ ty apaz'dal. (Nalejti) shtrafnooyu yemoo ]
🇬🇧 You're late! (Give/pour) 'petalty' glass to him!

🎧🗣⬇️ Listen, practice and don't be late for a meeting with a Russian😉.

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Hi there! 👋

I'm glad you didn't escape from here after my post on some foul language today.

▪️Could I get feedback on the stuff I publish here? Do you find it useful?

▪️Do you have any questions?

Let's keep in touch! ⬇️ 🤗

Sincerely yours,

Natalie

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☀️До́брое!

▪️Ги́бкий
[ geepkij ]
🇬🇧 flexible

▪️Пласти́чный
[ plastichnyj ]
🇬🇧 plastic, flexible

▪️Подви́жный
[ padvizhnyj ]
🇬🇧 mobile, agile

▫️Она́ ги́бкАЯ. (She, feminine)
▫️Он пласти́чнЫЙ. (He, masculine)
▫️Они́ подви́жнЫЕ. (They, plural)

🔻There's no linking verb 'есть' (be) when you speak about qualities of an object in present tense in Russian:

▪️Я о́чень ги́бкИЙ!
🇬🇧 I am very flexible!

▪️Ты такА́Я пласти́чнАЯ!
🇬🇧 You are so plastic/flexible!

▪️Вы сли́шком подви́жнЫЕ!
🇬🇧 You are too agile!

🎧🗣⬇️ Listen and practice your pronunciation.

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Number

The plural form (or number) of Russian nouns follow these rules:

🔻Nouns ending in most consonants and the letter "а" have the plural ending, "ы":
▪️банан → бананЫ (bananas)
▪️улица → улицЫ (streets)

🔻Nouns ending in "ь," "й," or "я" have the plural ending, "и":

▪️двeрь → дверИ (doors)
▪️музей → музеИ (museums)
▪️станция → станциИ (stations)

🔻Masculine and feminine nouns ending in "к," "г," "x," "ч," "щ," "ж," or "ш" have the plural ending, "и":

▪️книга → книгИ (books)
▪️нож → ножИ (knives)
▪️парк → паркИ (parks)

🔻Neuter nouns ending in "o" have the plural ending, "а":

▪️окно → окнА (windows)

🔻Neuter nouns ending in "е" have the plural ending, "я":

▪️здание → зданиЯ (buildings)

⚠️ but:
▪️Человек → люди (person - people)
▪️Ребёнок → дети (child - children)

🔻There are lots of exceptions from the rules above. Don't miss my next grammar post!

❗ I've prepared an exercise for you to practice these rules here. ✔Just do it.

🎧🗣⬇️ Listen and practice.

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🎼This beautiful song is from the well-known opera "Prince Igor" by Alexander Borodin.
🔸️️The composer worked on it for 18 years.
🔸️️The period of action in the work is 1185.
🔸️️The opera was first performed on the stage of the Mariinsky Theater located in St. Petersburg on October 23, 1890.

Boost your listening skills!

PS There's a link to an amazing Russian movie ⬇️ (in the settings - russian subtitles) "Он дракон" where this song was used.

#sing_it_🎵

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