A NON-linguistic post:

🐱С понедельником, товарищи!

#just_cats

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• Самостоятельный
  [sa-mas-ta-ya-til'-nyj]

🔻This Russian adjective has a few nuanced meanings, all revolving around the idea of independence or self-reliance:

🔢 Independent. It refers to someone or something that is capable of acting or existing without external support or control:

• Cамостоятельный кот
  An independent cat

🔢 Self-sufficient. This emphasizes the ability to provide for one's own needs:

• Cамостоятельная жизнь
A self-sufficient life

🔢 Autonomous. This highlights the aspect of self-governance or self-determination:

• Cамостоятельная организация 
  Аn autonomous organization/firm

🔢 Original. It can mean original or independent in thought or creation:

• Cамостоятельная работа
  A piece of work created independently, without copying

🎧🗣👇

#tricky_words
#useful_vocabulary

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On April 28, 1945, units of the 79th Army Corps of the 3rd Shock Army, 1st Belorussian Front, launched an assault on the Reichstag.

Dates: Assault began April 28th, 1945; building captured May 2nd, 1945.
Soviet Assault Force: Primarily 3rd Shock Army, 1st Belorussian Front; tens of thousands of soldiers involved.
German Defenders:  LSSAH, Volkssturm, Hitler Youth, and other fragmented units.
Casualties: Heavy on both sides; precise figures remain debated.

#brief_and_interesting
#memorible_date
#RussianHistory

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Что будешь, делать когда отключат интернет?
Я:
What will you do when the internet goes down?
Me:

• Изобретательность (femin.noun)
[i-za-bri-ta-til'-nast']
Ingenuity, inventiveness

🔻It comes from изобретать (imperf., 1st conjugation verb) which means to invent.

#just_a_joke
#useful_vocabulary

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🤍 Foggy Nizhny Novgorod

Хорошего вечера, товарищи!

#around_Russia

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• Патриот (патриоты) (masc.noun)
[pat-ri-ot (pat-ri-o-ty)]
Patriot(s)

🔻Derived from the Greek words "patris" (fatherland) and "patrios" (of one's father/fatherland), it reflects a deep love and devotion to one's country💓.

#useful_vocabulary

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Did you know that the snow leopard (irbis) has the longest tail of all big cats?

🔻In Russian they are called:

• Ирбис (ирбисы)
[ir-bis ( ir-bi-sy)]
=
• Снежный барс (барсы)
[snyezh-nyj bars (bar-sy)]
=
• Снежный леопард (леопарды)
[snyezh-nyj li-a-part (li-a-par-dy)]

🔻These cats can jump up to 6 meters in length and 3 meters in height.

🔻Snow leopards live high in the mountains, at altitudes of up to 6000 meters!

🔻The snow leopard is constantly nomadic.

🔻The lifespan of these animals is 20-25 years.

🔻The snow leopard lives exclusively in cold climates.

🔻It is found in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Khakassia, Tuva, the Altai Republic, Buryatia, and in the mountains of the Eastern Sayan.

🔻Currently, the snow leopard population is catastrophically low — between 2,700 and 3,400.

🔻In the 20th century, it was listed in the Red Book of Russia.

#fact_file
#Russiannature
#brief_and_interesting

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Я просыпаюсь утром.
Мой кот: Я не помню ни вкуса еды, ни журчания воды.
I wake up in the morning.
My cat: I don't remember the taste of food or the sound of running water.

#morning
#just_cats

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🔢 The SECOND conjugation verb мстить (to take revenge) (see the video):

1. Я мщ+У (ст -> щ)
2. Ты мст+ИШЬ
3. Он/она/оно мст+ИТ
4. Мы мст+ИМ
5. Вы мст+ИТЕ
6. Они мст+ЯТ

🔢 The corresponding noun is:

• Месть (мести) (femin.noun)
[mest' (mes-ti)]
A revenge(s)

💢There is also a humorous colloquial phrase where the verb мщу and the noun месть are used incorrectly for comedic effect. It plays on a pathetic phrase from classical tragedies (Я мщю и месть моя страшна!):

• Я мстю и мстя моя страшна!
I avenge, and my vengeance is terrible!

▶️The SECOND conjugation

#verbconjugation
#useful_vocabulary
#spoken_Russian

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🥳Today in Russia we celebrate:

• День Отшлёпывания
Spanking Day

🔻This holiday, established in 1998, despite its funny name, is aimed at eradicating corporal punishment of children!

🔻On this date, many people talk about non-violent methods of upbringing, which can be equally effective.

🔻Also:
• Отшлёпать (perf.,1st conjugation verb) (кого? + Accusative)
[at-shlyo-pat']
To spank someone

#holidays
#useful_vocabulary
#grammar_tips

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