👋Приветствую, товарищи!
Немного философии с утра:)

• Сегодня четверг.
Today is Thurday.

• Четверг это маленькая пятница.
Thursday is a little Friday.

• Это хуже, чем суббота, но гораздо лучше, чем понедельник.
It's worse than Saturday but way better than Monday.

• Но немного хуже, чем пятница.
But it's a bit worse than Friday.

• Зато четверг всё же лучше, чем среда.
On the bright side, Thursday is still better than Wednesday.

• Четверг даже лучше, чем воскресенье, потому что в воскресенье завтра понедельник, а в четверг завтра пятница.
• Thursday is even better than Sunday because on Sunday it's almost Monday, but on Thursday it's almost Friday.

🎧🗣👇 Listen and practice!

#useful_vocabulary
#week_days
#just_a_joke

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🤔Дни недели.
Find 7 days of the week and 4 more words related to the concept of when an action takes place. What are they?

▶️Interactive variant: https://wordwall.net/resource/92586768/russian/%d0%b4%d0%bd%d0%b8-%d0%bd%d0%b5%d0%b4%d0%b5%d0%bb%d0%b8

#test_time
#week_days

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— Ну что, как дела?
— Да ничего, держусь.
— So, how are things?
— Not bad, hanging in there.

• Держаться (imperf., reflexive)
[dir-zha-tsya]
To stick to, to hold on, to hang in there, to keep going (often used figuratively to express perseverance or enduring a difficult situation).

😅Briefly about our current mood.

#useful_vocabulary
#just_a_joke

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• Держаться нету больше сил.
I (one) can't hold on anymore.

🔻This is an episode from a lovely Soviet cartoon Тайна третьей планеты (The Mystery of the Third Planet) 1981, which is worth watching with your kids!

▶️To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Vlw-SnO-rMk?feature=shared

#films

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Aww, суббота рулит! 😉

UPD уже 'сегодня':)

• Жить сегодняшним днём (imperf.)
To live for today focusing on the present moment

#useful_vocabulary

Очень люблю or Много люблю?

🔻The adverbs много [mno-ga] and oчень [o-chin'] can be translated as а lot / very much. Но есть нюанс!

🔢 Много goes with things you can measure or count:

• много работать (to work a lot)
• много есть (to eat a lot)

🔢 Очень is usually used for emotions and states - things you can’t count:

• очень люблю (I love someone/something a lot)
• очень хочу (I do want something)

✅️ОЧЕНЬ люблю
✅️ОЧЕНЬ хочу
❌️МНОГО люблю

💢 BTW it is possible to use много хочу (I want a lot of...). When I was a child I often heard a proverb:

• Много хочешь - мало получишь!
SLT: Want much - get little!
Grasp all, lose all.

😉But that's not a healthy mindset, just so you know.

#tricky_words
#adverbs
#spoken_Russian
#grammar_tips

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⚠️Legend says that the translation of this sentence has caused a lot of physical pain to many Russian students! Beware!

За песчаной косой лопоухий косой пал под острой косой косой бабы с косой.
Behind the sandy spit, a hare with floppy ears died under the sharp scythe of a cross-eyed woman with a braid.

• За песчаной косой: Behind the sandy spit (Коса in this case refers to a sandy landform, за косой - Instrumental case).

• лопоухий косой: a hare with floppy ears (Косой here means "hare")

• пал под острой косой: died under the sharp scythe (Коса here means a tool, под косой - Instrumental case)

• косой бабы с косой: a cross-eyed woman with a braid (Косая баба means cross-eyed woman: с косой (Instrumental case) with a scythe .

🎧🗣👇

#tricky_words

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Когда ты уже всё, а неделя ещё нет.
When you're already done, but the week isn't (over).

#just_a_joke

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Bloomberg reports that the US is urging Russia not to include Medinsky and other "hardline figures" in future talks with Ukraine.

• Смотреть матом (imperf.)
SLT: To look with swearing
To give somebody a death stare

#news
#spoken_Russian

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🔞 Found a reel showing how to boil gummy bears in Aperol - the perfect summer aperitivo!
Write this down and save for later😉!

#lifehack

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😎По просьбе трудящихся ещё один пример:

Запрет на ругань матом Таню не пугал, она умела смотреть матом.
The ban on swearing didn't scare Tanya; she could swear at someone without uttering a single profanity.

🗝
In Russian, смотреть матом means to look at someone with intense anger, resentment. The look is so strong it's as if you are cursing someone with your eyes.

#just_a_joke

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Пение соловья лечит депрессию, снимает головную боль, активизирует работу всех органов и систем. Слушаем и заряжаемся здоровьем!
Nightingale song heals depression, relieves headaches, and activates the function of all organs and systems. Listen and recharge your health!

🔻You might hear a Russian idiom:

• Заливаться соловьём (imperf., reflexive, 1st conjugation)
Literally: to pour oneself out like a nightingale
Figuratively: to speak eloquently, passionately, and with great enthusiasm about something.

🔻It implies that the person is speaking beautifully and persuasively, perhaps even exaggerating or embellishing the truth.

🌝Всем отличных выходных, товарищи мои!

#useful_vocabulary
#phraseology

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👋Доброе утро, товарищи!
С понедельником всех!
Let's start Monday slowly and check in
Tap->❤ who is here!

#just_cats
#NonLinguisticPost

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Ухажёр 🆚️ Ухожор

🔻These Russian nouns sound almost identical! What's the trick?

🔢 Ухажёр (masc.noun)
[u-kha-zhor]
A suitor; a boyfriend; someone who courts a woman

🔻This real colloquial noun comes from the verb:
• Ухаживать (за) (imperf., 1st conjugation)
[u-kha-zhy-vat' za]
To take care of, to make approaches to a girl/woman

🔢 Ухожор (masc.noun)
[u-kha-zhor]
SLT: an ear-eater, the one who devours an ear

🔻This is a made-up, humorous word used as a joke:

• Ух(о) (an ear) + linking 'o' + жор (gluttony or a period of intense eatin)

😉Be careful not to mix them up unless you intend to be funny!

#tricky_words
#spoken_Russian

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🔢🔢🔢 Synonyms for Ударить по щеке / to slap someone's cheek:

1. Ударить по щеке
[u-da-rit' pa shchi-ke]
SLT: To hit on the cheek
To slap someone's cheek

2. Дать пощёчину
[dat' pa-shcho-chi-nu]
SLT: To give a slap

3. Влепить пощёчину
[vli-pit' pa-shcho-chi-nu]
SLT: To stick a slap

4. Отвесить пощёчину
[at-ve-sit' pa-shcho-chi-nu]
SLT: To weigh out a slap

5. Заехать по физиономии
[za-ye-khat' pa fi-zi-a-no-mi-i]
SLT: To drive into the physiognomy (face), also in the meaning to punch someone in the face

6. Отвесить плюху
[at-ve-sit' plyu-khu]
SLT: To weigh out a smack

7. Огреть по морде (⚠️rude!)
[ag-ret' pa mor-de]
SLT: To bash on the snout (face)

🔻They are perfective aspect verbs.

🎧🗣👇 Всем добра, товарищи!

📎 This post was inspired by the incident with Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron in Vietnam. (See the full episode in the video👆).

#365_marathon
#survive_in_Russia
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🥳Today we celebrate:

• День Рыжих
Redhead Day

🔻Throughout history, there have been many stereotypes about redheads.They were sometimes considered soulless and willing to steal others' souls, and at other times, believed to have magical abilities.

• Я что, рыжий, что ли?
[ya shto ry-zgyj shto li]
SLT: Am I a redhead or something?

🔻This is a peculiar expression used to indicate that someone doesn't want to stand out from the crowd. The meaning of this phrase is similar to the idiom:

• Белая ворона (femin.noun)
[be-la-ya va-ro-na]
SLT: А white crow
An odd, unusual person

🔻By the way, ginger cats are the cheekiest of felines! This idea has even led to another colloquial Russian expression (no hints at my earlier post!):

• Получить по рыжей наглой морде (perf.)
[pa-lu-chit' pa ry-zhey nag-lay mor-de]
To get a smack on the ginger, cheeky face

▶️I'd also like to share a funny Soviet cartoon for kids Рыжий, рыжий, конопатый! (1971): https://youtu.be/kjenNopQ2P8?feature=shared

#holidays
#films
#phraseology

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