Простой лайфхак «Как найти друзей» — прийти в магазин вместе со своим общительным котом.
A simple life hack for "How to make friends" – go to the store with your friendly cat.

• Лайфхак (masc.noun)
[layf-hahk]
A life hack
=
• Хитрость (femin.noun)
[hi-trast']
A trick, cunning
=
• Полезный совет (masc.noun)
[pa-lez-nyj sa-vet]
Useful advice

#just_cats
#useful_vocabulary
#lifehack

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🧡 Pskov, Russia

Video: andreybazanov

#around_Russia

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🥳Happy Russian Language Day!

🔻Today, June 6th, we celebrate the beauty and richness of the Russian language!

🔻A special shout-out to all those learning Russian – your hard work and dedication are inspiring!

🔻This day, linked to the birthday of the legendary Alexander Pushkin and established by the UN, is a testament to the power of multilingualism and cultural understanding.

🔻Whether you're enjoying a Pushkin poem, practicing your conversation skills, or simply appreciating the elegance of the Cyrillic alphabet, I do hope you have a wonderful day celebrating!

• С Днём Русского Языка!
[z dnyom russ-ka-va ye-zy-ka]
Happy Russian Language Day!

#holidays

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Мир: «Русские мужчины — суровые и опасные!»
Русские мужчины: …
The world: "Russian men are tough and dangerous!"
Meanwhile, Russian men: ...

🤩Отличного вечера пятницы, товарищи!

📎The song by MaкСим "Знаешь ли ты?" on▶️

#Friday
#RussianCuturalCode

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Матерь котья! Бесконечный лоток!
Holy Cat Mother! Endless litter box!

• Бесконечный (masc.adj.)
[bis-ka-nech-nyj]

Synonyms (masc.adj.):

• Безграничный
[biz-gra-nich-nyj]
Boundless, limitless, infinite, unbounded

• Нескончаемый
[nis-kan-cha-yi-myj]
Endless, unending, interminable, incessant

• Непрерывный
[ni-pri-ryv-nyj]
Continuous, uninterrupted, unbroken, constant

❗️Note that the prefixes БЕС- and БЕЗ- mean the absence of something, and their choice depends on the following letter:

🔻if it's a vowel or a letter representing a voiced consonant, use БЕЗ-;

🔻if it's a voiceless consonant, a sibilant, or ц, use БЕС-.

🔻Don't forget to ->❤️ this post, please!

🎧🗣👇 Всем нескончаемой субботы😉!

#useful_vocabulary
#adjectives
#synonyms
#prefixes

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👋Доброе утро, товарищи!
Лёгкого понедельника всем!

Who's here? Tap - ❤!

#just_cats
#NonLinguisticPost

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🔢🔢🔢 Some bullying vebs:

1. Обижать (imperf.)
[a-bi-zhat']
To offend, to hurt someone's feelings, to bully

2. Задирать (imperf.)
[za-di-rát']
To tease, to bully, to pick on someone

3. Доставать (imperf.)
[das-ta-vát']
To annoy, to bother, to get on someone's nerves.

4. Дать отпор (imperf.)
[dat' at-por]
To repel, to resist, to fight back

5. Дать сдачи (imperf.)
[dat' zda-chi]
SLT: To give someone's change
To give someone back

6. Постоять за себя (perf.)
[pa-sta-yat' za si-bya]
To stand up for oneself, to defend oneself

• Собака обижала котика.
The dog was bullying the kitty.

• Котёнок дал собаке отпор.
The kitten fought back against the dog.

📎 The Russian word for 'bullying' is запугивание [za-pu-gi-va-ni-ye]] (femjn.noun) from the verb запугивать [za-pu-gi-vat'] (imperf.)

▶️Борьба (Revision)

🎧🗣👇 Всем добра!

#365_marathon
#survive_in_Russia
#verbs

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The Slavic Rusalka: More Than Just a Mermaid

🔻Long before the Disney-fied image of the mermaid, East Slavic folklore featured a captivating, albeit complex, water spirit known as русалка (the rusalka)

🔻This figure, predating the popularized image, wasn't always the graceful, tail-finned creature we know today. In fact, her early names offer a glimpse into her more ambiguous nature: водяница (water-woman), шутовка (jester-woman), and шекотиха (tickler), hinting at a playful yet potentially dangerous character.

🔻The etymology of русалка itself is debated. While often linked to русло (riverbed) or роса (dew), some suggest it derives from the adjective русый (light-blonde, bright), hinting at a radiant, yet perhaps deceptive, beauty.

🔻Depictions varied wildly across different Slavic tribes. Sometimes a young girl, other times a maiden in her prime, and occasionally a grotesque, ugly woman – the Rusalka's appearance was far from standardized. However, a common thread was their long, unbound hair – a shockingly indecent detail for peasant women of the time.

🔻Surprisingly, the fishtail is a later addition, borrowed from Western European sea-maidens and not an inherent feature of the Slavic Rusalka. The original Slavic water spirit was a far more nuanced and multifaceted figure than the modern mermaid archetype.

❓️In which works of Russian literature does the image of the Rusalka appear?

▶️Кот Баюн
▶️Баба Яга

Video: AI

#Russian_culture
#mythology
#RussianFairytales
#russianfolklore

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Найти друзей с таким же психическим заболеванием, как у тебя - бесценно!
Finding friends with the same mental health disorder is priceless!

🥳Today we celebrate:

• Международный День Друзей
International Friendship Day

Don't forget to congratulate your▶️друзей!

#holidays
#memes

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Производитель: Интуитивно понятный интерфейс
Пользователи: ...
Manufacturer: Intuitive interface
Users: ...

• Интуитивно понятный (adverb + masc.adjective)
[in-tu-i-tiv-na pa-nyat-nyj]
Intuitive, user-friendly, easy to understand, self-explanatory

#useful_vocabulary
#just_a_joke
#just_cats

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🤎 The Kalyazin Bell Tower,
Tver Oblast

Video: Alexey Nikitin

#around_Russia

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Приветствую, товарищи!

🎈А сегодня мой день рождения. It's my bd today:) Looking forward to your congratulations in Russian in the comments!

• День рождения
[den' razh-de-ni-ya]
оr
• День рожденья (incorrect but often used in colloquial Russian)
[den' razh-de-n'ya]
Birthday

• Дэрэ‌шечка (slang)
[de-re-shych-ka]
Birth Day
🔻From initial letters ДР=День Рождения

• С днём рождения!
[z dnyom razh-de-ni-ya]
SLT: With your birthday!
Happy birthday!

• С днюхой! (informal)
[z dnyu-khay]
Happy bd!

• Мои поздравления!
[ma-yi paz-drav-le-ni-ya]
My congratulations!

• Поздравляю!
[paz-drav-lya-yu]
(I) congratulate (you)!

• Поздравляем!
[paz-drav-lya-yem]
(We) congratulate (you)!

🎧🗣👇 Всех обняла!

Natalie with💓

#useful_vocabulary
#happybirthday

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Вы не понимаете русский? Пришло время (его) выучить!
You don't understand Russian? It's high time to learn it!

🔻Press conference by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, S.V. Lavrov, following the 77th session of the UN General Assembly.

#news
#motivation
#learnRussian

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👋Прекрасного утра всем!

Who's here? Tap - ❤!

#just_cats
#NonLinguisticPost

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• Мало (adverb)
[ma-la]
Little, few

🔻It indicates a small quantity or amount of something.

🔻It is used with countable nouns in plural or uncountables.

🔻Мало takes a noun in Genitive case:

• У меня мало (чего?) котов!
[u mi-nya ma-la ka-tof]
I have few cats!

💢 Also a colloquial variant:

• Маловато (будет)! (adverb)
[ma-la-va-ta (bu-dit)]
There'll be too few/little (of something)!

PS This is the most favourite phrase of the main character in a funny Soviet cartoon Падал прошлогодний снег (Last Year's Snow Was Falling) (1983): watch it on▶️here, and here is full version of this cartoon.

▶️Много, множество (Revision)

🎧🗣👇 Отличной среды всем, товарищи!

#useful_vocabulary
#grammar_tips
#adverbs
#films

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