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Доброе утро, товарищи!
😉 If you have already sung the Internationale ☆ or the anthem of USSR/RF, let's start out Wednesday!
• Прям(о) дух захватывает!
[ pryam(a) dookh zakhvatyvayet ]
Literally: It (right/straight) captures the spirit.
Meaning: It is absolutely breathtaking!
• Прям <- Прямо (right, really, directly)
• Прям щас [pryam schas]<- Прямо сейчас [pryama seychas] (Right now)
• Захватывать дух
[ zakhvatyvat' dookh ]
(perfective asp., masc.noun in accusative case)
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• Прям(о) дух захватывает!
[ pryam(a) dookh zakhvatyvayet ]
Literally: It (right/straight) captures the spirit.
Meaning: It is absolutely breathtaking!
• Прям <- Прямо (right, really, directly)
• Прям щас [pryam schas]<- Прямо сейчас [pryama seychas] (Right now)
• Захватывать дух
[ zakhvatyvat' dookh ]
(perfective asp., masc.noun in accusative case)
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🟠 What does the colloquial Russian expression Я В АФИГЕ [ya v afige] mean?
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14%
I'm so much delighted!
18%
I'm full of energy and enthusiasm!
16%
I'm a bit tipsy!
38%
I'm surprised / astonished!
13%
Natalie, do you want me to be so much advanced in spoken Russian? Please show me the correct answer!
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• Я в моменте [v mamente]
Meaning: I live in the present moment
• Я в потоке [v patoke]
Meaning: I'm following the mainstream
• Я в ресурсе [v resurse]
Meaning: I'm full of energy, in the resourceful state
• Я в афиге [v afige]
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•
'Афиг' is a derivative of the verb 'офигеть' [afiget'] (to be astonished/surprised).
Meaning:
To freeze in surprise or fear, to become tense and motionless, like a pillar, a stick or
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[ vladimir ]
🔻The founding date of Vladimir is disputed between 990 and 1108.
🔻Under Dolgoruky's son, Andrey Bogolyubsky (1157–1175), the city became the center of the Vladimir-Suzdal Principality. It had a Golden Age, which lasted until the Mongol invasion of Rus' in 1237.
🔻The city was the center of Vladimir Province [ru], part of Moscow Governorate from its establishment by Peter the Great in 1708.
🔻What to see in Vladimir:
• Holy Assumption Cathedral
• Borodins' Blacksmith Shop
• Cathedral of Saint Demetrius
• Vodonapornaya Bashnya
• Gingerbread Museum
• Spoon Museum
• Golden Gate
• The Roman Catholic Church/ Parish of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Saint Rosary
🔻This was the last city included in the Golden Ring of Russia.
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Hey, my determined Russian learners!
I'm starting a 365 day marathon!
5 useful words from general Russian (urgent topics) every day!
That'll be 1825 words in a year.
Good enough to survive in snowy and dangerous Russia, yeah?
Аll those in favour raise your hands!🤚
Save posts (+audio) with the hashtags:
#365_marathon
#survive_in_Russia
Sincerely yours,
Natalie
#admins_letter
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I'm starting a 365 day marathon!
5 useful words from general Russian (urgent topics) every day!
That'll be 1825 words in a year.
Good enough to survive in snowy and dangerous Russia, yeah?
Аll those in favour raise your hands!🤚
Save posts (+audio) with the hashtags:
#365_marathon
#survive_in_Russia
Sincerely yours,
Natalie
#admins_letter
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How are you?
1. Как твои (ваши/Ваши) дела? (plural, polite form)
[kak tva-yi (va-shy) di-la]
2. Как у тебя (вас/Вас) дела?
[kak u ti-bya (vas) di-la]
3. Как ты (вы/Вы)?
[kak ty (vy)]
4. Как сам(а)? (сам-masc.; сама- femin.)
[kak sam(sa-ma)]
(In reply to this question)
5. Чё как? (Slang)
[chyo kak]
Чё <- что [shto]
The usual answer is 'Норм' (<-нормально)
[norm (nar-mal'-na)]
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🟠 Which phrase does NOT mean:
"Мне всё равно"
[ mnye fsyo ravno] 🇬🇧 I don't care! Find the odd one!
"Мне всё равно"
[ mnye fsyo ravno] 🇬🇧 I don't care! Find the odd one!
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10%
Мне параллельно!
41%
Мне трудно!
8%
Мне фиолетово!
9%
Мне пофиг!
7%
Мне по барабану!
8%
Мне до лампочки!
18%
Awww, so many unknown phrases! Help me, please, Natalie!
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• Мне параллельно! (for a mathematician)
[mnye paralel'na]
🇬🇧 literally: It's parallel to me!
• Мне фиолетово! (for an artist)
[mne fialetava]
🇬🇧 literally: It's purple to me!
• Мне по барабану! (for a musician)
[mne PA barabanu]
🇬🇧 literally: It's to the drum to me!
• Мне до лампочки! (for an electrician)
[mne da lampachki]
🇬🇧 literally: It's to the light bulb to me.
• Мне пофиг! (for the rest humans)
[mne pofig]
🇬🇧 literally: It's to the fig to me!
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•Хохлома
[ khakhlama]
🔻Khokhloma is the 'calling card' of all Russian patterns, the most well-known and recognizable both in Russia and abroad.
🔻Historically khokhloma was a painting on wood - mainly on dishes and kitchen items, as well as on wooden furniture.
🔻Russian wooden spoons painted with khokhloma are especially famous overseas.
🔻The pattern is always painted on a black background with red, green and gold colours. The main khokhloma motifs are berries and herbs, sometimes the pattern featured birds, as well.
#Russian_culture
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[ khakhlama]
🔻Khokhloma is the 'calling card' of all Russian patterns, the most well-known and recognizable both in Russia and abroad.
🔻Historically khokhloma was a painting on wood - mainly on dishes and kitchen items, as well as on wooden furniture.
🔻Russian wooden spoons painted with khokhloma are especially famous overseas.
🔻The pattern is always painted on a black background with red, green and gold colours. The main khokhloma motifs are berries and herbs, sometimes the pattern featured birds, as well.
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🇬🇧 (When) you see that a native said 'she don't', though your teacher always corrected you to 'doesn't'.
• Препод
[prepad]<-
• преподаватель
[ prepadavatel']
🇬🇧 teacher/tutor
• Носитель
[naseetel']
🇬🇧 a native speaker
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1. Поезд
[poyezd]
->
Eхать на поезде
[ yekhat' na potezde]
🇬🇧 Train, go by train
2.Такси /машина
[taksi/masheena]
->
Eхать на такси /машине
[ yekhat' na taksi/masheene]
🇬🇧 Taxi/car, go by taxi/car
3. Велосипед
[ vilasiped]
->
Eхать на велосипеде
[yekhat' na vilaseepede]
🇬🇧 Bike, go by bike
4. Самолёт
[samalyot]
->
Лететь на самолёте
[litet' na samalyote]
🇬🇧 plane, go by plane
5. Пешком
[pishkom]
->
Идти пешком
[ idti pishkom]
=
идти на своих двух (ногах)
[idti na svayikh dvookh]
🇬🇧 on foot, go on foot
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🟠 According to the Russian idiom, when someone has almost been grabbed by kondraty (ЧУТЬ КОНДРАТИЙ НЕ ХВАТИЛ), it means that:
Anonymous Quiz
10%
the person has gone to Russian banya (sauna)
10%
the person is too stingy to share vodka and red caviar with his friends
4%
the person has just had an argument with a man called Kondraty
73%
the person has been terribly frightened or shocked
4%
Natalie, do you think I believe that there is a Russian male name Кондратий?? Nahhh
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[ slushaj menya chut' kandratij ni khvatil ]
🇬🇧 Man, you almost gave me a heart attack!
• Чуть кондратий не хватил
[chut' kandratij ni khvatil]
=
• Чуть кондрашка не хватила
[chut' kandrashka ni khvatila]
Literally:
'Kондратий /Kондрашка' (proper name) almost grabbed someone
Meaning:
Someone almost died, almost had a heart attack, it is usually said when someone is terribly frightened or shocked.
Origin:
This expression is associated with the events of the Bulavinsky uprising of 1707. The leader of the rebellion, Kondraty Bulavin (“Кондрашка”), in a sudden raid, destroyed the entire royal detachment led by Colonel, Prince Yuri Dolgoruky. The rebels sent a dispatch to the Tsar: “Kondrashka Bulavin grabbed Dolgoruky”.
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