😅 Привет всем! Опять понедельник!

• Опять
  [a-pyat']
=
• Снова
  [sno-va]

🔻Both adverbs are synonyms with the meaning 'again' but there's a slight difference:

'Опять' is repeating an action exactly and ultimately obtaining the same outcome as in the original action. 

'Снова' is repeating the action from the beginning and ultimately obtaining a new result.

💢 There's a colloquial saying which is usually used in response to someone's replica with the word 'опять' (like: 'Ты опять начинаешь ругаться/жаловаться? Do you start arguing/complaining again?):

• Не опять, а снова!
  [ni a-pyat' a sno-va] 

A new result of an action must be meant here, but it is mostly a popular joke.

💢 You can also say about a difficulty which appears regularly and can not be solved in any other way except by making fun of it:

• Опять двадцать пять!
  [a-pyat' dvat-tsat' pyat']
  SLT: Again twenty-five!

🎧🗣👇 Хорошего понедельника!

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1⃣Комфортный (masc.adj.)
    [kam-for-tnyj]
    Convenient, favourable for human life, usually used in reference to abstract nouns

• Комфортный полёт 
  [am-for-tnyj pa-lyot]
  Comfortable flight

🔻Also an adverb:
• Комфортно
  [kam-for-tna]

2⃣Комфортабельный
  [kam-far-ta-bil'nyj]
With comfort, cozy: for premises, transport and interior

• Комфортабельная квартира
  [kam-far-ta-bil'-na-ya kvar-ti-ra]
  Сomfortable/cozy apartment

🔻Also an adverb:
• Комфортабельно
  [kam-far-ta-bil'-na]

❓🐱Котику комфортно или комфортабельно под одеялом?

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🌝Доброе утро, товарищи!

1⃣ Вместе
      [vmes-tе]
      Together

2⃣ В (этом) месте
     [v (e-tam) mes-tе]
    At a (this) place

3⃣ Вместо
    [vmes-ta]
    Instead of

• В месте, где мы живём, мы вместе ищем решение проблемы, вместо того чтобы обвинять друг друга.
[v mes-tе, gdye my zhy-vyom, my vmes-te i-shchem ri-she-ni-ye pra-ble-my, vme-sta ta-vo shto-by ab-vi-nyat' druk dru-ga]
🇬🇧 At the place where we live we're looking for a solution to the problem together instead of blaming each other.

🎧🗣👇 Держимся вместе, товарищи, скоро выходные!

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👋Приветик всем!

• Подкатывать (imperfective)
  [pat-ka-ty-vat']

• Подкатить (perfect.)
  [pat-ka-tit']

1⃣To drive up, to approach something quickly, rapidly, to roll something up somewhere

• Такси подкатило прямо к дому.
[tak-si pat-ka-ti-la prya-ma k do-mu]
🇬🇧 The taxi drove up right to the house.

2⃣To unexpectedly step on (about a sudden feeling of pain, suffocation, etc.)

• Внезапно к горлу подкатила тошнота.
[vni-zapzna k gor-lu pat-ka-ti-la tash-na-ta]
🇬🇧 Suddenly nausea rose in (my) throat.

3⃣To try to establish close relationships, to get acquainted, to hit on or to flirt

• Эй, ты что, подкатываешь ко мне?
[ey ty shto pat-ka-ty-va-ish ka mne]
🇬🇧 Hey, are you hitting on me?

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👋Всем доброго воскресного утра!

• Пить (imperf.)
   [pit']
   To drink

• Попить (perf.)
  [pa-pit']
  To drink something for a while (попить чаю)

• Выпить (perf.)
   [vy-pit']
   1) To drink some liquid up
   2) To take an alcohol drink

• Запить (perf.)
   [za-pit']
   To wash something down (e.g. a pill)

• Напиться (perf.)
  [na-pi-tsya]
  1) To satisfy one's thirst
  2) To get drunk

• Перепить (perf.)
   [pi-ri-pit']
   1) To drink too much
   2) To drink more alcohol than someone else
   
▶️Synonyms to 'пить' (revision)

🎧🗣👇 Пейте, дети, молоко, будете здоровы!

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• Русь
  [rus']
  Rus'

Also:
• Святая Русь
  [sve-ta-ya rus']
  Saint Rus'

• Россия
  [ra-si-ya]
  Russia

🔻The ancient common name of our state in the XI-XIV centuries was the word 'Русь'.

🔻The word 'Россия' has been regularly used in writing since the 15th century. The sound similarity of these words is not accidental: it is explained by the fact that 'Россия' ultimately goes back to the word 'Русь'.

🔻At the same time, the history of the word 'Россия' reflects the centuries-old cultural and historical relationship between Rus' (Russia) and the Byzantine Empire.

🔻The name 'Россия' goes back to the Greek 'Росиа' (Rosia) - this is how the name of the state of Rus' was conveyed in the Byzantine Empire from the 10th century.

🔻From the end of the 15th century, the term 'Россия' began to be used as the self-name of the Russian state with its center in Moscow.

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☀️Добрый день всем!

• Дилемма - выбор между двумя возможностями.
[vy-bar mezh-du dvu-mya vaz-mozh-na-sti-mi]
🇬🇧 Dilemma is choosing between two possibilities.

• Альтернатива - необходимость выбора между исключающими друг друга вариантами.
[al'-ter-na-ti-va - ni-ob-kha-di-mast' vy-ba-ra mezh-du is-klu-cha-yu-shchi-mi druk dru-ga va-ri-an-ta-mi]
🇬🇧 An alternative is the need to choose between mutually exclusive options.

❓На видео 'дилемма' или 'альтернатива'?

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🔻Both words are adverbs:

1⃣Никогда (+ particle 'не')
    [ni-kag-da]
    Never

• Никогда не пытайся понять, что у кота в голове!
[ni-kag-da ni py-tay-sya pa-nyat' shto u ka-ta v ga-la-ve]
🇬🇧 Never try to understand what's in a cat's head!

2⃣Некогда (+dative)
     [ne-kag-da]
     No time to do
    something

🔻'Некогда' is always used in impersonal constructions with no subject.

• Некогда объяснять, надо бежать!
[ne-kag-da ab-аs-nyat', na-da bi-zhat']
🇬🇧 There's no time to explain, (we) have to run!

▶️ Суетолог (Revision)

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🌝Доброе утро, товарищи!

❓Вы будЕте or будИте кофе☕️?

🔻Despite similar pronunciation [bu-di-tе], they are not one and the same verb:

1. Будете is the future form of the verb "быть" (to be) (2nd person, plural, 1 conjugation verb)

• Вы будете завтра дома?
[vy bu-di-te zaf-tra do-ma]
🇬🇧 Will you be at home tomorrow?

2. Будите is the verb "будить" (to wake up) (2 congugation verb, imperative, plural)

• Не будите спящего медведя, а то будете сожалеть об этом всю свою жизнь!
[ni bu-di-te spya-shchi-va mid-vye-dya, a to bu-di-te sa-zha-lyet ab e-tam vsyu sva-yu zhyz-n']
🇬🇧 Don't wake up the sleeping bear, otherwise you will regret it all your life!

▶️Разбудить (Revision)

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🌝Всем привет!

1⃣Государь (государи)
  [ga-su-dar']
  The supreme ruler, monarch, or
head of state.
=
• Царь (цари)
  [tsar']
  A tsar

Also:
• Царь зверей
  [tsar' zvi-rey]
  The king of beasts

2⃣ Господин (господа)
  [gas-pa-din (gas-pa-da)]
  A master, landowner, lord,
gentleman

🔻Nowadays 'господин' is used with a surname or title as a form of polite reference or address.

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🌝Всем привет!

🔻Russian adverbs 'сюда' and 'отсюда' are used to indicate location and direction in Russian.

1. Сюда
    [syu-da]
    To here / towards this place

• Иди сюда!
   [i-di syu-da]
  Come here!

🔻'Сюда' is used with verbs of motion, such as 'идти' (to go, come).

2. Отсюда
     [at-syu-da] 
     From here, away from here

• Я ухожу отсюда!
   [ya u-kha-zhu at-syu-da]
   I am leaving from here!

🔻'Отсюда' is used with verbs of motion, such as 'уходить' (to leave).

🎧🗣👇 Make up your own examples with сюда / туда!

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​​😀Всем пламенный привет!

🔻Russian adverbs 'туда' and 'оттуда' are used to indicate direction in Russian.

1⃣ Туда
     [tu-da] - there
      To there, towards that place

• Пойдём туда.
  [pay-dyom tu-da]
  Let's go there.

🔻'Туда' is used with verbs of motion, such as идти (to go, come).

2⃣ Оттуда
     [at-tu-da]
     From there, from that place,
away from there

• Я приехал оттуда.
   [ya pri-ye-khal at-tu-da]
   I came from there.

🔻'Оттуда' is used with verbs of motion, such as приезжать (to arrive).

😀 In Russian colloquial speech, there's a sarcastic phrase:

• Я бы вас (тебя) послал, да вижу вы (ты) оттуда.
[ya by vas (ti-bya) pas-lal da vi-zhy vy (tu) at-tu-da]
🇬🇧 I'd send you (to hell), but I see you've just come from there.

⚠️Mind that it is pretty offensive!

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▶️ Сюда/отсюда (Revision)

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• Язык (языки) (masc.noun)
  [ye-zyk]

1) A tongue
2) A language
3) A clapper
4) А prisoner/informer (to be interrogated)
5) ...etc

• Языковой (masc.adj.)
  [ye-zy-ka-voy]
  Linguistic

But:
• Языческий (masc.adj.)
   [ye-zy-ches-kiy]
   Pagan

🔻There's a Russian saying:

• Язык до Киева доведёт.
  [ye-zyk da Ki-ye-va da-ve-dyot]
  SLT: A tongue can take you to Kiev.
  🇬🇧 If you ask, you will get.

Meaning: The power of language can lead you to a distant place. (In Rus' the city Kiev was considered to be a distant one). Though a military meaning can also be referred to this saying nowadays.🤔

▶️Тянуть за язык (Revision)

▶️Как корова языком слизала (Revision)

▶️Найти общий язык (Revision)

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👋Здравствуйте, товарищи!

1⃣ Здесь (formal)
      [zdes']
      Here

🔻"Здесь" is the most formal and neutral option:

• Я живу здесь.
   [ya zhyvy zdes']
   I live here.

2⃣  Тут (informal)
       [tut]
       Here

🔻"Тут" is more informal and casual:

• Посмотри на меня, хозяин, я тут!
  [pas-mat-ri na mi-nya kha-zya-in ya tut]
   Look at me, master, I'm here!

3⃣ Там
       [tam]
      There

🔻"Там" refers to a place that is further away from the speaker.

💢 You can come across a humorous Russian phrase:

• Здесь вам не тут!
  [zdes' vam ni tut]
  SLT: Here isn't not there for you!

🔻It was uttered by former Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin. With this phrase he warned a journalist against impolite behaviour. The phrase had no sense and thus became popular.

▶️Сюда/отсюда (Revision)

▶️Туда/оттуда (revision)

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🤗 Приветствую!

Повторять 🆚️ Имитировать

1⃣Повторять (за...) (+instrumental) (imperf.)
     [paf-ta-ryat']

Meaning:
1) To repeat (after somebody), also:
• Повторять как попугай
  [paf-ta-ryat' kak pa-pu-gay]
  To repeat (something) like a
  parrot (thoughlessly, again and
again)

2) To revise (for a test):
• Повторять неправильные глаголы к тесту
  [paf-ta-rit' ni-pra-vil'ny-ye gla-go-ly tes-tu]
  To revise irregular verbs for a
  test

2⃣Имитировать (imperf.)
     [i-mi-ti-ra-vat']
    To imitate, to copy

❓ Собакен повторяет за кошкой или имитирует её?
(Is the dog repeating after the cat or copying it?)

📎 'Собакен' [sa-ba-ken] is a slang word (common gender) for 'собака' [sa-ba-ka] (dog) (femin.noun).

🎧🗣👇 Повторяйте за мной! Check the conjugations and make up your own sentences😉.

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👋Всем добрый день!

1⃣ Спрашивать (imperf.)
      [spra-shy-vat']
      To ask, to politely inquire or
seek information or something

2⃣ Просить (imperf.)
     [pra-sit']
     To ask for something (for a
favour)

3⃣ Выпрашивать (imperf.)
      [vy-pra-shy-vat']
    To beg, ask for something
persistently

Example (see the video):
• Я не выпрашиваю мясо и не прошу купить мне рыбу, я просто спрашиваю, почему вы такие жадные?!
[ya ni vy-pra-shy-va-yu mya-sa i ni pra-shy ku-pit' mnye ry-bu, ya prozsta spra-shy-va-yu pa-chi-mu vy ta-ki-ye zhad-ny-ye]
🇬🇧 I'm not begging for meat and I'm not asking for fish, I'm just asking why are you so greedy?!

🎧🗣👇 Don't forget to check the conjugations of the verbs!

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👋Доброе утро, товарищи!

Романтический 🆚️ Романтичный

• Романтический (masc.adj)
  [ra-man-ti-chis-kiy]

• Романтичный (masc.adj)
  [ra-man-tich-nyj]

🔻Both adjectives can be translated as 'romantic'.

🔻Philologists note that these words are synonymous and interchangeable.

BUT:
🔻'Романтический' relates to romanticism as a movement in literature and art and as an artistic method:
• Романтическая поэма
  [ra-man-ti-ches-ka-ya pa-e-ma]
Romantic poem

🔻'Романтичный' contains elements of romanticism, mystery, dreaminess:
• Романтичныe отношения
  [ra-man-tich-ny-ye at-na-she-ni-ya]
  Romantic relationships

📎 So, if you want to describe something as loving or passionate, use 'романтичный'! If you want to talk about the Romantic era, use 'романтический'.

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👋 Народ, всех с понедельником!

Ещё 🆚️ Уже

1⃣ Eщё
[yi-shchyo]
not yet, still, some more

Can mean:
1) a process has not started yet
2) the desired result has not been achieved so far
3) an action which was to have finished at the moment of speech is still going on
4) some more of something

2⃣ Уже
[u-zhe]
Already

Сan mean:
1) a process has finished
2) the result has been achieved
3) there is already another action under way at the moment of speech

• Как уже понедельник?! Вчера же ещё пятница была! Мне нужен ещё один выходной!
[kak u-zhe pa-ni-del'-nik? fchi-ra zhe yi-shchyo pyat-ni-tsa by-la! mnye nu-zhen yi-shchyo a-din vy-khad-noy]
🇬🇧 How come it is Monday already?! Yesterday it was still Friday! I need one more day-off!

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▶️Держитесь! (Revision)

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🌝Всем отличного дня, товарищи!

Кушать 🆚️ Есть

• Кушать
  [ku-shat']
=
• Есть
  [yest']
To eat

1⃣However, 'кушать' is considered to be more colloquial (it sounds more gentle) and often refers to little kids, elderly or close people.

2⃣Whereas 'есть' can be used in any situation and sounds neutral or more official.

3⃣⚠️There is also a low colloquial variant of 'ecть':

• Жрать
  [zhrat']

🔻There is also a funny phrase taken from a Soviet crime comedy 'Джентельмены удачи' (Gentlemen of Fortune) (1971) filmed at Mosfilm and directed by Aleksandr Sery:

• Кушать подано! Садитесь жрать, пожалуйста! (⏪Сlick to watch an episode)
[ku-shat' po-da-na, sa-di-tis' zhrat', pa-zha-lu-sta]
🇬🇧 The dinner is served! Sit down to chow/devour/eat, please!

▶️За столом (Revision)

🎧🗣👇Watch this comedy by all means!

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