Let's consider the following differences between the English and Russian languages🙂🙂🙂

In Russian, "привет" and "здравствуйте" - both are greetings, in English they are translated as "hello" but they have different levels of formality and are used in different situations:

1. "Привет" (privèt) - is a more informal greeting, which is most often used among friends, relatives, or colleagues. This word is suitable for informal communication and usually expresses friendliness and closeness of relationships.

2. "Здравствуйте" (zdràvstvuyte) - is a more formal greeting, which is usually used when meeting someone for the first time, in official situations, with unfamiliar people, or with older people. This word expresses respect and politeness.

Also, depending on the time of day, you can replace "здравствуйте" with the following phrases:

Добрый день (dòbryy den) - Good afternoon

Добрый вечер (dòbryy vècher) - Good evening

These two examples are also respectful greetings, and only the phrase "Доброе утро" (dòbroye ùtro) - Good morning - is universal and can be used with anyone😁😁😁

In everyday life, Russians write in cursive.

Therefore, today we have prepared for you a list of printed Russian letters and their cursive counterparts.

Also, in the table, you will find how the letters are called when you want to refer to them in the singular (for example: I know the letter "М"(Эм)).

Column names:
Letter - Бyква (búkva)
Printed - Печатная (pechátnaya)
Cursive - Рукописная (rukopísnaya)
Letter name - Название буквы (nazvánie búkvy)

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Your first task! Learn to write in Russian cursive letters! Circle the words in the sentence.

If you want us to check your homework, write to @sabinakyznetsova or in the comments under this post!

If you have any questions, also write to us

Have a great day! 🥰

Section: features of the Russian language.

Sometimes, when you say goodbye to a Russian person, you may hear "давáй"("daváy", this means let's).

The thing is, in Russian colloquial language, the word "давáй" means the same thing as "покá"("paká"; this means bye).

That's an interesting feature of the Russian language 🫰

Before, we looked at words that sound the same in English and Russian.
Now let's learn words that sound the same but have different meanings!😑😑😑

Фабрика(fàbrika) - it's not "fabric", the word translates to "factory"

Лист(list) - it's not "list", it can be translated as "leaf" or "sheet"

Лунатик(lunàtik) - if someone called you that, don't get offended, the translation of this word is "sleepwalker", not "lunatic"

Магазин(magazìn) - the accurate translation is "shop" or "store", not "magazine"

Патрон(patròn) - the accurate translation is "cartridge", not "patron"

There are not many words like this, don't forget them. If you know similar examples, share them with us in the comments😇😇😇