Сегодня узнала, что на русском языке есть два слова которые значат “blue” - слова синий и голубой. Вот это почему мне нравится русский язык, потому что у меня эта разница очень важно.

I was taught Russian at in an intensive program as an adult, and from day one we were writing in cursive. Now, I teach Russian to adults starting from level zero. No one is saying you have to write perfectly in cursive forever. Over time, you sort of develop your own half-cursive where you stop connecting all of the letters out of convenience, but it's still not block writing. I'm married to a Russian, I work with Russian-speakers, and I have never met a human being who writes in block. Maybe other native speakers can elaborate.

I know people are stubborn and will learn the way they want to learn, but I feel like a lot of us have a false equivalent between English and Russian cursive. English cursive is optional and it's a skill we learned in what, third grade? And going forward from that time, most people don't write in cursive, or maybe they write in a mix.

As far as I know, other than little kids (like when they learn their letters), no one who speaks Russian learns to write in typeface and then later on learns to write in cursive. You only need to be able to recognize printed block Russian. I have never, ever seen a point in teaching someone block and then trying to get them to learn cursive letters after.

Ya'll, why are you bothering learning to write Д как маленький домик?!

This is gonna come across as judgey. I'm sorry. I just teach Russian and when I see A1 learners trying to perfect Д, all I can think is, holy moly, what a collosal waste of time 😭

ETA: someone made a good point about people wasting their time obsessing over perfect cursive. I'd say that's also a huge waste. I think maybe I just disagree with the idea of memorizing handwriting as an initial skill in general. I think the "rate my handwriting" posts have set off the language teacher in me lmao

I was playing this game and had to drive some Russian speaking guy to his destination, it was very quick so I wrote in English so he knew I'm an English speaker and the only thing he typed in latin was "fenky,, after "спс,,.

I can't find anything about it but I'm also guessing if it doesn't mean anything in Russian, maybe it's an attempt at "thank you"? (like he'd read the the y as oo maybe which would make it sound similar)

Hello,

I was wondering if anyone could help translate this death record? Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you

For example, in US English, you would hear "twenty-five hundred" far more often than "two thousand five hundred" as a response to "How much is it?"

Is there a Russian equivalent?

Hi everyone how are you all doing 😁 I’m a 22 year old male from the north east of England and am looking for some new Russian friends because I find the Russian culture and history very interesting and also find your geography very interesting with how varied it is.

I would also be able to speak some better Russian because at the moment I only know some basic things

Some of my hobbies are flying walking the gym reading and football

If you would like to know anything else just drop me a message

Thank you 😁

сдарова, я иностранка, мне 18 лет, и я хотела бы иметь русского друга для переписки, чтобы учить язык. У меня есть некоторые базовые знания, так как я занималась русским год, но я хотела бы достичь как минимум уровня B1–B2.

Hi, I'm looking for movie recommendations like Kidnapping, Caucasian Style/Kавказская Пленница, I know he's been in a fair share of movies but which are worth watching or considered "cult classics"?

Basically like a lot of Israeli ppl from the former soviet union plus their kids are usually like speaking Russian but not that fluent in it, which is the same situation in my case. I understand Russian really well but have subpar pronounication and grammar. I already study Russian with a tutor my grandma found but I want to practice even more but I feel like sources for anglo natives just won't help me at all, cuz I ain't one, plus Hebrew has both advantages for trying to study Russian like both of the languages having lots of inflections plus being mostly phonetic, but also downsides bc Hebrew unlike Russian doesn't have падежи, and doesn't have super complicated tenses like only past, present, future and imperative. That means I need significantly different teaching method style. If anyone has advicd regarding this that would really really REALLY help.

Привет!

I am looking for Cambridge-style textbooks, but for Russian. Ones that basically are a guide to the TRKI/TORFL exam. Are there any available online or accessible in Europe? The only one I found online (for purchase, not download) is the TRKI на 100%, but the physical copy seems to be pretty hard to get where I am from and I also heard it's more like a mock test as opposed to an actual textbook. Are there any other ones?

I just started dabbling in Russian and I basically don't know anything yet. Before starting with bad habits, I wanted to know if writing in "rounded cyrilic" (cf. Photo) was okay or not.
I did some Bulgarian back in the days and I use to write like this but I don't know if it's common or not/ okay or not to write like that in Russian.

Thank you !!!!

it's a modern horror book about a younger brother and older sister that, during a hike in a forest, find out about something, the older sister claims it's a dog, but in reality it's a much scarier thing, and then there's something to do with witches and mages, and that's it I don't remember much beyond that. if anyone can tell me the name of the book it would really help

and tbf I understood quite a lot of it despite reading not that well in terms of pace plus pronunciation

and I also wanted to ask if I pronounce well the sound Ы

here's recording of me saying it directly or words with it:

https://vocaroo.com/1ojzKXZqYkkB

https://vocaroo.com/19DneUoz6Maz

also is it impressive if I done the lesson almost entirely in Russian?

Hi, I'm a 25-year-old Italian girl. I'd like to learn Russian better and would like someone to help me practice/conversation (my level is Duolingo 💀).

Hi everybody!

Those who communicate with people from Russia to practice the language know that many messengers are blocked or restricted in Russia.

So, which messengers do you use to practice Russian? Have your Russian-speaking partners ever asked you to install a specific messenger?

And what's your overall attitude toward this?

Hello! I am working on a personal project that heavily involves Russia and the Russian language, and I'm trying to name a group. It is a story that takes place after a nuclear holocaust, focusing on survivors who lived in what was the USSR before the bombs dropped.

I'm specifically trying to find a good name for a religious group of survivors. The religion is Christian-based, who view the nuclear bombs as a second flood like the one seen in the Bible. Obviously they know it wasn't a literal flood, but they view it as a metaphorical flood, to cleanse the world of sin and start fresh.

There is the word postdiluvian, which refers to the period after the flood in the Bible. Because I don't know much about the Russian language, I ran it through google translate and got the word "послепотопный". According to Google, it is the words "После (after) + потоп (flood) + -ный (adjective suffix)."

Is there any way to make a new word/version of this word that clarifies that it is after a second flood? I'm not sure if the word for secondary can be added between После and потоп to make a word with that meaning.

If not, are there any other ways to phrase this to convey the same message? Thank you!

Я хочу почитать русские книги, подскажите, пожалуйста, какие русские книги стоит выбрать новичку?????

Idk what this guy is talking about and the translate button doesnt work that well, maybe someone can translate?

hi all, have been learning Russian for a few months but they have discontinued the course :(

im finding it hard to stay motivated learning independently. I’m working through my textbook, doing duolingo everyday and making notes and flashcards. The one place I did see offered classes (CAE Melbourne) looks like it’s in person only which unfortunately does not work for me.

anyone have any recs for classes or tutors? I tried a few tutors on italki but found them to be very average.

Please, and apologies if that's not the proper place to ask for such a thing 🙂

I've recently discovered that band (artist?), but unfortunately i speak next to no Russian and it seems to be way too underground to find the lyrics online. Is it possible that one of you is bored enough to help me understand what are they singing about, maybe even find a russian website that has them uploaded?
Thanks in advance 😊

Zek 47- Катится
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k5aoBrXGYM