Russian idioms
How to enrich your speech
Speech is a way of communication between people. To make this communication brighter, to express one’s thoughts clearly and tropically, speakers use idioms (фразеологизмы) – phrases or fixed expressions that have a figurative meaning. Sometimes it even turns out to be literal...
Published on Monday, 05 March 2018
and posted in Russian - Beginner
Let's learn Russian online
Websites and online resources to support you learning Russian
Nowadays our life is very busy, chaotic and full of work. Every day we spend time with our friends and family and don't have enough time for studying. However our LAE school knows how to help you!
Published on Saturday, 30 December 2017
and posted in Russian - Beginner
Ukrainian language vs Russian language
Ukrainian and Russian are Slavic languages and Indo-European language family comprises both of them. If you are foreigner and going to visit Ukraine you will think about the language which better to learn in Kiev - Ukrainian vs Russian...
Published on Tuesday, 24 October 2017
and posted in Russian - Beginner
Cute Russian Language
Or how to use diminutives in Russian
Russian language is popular for the use of diminutives, which emphasize either the small size of object or person, or to express speaker's emotional relationship towards a certain object or person. The sound of these specific forms is very cute and when foreigners try to use them in real life it sounds even more and more cute...
Published on Friday, 20 October 2017
and posted in Russian - Beginner
A comparison between the cases in Russian and German languages
A lot of students become much stressed and immediately start to panic when they hear the word “Cases” during lessons.
Let’s have a look together and see what this word means. Even if you are not a German speaker this article is likely to have some useful insights for you...
Published on Wednesday, 11 October 2017
and posted in Russian - Beginner
How "long" is Russian?
Are you ready to pronounce the longest Russian words?
Russian alphabet consists of 33 letters and if you recently decided to study Russian you have to be ready to read a lot of long words including a lot of consonants. When you open a book for beginners you may see many words with only one syllable (стол (table), стул (chair), пол (floor), кот (cat), зонт (umbrella)) and you will be happy of course. But everything is not so easy...
Published on Sunday, 27 November 2016
and posted in Russian - Beginner
Introduction to Colours
The seven colours of the rainbow
Let's imagine you need to describe your clothes, your belongings or something else, and don't really know how to tell their colours in the right way. It will not happen anymore to you after you will have read this article.
Published on Tuesday, 01 November 2016
and posted in Russian - Beginner
Russian 7 Letters Rule
Even Russian speaking struggle with the 7 special letters
We all know that we have 33 letters in the Russian alphabet. Therefore after a first excurse into the phonetic system of the Russian language there are exactly 7 special letters that make a lot of troubles for us. They are К, Г, Х, Ж, Ч, Ш, Щ.
What makes these letters so special that we need to remember them?
Published on Monday, 12 September 2016
and posted in Russian - Beginner
Double Negative
Why a Slavic smile is a sincere smile
A lot of countries abroad think that Ukrainian and Russian people do not smile a lot and look unhappy.
If you come to Ukraine first time (especially if you use public transport) you will see people with unsatisfied faces and even if you try to speak with someone don’t wait for a smile.
Published on Thursday, 01 September 2016
and posted in Russian - Beginner
Russian Intonation
See how a little bit different intonation has a big effect in meaning
We use intonation as a way to express our emotions and feelings. One sentence said in different intonations can express various communication goals. You will be surprised when I tell you that in Russian we have 7 intonation constructions to pronounce the same grammatically written sentence.
Published on Monday, 29 August 2016
and posted in Russian - Beginner