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Пять минут. Выпуск 29. Слово года 2022
Привет! Это подкаст “Пять минут” и я, Евгения Власова. В декабре лингвисты в разных странах определяют “Слово года”. По мнению издательства Merriam-Webster, словом года в английском языке стал gaslighting, то есть манипуляции информацией, которые заставляют человека сомневаться в собственной адекватности. Слово само по себе не новое, но в этом году оно стало очень часто использоваться
Привет! Это подкаст “Пять минут” и я, Евгения Власова. В декабре лингвисты в разных странах определяют “Слово года”. По мнению издательства Merriam-Webster, словом года в английском языке стал gaslighting, то есть манипуляции информацией, которые заставляют человека сомневаться в собственной адекватности. Слово само по себе не новое, но в этом году оно стало очень часто использоваться
Word of the Day: Такси
такси /tɐkˈsʲi/ noun, neuter — taxi; cab Я поехала в аэропорт на такси и застряла в пробке. I took a cab to the airport and got stuck in traffic. Близкие слова: Таксист /tɐˈksʲist/ — taxi driver Фильм “Таксист” вошёл в канон мирового кино. The movie “Taxi Driver” entered the canon of world cinema.
такси /tɐkˈsʲi/ noun, neuter — taxi; cab Я поехала в аэропорт на такси и застряла в пробке. I took a cab to the airport and got stuck in traffic. Близкие слова: Таксист /tɐˈksʲist/ — taxi driver Фильм “Таксист” вошёл в канон мирового кино. The movie “Taxi Driver” entered the canon of world cinema.
Word of the Day: Берёза
Берёза /bʲɪˈrʲɵzə/ noun, feminine — birch Берёзы ночью в темноте видны лучше других деревьев. The birches can be seen at night in the dark better than any other tree. Родственные слова: Берёзовый /bʲɪˈrʲɵzəvɨɪ̯/ adjective — related to birch, made of birch Берёзовые поленья горят жарко и долго. Birch logs burn hot and long. The folk
Берёза /bʲɪˈrʲɵzə/ noun, feminine — birch Берёзы ночью в темноте видны лучше других деревьев. The birches can be seen at night in the dark better than any other tree. Родственные слова: Берёзовый /bʲɪˈrʲɵzəvɨɪ̯/ adjective — related to birch, made of birch Берёзовые поленья горят жарко и долго. Birch logs burn hot and long. The folk
Word of the Day: Тополь
Тополь /ˈtopəlʲ/ noun, masculine — poplar, cottonwood Тополя быстро растут. Poplars grow fast. Родственные слова: Тополиный /təpɐˈlʲinɨɪ̯/, adjective — related to poplar, made of poplar. Тополиный пух щекочет лицо и заставляет чихать. Poplar fluff tickles your face and makes you sneeze.
Тополь /ˈtopəlʲ/ noun, masculine — poplar, cottonwood Тополя быстро растут. Poplars grow fast. Родственные слова: Тополиный /təpɐˈlʲinɨɪ̯/, adjective — related to poplar, made of poplar. Тополиный пух щекочет лицо и заставляет чихать. Poplar fluff tickles your face and makes you sneeze.
Russian Quick Fix: Impersonal Sentences
Acquiring a new language is a long journey, especially if your mother tongue is significantly different from your target language. Russian is fairly hard for English speakers as well as for speakers of other non-Slavic languages. Yet, there are some tricks that may help you to improve your Russian almost instantly. Well, maybe “instantly” is
Acquiring a new language is a long journey, especially if your mother tongue is significantly different from your target language. Russian is fairly hard for English speakers as well as for speakers of other non-Slavic languages. Yet, there are some tricks that may help you to improve your Russian almost instantly. Well, maybe “instantly” is
How to Memorize the Russian Alphabet
The Russian alphabet scares a lot of people off from learning Russian. This is sad, because the language itself is no more difficult than any other language in the world. Russian children have a little advantage over speakers of languages that use the Latin script, because Latin characters surround Russians everywhere – from vitamins, to
The Russian alphabet scares a lot of people off from learning Russian. This is sad, because the language itself is no more difficult than any other language in the world. Russian children have a little advantage over speakers of languages that use the Latin script, because Latin characters surround Russians everywhere – from vitamins, to
18 Meanings Of the Nominative Case. Really?
What can be easier than the Nominative case? It is the basic, the original form of a noun, and its major role in a sentence is to be a subject. This is what I thought until I opened a Russian as Foreign language test guide (Требования по русскому языку как иностранному). Surprisingly, the authors of
What can be easier than the Nominative case? It is the basic, the original form of a noun, and its major role in a sentence is to be a subject. This is what I thought until I opened a Russian as Foreign language test guide (Требования по русскому языку как иностранному). Surprisingly, the authors of
Q&A: Practicing Pronunciation And Specifically Щ
Hey! A fellow learner here. I was wondering if you have any tip or site to practice Russian pronunciation, especially words those with “щ”, the hardest Cyrillic letter to pronounce as I have read in some pages. Thanks for your time and help! 🙂 Hi! Pronunciation is probably the hardest part of the second language
Hey! A fellow learner here. I was wondering if you have any tip or site to practice Russian pronunciation, especially words those with “щ”, the hardest Cyrillic letter to pronounce as I have read in some pages. Thanks for your time and help! 🙂 Hi! Pronunciation is probably the hardest part of the second language
Passive Voice In Russian
The passive voice is a very convenient grammatical category. When something has happened, we usually can tell who did what, but sometimes, we don’t want to name the agents. We may want or need to report the event itself, but would prefer to shift our focus away from the actors to the action itself. This
The passive voice is a very convenient grammatical category. When something has happened, we usually can tell who did what, but sometimes, we don’t want to name the agents. We may want or need to report the event itself, but would prefer to shift our focus away from the actors to the action itself. This