It’s a dreaded phenomenon that happens to the best of us–a foreign accent. No one, no matter how rich, privileged or educated is immune. It happens to world leaders: It happens to even the most creative and brilliant of us:… Continue Reading →
Hello Everyone, After over a year of intending to start a Youtube channel, a summer of sitting around thinking, “Oh, I really should start working on that Youtube channel now while I’ve got free time” I have finally done it… Continue Reading →
Отсрочка-atsrochka (‘a’ pronounced like a in fAther) So since I’ve dedicated this week to the various forms of bribery and cheating the system that one might find in Russia I though I would discuss another area where you are bound… Continue Reading →
Наесться- nayest’sya Я наелся (for males)/наелась(for females)- ya nayelsya/ naelas’ When you see the prefix “HA” plus the reflexive ending “ся” it has the meaning of to have one’s fill of something. Add it to the word есть which means to eat… Continue Reading →
свеча-svyechА свечка-svYEchka (the ‘k’ makes it diminutive) I’ve long known the word свеча or свечка as candle but the second meaning I learned last fall while in Kiev. My friend Katya works as a pediatrician in Kiev. Her little boy,… Continue Reading →
I thought this was a very appropriate word to describe this new затея or undertaking that I thought up for this blog. You see, I recently started learning Farsi because I’ve always had a fascination with Iranian culture and since we had… Continue Reading →
Disclaimer: I know that the true Ukrainian spelling for the city where I am currently located is Kyiv, please forgive. The other way is just easier for me. So I’m now in Kiev. I have been here for several days… Continue Reading →
Wow that title is so corny but I love it. So as you may have read in my most recent post http://russianiac.wordpress.com/2011/04/19/what-ive-been-up-to-lately/ I decided about 8 months back to teach myself Ukrainian and to go to Ukraine to study Ukrainian… Continue Reading →
Картофель-potato (has no plural form) Картошка– potato (diminuitive/fond form) The potato is an important staple of the Russian diet. Like in so many other places around the world it has saved many Russians from hunger. Russians name it the… Continue Reading →
The Moscow Times Opinion The Word’s Worth By Michele A. Berdy All Time is Relative При Царе Горохе: in times of yore, literally “during the reign of the Pea King” If you have any doubts about time… Continue Reading →
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