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Грамматика Russian

03/19/19

Use of Dative after учить etc?
I've always had trouble figuring out why the dative is used in such constructions:Я учу драконов русскому языку каждый день—вот беда моя!So why is the verb учить followed by an accusative object... more
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Грамматика Russian

03/19/19

Is "ну ты бухать" grammatically valid?
I don't understand what makes "ну ты бухать" a valid language construct. Can anybody point out some references? Is it some sort of a similar thing to "ну ты даешь"?
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Грамматика Russian Usage

03/19/19

Difference between "нет" and "не"?
What is the difference between «нет» and «не»? They both seem to mean "no". When should each one be used? Are they interchangeable?
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Грамматика Russian

03/19/19

Они живут у меня дома and "Они живут в мой дом"?
Edit : My question is about preposition "IN" not about the verb "have" as you suggested.Can you open it again, please?I'm studying with duolingo and this is the first time I saw this kind of "in"... more
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Грамматика Russian

03/19/19

Is "что" mandatory?
If I wanted to say "I know he loves Russia," could I say `Я знаю, он любит Россию` or would it have to be `Я знаю, что он любит Россию`?I know that in English it is more proper to use 'that,'... more
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Грамматика Russian

03/19/19

Why is the dotted i (І / і) and yi (Ї / ї) from Ukrainian not present in Russian?
I noticed the absence of the dotted i (І / і) as well as yi (Ї / ї) within the Cyrillic Russian alphabet. I wonder why these two letters are not shared, when they are vowels and fundamental in... more
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Грамматика Russian

03/19/19

Why "лук" is a mass noun while "огурец" is not?
In Russian, we use some fruit and vegetable names as mass nouns and don't form plural for them:> * Салат с луком / капустой / клубникойwhile the others do form plural:> * Салат с огурцами /... more
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Грамматика Russian

03/19/19

Why say "мне не место", not "мне нет места"?
> Таким людям, как я, **не место** в этом мире.I wonder why "не" instead of "нет" precedes the noun "место" in this expression -- not to mention the lack of the genitive "места". Compared... more
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Грамматика Russian

03/19/19

Я не хочу у вас жить - why "у вас"?
In the phrase "Я не хочу у вас жить, когда я буду в Москве" I would expect an instrumental case, for example with preposition `c`, but why actually preposition `y` is used?
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Грамматика Russian

03/19/19

есть eat or have?
I'm very new to learning Russian and I was wondering if the word есть has different meanings? I thought it meant eat, but then noticed it was being used in different contexts. Forgive the... more
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Грамматика Russian

03/19/19

Difference between на and в in clothing?
Rosetta Stone is trying to teach me there any difference between `Мужчина в туфлях` when it previously taught that на should be used for wearing clothing with words such as туфли, шляпа.Is there... more
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Грамматика Russian

03/19/19

Is "Петербург" an animate noun? I heard "Я видел Петербурга"?
In an audio course of Russian language I heard several times "Я видел Петербурга". Does this mean that geographical names are animate nouns?
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Грамматика Russian

03/19/19

Enumerations in Russian - is an `и` needed?
When listing things in Russian language using commatas, do you use an и before the last thing (e.g. столы, стулья и полки or just столы, стулья, полки)? I've seen some internet pages omitting the... more
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Грамматика Russian

03/19/19

Ужинать дома - why in genitive?
In the sentence: > Моя подруга будет ужинать дома what means *дом* to be in genitive? I actually expect it to be in prepositional case with some preposition like *в*, is that wrong?
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Грамматика Russian

03/19/19

Why use the present imperfective "отвечаем" instead of the future perfective "ответим"?
In conversation, I jokingly said:> О, думаю, тебе и так уже известно, но если во время рыбалки ты **допустишь** ошибку и **погибнешь**, то мы за это не **ответим**.The use of the future... more
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Грамматика Russian

03/19/19

Help me understand why "молоко готово" and not "молоко готовое"?
If I am бел**ый** человек and my wife is бел**ая** and наше молоко бел**ое**... This much I think I understand quite well! But with готов I am mystified. Я готов and my wife, готова and the milk,... more
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Грамматика Russian

03/19/19

Nominative after "что за"?
In my cherished second-hand 1958 *Assimil* textbook *Le russe sans peine* I see the question >Это что за работа ? Why the nominative case, where I would expect an accusative?
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Грамматика Russian

03/19/19

Why is the conditional marker "бы" omitted from the construction "Я должен был предвидеть, что ..."?
>Я **должен был предвидеть**, что ...Given the counterfactual conditional aspect of this phrasing, I'd expected to see the conditional marker "бы". I wonder why you can drop "бы" in this... more
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Грамматика Russian

03/18/19

Тот же or "такой же"?
How do I say I have the same book? Is it:У меня есть такая же or та же книга. What's the difference between the 2 variants?
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Грамматика Russian

03/18/19

What is the function of "это" in "Его зовут X, это он впустил ..."?
>Его зовут Борис, **это он** впустил нас в дом.I'm assuming that "это он ..." is an equivalent expression of "it's him who ...". If this English construction is anything to go by, I'm puzzled... more
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Грамматика Russian

03/18/19

When to use Genitive in comparatives?
So we can use either Genitive or чем when making comparisons. My question is, when should I prefer one over the other?Я круче его. Я круче, чем он. Я знаю это лучше тебя.Я знаю это лучше, чем ты.... more
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Грамматика Russian

03/18/19

What is correct: "постучи его по спине" or "постучи ему по спине"?
My sentence starts as:> Если человек поперхнулся - ...
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Грамматика Russian

03/18/19

Why года instead of лет?
My Russian textbook gives the example, «Я родилась в июне сорок восьмого *года*.» Shouldn't genitive год following eighth be лет instead of года? Is this a mistake in my textbook? If not, could... more
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Грамматика Russian

03/18/19

Difference between prefixes "об" and "по"?
What is the difference between prefixes об and по. For example облизать and полизать.
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Грамматика Russian

03/18/19

Why say "не хуже меня" on one hand, and "не меньше твоего" on the other?
> Ты **не хуже меня** знаешь правила.>[vs]: Я **не меньше твоего** хочу отомстить за нее.I'm curious to know why you say "не хуже **меня**" instead of "не хуже **моего**" on one hand, and... more
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