147 Answered Questions for the topic Russian
Russian Грамматика
04/11/19
Origin of particle "ли"?
Does anyone have a theory, or knowledge about the origin of the particle ли?Why does it act as a question particle? Where did it come from, etc?
Russian Грамматика
04/11/19
Об меня or "о меня"?
There is a rule if next word begins with a vowel you should use 'oб', if not, you should use 'о'. So, in the example from the title, it should be 'о меня', but I heard a lot of times people are...
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Russian Грамматика
04/11/19
I heard/saw you [verb]ing?
How do you construct a sentence like `I heard you talking` or maybe `I saw you walking`?
Russian Грамматика
04/11/19
Согласно Вашего запроса or "Согласно Вашему запросу"?
Согласно Вашего запроса or "Согласно Вашему запросу"? And if both are correct, what's the difference, if any?
Russian Грамматика
04/11/19
Твои собаки едят or "у тебя собаки едят"?
1 - Твои собаки едят яблоки?2 - У тебя собаки едят яблоки?Hi, my Russian learning app showed me the second one for "Do your dogs eat apples?".But, I am also learning from another source.From that...
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Russian Грамматика
04/10/19
How acceptable is to omit pronouns in certain verb usages?
That's it, for example, is it acceptable to say Люблю тебя, or do you have to use я Люблю тебя. Or читал книгу instead of Я читал книгу?
Russian Грамматика
04/10/19
Why "нравишься мне", not "нравию тебя"?
Why is it that"I like you" is `Ты нравишься мне` and not `Я нравию тебя`but"I love you" is `Я люблю тебя` I'm learning from `The New Penguin Russian Course` and I've been practicing with Russians...
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Russian Грамматика
04/08/19
Theory behind structures like--/впустую/ вплотную/ зачастую/ вправду?
What is the logic behind these adverbs? I'm trying to get a more literal understating of why they are in the accusative feminine and why the preposition "в" or "за" is used.
Russian Грамматика
04/08/19
Are there some typical mistakes made by native Georgian speakers when speaking Russian?
I've been living in Georgia for half a year and most of my friends are fluent in Russian.
I've been focused on learning Georgian rather than Russian so far. But when I want to learn some Russian...
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Russian Грамматика
04/04/19
Position of "Не" before negated word?
I'm having a really hard time understating the difference in sentences like—Я был не уверен VS. Я не был уверенЯ не жил в Канаде VS. Я жил не в Канаде. What is the difference in sentences such as...
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Russian Грамматика
04/04/19
Why do we need У in "Ножка у сту́ла сломалась"?
In the sentence "Ножка у сту́ла сломалась" (the chair leg broke), why do we need the у? The genitive case on "стул" already lets you know that it's the *chair's* leg that's broken. More generally,...
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Russian Грамматика
04/04/19
Why на почте rather than в почте?
My understanding is that на is used to describe an open space or a space with indistinct boundaries. Clearly that does not describe почта. Is there reason why на is used here or is it an isolated...
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Russian Грамматика
04/04/19
она мног(иx/о) кого не одобряет?
Which one is correct?> Церковь многиx кого не одобряетor> Церковь много кого не одобряет
Russian Грамматика
04/04/19
What is the logic behind "за" as a prefix indicating "to start"?
Why is **за** used as a prefix meaning to start the action of the verb? Russian grammar is more or less very logical if you look at the history of words, but I just don't understand why **за**...
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Russian Грамматика
04/04/19
Auxiliary verbs?
When learning Russian grammar, the only auxiliary verb that is explained is `быть`, which is used for forming the imperfective future tense. However, occasionally I have seen sentences where идти...
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Russian Грамматика
04/04/19
Five + adjective + noun — what case is adj in?
I have a construction > ... пят(-ь/-и/-ю) [adjective] [noun] I want to know which case the adjective should be in when the noun/number are in nominative, accusative, or oblique cases. I know...
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Russian Грамматика
04/04/19
In Russian, can "мы" be used to refer to "you" in conversation?
>А чего это **мы** такие ворчливые?I just received an IM from my girlfriend, in which she used the pronoun "мы" (jokingly, I suppose) although it was I alone who was grumbling about something in...
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Russian Грамматика
04/03/19
Understanding order in "Дайте мне , пожалуйста , хлеб ."?
I am using duolingo as a resource for learning Russian. One of the exercises was to translate the following into English:> Дайте мне, пожалуйста, хлеб.I translated it roughly as **Give me please...
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Russian Грамматика
04/03/19
What's the logic behind "походить"?
Why does походить mean to be similar in appearance to"? When would you use the verb and when would you use the adjective "похожий"? I don'y quite get the logic being why a motion verb means to be...
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Russian Грамматика
04/03/19
Я был в стадионе - is it correct?
I think I missed this point in my first year of study. Is it correct to say: "я был в стадионе на футболе"I learned that на goes with words like стадионе, but today one of my roommates mentioned...
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Russian Грамматика
04/03/19
Why use the perfective "поесть" here? – from a Russian proficiency test?
> В холодильнике ничего не осталось (**поесть**)?I've recently took a national Russian proficiency test held in my country, and this comes from one of the grammar-related questions in the most...
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Russian Грамматика
04/03/19
When can we leave out ли?
In what cases can we leave out "ли"? Я не знаю умер он или нет**or**Я не знаю умер ли он. Basically when should I use ли?
Russian Грамматика
04/03/19
What role does "что" play in— почти что/ только что/ пока что и т.д?
I'm pretty good with grammar, but I've never been able to see the point of the что in constructions like these. Why is it there? E.g.,—почти что/ только что/ пока что/ разве что/ и т.д.
Russian Грамматика
04/03/19
Answering Questions with Incomplete Phrases?
When you are asked a question like "Откуда вы?", and you wanted to answer with a single word, would you say "Россия" or "России"?
Russian Грамматика
04/03/19
Why use the perfective "остаться" on one hand and the imperfective "оставаться" on the other?
>Woman: Я могла бы **остаться** здесь навсегда.>Man: Так **оставайся**.I wonder why you need to use the perfective "остаться" on one hand and the imperfective "оставаться" on the other, even...
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