147 Answered Questions for the topic Russian
Russian Грамматика
03/20/19
По??? How many meanings does this word have?
So, this word has caused many problems for me. I just can't find any good explanation of this very vague word. Some same that it means moving across the surface of an objects, others say it's like...
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Russian Грамматика
03/20/19
Accusative in descriptions/occupations?
In a very simple clause such as "I am an actor," would 'actor' be in the accusative or does the accusative require an actual verb to be present? Also, if it is in the accusative, could one write...
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Russian Грамматика
03/20/19
Word order in questions?
In questions like "With whom did I go?" where there is(are) a question word(s) and another part of the sentence could it be:1. С кем я пошёл?2. Я пошёл с кем?or could you say both or something...
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Russian Грамматика
03/20/19
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,...
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Russian Грамматика
03/20/19
Construction—Как бы не...—Why is "не" used?
In Constructions of the type КАК БЫ НЕ..., what exactly does the "не" add to the phrase. I'm looking for a literal interpretation from those of you that know both English and Russian at a very high...
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Russian Грамматика
03/20/19
what is the use of которых here? if i translate is, it would be: observation that is obligatory for all members of community?
Его отличительная черта – нормированность, т. е. наличие правил (вы их учите в школе из года в год), соблюдение которых обязательно для всех членов общества.what is the use of которых here? if i...
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Russian Грамматика
03/20/19
What is the grammatical rationale for using the imperfective "рассыпа́ться" or the perfective "рассы́паться"?
> Это все хорошо. Но ни к чему **рассыпаться** из-за таких пустяков в благодарностях.Тhis comes from one of the grammar-related questions in the most advanced level of the national Russian...
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Russian Грамматика
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...
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Russian Грамматика
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"?
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?
Russian Грамматика
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"...
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Russian Грамматика
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,'...
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Russian Грамматика
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...
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Russian Грамматика
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 /...
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Russian Грамматика
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...
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Russian Грамматика
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?
Russian Грамматика
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...
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Russian Грамматика
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...
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Russian Грамматика
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?
Russian Грамматика
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...
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Russian Грамматика
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?
Russian Грамматика
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...
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Russian Грамматика
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,...
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Russian Грамматика
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?
Russian Грамматика
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...
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