Anna S.

Not sure what part of speech 'на!' is when used in the meaning of 'take!'

The phrase "У меня машина" is interpreted as "I have a car". Here is my understanding of the "layers" of that translation:1. The phrase "У меня машина" literally means "Car near me".2. In Russian,... more

I translated the sentence "`You make me happy.`" to Russian with an online translator. And it translated that as "**ты делаешь меня счастливым.**". Why is the instrumental case necessary here?

> в нашей компании работает 25 сотрудников I have come accross this sentence and I have two question about this sentence.first, I think the subject of the sentence is: > 25 сотрудников since,... more

So, I like to watch the Easy Languages videos whenever they get uploaded, and a new one came out yesturday. I can understand almost all the video, except the very beginning. This guy is explaining... more

This is a question from the B2 Russian exam.Я очень рад: домашнее задание сегодня можно неа)сдаватьб)сдатьThe correct answer is listed as (a). Why? It's a one-time action, and doesn't have any... more

Do I need to place a singular or a plural verb after "и..., и ..."?For example:> И Россия, и Франция вxод(**и/я**)т во Всемирную Торговую Организацию.

I've seen phrases like *Как его зовут?* in several places, but when I look up зовут, it appears to be the third person plural. Why is it being used for the singular, here?

>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... more

> Иди, дело есть. ― Чего? ― спросил Карусельщик с подозрением, но из тумана все же показался. // *[Елена Хаецкая. Синие стрекозы Вавилона/ Семеро праведных в раю господина (2004)]* Could... more

In conversation, I just said:>Чтобы ты **управляла** лодкой? Еще чего! Ты еще не в силах **справиться** с ней в одиночку!Looking back on it, I guess I picked the perfective "справиться",... more