Irina S.

Reading a few Wikipedia articles I come across different ways to spell buckwheat. One is Гречка (which is what I use when talking about buckwheat) and Гречиха (which I have never heard of before).... more

How do you construct a sentence like `I heard you talking` or maybe `I saw you walking`?

Согласно Вашего запроса or "Согласно Вашему запросу"? And if both are correct, what's the difference, if any?

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... more

Which one is correct?> Церковь многиx кого не одобряетor> Церковь много кого не одобряет

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... more

>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... more

What affects how the ending of нужно should be changed? A corrected sentence I wrote reads >Ксения говорила, Мне нужно его общество как собаке нужны блохи. Why are нужно and нужны used? (And I... more

How can I say "A book with more than 1000 pages"? As far as I know, "с более" or "с больше" does not make sense. Someone told me that there's not such a straightforward way to use "более/больше"... more

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?

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?