Victoria V.

What is the first meaning of Russian reflexive verbs ? Why they never followed by a direct object ?What is the difference between verbs :купать И купаться , мыться И умываться ?

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?

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... more

>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... more

When you are asked a question like "Откуда вы?", and you wanted to answer with a single word, would you say "Россия" or "России"?

There is a typical construction that I do not know specially when concerning about movements, in which we use the preposition y instead of the subject?

What form should I use in this case, the form of Accusative Case or of Genitive?> Это вовсе не сводит на нет **того факта/тот факт**, что они> преступники

In the phrase: - "Где ты была?" - "Я ходила на почту "Why `ходила` is used instead of `ездила`?

In *Russian in an Easy Way* I came across two sentences; 1. Мне б**у**дет ст**ы**дно, I will feel ashamed. (?) 2. Мне б**у**дет дос**а**дно, I will feel frustrated. (?)and I wonder why буду... more

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... more

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"?

> 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

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.