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Q&A: Do Russians Understand Mispronounced R-sound?

I’m a German native speaker and I can’t roll the R at all. It really bothers me and I feel […]

Have you heard about a language learning method called interlinear translation? I hadn’t, until recently. A few days ago, I

The first steps into a new language are the hardest ones. You know so little, you have to look up

The question of why some words look suspiciously similar in Russian and English first arose when I started learning English

Pelmeni (plural, пельмени in Russian) are dumplings consisting of a filling wrapped in thin, unleavened dough. The typical filling for

Any language has many words that have literal definitions but are rarely used in their direct meanings. For example, nobody

“There is a large Russian community in my city, and I have made friends with some Russians. We meet on

I’m a great supporter of online education. The Internet opens literally unlimited opportunities, for example, everyone can learn any language

My dear readers, let me share with you a story of persistence, struggle, and success. A true story from my

Early in the morning today I called my parents in Siberia (we have 12 hours time difference, so it’s not

Russian has many ways of expressing your affection for someone. One of the most common is adding a diminutive suffix

he first thing I learned about the German language was that all nouns in German are written with a capital