Suddenly Dumb
Embarrassing Story When I moved to Canada, my fluency in English was confirmed twice by IELTS. I had been studying […]
Synonyms: How to Tell the Difference
Synonyms are a blessing and a curse for language learners. How can a language learner know the difference between two words that mean the same thing? How do you know when to choose one word, and when to choose the other? Can they be used interchangeably, or does each word have a specific niche and belong to a certain context? I will try to answer those questions in this article, and I will share a few practical tips on how to make synonyms your friends.
How to Decline друг друга
You probably know that “each other” in Russian would be друг друга. What you might have missed is that друг
What Makes Russian So Hard: Perfective and Imperfective Verbs
In the previous two articles, I talked about Russian cases and how words agree in a sentence according to their
What Makes Russian So Hard: Agreeing Adjectives and Nouns
Russian is a synthetic language. For linguists, this means that Russian connects words in a sentence with the help of
What Makes Russian So Hard: Cases
Speaking a language is a practical skill, almost like driving a car or cooking. Understandably, most language learners want to
How to Tell Time in Russian
In this video, I explain how to tell time in Russian in formal and informal ways. The video was originally
English and Russian Proverbs
Each language has proverbs, those simple, concrete sayings that crystalize common sense. Proverbs are a genre of folklore. They were
The Hard Fate of Horror Movies in Russia
Would You Watch a Russian Horror Movie On Halloween? It’s Halloween, and many people are looking for new horror movies
Russian Quick Fix: Impersonal Sentences
Acquiring a new language is a long journey, especially if your mother tongue is significantly different from your target language.
What I Learned Using Duolingo
Duolingo is undoubtedly one of the most popular language learning applications, if not the most popular one. Cute and simple
Questions-and-Answers Lessons
It is commonplace in pedagogy that the teacher should create a friendly atmosphere in the classroom so that students feel