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Learn Russian with RussianPod101.com! The weather has been changing dramatically since you have been vacationing in Russia, and it seems to have kicked off you and your friends’ allergies. But you’re not going to allow that to ruin your trip. Today, you’re planning a trip to the Russian market to buy souvenirs. However, while you are there, the wind picks up making you and your friends sneeze. You recover much quicker than your friends do, replying in Russian, “Bless you.” One of your friends that is native to Russia replies, “Very good. I see you have been studying your Russian.” You keep walking through the Russian market, smiling on the inside to have received the praise of your friend. As you are reflecting on your Russian language acquisition, your sneezing starts again and you accidentally bump into another person. You reply in Russian, “Oh, I’m so sorry.” The man is very nice and responds in Russian, “No problem.” Deciding the wind just isn’t going to die down, you and your friends decide grab some coffee. Sitting down to enjoy yourselves, you are hoping the wind dies down, but the wind just does not seem to be letting up any time soon. Because your allergies just are not getting better, you finally decide to return to the hotel, take some medicine, and get some rest. As you walk away sadly, you wave and yell in Russian, “Goodbye.” Hopefully, your allergies will go away and not return for the length of your trip…
Learning Russian with RussianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Russian. In this Russian All About lesson, we will teach you five Russian phrases that will earn you the good graces of native Russians. These phrases are common, but not taught when you begin learning Russian. No doubt, these Russian phrases will help you sound more natural. Remember to come back to RussianPod101.com for more fantastic Russian lessons and learning materials. Leave us a message while you’re there.
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Learn Russian with RussianPod101.com! You are sitting in your class at the university in Russia today, and your professor promises a special challenge. You must admit, you are a little nervous. In the past, ’special challenge’ has meant anything from pop-quizzes to his grandmother’s secret recipe…blech, now THAT was a challenge! As your professor approaches the podium, he starts up the projector and begins showing slides of what appears to be animals from Australia. You are thoroughly confused now. He explains in Russian, “Your test results on the last exam were so bad that I decided I would give you an easy bonus grade. For each of these animals that you can name in Russian, I will give you five points on your exam…and believe me, you ALL need it!” With that, the class erupts into applause…but not you. You learned the names for common pets in Russia and even the Russian names of common zoo animals. But you NEVER thought about learning how to say ‘platypus’ or ‘kangaroo’ in Russian. Well, you’ll know when you retake his class next semester… Learning Russian with RussianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Russian! This Russian Video Vocabulary lesson will teach you how to talk about Australian animals in Russian. In this Russian vocabulary video, you will learn Russian by watching the video, seeing both English and Russian translations describing the video, and all while listening to the Russian translations being read aloud by our native Russian speakers. Visit us at RussianPod101.com where you will find many more great Russian lessons and learning materials! Leave us a message while you are there!
Learn Russian with RussianPod101.com. You are in Russia on business and you have a horrible toothache. After being at work all day, dealing with excruciating pain in your mouth, you decide you had better take care of it and go to the dentist. You make an appointment for after work and the second it’s time to leave the office, you jet out of there and rush to the best Russian dentist you can find. While you are in the waiting room, there is a little boy and his mother that you cannot help but overhear because they are extremely loud. The little boy is misbehaving and running around the waiting room. His mother gets up from her chair and tries to grab the boy by his collar. He slips away from her and she replies in a stern Russian voice, “Do not run away from me. Come here now and behave yourself. You are making me mad.” She gives him a look that you remember your mom giving to you when you misbehaved. Obviously, the little boy knew this look too, because he sat down next to his mother and said in broken Russian, “I’m sorry, Mother. I won’t do it again.” The mother has a look of skepticism on her face, but you are grateful that the craziness in the waiting room has died down for the time. In the next moment or so, the Russian dentist’s office is quiet…until the little boy races to the other side of the room again. The receptionist comes out from behind closed doors and calls your name. Thank goodness it is your turn. Maybe now you can get some relief, from both this toothache and the other little pain…
Learning Russian with RussianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Russian. In this Russian Lower Intermediate lesson, we will teach you several new Russian verbs and phrases, including verbs that are used to command. When you feel that you have command over your Russian verbs and phrases, come back to RussianPod101.com for more fantastic lessons. Leave us a message while you’re there!
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Learn Russian with RussianPod101.com. You are vacationing in Russia with a friend, taking everything in and going everywhere you can find in your brochure. In the middle of the city, there are lots of buildings, crosswalks, and people everywhere! Waiting at a crosswalk to cross the street, the sign will not turn green for you to go. After waiting several minutes, the sign finally turns green. You and your friend begin to cross the busy Russian street, engrossed in conversation about your next destination. Not even halfway through the crosswalk, you seem to be the only one that notices that the sign turned red already! You know if you don’t get across quickly, the Russian traffic will barrel toward you and you have no plans of getting hit by a car today! Your friend is mid-sentence when you quickly interrupt and scream in Russian, “Stop!” Your friend stops dead in his tracks in the middle of the busy Russian street! He asks you in Russian, “What? What’s wrong?” You pull him along saying in Russian, “Don’t stop!” Your friend, finally realizing the red light is lit up, replies quickly in Russian while running to the other side, “Why did you tell me to stop? Are you crazy?” You both make it to the other side, laughing both out of fright and because you are happy you actually made it! You tell him in Russian, “In a panic, I got my words confused. I meant to tell you to stop talking and get across the street, not to stop walking in the middle of the street!” You had better practice these confusing Russian pairs before you get someone killed! Learning Russian with RussianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Russian. In this Russian All About lesson, we will teach you five different pairs of Russian words that are confusing to many people, even native Russian speakers sometimes. We will give you the exact meaning of each Russian pair and show you the correct way to use each pair of Russian words. After all of your confusion subsides, come back to RussianPod101.com for more fantastic lessons. Leave us a message while you’re there!
Learn Russian with RussianPod101.com! You are enjoying what was a quiet picnic lunch in a quiet Russian park, when suddenly, your children come barreling towards you screaming! It seems like it takes ten minutes to calm them and their friends down enough so that you can concentrate on one voice at a time! Your son yells in Russian, “Mom, mom!!! We were at the pond and we saw something moving in the water!!” His friend, equally excited, continues in Russian, “Come see, come see!! Pleeeease! What IS it?” Laughing, both out of relief and because they are adorable, you agree to go explore the depths of the pond with them. As you reach the edge of the water, both boys are tugging at you and screaming in Russian, “See it? There it is!! What is that???” You move a little closer to get a better look, almost stumbling into the water (which you are SURE they would have enjoyed tremendously), when you realize what it is they are talking about. You point to the little swimmer in the water and tell the boys in Russian, “That is a frog…and that one there, that is a newt.” The boys stare into the water with a newfound fascination; you can almost hear the wheels spinning in their heads, when they turn and look at you and both reply in Russian, “Can we keep him, can we keep him? PLEEEEEAAAASE???” Well, RussianPod101.com can’t prepare you for everything, you know? Learning Russian with RussianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Russian! This Russian Video Vocabulary lesson will teach you how to talk about amphibians and reptiles in Russian. In this Russian vocabulary video, you will learn Russian by watching the video, seeing both English and Russian translations describing the video, and all while listening to the Russian translations being read aloud by our native Russian speakers. Visit us at Russianpod101.com where you will find many more great Russian lessons and learning materials! Leave us a message while you are there!
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