Click here to listen how to pronounce those lovely words! - Ты так много значишь для меня. Ty tak mnoga znachish` dlya menya You mean so much to me. - Будешь ли ты моим Валентином? Budesh` li ty maim Valentinom? Will you be my Valentine? - Ты такая красивая. Ty takaya krasivaya. You're so beautiful. - Ты для меня больше чем друг Ty dlya menya bol`she chem drug I think of you as more than a friend. - Даже 100 сердец будет слишком мало чтобы выразить всю мою любовь к тебя. Dazhe 100 serdets budet slishkam malo chtoby vyrazit` vsyu mayu lyubov` k tebe. A hundred hearts would be too few to carry all my love for you. - Любовь, это просто любовь. Её никогда нельзя объяснить. Lyubov', eto prosto lyubov'. Yeyo nikagda... Show more

The Focus of This Lesson is Tips to Help Russian Students Overcome Common Errors Tip 1: Learn Your Cases There are no cases in English. That means that nouns and adjectives always stay the same no matter what their function and position in the sentence is. It's different in Russian. The endings of nouns and adjectives change depending on their function. Of course, it's possible for a native speaker to understand someone who speaks like this but... It can be irritating because you are slaughtering their language It can be totally confusing! Tip 2: Watch Your Word Stress! Like in English, word stress is extremely important. In Russian, you don't say all the syllables of the word with the same... Show more

This blogpost is a brief overview of different tenses and articles found in Russian language. Tenses The Present In English, you use a different tense in the present depending on whether it's an action that happens regularly or it's happening now. In Russian, you use just one tense in the present, no matter whether the action happens regularly or is happening now. The Past The past form of regular verbs in English end in -ed. You have to learn irregular verbs individually. In English, there are many irregular verbs. Guess what? In Russian, there are hardly any irregular verbs in the past tense! If the subject is masculine, the ending is -л: Он видел фильм. "He saw the film." If... Show more

This Lesson Focuses on the history of the Russian languages and the top 5 reasons to study! Russia is the largest country in the world with a population of over 140 million people. It spans eleven time zones and contains the largest forest reserves in the world as well as a quarter of the earth's fresh water within its lakes. The Russianlanguage has recieved numerous influences throughout history, including influences from Polish, German, and even Slavic. A lot of academic and intellectual vocabulary was used from languages such as Dutch, French, German, and even Latin. So by learning Russian, you get a sense of history, and the better you know it, the more familiarities you'll pick up from other languages too. ... Show more

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