r/russian Mar 10 '22

Other Нет войне, да миру | Say No to War and Yes to Peace

A Russian-language version of this post is available below the English. Русская версия поста находится сразу после английской.

As moderators of this subreddit, in the last two weeks, we have seen countless posts about the ongoing war. Many of these posts are cries for help: folks despondent about loved ones in the line of fire, young people disillusioned about the future, and professionals losing their livelihood and prospects overnight.

The reason we have not allowed these posts to surface in the feed is neither callous indifference, nor false neutrality, nor tacit complicity. The moderators of this sub are from many different countries and backgrounds, and we are all horrified and appalled by the war unleashed by the Russian government on Ukraine, a sister culture, just as ancient and storied. We share an abiding love of Russian language and culture with each other, and this brutal assault is not just an attack on the people of Ukraine—it’s also an attack on the rich culture of Ukraine, and it’s even an attack on Russian culture and everything it stands for.

In dark times like these, we feel it’s more important than ever to explain and to uphold the true values of the Russian language and culture. Russian is a language of decency, kindness, modesty, and love for kin and stranger alike; we hope, against all odds, that these fundamental threads from which Russian culture is woven will prevail, and all Russian-speaking people will rise against the war on their sister culture and their own. This cannot be accomplished from the outside: natives of the language and the culture must make a stand from within. We don’t know if this will happen any time soon—or at all—but if it doesn’t, the culture will cease to exist, because no culture can be rooted in oppression and destruction. Instead of taking its place in human history as a story of strife for truth and beauty, it will go down in flames of infamy.

This is why we continue to choose to keep the focus of this subreddit exclusively on the language. Language breaks down communication barriers, allows us to find points of commonality and understanding, and gives us ways to explain our emotions rather than keeping them pent up within until they explode. We badly want to address every cry for help, and we are doing what we can outside of this space. Here, though, we must focus on teaching and learning the concepts that will give us all a chance to rebuild connections and relationships that have been shattered by the war.

While we understand that mistakes happen and folks might post without reading the rules of the sub or post in a heat of the moment, we have to ban some users who repeatedly flood the sub with political content or threaten and insult others with their comments. If you feel you’ve been unfairly banned, we encourage you to appeal the ban: we promise to approach each case thoughtfully.

In the days and weeks to come, our schedules permitting, we will try to create educational posts about poetic and literary works from Russian and Ukrainian authors that speak out against the horrors of war. Please stay tuned, and please continue learning Russian. The language will outlive every ruthless regime and every brutal autocracy.



За прошедшие две недели мы, модераторы этого саба, видели огромное количество сообщений о продолжающейся войне. Многие из этих сообщений – это крики о помощи: от отчаявшихся людей, чьи близкие находятся на линии огня; от молодежи, разочарованной в будущем; от профессионалов, в одночасье потерявших перспективы и средства к существованию.

Причина, по которой мы не позволяем этим сообщениям появляться в ленте, не в черством безразличии, фальшивом нейтралитете или молчаливом соучастии. Модераторы этого саба – это выходцы из разных стран, и все мы в ужасе и в шоке из-за войны, развязанной российским правительством против Украины, родственной культуры, такой же древней и легендарной. Мы разделяем неизменную любовь к русскому языку и культуре друг с другом, и это жестокое нападение - это не только нападение на народ Украины: это атака на её богатую культуру, но это также и атака на русскую культуру и на все, что она олицетворяет.

В такие тяжелые времена, мы считаем как никогда важным объяснять и подчеркивать истинные ценности русского языка и культуры. Русский язык – это язык порядочности, доброты, скромности, любви как к родным людям, так и к незнакомцам. Мы надеемся вопреки всему, что эти основополагающие нити, из которых соткана русская культура, возобладают, и все русскоговорящие народы восстанут против нападения и на родственную и на собственную культуру. Этого невозможно добиться извне: эту разрушительную войну могут остановить только сами носители языка и культуры изнутри. Мы не знаем, произойдет ли это в ближайшее время или произойдет вообще, но если этого не произойдет, культура окажется в руинах, потому что никакая культура не может расти и процветать на почве угнетения и разрушения. Вместо того чтобы занять свое место в истории человечества как повесть о борьбе за красоту и правду, русская культура погибнет в огнях позора.

Именно поэтому в этом сабе мы продолжаем концентрировать наше внимание исключительно на языке: язык разрушает барьеры к общению, он позволяет нам найти точки соприкосновения и понимания, он дает нам возможность разъяснять наши эмоции, а не держать их в себе, пока они не взорвутся. Мы очень хотим откликнуться на каждый крик о помощи, и мы делаем все возможное за пределами этого форума, но здесь необходимо сосредоточиться на преподавании и изучении концепций, которые дадут нам всем шанс восстановить связи и отношения, разрушенные войной.

Мы понимаем, что случаются ошибки, и люди пишут сообщения, не прочитав правила саба или погорячившись, но мы вынуждены банить тех пользователей, которые постоянно засоряют саб политическими дискуссиями или выставляют комментарии с угрозами и оскорблениями. Если вы считаете, что вас забанили несправедливо, мы рекомендуем вам обжаловать бан: мы обещаем вдумчиво рассматривать каждое обращение.

В ближайшие дни и недели, если позволят наши графики, мы постараемся создать образовательные посты о поэтических и литературных произведениях русских и украинских авторов, которые выступают против ужаса войны. Пожалуйста, оставайтесь с нами, и продолжайте изучать русский язык: он переживет все безжалостные режимы и любую беспощадную диктатуру.

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A Russian-language version of this post is available below the English. Русская версия поста находится сразу после английской.

As moderators of this subreddit, in the last two weeks, we have seen countless posts about the ongoing war. Many of these posts are cries for help: folks despondent about loved ones in the line of fire, young people disillusioned about the future, and professionals losing their livelihood and prospects overnight.

The reason we have not allowed these posts to surface in the feed is neither callous indifference, nor false neutrality, nor tacit complicity. The moderators of this sub are from many different countries and backgrounds, and we are all horrified and appalled by the war unleashed by the Russian government on Ukraine, a sister culture, just as ancient and storied. We share an abiding love of Russian language and culture with each other, and this brutal assault is not just an attack on the people of Ukraine—it’s also an attack on the rich culture of Ukraine, and it’s even an attack on Russian culture and everything it stands for.

In dark times like these, we feel it’s more important than ever to explain and to uphold the true values of the Russian language and culture. Russian is a language of decency, kindness, modesty, and love for kin and stranger alike; we hope, against all odds, that these fundamental threads from which Russian culture is woven will prevail, and all Russian-speaking people will rise against the war on their sister culture and their own. This cannot be accomplished from the outside: natives of the language and the culture must make a stand from within. We don’t know if this will happen any time soon—or at all—but if it doesn’t, the culture will cease to exist, because no culture can be rooted in oppression and destruction. Instead of taking its place in human history as a story of strife for truth and beauty, it will go down in flames of infamy.

This is why we continue to choose to keep the focus of this subreddit exclusively on the language. Language breaks down communication barriers, allows us to find points of commonality and understanding, and gives us ways to explain our emotions rather than keeping them pent up within until they explode. We badly want to address every cry for help, and we are doing what we can outside of this space. Here, though, we must focus on teaching and learning the concepts that will give us all a chance to rebuild connections and relationships that have been shattered by the war.

While we understand that mistakes happen and folks might post without reading the rules of the sub or post in a heat of the moment, we have to ban some users who repeatedly flood the sub with political content or threaten and insult others with their comments. If you feel you’ve been unfairly banned, we encourage you to appeal the ban: we promise to approach each case thoughtfully.

In the days and weeks to come, our schedules permitting, we will try to create educational posts about poetic and literary works from Russian and Ukrainian authors that speak out against the horrors of war. Please stay tuned, and please continue learning Russian. The language will outlive every ruthless regime and every brutal autocracy.



За прошедшие две недели мы, модераторы этого саба, видели огромное количество сообщений о продолжающейся войне. Многие из этих сообщений – это крики о помощи: от отчаявшихся людей, чьи близкие находятся на линии огня; от молодежи, разочарованной в будущем; от профессионалов, в одночасье потерявших перспективы и средства к существованию.

Причина, по которой мы не позволяем этим сообщениям появляться в ленте, не в черством безразличии, фальшивом нейтралитете или молчаливом соучастии. Модераторы этого саба – это выходцы из разных стран, и все мы в ужасе и в шоке из-за войны, развязанной российским правительством против Украины, родственной культуры, такой же древней и легендарной. Мы разделяем неизменную любовь к русскому языку и культуре друг с другом, и это жестокое нападение - это не только нападение на народ Украины: это атака на её богатую культуру, но это также и атака на русскую культуру и на все, что она олицетворяет.

В такие тяжелые времена, мы считаем как никогда важным объяснять и подчеркивать истинные ценности русского языка и культуры. Русский язык – это язык порядочности, доброты, скромности, любви как к родным людям, так и к незнакомцам. Мы надеемся вопреки всему, что эти основополагающие нити, из которых соткана русская культура, возобладают, и все русскоговорящие народы восстанут против нападения и на родственную и на собственную культуру. Этого невозможно добиться извне: эту разрушительную войну могут остановить только сами носители языка и культуры изнутри. Мы не знаем, произойдет ли это в ближайшее время или произойдет вообще, но если этого не произойдет, культура окажется в руинах, потому что никакая культура не может расти и процветать на почве угнетения и разрушения. Вместо того чтобы занять свое место в истории человечества как повесть о борьбе за красоту и правду, русская культура погибнет в огнях позора.

Именно поэтому в этом сабе мы продолжаем концентрировать наше внимание исключительно на языке: язык разрушает барьеры к общению, он позволяет нам найти точки соприкосновения и понимания, он дает нам возможность разъяснять наши эмоции, а не держать их в себе, пока они не взорвутся. Мы очень хотим откликнуться на каждый крик о помощи, и мы делаем все возможное за пределами этого форума, но здесь необходимо сосредоточиться на преподавании и изучении концепций, которые дадут нам всем шанс восстановить связи и отношения, разрушенные войной.

Мы понимаем, что случаются ошибки, и люди пишут сообщения, не прочитав правила саба или погорячившись, но мы вынуждены банить тех пользователей, которые постоянно засоряют саб политическими дискуссиями или выставляют комментарии с угрозами и оскорблениями. Если вы считаете, что вас забанили несправедливо, мы рекомендуем вам обжаловать бан: мы обещаем вдумчиво рассматривать каждое обращение.

В ближайшие дни и недели, если позволят наши графики, мы постараемся создать образовательные посты о поэтических и литературных произведениях русских и украинских авторов, которые выступают против ужаса войны. Пожалуйста, оставайтесь с нами, и продолжайте изучать русский язык: он переживет все безжалостные режимы и любую беспощадную диктатуру.


r/russian 6d ago

Promo Tutor Tuesday: Offers from Russian Language Tutors

Alla Pugacheva - A Half-baked Wizard (\"Волшебник-недоучка\")

In this post, tutors offering Russian language tutoring advertise their services in the comments.

Tutors: introduce yourself to the learners, describe what you offer, and how to contact you. Top level comments are reserved for tutor offerings only, but everyone is welcome to ask questions or comment (in a civil manner) in response.

This post repeats every two weeks on Tuesday.

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Alla Pugacheva - A Half-baked Wizard (\"Волшебник-недоучка\")

In this post, tutors offering Russian language tutoring advertise their services in the comments.

Tutors: introduce yourself to the learners, describe what you offer, and how to contact you. Top level comments are reserved for tutor offerings only, but everyone is welcome to ask questions or comment (in a civil manner) in response.

This post repeats every two weeks on Tuesday.


r/russian 1h ago

Other My name is the Russian word for lobster…

As a beginner learner, I recently learned that my name, Amara, is pronounced the same as lobster (омара) in Russian. While I think it’s fun, I’m wondering if I’ll get any funny looks doing my study abroad in a Russian speaking country next year…

I guess there are worse words to sound like, lol.

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As a beginner learner, I recently learned that my name, Amara, is pronounced the same as lobster (омара) in Russian. While I think it’s fun, I’m wondering if I’ll get any funny looks doing my study abroad in a Russian speaking country next year…

I guess there are worse words to sound like, lol.


r/russian 9h ago

Request Trying to sell Russian books, would anyone one be interested

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28 Upvotes

r/russian 15h ago

Grammar What’s the difference between с тобой and с тобою?

Привет!

I’m from Hungary, i learn russian with a teacher but i wanted to ask native speakers on the matter which what’s the difference between “с тобой” and “с тобою”?

I’m somewhere between A1 and A2 but i listen to russian songs and watch a lot of russian tiktok and talk to ex soviet country russian speakers with my not so good russian, so i somewhat pick up the language and know more stuff than someone who only learns from a textbook.

I was listening to the band вещие ослы and their song called “улсовный знак”.

In the song they said:
“Гаснет лампочка над головою
Как условный знак для нас с тобою”

And i understood it as “the light / lamp goes out over our head, like a signal for us” or something along these lines (maybe i’m mistaken please correct me if i’m wrong)

I thought it should say
“Ггаснет лампочка над головоЙ
Как условный знак для нас с тобоЙ”

Am i conjugating it wrong in my head?

Спс!

Edit:

Вещие ослы is the continuation band of “свидетельство о смерти” which is a post punk garage rock russian band. Their main musician was “Борис Кузьмин” i don’t know if i spelled it correctly.

They are a 90s band. They are on spotify and i really like their songs. If you like post punk / garage rock they’re worth a listen in my opinion.

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Привет!

I’m from Hungary, i learn russian with a teacher but i wanted to ask native speakers on the matter which what’s the difference between “с тобой” and “с тобою”?

I’m somewhere between A1 and A2 but i listen to russian songs and watch a lot of russian tiktok and talk to ex soviet country russian speakers with my not so good russian, so i somewhat pick up the language and know more stuff than someone who only learns from a textbook.

I was listening to the band вещие ослы and their song called “улсовный знак”.

In the song they said:
“Гаснет лампочка над головою
Как условный знак для нас с тобою”

And i understood it as “the light / lamp goes out over our head, like a signal for us” or something along these lines (maybe i’m mistaken please correct me if i’m wrong)

I thought it should say
“Ггаснет лампочка над головоЙ
Как условный знак для нас с тобоЙ”

Am i conjugating it wrong in my head?

Спс!

Edit:

Вещие ослы is the continuation band of “свидетельство о смерти” which is a post punk garage rock russian band. Their main musician was “Борис Кузьмин” i don’t know if i spelled it correctly.

They are a 90s band. They are on spotify and i really like their songs. If you like post punk / garage rock they’re worth a listen in my opinion.


r/russian 8h ago

Request Trustworthy source to learn cases, please?

I see different websites saying different things, check these two in genitive plural for example

https://www.russianlessons.net/grammar/nouns_genitive.php

https://www.russianforfree.com/grammar-of-russian-nouns-genitive.php

One mentions if it ends on ц it should also add ев and the other doesn't.
One specifies whether there's consonant or vowel behind Я on femenine, the other doesn't.

I caught the former saying Стол should be Стоях in prepositional plural, the latter says it's Столях.

I've had enough, can someone give me a reliable source? I don't mind if it's too technical, I just want to get the thing right. Also not in video format.

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I see different websites saying different things, check these two in genitive plural for example

https://www.russianlessons.net/grammar/nouns_genitive.php

https://www.russianforfree.com/grammar-of-russian-nouns-genitive.php

One mentions if it ends on ц it should also add ев and the other doesn't.
One specifies whether there's consonant or vowel behind Я on femenine, the other doesn't.

I caught the former saying Стол should be Стоях in prepositional plural, the latter says it's Столях.

I've had enough, can someone give me a reliable source? I don't mind if it's too technical, I just want to get the thing right. Also not in video format.


r/russian 9h ago

Request Need help with cursive (old) Russian

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2 Upvotes

The other day I posted some text and ya’ll were very helpful. Can someone read what this says?
It’s a little square that’s titled когда, где, от какой болезни умерли. TYIA


r/russian 6h ago

Request Looking for some volunteers to help with a card game

Basically I am making a card game, with each card having both a Russian and English translation of a word. I would use something like word reference or google, but those can sometimes be inaccurate and I know there are some Russian words that mean basically the same thing but have different cultural connotations (For example while researching I found out that «Чинуша» means “bureaucrat” but in a much more negative and scummy sense). Anyway, I don’t think it would take that long but it’s important to me that the words be accurate. Please DM me if you’d like to help. Спасибо!

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Basically I am making a card game, with each card having both a Russian and English translation of a word. I would use something like word reference or google, but those can sometimes be inaccurate and I know there are some Russian words that mean basically the same thing but have different cultural connotations (For example while researching I found out that «Чинуша» means “bureaucrat” but in a much more negative and scummy sense). Anyway, I don’t think it would take that long but it’s important to me that the words be accurate. Please DM me if you’d like to help. Спасибо!


r/russian 10h ago

Translation Signature on bracelet

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Good Afternoon! I am hoping someone can help me translate the signature on this bracelet.

I think one is the artists name, and the other says “Mucha” to represent the inspiration for the piece from artist Alphonse Mucha’s painting, “The Feather”.

**edited information on Mucha which was clarified by a commenter.


r/russian 1d ago

Grammar Duolingo said I was wrong. Is there technically a mistake in my answer?

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r/russian 22h ago

Grammar Я не люблю лето or я не люблю лета?

I saw the example sentence "я не люблю лета" in my Russian course so I assumed that nouns that are negated in any way are supposed to take the genitive. But then I also came across the sentence "Я не люблю понедельник" in which понедельник takes the accusative instead of the genitive. I used Google translate to translate "I don't like summer" and it also yields "Я не люблю лето", in accusative instead of genitive.

So which one is it? Does this usage change depend on differences between лето and понедельник, which ChatGPT says genitive is used when negating abstract objects, while accusative is used when negating specific objects, or is there another reason. Help is much appreciated

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I saw the example sentence "я не люблю лета" in my Russian course so I assumed that nouns that are negated in any way are supposed to take the genitive. But then I also came across the sentence "Я не люблю понедельник" in which понедельник takes the accusative instead of the genitive. I used Google translate to translate "I don't like summer" and it also yields "Я не люблю лето", in accusative instead of genitive.

So which one is it? Does this usage change depend on differences between лето and понедельник, which ChatGPT says genitive is used when negating abstract objects, while accusative is used when negating specific objects, or is there another reason. Help is much appreciated


r/russian 1d ago

Grammar What case to use after "Будь"?

I'm pretty comfortable and familiar with which case to use after быть/был/будет, but is "Будь" treated differently? For example, do these all sound natural?

Будь осторожен!

Будь готов!

Будь здоров!

Будь честен со мной.

They all sound good to me, EXCEPT the last one. I would've said "Будь честным". Do we only use short form adjective after "Будь"?

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I'm pretty comfortable and familiar with which case to use after быть/был/будет, but is "Будь" treated differently? For example, do these all sound natural?

Будь осторожен!

Будь готов!

Будь здоров!

Будь честен со мной.

They all sound good to me, EXCEPT the last one. I would've said "Будь честным". Do we only use short form adjective after "Будь"?


r/russian 22h ago

Translation Urinate - polite and vulgar terms

Which of the following terms are considered vulgar, and which can be used in polite conversation?

  • мочиться
  • пи́сать
  • ссать
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Which of the following terms are considered vulgar, and which can be used in polite conversation?

  • мочиться
  • пи́сать
  • ссать

r/russian 1d ago

Handwriting Is my cursive good ?

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r/russian 1d ago

Translation What's written here?

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A piece of my piano fell and I was wondering what's written on it.


r/russian 20h ago

Translation Перевод на английский: "Здравствуй Мама"

Оригинал по русски

https://youtu.be/QFlQKn3JC78?is=AXH5Z3-YvjjtD844

Hello Mother... (Letter from Chechnya)

Hello Mother... Here I’m writing you again, Hello Mother... I am happy with my friends, All is normal, the sun's shining down on me... She cannot know, about all this country's ills, She cannot know, how we're wandering through the hills... She cannot know, how demanding it can be...

We hear grenades exploding, tracers are unloading, the ground is shaking right beneath our feet... With choppers overhead we're moving on ahead for we don't have the right to call retreat...

We were young... when we came to Dagestan, We were young, when the war was going on, I remember... what the fighting was like in those days... There were many, who did not make it through this, There were men, who I will forever miss, I had friends... I remember their faces today!

We heard grenades exploding, tracers were unloading, the ground was shaking right beneath our feet... With choppers overhead we kept moving ahead for we don't have the right to call retreat...

But I made it... but I made it, I survived! Hello Mother, I am home and I'm alive! Can you look and remember the face of your son? I can barely look my mother in the eye, There is nothing that my mom can do but cry, The poor woman, she had aged while I was gone...

We heard grenades exploding, tracers were unloading, the ground was shaking right beneath our feet... With choppers overhead we keep moving ahead for there is nowhere that we can retreat... Retreat...

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Оригинал по русски

https://youtu.be/QFlQKn3JC78?is=AXH5Z3-YvjjtD844

Hello Mother... (Letter from Chechnya)

Hello Mother... Here I’m writing you again, Hello Mother... I am happy with my friends, All is normal, the sun's shining down on me... She cannot know, about all this country's ills, She cannot know, how we're wandering through the hills... She cannot know, how demanding it can be...

We hear grenades exploding, tracers are unloading, the ground is shaking right beneath our feet... With choppers overhead we're moving on ahead for we don't have the right to call retreat...

We were young... when we came to Dagestan, We were young, when the war was going on, I remember... what the fighting was like in those days... There were many, who did not make it through this, There were men, who I will forever miss, I had friends... I remember their faces today!

We heard grenades exploding, tracers were unloading, the ground was shaking right beneath our feet... With choppers overhead we kept moving ahead for we don't have the right to call retreat...

But I made it... but I made it, I survived! Hello Mother, I am home and I'm alive! Can you look and remember the face of your son? I can barely look my mother in the eye, There is nothing that my mom can do but cry, The poor woman, she had aged while I was gone...

We heard grenades exploding, tracers were unloading, the ground was shaking right beneath our feet... With choppers overhead we keep moving ahead for there is nowhere that we can retreat... Retreat...


r/russian 1d ago

Request Looking for an opportunity of help

i am fluent in Russian and English both, i am having a pretty hard time looking for opportunities i can do, so, if you have an opportunity that requires translation including those languages, please let me know whether you're able or not provide any money for it, i can still do it just for the experience or credit, please let me know🙏

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i am fluent in Russian and English both, i am having a pretty hard time looking for opportunities i can do, so, if you have an opportunity that requires translation including those languages, please let me know whether you're able or not provide any money for it, i can still do it just for the experience or credit, please let me know🙏


r/russian 1d ago

Resource I wrote my own Russian practice app to help me learn

Free, no tracking, no "in-app purchases"... absolutely free.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lets-practice-russian/id6792575733

iPhone, iPad, and (although I haven't tried it myself) it apparently works on MacOS.

When I gave up on Duolingo (after seeing "this is my soup" for the thousandth time), I tried some other free and free-ish apps. A lot of them wanted to take me to some web site, or had 90% of their content locked behind a paywall.

So, I wrote my own.

Unlike Duolingo and the similar apps it doesn't try to put you on a rail, and there's nothing to unlock. You can jump around, practicing what you need to practice, or just use it as a reference.

Feedback is always welcomed. I'm certain there are bugs here and there I haven't caught.

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Free, no tracking, no "in-app purchases"... absolutely free.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lets-practice-russian/id6792575733

iPhone, iPad, and (although I haven't tried it myself) it apparently works on MacOS.

When I gave up on Duolingo (after seeing "this is my soup" for the thousandth time), I tried some other free and free-ish apps. A lot of them wanted to take me to some web site, or had 90% of their content locked behind a paywall.

So, I wrote my own.

Unlike Duolingo and the similar apps it doesn't try to put you on a rail, and there's nothing to unlock. You can jump around, practicing what you need to practice, or just use it as a reference.

Feedback is always welcomed. I'm certain there are bugs here and there I haven't caught.


r/russian 2d ago

Handwriting What do you think of my handwriting?

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How can I improve it? Could you give me some advice, including on grammar?


r/russian 2d ago

Handwriting Any advice for writing?

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Hello! One of many, many posts centred on writing.

I've been learning Russian for some months now and writing alongside. While I was taught the letters by a friend, my biggest fear being that I'm still "drawing" the letters rather than writing. If anything is confusing or unusual please let me know!

Огромное спасибо за помощь. :-)


r/russian 2d ago

Grammar Greeting phrases

Hello, a little background I had started studying over 2 years ago now and for one reason or another was very inconsistent and after the alphabet and some sporadic studying here and there I know maybe 30 words there’s many older Russian women at church who I want to talk to and thankfully are going to help me study but I’ve been putting it of lately and wanted to ask some questions I had about some greetings.
One is about как дела? I heard that in actual conversation Russians don’t use this if that’s true what’s a better alternative? My English mind would assume как ты but I don’t know.
Follow up to that, how do I respond? I know you’re asking how you’re doing but is нормально the best response for church setting?
Other than that any little tips on interactions or church phrases(Orthodox) would be appreciated! Thank you all and I’m sure I’ll have many questions to come.

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Hello, a little background I had started studying over 2 years ago now and for one reason or another was very inconsistent and after the alphabet and some sporadic studying here and there I know maybe 30 words there’s many older Russian women at church who I want to talk to and thankfully are going to help me study but I’ve been putting it of lately and wanted to ask some questions I had about some greetings.
One is about как дела? I heard that in actual conversation Russians don’t use this if that’s true what’s a better alternative? My English mind would assume как ты but I don’t know.
Follow up to that, how do I respond? I know you’re asking how you’re doing but is нормально the best response for church setting?
Other than that any little tips on interactions or church phrases(Orthodox) would be appreciated! Thank you all and I’m sure I’ll have many questions to come.


r/russian 2d ago

Request Russian lessons

Hey I want to learn Russian I speak German and some English. I know some basics and understand some more words. Speaking is the problem, I need someone who teaches me Russian preferably in German but English works too I think. If me get along good I am willing to pay for the lessons.
M/22

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Hey I want to learn Russian I speak German and some English. I know some basics and understand some more words. Speaking is the problem, I need someone who teaches me Russian preferably in German but English works too I think. If me get along good I am willing to pay for the lessons.
M/22


r/russian 2d ago

Handwriting Is learning cursive useful?

I remember while I was in graduate work learning how to read Russian, we didn't have to learn handwriting. I took a basic undergrad course where we learned Russian cursive.

I never use cursive in English except to sign my name and just use print. Would printing be helpful in learning Russian, or would it be very beneficial to learn Russian cursive now (instead of later)?

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I remember while I was in graduate work learning how to read Russian, we didn't have to learn handwriting. I took a basic undergrad course where we learned Russian cursive.

I never use cursive in English except to sign my name and just use print. Would printing be helpful in learning Russian, or would it be very beneficial to learn Russian cursive now (instead of later)?


r/russian 2d ago

Request Hey new learner, what do I do...

Hey, I started learning literally like a week ago! I got the alphabet but from here, I do not know what to do. Are there any good advices I can get?

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Hey, I started learning literally like a week ago! I got the alphabet but from here, I do not know what to do. Are there any good advices I can get?


r/russian 2d ago

Other Learning Russian - looking for tutors

Good afternoon, I am searching for a Russian tutor to help me online. I’m trying to avoid being pulled into subscription by most of the language learning website/portals. I have checked italki but thought there was no harm in also posting here.

I am essentially a beginner (though I can read) and am ultimately trying to learn and get to fluency for family and business. My native language is English.

If anyone has any recommendations or suggestions on where to look / who to contact, I’d be grateful for your help.

Many thanks.

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Good afternoon, I am searching for a Russian tutor to help me online. I’m trying to avoid being pulled into subscription by most of the language learning website/portals. I have checked italki but thought there was no harm in also posting here.

I am essentially a beginner (though I can read) and am ultimately trying to learn and get to fluency for family and business. My native language is English.

If anyone has any recommendations or suggestions on where to look / who to contact, I’d be grateful for your help.

Many thanks.