Russian Language
A brief retelling using the Somebody Wanted But So Then pattern and a hat that should crawl
Anyone who has ever checked their homework in an American elementary school has surely seen this sheet. Five words in a column: Somebody, Wanted, But, So,…
Why Alexandra is called Shura and where did the strange Russian abbreviations for names come from
On the reverse side of the old photograph, a pencil has been written: «Shura, 1956.» The child asks the grandmother who it is. «Uncle Sasha.» «Well, that's Shura right there.» «Well...
North and South America for children: how animals migrated from one continent to another
In Florida, bones of ancient relatives of llamas are being found. One of the most complete skeletons was discovered near the city of Leconte. The animal lived here long before…
How the Russian question is structured and why there is no auxiliary verb in it
In February, Nicke was assigned a school project called family history. They required him to interview the oldest relative, record the conversation, and…
The child answered in English, five ways to react in the next ten seconds
In many Russian-speaking families, the first word a child says is «mama,» and parents then tell stories for years about where it happened, in a stroller, on a…
Why proverbs and jokes are difficult to translate literally
Imagine a family history. Someone mistakenly signed the box with Christmas toys «soup». They left the inscription, and now at the New Year in…
Why «let's do it» can mean five different things
There are Russian words that are easy to translate until you hear them at home. «Let’s go» is one of them. Mom can reach out her hand…
Why two hours, but not a single hour, and where did the other Russian number go?
Say out loud the four combinations. One hour. No hours. Two hours. Five hours. The school tables say that after «two» the noun…
What are «Palmas» and how can a child earn them?
«Palmas» are the points that the teacher gives at the end of a lesson. The maximum score you can get for a lesson is 2 points, and…
Countries and capitals for children and why in Russian the capital is a table
The word «capital» is related to the word «table». Not the same table that people dine at, although they also dine at that table. In the old language, a table was...
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