At the end of the message, the person adds: «PS. I'll be later tomorrow.» If you type PS without switching from the Russian keyboard layout, you get ZY. In...
«Reading the book, the light went out.» That's how bilingual children write, and the phrase seems flawless to them. All the words are Russian, the subordinate clause is constructed correctly, and the comma is on the…
We will have to start with an awkward admission. The Russian custom itself has no Russian name. The word «toast» came from English and meant roasted...
In the 1920s, the Russian language abbreviated everything in sight and at some point got around to people. Boys were named Vladlen, from Vladimir...
In the play, next to the line, there are parentheses. «I won't go» (defiantly). And right after: «I won't go» (confused). The words…
What to write to grandma if the child’s Russian writing is very poor? Take the shortest three-line version and don't chase…
Cases are the number one thing that trips up children who grew up abroad. A child speaks fluently, and then suddenly says
01 What is the dominant language of a bilingual child? It is the language that comes first for the child: it is the one they think in,...
01 Michael in Russian is it Michael or Mikhail? Both variants are correct, they just answer different questions. Michael conveys the sound of English...
01 Why can't Russian stress be determined by a rule? Russian stress is variable and mobile. It can fall on any syllable…
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