Будьте как дома, но не забывайте, что в гостях
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#RussianSaying: Feel at Home, but Don’t Forget You Are a Guest
Tag: Russian Language
The Russian Language
Ivan Turgenev, The Russian Language (prose poem).
In days of doubt, in days of sad brooding on my country’s fate, thou alone art my rod and my staff — oh great, mighty, true and free Russian tongue! But for thee, how not to fall into despair, seeing all that happens at home? Yet who can think that such a language is not given to a great people? Continue reading “The Russian Language”
#RussianSaying: Horseradish Is No Sweeter than Radish
Хрен редьки не слаще
(khren réd’ki ne slásche).
Translation:
horseradish is no sweeter than radish.
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Russian Saying on March
Пришел марток – надевай семь порток
(prishól martók – nadeváy sem’ portók).
Russian Word of the Day: Ochered’
The Russian word of the day is очередь (óchered’) – queue. Continue reading “Russian Word of the Day: Ochered’”
