#RussianLeague

🇷🇺Why do Russians say «ЕСТЬ» when nobody is eating? 😅 Because есть is actually doing two completely different jobs in Russian. 🍔 ЕСТЬ = to eat Я хочу есть. → I want to eat. Он сейчас ест. → He’s eating right now. Мы будем есть позже. → We’ll eat later. But then you hear: 🐱 У меня есть кот. → I have a cat. 📕 На столе есть книга. → There’s a book on the table. ⏰ У нас есть время. → We have time. Nobody is eating the cat, the book, or the time. 😂 Here есть means that something exists / is present / is available and it’s also used in the Russian structure for “to have”: У меня есть… → I have… У нас есть… → We have… Здесь есть… → There is / are… 💡 So when you see есть, don’t automatically think about food. Look at the structure and context. Same word. Completely different meaning. Welcome to Russian. 🇷🇺❤️

Привет! В этом выпуске подкаста мы поговорим о том, как приятно и уютно провести время в дождливый осенний день. Приятного прослушивания! 🤗

My favorite letter ! Для тренировки звука [Ы] Этот звук отсутствует в английском языке, поэтому данная фраза особенно полезна. «Мышка мыла мишку мылом». Отлично тренирует контраст между звуками [ы] и [и] (мыла/мишку).

8 words with the root -НАДЕЖ- (hope) to make your Russian more advanced

🇷🇺 «Я дома» and «Я в доме» look almost identical… but they don’t mean the same thing! 🏠 Я ДОМА. → I’m at home. Here, дома means your home as a general place — where you live, your “base.” — Где ты? — Я дома. → Where are you? → I’m at home. But… 🚪 Я В ДОМЕ. → I’m inside the house. Here, you’re talking about your physical location inside a building. For example: — Ты во дворе? — Нет, я в доме. → Are you in the yard? → No, I’m inside the house. 💡 Think of it this way: ДОМА = at home 🏠 В ДОМЕ = inside the house 🚪 And yes — you can technically be дома, while sitting in your garden or standing outside your front door. 😄

Did you know? In Russian, рабо́та (work) comes from the same root as раб (slave) 😳 The root -РАБ- carried the idea of hard, forced labour and it grew into рабо́тать (to work), рабо́тодатель (employer), and even ро́бот (robot). Does "work" have any surprising relatives in your language?

Ever had a conversation in Russian that started well… and then suddenly went nowhere? 👀 Sometimes you know the right words, but your answer is just too short to keep the conversation going. 🎧 Episode 2 of «Так говорят по-русски» is about a simple trick that can help you make your answers longer, more natural, and give the other person something to respond to. There’s a little speaking practice at the end for A1–A2 learners. Приятного прослушивания!

One thing I’ve noticed after teaching Russian for a while… The hardest question for some students isn’t “What does this word mean?” It’s “Okay… but what do I say now?” 😭 For example you meet a Russian person for the first time. They ask: Откуда ты? Чем ты занимаешься? Ты давно учишь русский? Почему ты учишь русский? You understand every single word. But then you have to answer… and suddenly you forget how to speak Russian. Does this happen to you too? 👀 What Russian question makes you think “oh no, what am I supposed to say?” For me, it’s probably «Расскажи немного о себе». And honestly, even as a native speaker, I find this question surprisingly difficult. Like… what exactly am I supposed to tell you? 🫠

Привет! 🤗 В этом выпуске подкаста мы поговорим о популярных фразеологизмах со словом «море». Приятного прослушивания!

One root -ДУМ- and a dozen ways to think in Russian 🧠 Set of flashcards to practise these words is available in italki Vocabulary