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Cases of Russian Nouns

A helpful video on YouTube with a basic introduction to the cases of Russian nouns. This is just one video lessons created by Максим Ачкасов on Russian as a Foreign Language. This video is only an introduction, and he goes into more detail in other videos. The Russian grammar page at Wikipedia has a lot of information in general. Nominal declension is subject to six cases – nominative , genitive , dative , accusative , instrumental , and prepositional – in two numbers ( singular and plural ), and absolutely obeying grammatical gender (masculine, feminine, and neuter).

Saying thank you in Russian (Благодарность)

A Russian language tutorial showing the meaning and pronunciation of a handful of words and phrases to express thanks or thank you. This is a great video for cutting and pasting into a lesson at LingQ to study the vocabulary. Спасибо! Большое спасибо! Благодарю! Очень вам признателен. От всей души хочу поблагодарить вас! Разрешите поблагодарить вас за всё! Большое спасибо за внимание. Спасибо за понимание. Большое спасибо за помощь. Спасибо за встречу. Спасибо за совет. Пожалуйста. Не за что. Не стоит. Не стоит благодарности. Ну что вы! Пустяки!

Adele - Someone Like You

Music video by Adele performing Someone Like You. (C) 2011 XL Recordings Lt. I love the effect of a black and white video. Find the MP3 at Amazon.com for Adele's Someone Like You

Russian food - cooking Russian pancakes, blini, blinchiki recipe, Russian cuisine, crepes

Russian food - cooking Russian pancakes, blini ( блины) , blinchiki (блинчики) recipe, Russian cuisine, crepes. In this video one of my favorite Russian language YouTubers Antonia and her friend teach a simple recipe for Russian блинчики. They demonstrate by actually cooking, and they speak in both English and Russian with the appropriate subtitles. As always, this video is good for picking up some Russian language.

Maker Moment: TwoAlity

Twins describe their company TwoAlity, a featured maker at Zazzle.com that offers customizable rain boots with liners for women that are attractive and fashionable. Check out the different color and style options in their shop online at Zazzle... Women's Navy and White Oval Rain Boots by twoality Brynne and Bailye Stansberry's first product is a transparent boot, with interchangeable liners in a wide range of bright, fun colors. One can change the style and look of the boots by simply changing the liner. A concept that allows you to match any outfit or outdoor occasion! See other Custom Rain Boots

Pimsleur Spanish Lesson 1

You can preview the first lesson of the Spanish Pimsleur course on YouTube for free. If you find the lesson helpful, check out the Pimsleur Spanish products available on Amazon.com.

LEVIATHAN (2014) - Official HD Trailer - A film by Andrey Zvyagintsev

LEVIATHAN (2014) - Official HD Trailer - A film by Andrey Zvyagintsev This is one Russian movie I've been watching out for. I think movies are a great way to have fun with learning language. I don't read the subtitles word for word even for films in languages that I don't speak or study. It isn't a conscious decision for me, to skip the some subtitles or focus on others. Mostly I suppose that I don't rely on subtitles because I really do think of watching the movie as entertainment, and if the movie isn't exciting or interesting enough, I skip the whole movie. I'd never watch an otherwise boring movie just for an exercise in language, because it really wouldn't be a very good use of my time at that point. But good movies that are full of situations, action and emotions that appeal to us ... now those we can learn language from because the movie will give us "real life" situations to attach words and phrases too. The Return (English Subtit

Create Your Own White Chevron Pattern with Photo Ballpoint Pens

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#8 Russian Alphabet 3: Consonants 1

Hello, dear friends! Lets keep studying Russian and English too! Here I teach you consonants: sonants and surds. This Russian language video tutorial goes over voiced and voiceless consonant pairs in the alphabet. Voiced and Voiceless Consonants . Devoicing of Final Consonants. Consonant Clusters

#5 Russian - Как дела? How are you?

A Russian language tutorial video with basic phrases such as ... how are you? Как дела? How are you? Как делишки? How are things? Что нового? What is new? Как работа? How is work? Как семья? How is your family? Как у тебя дела? How are you doing? А у тебя? And you? Answers for the question... Как дела? How to respond ... как ответить ... отлично - great хорошо - good нормально - okay (normal) плохо - bad так себе - so so здорово - wonderful всё по-старому - all the old At the end of the video they have a dialogue and Antonia says ... Ух ты for wow. That reminds me of something Yup'ik Eskimos from around Bristol Bay in Alaska might say. I was wondering if it is Russian loanword into the Alaskan native langauges.

#4 Russian alphabet 2: Vowels 2

In this Russian video tutorial on YouTube, Antonia discusses the vowels about О, Ё, У, Ю, И, Ы. She shares pronunciation rules of the sounds and gives some examples. молоко - milk пока - bye ёлка - fir tree пёс - male dog путь - a way урок - a lesson юбка - skirt союз - union люди - people пить - to drink игра - game выйти - to go out плыть - to swim Review мама - mother поле - field утка - duck сэр - sir рыба - fish пять - five пётр - Peter люди - people петь - to sing пить - to drink

#3 Russian Alphabet 1: Vowels 1

In this video Antonia goes over the Russian vowels А, Я, Э, Е. She introduces the vowels and talks about some of the pronunciation rules sharing examples. мама - mother папа - father работа - work Я - I яблоко - apple заяц - work пьяный - drunk пять - five этикет - etiquette поэт - poet есть - to eat съесть - to eat up диета - diet первый - first

#2 Russian - Introducing Yourself - Как представиться

Russia tutorial video with some basic introduction phrases. How to say "My name is..." in Russian. Меня зовут Аннели. My name is Annalee. They call me Annalee. Моё имя - Аннели. My name - Annalee. How to say how old you are... Мне 29 лет. I am 29 years old. Я - писательница. I'm a writer. Here is a webpage that gives some more information about introductory phrases about professions . Another list of professions on RT's Learn Russian site. Я работаю на дому. I work at home. Я работаю в Интернете. I work online. Я люблю писать. I like to write.

#1 Russian with Passion - Intro

An intro to learning Russian video with some basic hello and goodbye phrases. Доброе утро - good morning Добрый день - good day Добрый вечер - good evening Привет - informal hello До свидания! - formal goodbye Увидимся! - informal see you Пока! - informal goodbye

Russian Grammar: Cases Overview

#26 Russian Grammar: noun cases - nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, instrumental, prepositional. This video is just an overview introducing the different cases.To understand Russian, it is important to learn how to use cases in Russian.

Обезьянки из космоса (Alien Monkeys) - Капля (Drop)

Обезьянки из космоса (Alien Monkeys) - Капля (19 серия) - Мировые гастроли Обезьянок из космоса! На космическом корабле протечка! Повод для грусти? Нет! Это повод для нового концерта! Today our space monkeys have trouble with their leaking spacecraft during a rainstorm.

이명훈 (Lee Myung Hoon) - Healing MV

이명훈 (Lee Myung Hoon) - Healing MV - From translation of the description ...  Album made by dissolving the sounds of nature to the universal emotions of the world 'yimyeonghun, come barista' Sound will be taking a drink.   The second title song 'Healing' is a song has the power to all those who are tired of the routine and heal all the pain and sorrow to the song containing the eagerly hear who wish when and where the power of the world. Warm tones of cash flows between the guitar and the piano is a gaping bodeumneun to teumip mind. A few words at end didn't translate so well. It is a lovely song.

World's Most Complicated Writing System

A video describing the Thai alphabet in the Thai language system. Learn the ancient history of the world's most complex writing system still in common use.

Yoyo Chinese Character Course – Introductory Lesson 1

Later this month Yangyang at the Yoyo Chinese site will start a Yoyo Chinese Character Course. In the first video they cover the following: • Introduction of the character component concept • Introduction of the building block nature of Chinese characters • How to effectively learn Chinese characters