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Если бы ваш кот мог понять только одну фразу на русском, что бы вы сказали? If your cat could understand only one phrase in Russian, what would you say? #just_cats #learn_russian 🟠RCR | Support | Boost

How it feels when you start learning Russian.😁 True?👍 #learn_russian #just_a_joke 🟠RCR | Support | Boost

Прошу кота не драть диван. ("Надеюсь, это не проблема?") Кот: ... I'm asking the cat not to scratch the sofa. ("I hope that's not a problem?") Cat: ... • Драть (imperf.) [drat'] To scratch, to tear, to claw 🔻This verb specifically describes the destructive action of tearing or scratching a surface with claws or by force. It's the perfect word for a cat's favourite pastime. 😉 #spoken_Russian #learn_russian #useful_vocabulary 😎RCR | Support | Boost

😉Some listening praCATice: Моя квартира, я тут хозяин! Моя квартира, понятно? Я говорю! Я! Понятно или нееет? Я! Понятно обьясняю? My apartment, I'm the master here! My apartment, understand? I'm the one talking! Me! Understand or not? Me! Am I explaining it clearly? 🔻Vocabulary Breakdown: • Хозяин (masc.) [kha-zya-in] Master, owner, boss, head of the household 😄The person who has full authority and control over something • Хозяйка (fem.) [kha-zyay-ka] Mistress, hostess, owner 😄Female equivalent of хозяин • Хозяева (plural) [kha-zya-yi-va] Hosts, owners 😄Used for multiple owners or a couple ▶️Cognate words for хозяйство #useful_vocabulary #just_a_joke #learn_russian 😎RCR | Support | Boost

🐹Хомячить (imperf.) [kha-mya-chit'] 😄Conjugation 🔻This fantastic slang verb means to eat eagerly, to munch away, to chow down. 🔻It comes from the word хомяк [kha-myak] (a hamster) – the animal famous for stuffing its cheeks with food! English Equivalents: To scarf down, to munch away, to chow down, to nom Russian Synonyms: • Уплетать (imperf.) [oo-pli-tat'] To devour • Трескать [tres-kat'] To knock back Example: • Он постоянно что-то хомячит! [on pas-ta-yan-na shto-ta kha-mya-chit] He's always munching on something! 🎧🗣👇 😉Perfect for describing your wife/huzband anyone (not only a hamster) enjoying their food! #verbs #learn_russian #spoken_russian 😎RCR | Support | Boost

• Хорош [kha-rosh] 🔻You know хорош as the short form of the adjective хороший [kha-ro-shyj] (good/nice): • Он очень хорош. He is very handsome/nice. 💢 But there's another, very common usage: Хорош (+ imperf.infinitive)! can be used as an exclamation meaning: Enough! / Stop it! / Cut it out! Example: • Ну, хорош работать! Сегодня пятница! Hey, enough working! Today is Friday! 😉So, хорош can either describe a good guy or tell someone to quit being a bad one! Its synonym is ▶️Хватит! #spoken_russian #adjectives #learn_russian 😎RCR | Support | Boost

Только не пересоли! Just don't oversalt it! • Пересолить (perf.) [pi-ri-sa-lit'] 😄Conjugation 🔻The prefix ПЕРЕ- added to the verb солить (to salt) creates the verb пересолить, which means to add too much salt, to make something excessively salty. 🔻Other examples with ПЕРЕ-: • ПЕРЕстараться (perf.) To overdo/try too hard • ПЕРЕгрузить (perf.) To overload • ПЕРЕплатить To overpay ▶️Переборщить #verbs #prefixes #learn_russian 😎RCR | Support | Boost

Городской 🆚️ Деревенский 🔻These two words describe a classic contrast in Russian life! 🔢 Городской (masc.adj.) [ga-ra-tskoy] = • Городская (fem.) [ga-ra-tska-ya] = • Городское (neut.) [ga-ra-tsko-ye] = • Городские (plural) [ga-ra-tski-ye] Meaning: Urban, city (Relates to a city or town) 🔻It can be used with a noun or on its own to mean a city dweller: • Я - городской житель. I'm a city dweller. Or • Я - городской! I'm a city person! 🔢 Деревенский (masc.adj.) [di-ri-ven-skiy] = • Деревенская (fem.) [di-ri-ven-ska-ya] = • Деревенское (neut.) [di-ri-ven-ska-ye] = • Деревенские (plural) [di-ri-ven-ski-ye] Meaning: rural, village, rustic, country-style (Relates to a village or the countryside). 🔻Also used to describe something simple or rustic. 🔻Can stand alone for a village person: • Мой кот - деревенский житель. My cat is a village dweller. • Он — деревенский. He's from the village. • Деревенский стиль Rustic style ▶️Деревня 🎧🗣👇А вы деревенские или городские? #tricky_words #adjectives #useful_vocabulary #learn_russian 😎RCR | Support | Boost

🫥Закружиться (perf.) [za-kru-zhy-tsa] 😄Conjugation 🔻This verb is derived from the verb кружить (to make something spin) with the reflexive suffix -ся and the prefix за- (it indicates the beginning of an action). Meanings: 1) To start spinning, whirling: It describes the beginning of a rotational movement. Also about feeling dizzy: • У меня закружилась голова. I'm feeling dizzy. 2) To get caught up in the whirlwind of work, to be swamped/spun around by work: • Извините, что не звонила, я просто закружилась на работе. Sorry I didn't call, I just got swamped at work. ▶️Крутиться как белка в колесе #verbs #prefixes #spoken_russian #learn_russian 😎RCR | Support | Boost

🍂😔Russian Verb Focus: • Надоесть (perf.) [na-da-yes't'] To annoy/bore/to get tired of 🔻It describes the completed action of something or someone becoming annoying or tiresome. 🔻[Dative Case Pronoun] + надоело/надоел/надоeла/надоели + [Subject] 🔻The Past Tense form must agree in gender and number with the subject (the thing that became annoying): • Мне надоела осень. (femin. subj.) [mne na-da-ye-la o-sin'] I got tired of (the) autumn. • Мне надоел холод. (masc. subj.) [mne na-da-yel ho-lat] I got tired of (the) cold. • Мне надоело кофе. (neuter subject, though кофе can be mascunine!) [mne na-da-ye-la kof-ye] I got tired of coffee. • Мне надоели дожди. (plural subj.) [mne na-da-ye-li dazh-di] I got tired of (the) rains. 🔻The word мне (to me) is in the Dative case. The feeling of being bored is directed at you. ▶️Here are pronouns in Dative Case. 🎧🗣👇 #AutumnMood #useful_vocabulary #grammar_tips #learn_russian 😎RCR | Support | Boost

Если я погладил много котиков, значит ли это, что я гладиатор? If I've petted many kitties, does that make me a gladiator? • Гладить (imperf.) [gla-dit'] = • Погладить (perf.) [pa-gla-dit'] Meanings: 1) to iron clothes 2) to pet, to stroke (an animal) Also: • Гладиатор (masc.noun) [gla-di-a-tor] А gladiator (a warrior) Not everyone who ГЛАДИт cats can become a ГЛАДИатор. Or can they? 😒⚔️ #tricky_words #verb #meme #learn_russian 😎RCR | Support | Boost

Since there's a heated debate in ourgroup chat (@RCRussian2) about the longest Russian words, I'm adding fuel to the fire, comrades! 🔥 ⬇️Here are some of the most famously long words: 🔢Превысокомногорассмотрительствующий (35 letters) [pre-vy-so-ka-mno-ga-ras-smat-ri-tyel'-stvoo-yoo-schiy] His/Her Exceedingly-Many-Looking-Into-Things Excellency (An archaic, excessively obsequious title) 🔻Record: Listed in the Guinness World Records in 2003. 🔢Сельскохозяйственно-машиностроительный (37 letters) [sel'-ska-ha-zyay-stvin-na-ma-shi-na-stra-i-tyel'-nyj] Pertaining to agricultural machine construction. 🔻Record: The longest hyphenated adjective. 🔢Автоэлектростеклоподъёмники (27 letters) [av-ta-i-lek-tra-sti-kla-pad-yom-ni-ki] Auto-electric window lifts 🔢Человеконенавистничество (24 letters) [chi-la-ve-ka-ni-na-vi-sni-chi-stva] Misanthropy (hatred of humankind) 🔢 Who dares to risk their sanity and try to pronounce this wonderful verb? • Переосвидетельствоваться (24 letters) [pi-ri-a-svi-de-til'-stva-va-tsa] To be re-examined (officially, e.g., by a medical board). 🎧🗣👇 Who will dare to pronounce these words? #russian_language #longest_words #learn_russian #pronunciation 😎RCR | Support | Boost