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Парковать 🆚️ Парковаться 🔢Парковать (машину) (imperf.) [par-ka-vat' ma-shy-nu] 🔻 It means to park something or to park a vehicle. 🔻It explicitly requires a direct object (a vehicle). 🔢Парковаться (imperf., reflexive) [par-ka-va-tsa] 🔻It does not take a direct object (a vehicle). 🔻It means to park oneself or to get parked. It implies that the person is performing the act of parking their own car. Example: • Моя подруга отлично паркует свою машину. Она легко паркуется во дворе. My girl friend parks her car very well. She parks easily in the yard. ❓️А ваша подруга/жена как паркуется? 🎧🗣👇 #tricky_words #useful_vocabulary 😎RCR | Support | Boost

Сидение 🆚️ Cиденье 🔢Сидение (neut.noun) [si-de-ni-ye] Sitting 🔻This uncountable noun refers to the process of sitting: • От долгого сидения у меня затекли ноги. My legs went numb from sitting for a long time. 🔢Сиденье(сиденья) (neut.noun) [si-de-n'ye] А seat(s) 🔻This countable noun refers to a place or object to sit on: • Смотри! Наш кот сидит как человек на кожаном сиденье кресла! Look! Our cat is sitting like a human on the leather seat of the armchair! ▶️Сидеть + prepositions 🎧🗣👇Теперь не перепутаете! #tricky_words #useful_vocabulary 😎RCR | Support | Boost

Помедленнее 🆚️ Медленнее 🔻Both comparative adverbs relate to the adverb Медленно [med-li-nа] slowly 🔢Медленнее [med-li-ni-ye] More slowly (than before or something else) 🔢Помедленнее [pa-med-li-ni-ye] A little slower / could you slow down a bit (it often implies a request to reduce speed) • Помедленнее! Я записываю медленнее, чем все остальные, так как у меня лапки. Could you please go a little slower? I'm writing more slowly than everyone else, as I have paws. ▶️У меня лапки! 🐾 🎧🗣👇 #useful_vocabulary #tricky_words 😎RCRussian | Support | Boost

• Самостоятельный [sa-mas-ta-ya-til'-nyj] 🔻This Russian adjective has a few nuanced meanings, all revolving around the idea of independence or self-reliance: 🔢Independent. It refers to someone or something that is capable of acting or existing without external support or control: • Cамостоятельный кот An independent cat 🔢 Self-sufficient. This emphasizes the ability to provide for one's own needs: • Cамостоятельная жизнь A self-sufficient life 🔢Autonomous. This highlights the aspect of self-governance or self-determination: • Cамостоятельная организация Аn autonomous organization/firm 🔢Original. It can mean original or independent in thought or creation: • Cамостоятельная работа A piece of work created independently, without copying 🎧🗣👇 #tricky_words #useful_vocabulary 😎RCRussian | Support | Boost

Когда весь день ждал своего человека, и наконец дождался. When you've been waiting for your human all day, and at last (s)he arrived. • Ждать (imperf.) [zhdat'] To wait (for) 🔻This is the ongoing action of waiting • Дождаться (perf.) [da-zha-tsa] To wait until 🔻This verb implies a successful completion of that waiting, with the desired outcome being achieved. #useful_vocabulary #tricky_words 😎RCRussian | Support | Boost

Огромный 🆚️ Гигантский 🆚️ Колоссальный 🔢Огромный [ag-rom-nyj] Huge, vast, very large 🔻Огромный is the most general of the three adjectives, simply meaning very large. 🔻Огромный can be used to describe a wide range of things, from objects to people to events: • Огромный дом A huge house 🔢Гигантский [gi-gan-skiy] Gigantic, colossal 🔻Гигантский implies something even larger than огромный, often with a sense of awe or wonder. 🔻Гигантский is typically used to describe things that are exceptionally large, such as buildings, mountains, or animals: • Гигантский краб A gigantic crab 🔢Колоссальный [ka-la-sal'-nyj] Colossal, monumental 🔻Колоссальный is the most extreme of the three adjectives, suggesting something of truly epic proportions. 🔻Колоссальный is reserved for the most extreme cases of size, such as the universe or the human population: • Колоссальный проект A colossal project ❓Which adjective(s) сan be used in reference to the big kitty in the video? 🎧🗣👇 #tricky_words #useful_vocabulary 😎RCRussian | Support | Boost

When your neighbours are arguing. Соседский 🆚️ Соседний 🔻Both adjectives come from the noun Сосед(ка) [sah-set-(ka)] a neighbour. 🔢Соседний [sah-sed-niy] Next door 🔻It refers to something that is located near. It is often used to describe geographical relationships: • Соседний дом Аdjoining (next door) house 🔢Соседский [sah-set-skiy] Neighbouring 🔻It refers to something that belongs to or is characteristic of a neighbour. It is often used to describe personal relationships or qualities, such as neighbourly disputes. • Соседская семейная драма Your neighbours family drama 🎧🗣👇 #tricky_words #useful_vocabulary 😎RCRussian | Support | Boost

👋Всем привет! Чесать(ся) 🆚️ Зудеть 1⃣Чесать (imperf.) [chi-sat'] To scratch 🔻It is a verb that describes the action of using your fingernails or another object to scratch your skin: • Я чешу нос. [ya chi-shu nos] I am scratching my nose. 2⃣Чесаться (imperf. reflex.) [chi-sa-tsya] To itch 🔻It is a verb that describes the sensation of wanting to scratch: • У меня чешется нос. [u mi-nya che-shy-tsa nos] I have an itch on my nose. 3⃣Зудеть [zu-det'] 1) To itch, but it is specifically used to describe a more intense, persistent itch that is often caused by a skin condition or an allergic reaction: • Комариный укус зудит. [ka-ma-ri-nyj u-kus zu-dit] The mosquito bite is itchy. 2)💢Also:To nag, to scold someone persistently: • Хватит зудеть! Надоело тебя слушать! [khva-tit zu-det', na-da-ye-la ti-bya slu-shat'] Stop nagging! I'm tired of listening to you! 🎧🗣👇 #tricky_words #useful_vocabulary 😎RCRussian | Support | Boost

The 18th package of sanctions against Russia was underway... • Замок (замки) зажигания (masc.noun) [za-mok (zam-ki) za-zhy-ga-ni-ya] An ignition switch(s) 💢But: • Замок (замки) (masc.noun) [za-mok (zam-ki)] A castle(s) #useful_vocabulary #just_a_joke #tricky_words 😎RCR | Support | Boost

⚠️Legend says that the translation of this sentence has caused a lot of physical pain to many Russian students! Beware! За песчаной косой лопоухий косой пал под острой косой косой бабы с косой. Behind the sandy spit, a hare with floppy ears died under the sharp scythe of a cross-eyed woman with a braid. • За песчаной косой: Behind the sandy spit (Коса in this case refers to a sandy landform, за косой - Instrumental case). • лопоухий косой: a hare with floppy ears (Косой here means "hare") • пал под острой косой: died under the sharp scythe (Коса here means a tool, под косой - Instrumental case) • косой бабы с косой: a cross-eyed woman with a braid (Косаябаба means cross-eyed woman: с косой (Instrumental case) with a scythe . 🎧🗣👇 #tricky_words 😎RCRussian | Support | Boost