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😉Just in case you haven't been that busy this week: • Заниматься ерундой (imperf.) [za-ni-ma-tsa yi-run-doy] SLT: to busy oneself with trifles Meaning: To waste time, to fiddle around, to potter around or to do something silly/foolish #spoken_Russian #useful_vocabulary 😎RCR | Support | Boost

• Россия рулит! (colloquial) [Ru-si-ya ru-lit] 🔻The slang verb рулит here сomes from the 2nd conjugation verb рулить [ru-lit'] which literally means to drive or to steer. 🔻So, a very literal translation would be Russia drives! or Russia steers! 🔻The most common English equivalents: • Russia rules! • Russia rocks! • Russia is awesome! So, Россия рулит! is a youthful or informal expression used to convey strong positive feelings about Russia's performance, achievements, or general standing💓. Remember this phrase! Video: vesti ossetia #spoken_Russian #useful_vocabulary 😎RCR | Support | Boost

Пробовали со своими? Have you tried this with yours (your cats)? 🔻These Interjections👇 are used as: 1) responses to someone sneezing 2) as a formal variant to say good-bye • Будь здоров! (addressing to a man) [but' zda-rov] = • Будь здорова! (addressing to a woman) [but' zda-ro-va] = • Будьте здоровы! (polite/addressing to several people) [but'-te zda-ro-vy] SLT: Be healthy 1) (God) Bless you! 2) Good bye! Take care! 🔻These are imperative forms of the verb быть (to be) + short form of the adjective здоровый (masc.), здоровая (femin.), здоровые (plural) meaning healthy. 🤔Why the difference between the Russian and English phrases? 🇬🇧Bless you stems from a long-held belief that sneezing expelled the soul, making the person vulnerable to evil spirits. Saying God bless you! was a way to ward off this perceived danger. 🇷🇺The Russian phrase, while sounding similar to a wish for good health, doesn't carry the same superstitious baggage. It's a simple, polite expression of concern and well-wishing, a gesture of politeness and a wish for continued health, rather than a protection against evil spirits. 🔻By the way, the sound of a sneeze (onomatopoeia) in Russian is written this way: • Апчхи! [ap-ch-khi] Achoo! 🎧🗣👇Будьте здоровы! #useful_vocabulary #spoken_Russian 😎RCR | Support | Boost

• Своей головой надо думать! (Present tense) or • Своей головой надо было думать! (Past tense) [sva-yey ga-la-voy na-da (by-la) du-mat'] SLT: With your own head one should think (should have thought)! Meaning: You should use (should have used) your head! Think before you act! 🔻This phrase is used when someone has made a mistake or done something foolish because they didn't think it through. 💢Russian sometimes gets a bit more colourful! There's a more vulgar⚠️, but very expressive, way to say the same thing: • Головой надо думать, а не тем местом, на котором сидишь (попой/жопой)! You need to think with your head, and not with the place you sit on (your ass) / Think with your head, not your butt! ->❤️ if you find this post useful! #spoken_Russian #useful_vocabulary 😎RCRussian | Support | Boost

😎Приветствую, товарищи! • Недотрога (недотроги) [ni-da-tro-ga (ni-da-tro-gi)] Touch-me-not 🔻It refers to a person who is shy, reserved, and avoids close contact or quick to take offense. 🔻The noun comes from the negative particle не(no(t)) and the verb трогать (to touch). 🔻Недотрога can be used in addressing to both (m/f) genders: • Наш кот - такой недотрога! [nash kot ta-koy ni-da-tro-ga] Our cat is such a touch-me-not! Video:✈️kotya #useful_vocabulary #spoken_Russian 😎 Stay with @learnRCRussian

👋Четверг, товарищи! Работаем из последних сил! • Из последних сил [is pas-led-nikh sil] SLT: From the last forces/strengths 🔻It means to do something with one's last remaining energy, strength, or resources. 🔻A good English equivalent would be 'with one's last ounce of strength', 'on the last leg' or 'by the skin of one's teeth.' #useful_vocabulary #spoken_Russian 😎RCRussian | Support | Boost

Думать 🆚️ Задумать 🆚️ Задуматься 🔢Думать о ... (+ Prepositional case, imperf.) [doo-mat'] To think about ... 🔻Use думать о... when you want to express a specific thought or idea you are considering: • О чём ты думаешь? What are you thinking about? 🔢Задуматьчто-то (+Assucative, perf.) [zah-doo-mat'] To conceive, to plan something 🔻Use задумать when you indicate a concrete plan or decision you are making: • Он явно задумал недоброе! He's obviously up to no good! 🔢Задуматьсяо ... (+Prepositional, perf.) [zah-doo-ma-tsa] To become thoughtful, to ponder 🔻 Use задуматься to describe a moment of contemplation or introspection: • Он задумался о своей жизни. He wondered/thought about his life. 💢 Also colloquial: • Удумать = задумать [oo-doo-mat'] To be up to, to be going to do something ⏺Here is a video example • Чо это ты удумал?! What have you been up to? Чо [choh] = что (what) ▶️Передумать (Revision) 🎧🗣👇 #useful_vocabulary #spoken_Russian 😎RCRussian | Support | Boost

👋Доброе утро, товарищи! • Усатый (masc.adj.) [u-sa-tyj] Moustached 🔻This adjective comes from the plural noun 'усы' (mustache or whiskers) Example: • Усатый мужчина (masc.noun) [u-sa-tyj mu-shchi-na] A moustached man 💢Also: • Усатый - полосатый [u-sa-tyj pa-la-sa-tyj] SLT: Whiskered-striped 🔻This is a playful word (usually used without a noun) to describe a cat that has both whiskers and stripes. 🔻It was first mentioned in a story for children by S. Marshak 'Усатый- полосатый' (You can read it in Russian here A1+) ▶️Сами с усами! (Idiom) 🎧🗣👇 #useful_vocabulary #spoken_Russian 😎RCRussian | Support | Boost

Саммит Большой восьмёрки обкашливает вопросики. The G8 summit is hashing out little questions. • Обкашлять вопросик (perf.) [ap-kash-lyit' vap-ro-sik] SLT: To cough over a little question Meaning: This slang phrase means to discuss something thoroughly. To talk it through. To figure things out calmly and carefully. 🔻It comes from Russian verb кашлять(to cough) 🔻The prefix ОБ- means thoroughly. 🔻In English, you'd say:to hash things out / to talk it over / to chew it over I bet you've never heard this before, or have you? #spoken_Russian 🟠RCR | Support | Boost

• Не месяц май! [ni mye-sits may] SLT: It's not the month of May! Meaning: It's cold outside. Don't dress like it's warm. May hasn't come yet. 🔥 Use this colloquial phrase when someone is underdressed for cold weather, and you want to remind them that spring (or warmth) hasn't really arrived. Just like in Russia today... #spoken_Russian 🟠RCR | Support | Boost